Cold Heart: Yamabuki vs. the Shinobi Priest
Book Three of Sword of the Taka Samurai. Here we again rotate the book design’s colors while uniting the series with composition, typography, and illustration style.
Cold Rain: Yamabuki and the Warlord Prince
This is Book Two of Sword of the Taka Samurai. The repetition of “Cold” in the series titles is reinforced by the use of consistent brush lettering. The diagonal top and bottom borders motif, established in the Cold Saké cover, helps unite the Yamabuki books. For the illustration, I drew from ancient woodblock prints for …