Took a quick glance thru my jp copy of Colori Colore Creare vol 2 and it looks just as cute as vol 1 🥹 I’m so excited to work on it!

I also did the cover design/layout for Old Country Bumpkin vol. 10 (LN)! This volume was interesting to work on as the art is set up kind of different from the previous volumes. I’m curious if vol 11’s art will follow this format or the previous one #design #graphicdesign #lightnovel #jnovel

I did the cover design/layout for Repeated Vice vol 4! I really love the color scheme for this one #design #graphicdesign #lightnovel #jnovel

Record Journey volume 1 is out in English now. The Japanese volumes have super cool book design, so I wanted to see how they compare. The biggest visual difference is the gloss finish. Colors appear much brighter, and there's less texture in the image compared to the Japanese matte dust jacket.

Record Journey Vol. 1 releases today! This is one of the titles I’ve been most excited about. I’ve been interested in this series long before it even got licensed and as soon as I saw Titan announce it, I begged my editor to let me work on it haha 😆 I hope everyone enjoys it! #manga #lettering

Eko Eko Azarak Reborn vol 1 releases today! This was my first time working on a horror manga 👻 #manga #lettering

Proud to be the Villainess LN vol 2’s Cover ✨ I’m really enjoying working on these covers but I am curious why all the characters on them are missing at least one shoe/sock. Like is there a reason for the bare feet? 😂 #design #jnovel #lightnovel

EKO EKO AZARAK REBORN VOL. 1 expands the terrifying world seen in films and shows on Amazon Prime and Crunchyroll. Monday, May 11th, is your last chance to order your copy at your Local Comic Shop, meaning you're guaranteed a copy when they hit stores! #ekoekoazarak

Titan did a little preview of Record Journey! youtu.be/h6KQvhXho-0?...

Here’s a preview of Eko Eko Azarak Reborn v1 which I got to letter~ The title releases June 2nd! (Also I just learned Titan does these flip throughs on youtube 😂) youtu.be/FDfAUOGX8vE?...

I wish I worked for Seven Seas cause I’d actually love to do design work on this cover 😂 Looks like it’d be a fun challenge haha

Chapter 26 of “The Fight and Flight of the Sickly Villainess” is now available on Bookwalker! bookwalker.com/chapter/102V... #manga #mangalettering

Some hand drawn sfx for a volume I’m working on~

I have availability in May if anyone needs a letterer or designer!

Lady Bumpkin and Her Lord Villain LN Vol 8’s cover! 😍 I believe this is the final volume in the series and I’m sad to see it come to an end. It’s been my favorite J-Novel title to do design work on. 🥹 #lightnovel #design

I went from having no work to having 4 volumes to letter, one of which also needs design work….and I have an unrelated volume that I need to do design work on as well 😵‍💫 April is busy busy busy! But I’m excited for all these projects and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for May! 🤩

Once again reminding people that Adobe has a stranglehold over the entire publishing industry across the world. You can't just tell a few professional artists online to switch to Affinity or whatever.

CHIRURAN: SHINSENGUMI REQUIEM (3-in-1 Edition) Vol. 1 arrives this November! An action-packed epic of the legendary Shinsengumi in a turbulent era of Japan. Pre-order via your favourite retailer & @forbidden-planet.bsky.social (UK/EU). #chiruran #songofthesamurai #hbo #hbomax

Got some comps today 🙌 As a fan of Record Journey before it even got licensed, it’s truly surreal to have the english version in my hands and to know I worked on it. 🥹 I really hope everyone enjoys it once it releases, and the same goes for Gran Familia vol 3 & Eko Eko vol 1! Be sure to pre-order!

Know a letterer or translator? Tag them below! 🌱 Kodama is a passionate team on the lookout for freelance LETTERERS and TRANSLATORS to help us bring new projects to life! Sounds like a fit? Please fill out the form below: forms.gle/Jtgm3pMhtWWg...

Drumroll please! The last announcement of titles coming out in the fall of 2026 is here. 🔸 After School Invaders Vol. 1 🔸 Ifrit of the Sand Sea Vol. 1 🔸 Black Witch Mirror Vol. 1 🔸The Obsession of Red Riding Hood Vol. 1 Pre-order your copy now at titan-comics.com!

Ooh “Nova, Little Girl in the Monster Forest” looks right up my alley. “Star-Eating Killer” cover and art style looks sick. Also “Legendary Witch”! I did the LN cover for J-Novel 😆 Nice to see the manga get licensed~

If any publishers are looking for a letterer and/or designer for any projects feel free to message me! I have open availability at the moment Portfolio: rutandesigns.com ANN Page: www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia... #manga #lightnovels

Looks like chapter 25 of Sickly Villainess is available to read! (I did the lettering for it of course 🤩) Check it out! global.bookwalker.jp/de80d7ef8b-5... #manga #shojo #shoujo

Finished lettering Vol 1 of Colori Colore Creare and I think it might be my favorite book I’ve lettered so far 🥹

If you’re a cat lover like myself please know that there’s a giant black cat in Colori Colore Creare 😸

Another J-Novel cover I worked on has been revealed and this time it’s Repeated Vice vol. 3! #lightnovel #design #jnovel

I’m lettering Colori Colore Creare vol 1 for Titan Manga and this little girl is adorable 🥹 Outside of the 580+ sfx and 190+ asides, I’m really enjoying working on this volume 😂

Manga companies, please pay us $8/page! The small and new publishers can do it, surely the big companies with owners who make $3 million+ per year can afford it too!! x.com/MangaAlerts/...

My current collection of manga design related books~ As someone who wants to work on manga covers/logos for english publishers, I find these books to be very interesting. Admittedly I can’t read Japanese so I do have to rely on translator apps but I feel like I can still learn a lot from them.

I’ve been trying to collect books focused on logo/cover design of manga and just got a new one! “新しいコミックスのデザイン” The first part of the book has case studies for 3 titles and then the rest are two page spreads featuring different series with info about their logos and design #manga #graphicdesign

J-Novel just announced it which means I can reveal my new series! I did the logo (& other design work) for the “Proud to Be the Villainess” light novel! I really love the covers for this series and can’t wait to work on all of them 🤩 #lightnovel #jnovel

Looks like Lady Bumpkin & Her Lord Villain Vol. 7 is up on J-Novel’s site, which means I can share the cover! A little sad that I only have one more volume left to work on. This series has been one of my absolute favorite titles to design for. 🥹 #lightnovel #graphicdesign

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CRASH ( from Record Journey vol 1) Currently working on vol 2 but figured I’d share a little sfx sneak peak for vol 1! For some reason I decided to hand-draw the sfx for this series 🥲😆 #manga

Another lettering sample from “The Fight and Flight of the Sickly Villainess” Retouching that ceiling was a pain 😆 #manga #lettering

Forgot to post this… Here is Brilliant Healer’s (Manga) vol 5 cover! Gonna be honest I have no memory of working on this cover but apparently I did do it 🫣😆 #lightnovel #jnovel

Look at them 🥹 (I took this video before I printed the other covers) But look how cute it is! Like a mini portfolio book hehe Now I need some new series so I can add them to the book lol 👀😆 #manga #lightnovel #design

I printed more 😆

I got a new printer today and so obviously I printed out some of the covers I’ve worked on (and then put them in a postcard holder I had hehe) 😆 #lightnovel #manga #logo #design

A little glance at the “new” J-Novel series I started working on in 2025.~ (Not pictured is my unannounced title 🥲) I really like working on shojosei-esque light novels/manga 😆 (Repeated Vice being the odd one out lol). The covers are always just so pretty looking #lightnovel #manga #jnovel

Lets talk about “Notorious No More” For the main logo I went with a serif font with a fairly large variation in thickness. I made some minor edits, adding the detailing on the “N”, the curl on the “o”’s, changing the dot on the “i” to a different shape, as well as the cutouts in “r” and “s”.

In 2025, I worked on 26 volumes as a logo/cover designer and lettered the equivalent of 14.5 volumes! My goal for 2026 is to continue on, and hopefully work with some more pubs. (Especially as a designer). So if anyone is hiring or knows of any opportunities feel free hit me up! #manga #lightnovel

Vol 2 of Repeated Vice has started streaming on J-Novel’s site so here’s the cover~ The trickiest part of working on this volume was reformatting the subtitle to fit horizontally. #lightnovel #logodesign

Let’s Talk Old Country Bumpkin Setting up the logo and first cover layout for this series was a struggle. More so than any other series I’ve worked on. Also fun fact I got assigned this title at the same time as the Brilliant Healer’s LN and manga

Let’s talk Fluffy-Eared Realm Restoration The cover/art is pretty cutesy & has a childlike vibe so I wanted to match that feeling when I was creating the logo. The logo was pretty straight forward, just text with some minor adjustments ie. Words and letters tilted to match how the jp fonts are

Let’s talk about Brilliant Healer’s cover/logo starting with the manga. For the “Brilliant Healer” text I went with the font “Bluee Next Tilting”. It just felt like the perfect match to the large jp font. As a bonus it has diamonds as the dots for the “i’s” and diamonds were used on the jp logo.

Thought it’d be fun to discuss logo/cover designs. For Lady Bumpkin, the goal was to create a “fun” logo. I always like to choose fonts that match the general style of the jp ones. So for the main font of this series I went with Catfiles! It’s a thicker font and already had tilted letters (1/2)

I realized I haven’t posted any lettering stuff sooo here’s two page spread from “The Fight and Flight of the Sickly Villainess” (released by Kadokawa) #manga #lettering

It looks like part 1 & 2 of Volume 6 of “Lady Bumpkin and Her Lord Villain” is available, which means I can show off the cover/logo lol #lightnovel #jnovel #graphicdesign