Monster Rambles 08 Illustrating for Zines
Zine illustrating and creating my own
I have not done a lot of work for zines . They seem to have become a big thing again in recent years , which is great. Many moons ago ( i was 17 I thnink!) I created a zine called Metal Inc for a college project. I don’t have any copies unfortunaley. It was amusic zine concentratung on the emerging thrash /death metal scene. It only ran 2 issues, much to my dismay. I managed to get some really great interviews with British bands, including a memorable weekend with a Manchester based band called Slammer. I even managed to get an interview with Anthrax on their first headline tour of the UK. I still cannot believe I manegaed that.
I do love zines and it’s good to see them in the world again.
So , I did some work for the epic Charred Vulture zine ,Grinding Horror and the Nottingham Horror Collective so far. I have contributed to some others in the past. I am hoping to make some more myself and have a couple of projects nearly done. If you visit my Gumroad store, you can download a couple for free. The links are at the bottom of this post.
Thanks for stopping. Hope you are enjoying this look through the archives.
All of the links!!!
Dansmonsters Library of Doom - Pulp reviews from my stupid collection
You Tube- Join the Monster Bomb Club
Kofi - Buy stuff so i can buy more pens or just a brew! Thanks!
My website! I need to update to be honest!
Instagram ( a necessery evil i suppose )
Here are a couple of links to buy some actual books:
More importantly, remember the rules for drawing monsters, the weird and the wonderful!
1. They are not real, so draw them any damn way you want.
2. Forget stuff like anatomy. Who cares.
3. Use any tool and as many as you like as long as it makes an unholy mess.
4. Most importantly, have some bloody great fun!
Cheers
Dan(smonsters)
Love it!!