Jeannie Phan: Artist, Website and Blog

I mentioned Jeannie Phan in my post on Zines available here.
She is a Vietnamese-Canadian artist (sorry for getting that wrong first-time!) based in Toronto. Her website is really beautiful and well-thought through - I really recommend having a look. This is her home page which I took a screen-shot of:

JeanniePhan.com

She has an online sketchbook, a portfolio of work, a shop where you can buy zines for as little as $2.99 and a blog which details her entire process of what she does. 

It's a virus zine (2010)

I'm actually going to do a blog on art boxes as it is a form they have always held a fascination for me. I was one of those children that loved making pop-up books, secret compartments and anything contained in their own worlds. Phan's clear and original style is clearly imprinted on this one:

Paper Myra (2006)

I love her blog. She shows you techniques on little video clips which are done in a sort of arty-slapdash way which I really like. I think she must be a student as she's trying out all sorts of different techniques, mediums etc but her own personal style really does come through. 

I'm really tempted by all the things she has in her shop, especially one of the zines... 

Mock book cover for Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales

I think your work is wonderful! Keep up the good work Jeannie!

The Zine: What and how to

I made my first 'zine' the other day and thought I should share this relatively new phenomenon with those who have yet to experience the fun.

Officially it is an abbreviation of 'fanzine' and is a self-made, small-scale publication. You could put anything in yours: poetry, cartoon, drawing, short story etc etc. It's very popular (as far as I can gage from online probing) with music, anarchy, political, sexual orientations etc etc

http://www.jeanniephan.com/ (Very cool with photographs of her whole process)

In researching for this post I found out there is a London Zine Symposium 2011. For those interested, it's 12-6pm, Sunday 17th April at The Rag Factory, Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ with free entry. Actually there are loads... just scroll to the bottom of http://www.londonzinesymposium.org.uk/ to see some international ones as well. 

"Same Shit Different Day" Erik Brunetti

A 'Burger Zine' from http://design-fetish.blogspot.com/

Here is the youtube video I used to help make my first with just an A4 piece of paper.

If you have a zine, or follow any great zine-designers please share!