Jan is the main character of the book. The inspiration of this book and this character's story as well as her design come from 2 drawings I did 2 years ago (see below). At the time I was inspired to do these drawings in the style of ancient art almost like woodcut. I really wanted to illustrate a strong sword wielding woman using a long sword, and a short sword. After I drew Qiān Jian (translates to Thousand Swords), I was liking the style very much that I then drew another, Yuki. These 2 are the same character. I used wood photos as textures to color these drawings to give them that old style drawing look. So these 2 drawings gave birth to the idea of telling a story of her.
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