Image shows Willow Springs issue 88 cover featuring the painting Pfielstorch by Alexis Trice. In this painting, a large bird stands in front of a creek. Its neck is pierced by a spear, which also pierces the bodies of three fish and an eel. Title text reads Willow Springs: Prose Poetry and Interviews.
Above I expanded Alexis Trice’s painting “Pfielstorch” to twice its original size and laid out this cover in accordance with Willow Spring’s aesthetic, which I helped develop for the Alexis Trice series of covers. 
 Alt Text: Image shows two spot images in black and white on white background. The top spot image depicts two fish being pierced by a spear. The lower spot image shows an eel and a fish being pierced by a spear. Both images were isolated from Alexis Trice's painting “Pfielstorch."
Alt Text: Image shows two spot images in black and white on white background. The top spot image depicts two fish being pierced by a spear. The lower spot image shows an eel and a fish being pierced by a spear. Both images were isolated from Alexis Trice's painting “Pfielstorch."
Alt Text: Image shows the bird from Alexis Trice's painting “Pfielstorch” isolated from the rest of the painting. The image is in black and white on a white background and shows a Pfielstorch with its neck pierced by a spear. The spear also pierces the bodies of three fish and an eel.
Alt Text: Image shows the bird from Alexis Trice's painting “Pfielstorch” isolated from the rest of the painting. The image is in black and white on a white background and shows a Pfielstorch with its neck pierced by a spear. The spear also pierces the bodies of three fish and an eel.
These are spot images I developed from the same painting to accompany our text within the magazine. I isolated them in Photoshop and then hand-painted their edges in Procreate. 
Image shows a black and white ad. The ad is a call for submissions to Willow Springs magazine. It features the same artwork from the Willow Springs 88 cover. The ad text reads, “Call for submissions! Since 1977 Willow Springs magazine has published the finest in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We are looking for writing that surprises and moves us from both up and coming and established writers. We highly encourage submissions from writers whose perspectives and experiences have been under represented in the literary world. We can’t wait to read it your work! Submit Here: WillowSpringsMagazine.org.
An ad I designed that ran in the Gettysburg Review. It required reversing the wrap-around effect of the original cover by seamlessly joining the other side of the image. 

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