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📚 Fishing Deeper — Winning Book Cover Design
Sharing my winning book cover design for Fishing Deeper, a book focused on the inward journey involved in transformational ministry.
The brief was inspired by the story of Jonah and the whale, with the goal of creating a meaningful visual direction around transformation while building on the author’s previous book.
I developed the cover concept, visual direction, and final artwork, and the design was selected as the winning entry through DesignCrowd.
👉 View the complete case study: https://contra.com/p/XMbcmmkN-fishing-deeper-book-cover-design
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