Three Zines for Zinetausch #10: Creative Coding in 3 Steps

I did it! Yesterday I finished my three zines—well, six, because three of them are Jenni’s return-of-investment—for zines.cool’s Zinetausch #10. Mere hours before our flight to Cape Town.

I am so happy that I made it! It was incredible fun!

But what is a Zinetausch, you might ask. Well, it’s a German word and translates to the concept of zine swap, where you send in some of your zines—small self-made and self-published booklets on topics that are dear to your heart—via snail mail and get back the same number of zines made by the other participants of the swap. It only costs you a bit of postage and the reward is zine extravaganza. I am very excited as I am participating for the first time!

I plotted the whole thing with my AxiDraw, printed the code listings with my Phomemo M02 thermal printer, and used the inside of the zine for a full-page generative art poster (here: circle packing).

I also made (or rather will make) a note for each zine that contains all the text and code and some extra background and behind-the-scenes material.

I am hooked and have some more zine ideas cooking.