A rust-red squirrel with patterned wings perches on a bold black branch, its bushy tail curved upward against a soft sage green background. Delicate leaves in cream and coral drift through the composition, creating a whimsical forest scene rendered in flat, illustrative shapes with rich jewel tones and graphic 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.