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/ NO. 40 READ OR DIE . MY VERY LIMITED NEW 102 PAGE ZINE IN COOL SILVER
– This is the second installment of my ‘CONCEALED ORIGIN’ zine series as it was based off of my mood board showcased in the first installment. This zine is 102 pages + hand cut with a metallic silver cover. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art Zine, Collage, Concealed Origin, Feminism, Graphic Design, Hand Lettering, Hollywood, Lettering, Los Angeles, Mona Smith, MS, Personal Art, Personal Story, Photography, Pop Art, Propaganda Art, Protest Art, Punk, Punk Art, Revolution, Riot Grrrls, Women, Zine
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/ NO. 38 WE BLEED TO WIN + KEEP YOUR ELECTRIC EYE ON ME, BABE . NEW T-SHIRTS
– As a graphic designer for clothing by trade, it has been a longtime goal of mine to start a line of t-shirts primarily for women. I decided to get myself in gear early this year and print up some designs. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Bowie, Concealed Origin, Feminism, Glam, Graphic Design, Lettering, Mona Smith, Moonage Daydream, MS, Painting, Revolution, Riot Grrrls, Shop, T-Shirt, Venus Symbol, Women, Womens T-shirts
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/ NO. 37 THE ART OF MY HEART . NEW MINI PRINTS AND CONCEALED ORIGIN STICKERS
– I have just opened my Concealed Origin webshop and wanted to include more product than zines so I decided to make some 5″ X 7″ mini prints. Most of my selections are from my TRASH SOUNDZ zine, which contains … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Collage, Concealed Origin, Feminism, Graphic Design, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Los Angeles, Mona Smith, MS, Painting, Personal Art, Personal Story, Pop Art, Prints, Shop, Stickers, Underground, Video Art, Webshop
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/ NO. 36 WHERE’S THE LOVE SONG TO SET US FREE? . MY NEW IPHONE ZINE
– I wanted to tell the story of our time (Los Angeles version) in 12 nuanced iPhone photos. I chose this particular rose-tinted filter and metallic champagne colored cover to represent L.A. exactly how I see it – as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art Zine, Echo Park, Graphic Design, Hollywood, iPhone, Los Angeles, Mona Smith, MS, Photography, Santa Monica, Silverlake, Zine
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/ NO. 35 MIND RIOT . THE YOUTH WILL REMAIN RESTLESS 2
– As I was making ‘THE YOUTH WILL REMAIN RESTLESS,’ I painted several different versions of the same phrases thus I decided to make a companion piece a.k.a. ‘MIND RIOT.’ My only regret is that most of the neon words … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art Poster, Art Zine, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Mona Smith, MS, Neon, Ombre, Painting, Personal Art, Photography, Zine
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/ NO. 33 CROSSHAIR COREA . MY NEW PHOTOGRAPHY ZINE
– I got a little camera happy with my point-and-shoot (hence why this zine is so voluminous) when I visited the South Korean countryside, where my mother is from. Since the areas I visited were all fairly remote, I tried to focus solely on the simple beauties that tend to get overlooked in everyday … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art Zine, Korea, Mona Smith, MS, Personal Art, Personal Story, Photography, South Korea, Zine
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/ NO. 32 TRASH SOUNDZ . MY NEW MIXED MEDIA ZINE
– This is a very personal zine exploring the concept of ‘trash’ – emotional, literal and the idea of ‘taking out the trash to the man’ – through vignettes featuring my photography, collages and drawings. An epilogue speaking more in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Media Control, Art, Art Zine, Collage, Feminism, Feminist Art, Hand Lettering, Los Angeles, Mixed Media, Mona Smith, MS, Painting, Personal Art, Photography, Propaganda Art, Protest Art, Punk, Punk Art, Riot Grrrl, Zine
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/ NO. 25 THE TRUTH IS OTHERWISE . MY NEW ODE TO L.A. PHOTOGRAPHIC ZINE
– This is the story of (my) Los Angeles. I love this city as much as I hate it thus everything in it is juxtaposed – the good and the ugly, the light and the dark. I named it ‘THE … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Echo Park, Hollywood, Lettering, Los Angeles, Mona Smith, MS, Painting, Personal Art, Photography, Silverlake, Zine
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/ NO. 24 I NEVER SAID I WAS A POET . MY NEW PERSONAL ZINE
– This is a zine I made when I was desiring an outlet for pure self-expression. I figured that there was no better way to communicate myself to the world than to photograph the things that best represent me – … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Los Angeles, Mona Smith, MS, Painting, Personal Art, Photography, Propaganda Art, Silverlake, Zine
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