Elowyn started with a complaint I kept repeating: why did bookish merch have to look like bookish merch?
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I wanted something I would choose before I knew the reference, and love more once I did. No title across the front. No joke explained for strangers.
I am a storytelling photographer with a background in product and marketing, but I am not the illustrator. That matters. Each edition begins with my direction and is built with an artist whose instincts can take it somewhere I could not.
Edition 01 is the first test: original artwork, a limited run, and no vague promises about how it is made. The material and manufacturing details will be published before release.
I will use these notes to show the honest middle: what changed, what almost worked, and what we refused to settle for.

