Grief Is A Thing With Feathers

  • Bella Schilling

Concept A novella about a husband and his sons mourning the sudden loss of his wife / their mother. Strategy The Crow appears to the family to help them through the stages of grief after its feathers are found on the boys’ pillows. I designed a cover that looked tangible because grief is a personal experience. The decision to show part of Crow’s body was because just feathers were shown to begin with. The calligraphic title emulates feathers with elongated ascenders and descenders.

Grief Is A Thing With Feathers by Bella Schilling
Grief Is A Thing With Feathers by Bella Schilling

Bella Schilling
Art Direction, Illustration, Design, Calligraphy