Been working on this for a couple of weeks, on and off.  It’s what’s known as an Ex Libris, or bookplate (basically the fancy version of writing “this book belongs to…” inside a book, instead you’d glue one of these on the inside cover – Wikipedia for more info).

I’m also proud of the fact that I conquered my long standing fear of the Photoshop pen tool with this project.  Of course I couldn’t resist mucking up those crisp clean computer vector lines with some gritty faded texture for a little natural character.  Also, compare with the original pencil sketch which I scanned and used to create the final version.