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The front cover of issue 1 of an 18+ zine titled "it's art because i said it is" dated Autumn 2025. It was originally dated Autumn 2024, but the 4 is crossed through and a 5 written in next to it. The background is stylised as off-white parchment paper. This issue's theme is "outside the box". There are illustrations of cats in boxes around the theme name which has a roughly drawn double lined orange oval around it. The zine name is on illustrations styled to look like brown and coloured ripped paper, which are layered in two sections. The top section reads “IT’S ART” in capital letters. The bottom section reads “because i said it is” in lowercase letters. There is a black, yellow, and pink arrow pointing from the bottom section to the top. At the bottom of the page is the text “an omniarts gb zine”. There are black hand drawn style corner frames in the top right and bottom left, stars in the top left and a heart shape bottom right.Contents page which has an array of doodles all over the blank space. The contents is: 1 the front cover (you've already seen it) 2 you are here 3 Who & why 4 boxboxbox 5 Box Undefined: G Francis 6-7 Palatte Cleanser: Ashleigh Blair 8-9 Outside the Box: Stacy Smith 10-11 Grow Free: Ember 12-13 Everything is too much but at least i have fridge magnets: Robin Spain 14-15 Side View: Kira 16-17 The Fuck It Bucket 18 Message for you, our friend 19 Art Prompt 20 Show Some Love 21 Wordsearch 22 Queer Creatives Group info 23 #WeirdlySpecificHashtaas & Jokes 24 Scavenger Hunt 25 At the bottom of the box was... 26 The back page (but it's okay, you can go back to the beginning and read it all again!)Title: "Who?" Text reads: "This zine is curated and published by OmniArts GB, a queer and disabled led, non-profit organisation." Title: "Why this Zine?" Text reads: "Whilst society values art of all forms highly, it also sends the message that there is “good and bad” art. We don’t agree with this! We believe everyone is a creative being! That’s why we decided to create this zine, in the hope that it helps to remove some of the barriers society has put in place to being creative. The aim of the “It’s Art Because I Said It Is” zine is to encourage everyone, even those who feel that aren’t creative, to just give it a go!" There are doodles across the page of hearts, stars, crayons, and a text graphic which reads "be part of our community". Smaller text at the bottom reads: "Zine theme chosen by the OmniArts Queer Creatives group members. More info about this group can be found on page 22."A pencil drawing on a square of white paper of a box with the word box written around the edge in various fonts with the B of each instance of the word being attached to the edge of the drawing. A very faint image of a cat can be seen inside the box. Behind the paper is the word "box" in various digital fonts overlapping each other creating a background.A poem titled "Box Undefined" by G Francis (he/him). Text of poem reads: "What is a box? What is a box? Four sides and a lid, And sometimes it locks. I see a box, Four sides and a lid, Filled up with water, Rocks, snails, and fish. Another box here, That plays me a song, With its black and white keys, While I sing along. Could this be a box? It’s sealed with a zip, Packed tightly with clothes, For the next family trip. Does a box need a lid? This one’s filled up with dirt, With a beautiful flower, Or maybe a herb. This box does have a lid, But very small sides, I can open it up, To search, shop, and type. So what is a box? What should be inside it? How can I get outside If I can’t define it?" Next to each section of the text is an image relating to the words. First stanza is a pacdlock. Second stanza is a splash of water. Third stanza is musical notes. Fourth stanza is a zip. Fifth stanza is a pile of dirt. Sixth stanza is an internet search window. Final stanza is a door.The Art: "Palette Cleanser" Cleaning out my painting palette always leaves little circles of colour. I've wondered what it would be like to use this as art. Outside the box felt like the perfect prompt to explore this. Maybe the paint is meant to get increasingly chaotic towards the bottom, maybe I did it randomly. Who really knows. Is this trash glued to a canvas? Nah it's art, I say so. A thumbnail of the image is shown with the following image description: A square canvas on a small easel placed on a desk. The canvas has 4 columns and 5 rows of domes of dried paint. The paint get decreasingly circular towards the bottom of the canvas. The Artist: Ashleigh Blair (she/her) I bounce around different mediums but my go to it is model painting. Whether that's 3D models I've designed, or gaming miniatures. Instagram: mesozoicartsA bigger version of the art described on the previous page. More details of the art: The domes of paint have various cracks in them, some have a hold in the centre. The colours of the paint are: gold, white, black, orange, yellow, brown, grey mixed with white and some red, green, purple, and a rainbow bit. Description from previous page: Image shows a square canvas on a small easel placed on a desk. The canvas has 4 columns and 5 rows of domes of dried paint. The paint get decreasingly circular towards the bottom of the canvas.The Art: "Outside The Box" A thumbnail of the image is shown with the following image description: A cartoon illustration of a classic magician sawing in half, but where the top half has climbed out of the box to sit upright atop it, staring at her own feet, still holding the saw and looking confused. The Artist: Stacy Smith (she/her) Professionally unwell but with many artistic hobbies. www.the4thCircle.co.uk A photo of a woman with cherry red hair, wearing black rimmed glasses, a grey button up top and bright orange sleeveless jacket performing the linking rings on stage.A bigger version of the art described on the previous page. More details of the art: The magician is white with long red hair. She is wearing a dark grey blouse, orange waistcoat, and dark grey skirt and shoes. There is a spotlight shining down on her and the box. The box is red with gold edges, and the two halves of it are on a wooden platform with wheels. The inside of the box with the top half of the magician on can be seen, and it is empty. Description from previous page: Image shows a cartoon illustration of a classic magician sawing in half, but where the top half has climbed out of the box to sit upright atop it, staring at her own feet, still holding the saw and looking confused.The Art: “Wheee!” by Vox Margo (they/them) @nonbinarycreative I drew this a long time ago on a whim, and it makes me laugh every time I see it. I feel like it fits the theme “Outside The Box” nicely in multiple ways - the concept, the content and the execution of the art! My original plan was to give the person clothes, but once I’d got this far, the dopamine disappeared, so I abandoned it. I had the idea in my head and started by drawing the table and chairs, but anatomy is confusing to me, so I looked up a tutorial on how to draw a person doing a roly-poly and... well... proportions are not my strong suit either! Image shows a drawing done in black, red and blue pen. There is a circular table with the words "the gender table" written on it. Around the table are six red chairs with rough scribbles colouring them in. To the left of this is a drawing of a person who appears to be naked, laying on their shoulders with their legs in the air. their proportions are bigger than would allow them to sit on one of the chairs, and their shoulders and upper arms seem to be too big for the rest of their body. A line is coming from the face with the text "wheee!" written next to it.The Art: “Grow Free” A thumbnail of the image is shown with the following image description: A painting. Acrylic on canvas. In the centre of the painting is a box on fire. Around it grows a tree or vine with purple blue flowers with yellow accents growing off. At the top of the image In black is the text "fuck the box" at the bottom "grow free". The background is a thin purple showing the grain of the canvas. The Artist: Ember (she/her) Ember is a trans woman from South London. She is interested in queer topics, scifi, gaming and role play. She has previously worked in only words but has begun to expand more in to visual mediums such as photography and paint.A bigger version of the art described on the previous page. More details of the art: Pencil marks can be seen behind the purple background and text that read "fuck the box" painted in black. The pencil marks spell out "fuck the box" in straight line bubble writing, with the word box being on a second line, just touching the top of the flames painted over the box. The flames are engulfing the box entirely, and are bright yellow, red, and orange colours. Description from previous page: Image shows a painting. Acrylic on canvas. In the centre of the painting is a box on fire. Around it grows a tree or vine with purple blue flowers with yellow accents growing off. At the top of the image In black is the text "fuck the box" at the bottom "grow free". The background is a thin purple showing the grain of the canvas.The Art: “Everything is too much but at least i have fridge magnets” A thumbnail of the image is shown with the following image description: A collage featuring a poem I wrote and diary photos from my autumn so far; a sweet potato, the corner of my eye with red glittery eyeshadow and sunflower petals stuck around it, a crochet rat a new friend made, a park, a bucket of pruned lavender stems, the reverse of a cardboard house model, a bedraggled cat, autumn leaves, part of a stained glass window depicting a medieval forest man, the ground, my flannel sleeve. Parts of the collage are fuzzy and not in good resolution, this depicts the mindstate of the artist/poet very well. The poem is made with fridge magnet words and reads: “autumn-ing is found green to red a dancing bird host see-s earth friend glitter fly-s on in lazy wander’d beautiful memory these tree-s our jewel garden” The Artist: Robin Spain (he/him) Instagram: @robingoblinn and @mystery_egg_A bigger version of the art described on the previous page. More details of the art: the poem is on a background of three black ovals joined together with a thick grey border around them. Description from previous page: Image shows a collage featuring a poem I wrote and diary photos from my autumn so far; a sweet potato, the corner of my eye with red glittery eyeshadow and sunflower petals stuck around it, a crochet rat a new friend made, a park, a bucket of pruned lavender stems, the reverse of a cardboard house model, a bedraggled cat, autumn leaves, part of a stained glass window depicting a medieval forest man, the ground, my flannel sleeve. Parts of the collage are fuzzy and not in good resolution, this depicts the mindstate of the artist/poet very well. The poem is made with fridge magnet words and reads: “autumn-ing is found green to red a dancing bird host see-s earth friend glitter fly-s on in lazy wander’d beautiful memory these tree-s our jewel garden”The Art: “Side View” A thumbnail of the image is shown with the following image description: A piece of digital art of a side view of a nude woman sitting on the ground with her knees pulled up to her chest such that none of the bits are showing. There's a second one sitting upside down to the first and facing the opposite direction. They are shaded with a shared light source. The Artist: Kira (she/her): Kira is a nerdy trans woman who posts under the handle SourSavior. She got into making art in 2022 and is still at it to this day. Bluesky: soursavior soursavior.wordpress.com Tumblr: soursavior an image of a white woman in a business casual outfit with black trousers and a black and blue top.A bigger version of the art described on the previous page. More details of the art: The background is a diagonal gradient from blue to black. The woman is white with medium-long length dark hair and green eyes. Her finger and toenails are all painted pink. She is looking at you from the corner of her eyes. Two strands of hair are falling over one of her eyes. Description from previous page: Image shows a piece of digital art of a side view of a nude woman sitting on the ground with her knees pulled up to her chest such that none of the bits are showing. There's a second one sitting upside down to the first and facing the opposite direction. They are shaded with a shared light source.Title reads: "The Fuck It Bucket. Chuck it in it." In the centre of the page is the text "1. Wheee! : Vox Margo" An illustration of a statue with a ball in it's hand, with a dotted arrow going behind the text and ending in an illustration of a bucket. Around the page are other illustrations of: a blue bucket hat, a pink paper aeroplane, a ghost with the text "that's the spirit" around it, a paper boat, and the following quotes: "you tried that's what matters." "you don't need to be an expert to do something great." "celebrate your mistakes it means you're learning."Page has the title "Hey friend!" In the centre of the page is a page of crumpled lined white paper with the text "Have you drunk enough water today? Please make sure you stay hyrdrated!" around it are illustrations of bubbles, a glass of water, bubble writing of the words "you matter", a red heart shape with the text "you are loved" over it, and a purple circle that looks like a sticker with a glass of water with eyes and a hand giving a thumbs up and the text "appreciate it if you hydrate" around the edge.Text reads: "Art Prompt. Complete this drawing. It is not a box." A white square with rounded edges is in the centre of the page with a drawing of three lines all roughly the same length. One is horizontal, and the other two are connected to either end of the horizontal line pointing upwards. There is a large amount of blank space above these lines. Text below reads: "If you’d like your finished art piece to be featured in our next issue, email it to us at zine@omniartsgb.co.uk"Text reads: "Show Some Love. A charity, person, organisation, business or whatever else we choose to share with you that we feel are wonderful. The new normal. A completely free alternative to one-on-one therapy. The New Normal provides free non-judgemental peer support for adults facing life’s difficult moments, particularly bereavement. “Changing the way we discuss our grief, mental health and well-being in open and honest spaces. Nobody should ever feel isolated, and there is always somebody who will relate to your story.” Online & in person meetings Good Grief (online & in person in London) Boys Talk Black and Brown Good Grief Cancer Conversations Connect, Reflect, Create Girls Talk It's Complicated Partner Loss Queer Good Grief Student Good Grief Parler Panser Good Grief Americas Good Grief Hong Kong The Charity was founded by friends who had bonded over the death of their fathers, who wanted to share and expand their conversations around grief with others experiencing loss." On the right at the bottom is a photo of two white men wearing white t-shirts with the word "grief" in black capital letters on them. one has short dark curly hair and a moustache and soul patch, and the other is wearing a beanie hat, has a moustache and tattoos on his neck and both his arms. Smaller text reads "TNN also provides training & talks around grief & mental health" The URL: "www.thenewnormalcharity.org" is at the bottom.Text reads: "Outside The Box Wordsearch Words can be found in any direction (including diagonals) and can overlap each other. Use the word bank below." 1. juice 2. barrel 3. shoe 4. chest 5. match 6. crate 7. phone 8. lunch 9. storage 10. pandora 11. societal 12. magic 13. electric 14. display 15. glove 16. tray 17. music 18. toy 19. craft 20. cereal 21. receptacle 22. bird 23. book 24. takeaway 25. mail 26. sensoryTitle: "Queer Creatives." The page has various coloured paint splotches all over it. Text reads: "An online group for Queer people aged 18+ to explore various creative mediums of queer art including performance, poetry, photography, and much more." A photo of a stuffed dachshund toy, entirely made of cotton cloth with a pattern of multicoloured stripes. Text reads: "We also hold 2-3 discussion hours a year for members, that are either unit (we call them biscuits) focused or around a topical issue." A sign hanging down from the photo reads "Join us!" and text next to it reads: "Wednesdays, fortnightly at 7-8pm. Online on Zoom" A photo of a three-fold desk mirror with photos and paper with text stuck on it. All the photos feature hands. Text to the left of it reads "Queer Creatives is the only group within the UK that gives members the opportunity to explore queerness in multiple mediums as well as offer spaces for critical discussions within the community." At the bottom of the page is the text: "Recommended cost: £10 per session, with a pay what you can option." A rainbow circle with the text "Any questions, concerns, or raccoons?" with an illustration of a raccoon face has a pink arrow pointing to an email address: "admin@omniartsgb.co.uk"Title: "Weirdly Specific Hashtags" #ThisIsAParticularlyStrangeFeature #OnlyMeAndTwoPeopleUnderstandThis #BingBonyGlub @mystery_egg_ / @NonBinaryCreative #PleaseCamelCaseYourHashtagsForAccessibilit Title: "got Jokes?" An illustration of a square dance floor with a disco ball above it. Text: "What’s a box’s favorite dance? The square dance!" Graphic of a dotted sqaure with people of a variety of skin tones in it dancing. One is in wheelchair, one is wearing a mask, and one has wrist supports. Text: "What did the box say to the tape? "Stick with me, and we’ll go places!”" Graphic of an open cardboard box and a roll of tape. Text: "When do boxes go to therapy? When they need to unpack things." Graphic of a cardboard box with cylindical items in it next to a yellow polkadot wrapped box with it's lid off and celebratory streamers and stars coming out of it.Text reads: "Scavenger Hunt. Photograph one of each of the following: Gift Box Post Box Plastic Box Tick Box Tissue Box Box Office Phone Box Cardboard Box Cereal Box Mystery Box (your choice) Email us your full collection of photos for a chance to be featured in our next zine! Zine@omniartsgb.co.uk" Around the text are graphics of: a blue home style postbox, a red postbox, a box wrapped in yellow paper with green polkadots and a red bow, a clear plastic box with a blue edge, a pink tissue box, a black tick box, a red phone box, a theatre style box office, an open cardboard box, a cereal box, and a black box with a white question mark on it.Text reads: "and at the bottom of the box is...hope." What brings you hope? "Green things in winter. Flowers and weeds and grass breaking through the tarmac. The press of a protest. Taking my hrt.” - @firecoals“ "Predicting things. Wild outrageously optimistic things. I work out the way in which they might come to pass and that gives me the hope that they will.”- @the4thspiral “@transkidsdeservebetter give me hope.”- @NonBinaryCreative “People who help animals. People who return lost items with no benefit to them. Seeing older queer people existing and hearing older allies speaking out for others.”- @_georgegc_" Around the text are graphics of: a beaded bracelet of blue & yellow flowers & letter beads spelling out "hope". A red heart shape with arms hugging it. A yellow star with a cute face on it. A brown hand with their fingers crossed, they have blue, yellow, & pink nail polish on, a beaded bracelet, and stars around it. Four 3D heart shapes in orange, green, pink, & purple. A glass jar with lots of heart shapes inside & a red lid. A realistic looking dried red flower.Text reads: "This is the back cover. Just FYI." Graphics of a black cat in an open box, and a sealed cardboard box with a winky face on it are either side of this text. The its art because i said it is logo is in the top right, and in the bottom left corner is text circled in orange which reads: issue one. Autumn 2024 with the 4 crossed out and a 5 next to it. Outside the box." The URL "www.omniartsgb.co.uk/zine" is at the bottom of the page.

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