A sleek black cat walks across a pale ground with a knife held firmly in its mouth, rendered in bold silhouette against a soft, neutral background. The composition is spare and direct, with the cat's distinctive upright tail and focused posture creating a sense of quiet, purposeful mischief. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.