“Ink” was a random word selected to be the title of this book. Using that one word as inspiration, I imagined a story of a diver and an octopus. Based on that, I drew the tentacles by hand and scanned them in. A close-crop with a single tentacle creates a sense of mystery. To grab interest on a crowded book store table, the design is fun and inviting with bold, large graphics, and a deep inky palette of white, black and purples.