A crocodile with scales rendered in precise detail and teeth bared in a menacing grin emerges from a dark ground, adorned with golden rings looped through its snout like jewelry. Red flowers with prominent stamens and deep green leaves frame the creature in a lush botanical border, creating a jarring contrast between the natural beauty of the flora and the primal danger of the reptile. 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.