Start to Finish - The Making of my First Zine 

it's the most inspiring thing, to see an artist or a person working on a project so right and true for them. I appreciate a lot your commitment through external difficulties, as well as bringing your own voice and talent into climate activism! congratulation on your amazing new zine and thank you so much for sharing the process.

Loved this video Holly! Hope you're well! Mwa mwa x x x

I'm also currently working on a project relating whales and the environment. I'm linking together an Irish folktale about the first harp being made from the rib of a whale, and the marine sound pollution happening off the coast of Scotland due to industrial activity (mainly fishing), and the effect this has on disrupting the sonar function of marine mammals. I'm in the process of building a harp and creating a small publication, and next summer I'll record the plucking of the harp under the water somewhere around the Hebrides (spoiler: it will be very noisy down there)

WOw! The whole thing.. the video, the process, the topic... It's just so magical to see you work on this and pour energy into a creative endeavor with such a topic. Congratulations!

My zone arrived last week. I mean to put stories on Instagram. It made me cry seeing how much the whales give, yet they are struggling to thrive here because of us humans. A very informative educational piece of literature. A very well done to you spreading awareness 💞

This was such a nice surprise! I really enjoy seeing you paint and miss those sorts of videos from your channel. I look forward to the next.

Loved this video Holly! Hope you're well! Mwa mwa x x x

I came from your first video about zines, so it was really cool to get to see you design your own! The final product looks gorgeous! Your work is really beautiful. :)

Absolutely beautiful concept! Cannot wait to purchase your zine!!!

What an amzing and inspiring video, can’t wait to receive mine! ❤

I love my copy 💚It’s so beautiful Holly xxx

It was so interesting to see your research and your process creating this!

Such an enjoyable video, thank you!

We miss you so much😍

"I'm feeling really excited and inspired and nervous and scared because I'm making something out of nothing, the only direction I have is my own...", so well said, beautifully paced, and presented for anyone wondering what it truly feels like to start in, glean information, collect it, arrange it, draw it out, figure out how you want it to be and implement.

Congrats Holly!! 🥳👏💐 Love seeing your creative process and how you take us along the whole story and art journey. It gave me so many throwbacks when I created my first zine (especially the overwhelm to start drawing haha but also having a great time while doing research). Also, WOW for creating all of this in such a short amount of time!

Congratulations o the zine and also on finding some inspiration again. I love watching bits of your creative process. You're such a talented artist with such a huge heart. (Side note, mobile living is HARD. I travelled for nearly 3 years but my heart and body finally needed to stop and grow roots. I'm not saying this will happen to you, just that I empathise with that feeling of the "freedom" sometimes being hard work in other ways).

I absolutely love zines and zine culture! I'm constantly buying ones from my local artists. 💕

Yea! Holly you are on the right track! There is a very good Domestika course on whales in watercolour that might interest you: not expensive:

I understand what you are feeling right now about the state of our planet. It is hard not to get very depressed. It was because of you that I became vegan, and I have not looked back. I see the world from a totally different angle. As a bird photographer I see beauty all around me, and will do what it takes to protect it for future generations.

Thank you for sharing, I am a zine fan I watched your previous video too. I am putting together a collage zine and wondering which printing service you used (in UK) I've previously used blurb though I'm looking at others where the paper folds like yours.

On many hectares of land, we grow mangroves. We all enjoy planting trees, including our president. We may just protest about climate change since our nation is a democracy. We are the world's lungs, after all. We keep striving to be the best. Planting is still ongoing. 32 degrees Celsius and 57 percent humidity were the weather conditions at the time this comment was posted. From Indonesia, warm greetings 💙😊

what a lovely video. bought myself a copy of your zine, i can't wait for it to arrive! you inspire me so much both in the art sector and just the heart you have for the planet and animals both human and non. you're truly a gem

This is so lovely, Holly! Will you make more copies of this zine, and if so, do you even ship from EU? I'm in Portugal and with the UK status everything gets caught up in customs where they extort large sums from you for even magazines and zines!

Wow, I love both the idea and the result 🤩 Thank you for being such an inspiration!

Wow, I love it...ordering now. The research, care and feelings you put into this project was inspiring to me. Thank you and take care💜

The painting on 18:06 reminds me of the artwork for an arcade game called "R-Type". Anyways, the painting look pretty and zines are fun to make.

The subject you picked is so evocative, and your illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. Can't wait to get a copy!

I want to buy your zine SO MUCH! 😭 is there a new link to purchase?

Oh! I was able to purchase one! Such a treasure!

You’re so well spoken and exude such calm energy. I could listen to you talk for days.

Congratulations! Just places my order - solidarity with the strikers, indeed. It will be such a lovely treat when it arrives. Have a lovely Sunday x

I love the idea of making a zine based on an animal and climate crisis that we are facing. I think that I would love to write and illustrate one about sharks because people have a misconception about them (and also furtive haunt) and that's why I would love to talk about sharks, because they are my favourite sea animal 💖

Holly, this was so fantastic to see you posting and creating again! Yay! You have been very much missed. I'm headed over to Etsy now to get my copy. :)

You need to read about the natives in USA. They still whale hunt for their needs.

Love this style of video! Gorgeous work too, as always

What a fantastic project. Thanks for sharing your process. ❤

Climate justice and injustice? Climate crisis. Hmmmmm.

Such a lovely journey, best of luck with your zine, I would love to know more about the technical side of how to upload artwork and how to get it printed as I think it would make a lovely project for my primary class

I really enjoyed this. I went looking for the zine but it must be long gone. Thoroughly enjoyed your process.

Hello. Could anyone explain to me what exactly is "zine". I have been seeing a lot of videos about it but no one really explains what it is...

OMG I can't believe you're making artwork about whales and especially whalefalls!!! I made a series of illustrations of whalefalls in cooperation with marine scientists of the Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany back in 2019! Such a fascinating, complex topic, but there aren't many images or photographs of the whalefall process out there, because of the very hard access in the deep sea, as well as the fact that the decomposing can take even 100 years. Can't wait to see your artwork Holly! Much respect

Thank you for sharing your process. Lots of good tips and motivation. I am curious what kind of scanner you use to scan your artwork?

Wow you are wrong in this story. Hogwash ❤

This was such a beautiful video, I'm so excited to receive the zine! I'll probably end up putting it in a frame and changing the page layout every so often. Hope you're all doing well ^.^ - Mandy

Hello, do you think the zine will be available in the future? I'd like to have one of them, but I think they're all sold out.

Okkk so I started watching this only knowing you were making a zine, thinking ‘maybe this will inspire me to create that zine idea I had about cetaphobia (fear of whales which I had growing up but have now grown to love them and fear for them) and then you said whales and now part of me feels I should stop watching in case your ideas influence mine too much or are really similar 😂😂 the dilemma

You are forever my artistic inspiration. Thank you for sharing your journey. Your paintings are so beautiful and they always bring joy to my heart ;)

Holly 😊 I had such an in depth (pardon the pun) dream about a whale fall last night. So random but beautiful. I could think of no better person to mention this random happenstance to... and the need to dig out my Exley Whalebone/Whalefall zine 🐋💙 x

You sound like you have ADHD. Do you have ADHD? I do and this totally sounds like my process! Amazing artwork and a thoroughly intersting video! Thank you for sharing!

I am so happy to see you again 💙

So happy to see you back!😊

So nice to see you making videos and artwork again! The zine looks lovely

Holly, you’re back!!!

I wish I bought the zine on time. I first watched this video when you released it and I was working on my own personal illustrations and this kept me going. I love the things you do and the way you go about doing them, thanks for being here and giving me breaks from my own insanity.

I bought your zine! Can’t wait to receive it x

Holly this is absolutely amazing back to back! You are incredibly talented and intelligent, truly an inspiration

That project came out looking really lovely. That's more like a real book than any zine I've ever seen. You put a lot of work into it.

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which printers did you use?

I wish this zine was still available! This was such a beautiful video. I often find myself rushing my creative projects, but your whole process has inspired me to allow myself time to research, plan, and just truly get immersed in it.

Left liberal under a stone. Your history is wrong. ❤

Hi new to your channel, found you through searching for Zines which I've just discovered. I'm full of admiration for your thoughtful and inspiring process and the result is really beautiful.