Ninth Letter

Editorial, Print, Lettering

The Ninth Letter is a quarterly arts and literary journal published by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I designed this 4 page spread for Irish author William Wall’s short story, “What Slim Boy Oh Pyrrha,” a heart-wrenching tale of an absurd war and a young man’s decent into madness. I created the design by roughing up the source imagery and using actual mud for some of the hand lettering - visual qualities that are meant to be evocative of a violent battlefield.