A cream and black striped tiger curves gracefully across a muted blue-gray ground, its body forming an organic S-shape that fills the vertical composition. Golden and olive leafy forms burst around the animal in a folk-art rhythm, creating a warm, natural balance against the cool background while the tiger's relaxed posture conveys quiet dignity. 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.