A cream-colored longhaired dachshund sits centered against a soft white ground, rendered in a gentle cartoon style with simplified forms and expressive dark eyes. The artist captures the breed's characteristic elongated body and drooping ears with warm tan tones and flowing line work that conveys softness without sacrificing clarity. 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.