Keep believing,

keep pretending.

A small tribute to a man that left a legacy larger-than-life:

This is the JIM HENSON ZINE

Overview

It isn’t often that I am given free reign to make something meaningful to me. When tasked to create a zine about something that I am passionate about, I chose to highlight the life and impact of famed puppeteer and philanthropist Jim Henson.

My goal for this assignment was to educate and inspire my audience by sharing information about a figure that has inspired me. My work has often been very playful and believe some of that comes from growing up watching Jim Henson’s projects. Using bright visuals and photographic elements, I wanted to keep visual interest whilst not sacrificing legibility. My decision to implement hand-drawn elements was implemented not only to add visual interest, but to convey my own personal excitement about the topic without detracting attention from the copy. My audience for this project, similar to Henson, was anyone from the ages of 7 and up.

The process

01 / Moodboard + briefing + sketch

I started my process by sketching layouts in my iPad and sourcing art from Henson’s active years. In my research, I found numerous hand-drawn sketches from Henson, and concluded that a mix of documentary pictures, and hand-drawn secondary elements would be implemented in my system as an homage to the sketches I found.

02 / Design system finalization + Layout experimentation

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03 / Collaborative Energy

Connection is a core part of the process. You’ll learn just as much from the group as from the content itself.

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