A Sakura black sketchbook
turns darkness into a
creative playground.




Bold
Expressive
Unconventional

secretary bird

SPIRIT.
TRUST.
BROOM.

Nirmal, a tricolor-clad dove
striding forward with her
broom and a thumbs-up;

I wanted this to look like
an authentic, old-school
broadsheet flyer you’d
see pasted onto a stone
wall in Italy, so I went
entirely analog with black
ink and paper.

I used heavy black borders,
bold hand-lettering, and
some clean
cross-hatching to give the
illustrations of the
newspaper bundles that
classic, woodblock-printed
vibe.

To make the “EXTRA!” and
newspaper graphics pop, I
actually drew them
separately, cut them out, and
layered them onto the main
page to give the layout some
cool dimension.

Style

collage Effect

Design

goggle & Scarf

RAIN OR SHINE
LETTER DELIVERED

Dakmitra, a gentle gray pigeon postman
bundled in a yellow scarf, delivering a
letter with his satchel in tow.