Laudato Si' Movement — Editorial Design

Prayer Book

A cover and interior illustration system for the Laudato Si' Movement's Prayer Book — two hands cradling a living world of trees, birds and animals from every continent.

RoleEditorial Design, Illustration, Motion
ClientLaudato Si' Movement
ToolsInDesign · After Effects · Illustrator
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The brief

A pair of open hands, cradling cactus-topiary trees full of wildlife from around the world — a visual echo of the book's own request: "a more passionate concern for the protection of our world."

The same illustration carries the printed cover, the spine, and a set of animated reveals used to promote the book online — one piece of art doing the work of a full editorial system.

Prayer Book Laudato Si' Movement
From sketch to screen
Hand-drawn sketch of the hands-and-cactus concept next to the finished cover lockup
Concept sketch, next to the finished cover lockup
Selected frames
Flat illustrated cover of the Laudato Si Movement Prayer Book, hands cradling a living world
The finished cover, flat
3D mockup of the printed Prayer Book standing upright with two spines
Printed and bound
Detail illustration of birds perched on cactus-topiary trees
Birds at rest
Detail illustration of an owl, a zebra and a small house among the trees
An owl, a zebra, a home
Detail illustration of an eagle, a kangaroo and a meerkat among the trees
Wildlife from every continent
The cover, brought to life
A quiet, animated reveal