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Doing the case was a bit of a learning curve, and the other case did not turn out as perfectly as this, though it must be said that that one isn’t done in linen but in paper. This linen here worked like a dream, very easy to handle.

I’m also very pleased with how the waves turned out – they’re lacquered Yuzen that I cut on the upper edge along the wave pattern. It’s pretty much how I imagined the design in my head, mostly. The endpapers also lean heavily into the theme of those “bloody” waves as the story is set in the Burial Mounds for the most part and is heavy on the angst in the first half. It just seemed to fit.

Did the titling with hot foil and a pen, which worked like a dream in this case (the other one was a different matter...).

I also added a few illustrations here and there. Nowadays, I might do more with the chapter headers, but they’re fine. Also, that particular font (Harukaze) always died on me whenever I went over a certain size, so I had to basically a) make it smaller than I wanted to, and b) not touch it at all once it was set to the size. XD

Materials used:

Printed on Clairefontaine Papago 80g (long grain, unfortunately, but it’s okay)

Case + endpapers: