Penguin Random House has a partnership with Square Enix, where they design and publish the english versions of their mangas. One of their newest Mangas needed a English language cover. I designed the front, back, spine, insert, credit page, and the
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I drew my inspiration from sword fights in mangas. They are drawn with sharp swooshes giving a feeling of intensity. When it came to the cover I tried to keep the integrity of the original Japanese version while also appealing to an American audience
