The Mask and the Dandelion

Class project · Typography II

The book open flat to a painted double portrait, with the closed cover beside it.

A picture book about performing a safer version of yourself, then letting it go.

The mask is the performance; the dandelion is what survives anyway. Every image is a digital painting made in Procreate, and the type does its share: “disappearing” fades off the page.

Project details

Year: 2026
Client: Typography II
Role: Writing, digital painting (Procreate), layout
Made: Illustrated book
Status: Printed

The book lying open and flat to the spread “I became good at disappearing,” a masked child in a spotlight on the facing page, beside the closed book on a walnut table.

The book lying open and flat to a red spread of watching eyes, captioned “The only way is forward, not that I had much choice in the matter,” beside the closed book on a walnut table.

All work