I had the opportunity to design the cover and interiors for another professional writing student at my alma mater. Since designing your own book isn’t a requirement for this class, students often enlist the help of their art major friends. In my case, I offer to do the full cover and interiors at a discounted price for PCC students.

This was Lilly Hakel’s senior portfolio design, which I loved creating. One of her central stories featured in her portfolio dealt with a child trying to grow sunflowers in his bottom dresser drawer. Since I absolutely loved the imagery and how it tied into her themes of hope sprinkled through her pieces, I suggested creating the scene for the cover.

For the interiors, Lilly wanted drawings for divider pages that depicted a sunflower in various stages of growth, and we included those drawings in the folio at the top of each page, depending on the section.

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