Five books, four authors, and direct access to every one of them.
Chalice Press · Freelance, designer and creative director, working with the authors
Book cover design · Author consultation · Typography · Illustration and collage · Print-ready file preparation
The challenge
Chalice Press publishes books on faith and social justice. Five books across four authors, and each cover had to carry what that author meant by their own book.
The work
Worked with the authors directly.
Chalice gave full access to each author, so the brief came from the person who wrote the book. Consulted with them on the image and the emotion they wanted the cover to carry, and went through several iterations before landing on the final.
Designed a sequel to relate to a book I had already designed.
Ferguson & Faith came first. Faith Following Ferguson is the follow-up by the same author, five years on. The Arch and raised hands carry over; everything else is rebuilt.
Handed over print-ready files.
Chalice printed from there. The cover artwork is credited on the publisher’s site and on retail listings. Most of the work was listening to the author. The rest was making the case when the picture in their head would not work, and changing course when they were right.
And now the work with no client: my graphite portraits.
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