When the Stars Wrote Back by Trista Mateer

Illustration and lettering

Cover illustration and interior art created for Trista Mateer's first collection of poetry for the young adult market. Here is just a small selection of the 25 full page illustrations and 65 hand lettered poems.

Client: Penguin Random House
AD: Alison Impey

Front cover for When The Stars Wrote Back by Trista Mateer
Hand lettered illustration of a poem that reads
Hand lettered illustration of a poem that reads,
Hand lettered illustration of a poem that reads
Hand lettered illustration of a poem that reads
Hand lettered illustration of a poem that reads
Hand lettered illustration of a poem that reads
Hand lettered illustration of a poem that reads
Illustration of a girl floating in water
Hand lettered illustration of a poem that reads
Illustration of a smashed hand mirror
full spread illustration of sky in half light
Full spread illustration of sky at midnight
full spread illustration of sky with falling star
Full spread illustration of sky at dawn
Illustration of playing cards next to a typed poem
Hand lettered poem that reads
Illustration of a girl curled up in the dirt across from a typeset poem
Illustration of a girl in bed clutching a pillow over her head across from a typeset poem
Hand lettered poem that reads
Illustration of a glass anatomical heart filled with water, opposite a page with a typeset poem

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All art © Jessica Cruickshank unless otherwise credited.

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