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Mikayla Gao

BFA in Graphic Design — Graphic Design
Course:
GPRT-152 Communication Design 2: Information & Context
Faculty:
Guillaume David

The Ruthless Web Zine FINAL

In this project, I choose artist Marina Abramović as my artist and Vaporwave as my contrasting idea to make a zine book. In the zine, I choose to use colors on the pages as my features and bring in hand-drawn lines and letters to create a hand-made feeling zine. I have 5 articles, 2 about Marina, 3 about Vaporwave; 1 video I shoot to represent the vibe of the zine, music by myself; 2 AR face filters related to my 2 topics, and 1 final video that introduces everything.
Learning Outcomes:
From this project I learned a lot from the artist Marina Abramović, her concept and her works bring me a lot of ideas. I have got a chance to learn performance art, which is really helpful. Through her inspiration, I learned to combine and look for things around me, now I feel that even in daily life, it can be creative.
Project Website:
https://youtu.be/kZKR1ZJGXrk
The cover of the zine. Bring in hand-drawn lines, Photograph by myself.
The first article about Marina Abramović, using the red color from Marina's dress as the main color.
Adding hand-drawn lines to create a sense of handmade and chaos.
Last page.
The Second article about Marina Abramović, using grey and blue color as the main color.
Adding hand-drawn lines.
The last page.
The first article about my Contrasting Idea(Vaporwave), using the pink color as the main color. Photograph by myself.
On the second page, I add hand-drawn words as background, Photograph by myself.
On the third page, I add English words and Japanese characters meaning "Vaporwave" as background, Photograph by myself.
The second article about my Contrasting Idea(Vaporwave), using the purple color as the main color. Bring in the Japanese characters meaning "Vaporwave" Photograph by myself.
The second page. Photograph by myself.
The third page. Photograph by myself.
The third article about my Contrasting Idea(Vaporwave), using the purple color as the main color. Bring in the Japanese characters meaning "Vaporwave" and simple shapes with noise. Photograph by myself.
On the second page, I bring in simple shapes with noise. Photograph by myself.