Project Goal
The purpose of this project was to learn how to lay out a printed publication (specifically, in a zine style) in InDesign. Each student in the class was responsible for their own cover, table of contents, introduction, and bio page in addition to a 2-page article spread. The remainder of each Zine was filled with our classmates' spreads. At the end of the project, these zines were also digitized into a web version.
Zine Name
I bet you're wondering how a name like Hairy Bandage came to be. To create an "edgy" name that fits the Zine style, myself and my classmates performed a brainstorming session. We wrote hundreds of words on a board. Then, we picked the best combination we could within those choices. Hairy Bandage felt like a title that would give me the visual style I was going for.
Masthead
To create the masthead of this Zine cover, I wanted to get literal. I first took a trip to my nearest discount Halloween party store where I found the cheapest black wig I could find. I cut laid out the synthetic hairs to spell out "Hairy" and took the image into Photoshop to crop, tune, and isolate.
I carried the hairy texture over onto the other Zine pages to create a cohesive look and feel.. A disgusting one at that. I pushed myself to utilize the hairs in interesting and unique ways throughout the publication. They're even used to create guiding lines on the table of contents. And of course, I had to add in a bandage covered in hair and debris.
For my 2-page spread, I created an array of angry haikus (dubbed haifuckus). I used images of myself and a classmate to mimic the "xerox" style of classic zines.
Web Version
Finally, the web version of the Zine showed how a print publication can be reorganized to fit in a web browser.
