volume 16. issue 27 Credit: Jordan Speer

One of my favorite things about process is being able to share it with other people, especially when things get really hairy for awhile, but we’re able to save the day at the last minute. This week was not one of those stressful weeks, however, and I am all the more thankful for that.

Jordan Speer created the art on the cover for our design issue; interior art was pulled together from so many quick-to-respond awesome people through emails; and the final package all came together between Monday and Tuesday. Here’s a look at that process:

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Cover sketch by Jordan Speer
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Editing rounds.
volume 16. issue 27
Volume 16, issue 27: Before and after. Jordan Speer

And then content! More content!

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You can see the final product here.

Kathleen Marie Barnett is the former art director at the Portland Mercury.