Nine beagles in various poses of weightlifting fill a soft blue-gray ground in a playful grid arrangement, each tan and white dog gripping black dumbbells with determined expressions. The illustration style is charming and cartoonish, rendered in warm earth tones against the cool backdrop, capturing both the comedy of the subject and the earnest spirit of athletic effort. 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.