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Dark academia fantasy novel · Art direction · Cover design · Editorial design · Book website · 2025

L'Étreinte de l'Ombre

For this self-published novel, I designed the cover, the book interior and the website. I drew the sigil, selected the typefaces and defined the colour palette. I then prepared the complete cover artwork and laid out all 353 pages in InDesign, including the templates, styles and pagination required for print.

L'Étreinte de l'Ombre cover shown on a book mock-up
Novel cover, book mock-up

Deliverables

  • Sigil and variations
  • Typographic system
  • Black, blue and gold colour palette
  • Complete cover artwork
  • Interior layout in InDesign: 353 pages, templates, styles and pagination
  • Print-ready files
  • Book website design
Gold sigil for L'Étreinte de l'Ombre
Sigil
Complete cover artwork for L'Étreinte de l'Ombre
Complete cover artwork
L'Étreinte de l'Ombre interior layout in InDesign
Interior layout · InDesign, 353 pages
Preview of the L'Étreinte de l'Ombre website
Book website, scrolling preview

Art direction, visual composition and retouching: FARACS Studio.

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