OBJECTIVE: To create a newsprint publication that embodies and discusses D.I.Y. culture through the lens of skateboarding, with a focus on Texas Skateboarding.

APPROACH: Through research and insight into archives of skateboard and punk rock zines from the 1980s, I was able to establish an understanding of layout and interaction of imagery and text. In many cases they are coexistent, serving and complimenting each other equally, which I accomplished through my use of the grid and intentional breakage of the grid at times. I looked at text as compositional elements, and even spreads that are type dominated are manipulated and slightly skewed to emphasize the imperfect nature of D.I.Y.