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Pocket Thoughts Annual

Pocket Thoughts Annual collects work from zinesters around the world. Each issue features art, poetry, comics, prose, rants, and collages.

This zine is organized and produced by Pocket Thoughts. Copies are available on Etsy.

I have contributed pages since 2021 (issue #3). Check out my pages below.

Issue #3

I made this astronaut illustration.

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A black and white collage that features an astronaut floating in outer space. The text says, "You wake the thing inside you; you let it see the sun"

I wanted to go for a collage look, but still where I made each part of it. This is what the elements looked like, before I put the page together.

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Elements of the collage: black cardstock with white dots drawn on it, strips of white paper, strips of text, an astronaut drawing, and a cloud shape.

I started with black cardstock and a white gel pen for the stars in the background.

I drew the astronaut on white cardstock and the cloud thing on black cardstock with a black fineliner and white gel pen. Then I cut those out.

The white strips on the left of the photo are pieces of white cardstock.

I printed the text using my Phomemo printer. It’s so handy for little things like this!

Then I glued everything into place. To send it in for the zine, I scanned it, so I could send a jpg.

Making this page took a while since I created each element separately, but I’m really happy with how it came out.

Issue #4

I continued my astronaut theme from the previous year. Hand-drawn astronaut. Text added in Canva.

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A drawing of an astronaut facing the viewer.

Issue #5

I made this collage by hand with scrapbook paper and stock photos. I added the text in Canva.

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A black and white collage that features a collage and abstract shapes.

Issue #6

I drew this illustration by hand and then added text in Canva.

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An illustration with trees and the night sky in the background.

Issue #7

This was a page I made for Spaced Out. I converted it to black and white for Pocket Thoughts Annual.

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A shape that looks like a rocket ship flame on a black background with white dots.

Issue #8

This is a digital collage I created.

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A collage of a woman on an abstract background. Parts of the image are distorted in a glitching effect.

Here’s a rundown of my process for making this page:

  1. Searched for images on Unsplash. (See image credits below.)
  2. Uploaded the muse image to Canva to convert to black and white and edit the background. Downloaded as png.
  3. Opened the edited version in Affinity to add the texture image. Downloaded as png.
  4. Went to Pixlr and opened the edited image. Added the glitch filter and adjusted settings. Downloaded as png.
  5. Uploaded the edited version to Canva. Added text. Downloaded as png.

There are definitely other ways of making a digital collage like this. Probably with less jumping between apps. But for this collage, I went to the apps that I knew could do the work I wanted. Streamlining the process wasn’t my priority.

Images credits:

  1. Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry 1798 Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832) France, late 18th-early 19th century oil on canvas Overall: 275 x 177 cm (108 1/4 x 69 11/16 in.) Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2003.6.4 (public domain). Photo by The Cleveland Museum of Art on Unsplash
  2. Blue, red, and yellow abstract painting (free to use under the Unsplash License). Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash
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