I am playing with logo designs.  I'm slowly narrowing it down.  I do both graphic design and illustration, so I'm combining the two in this particular design.  I also like steam punk and Victorian/old-fashioned things, which are interests that may or may not go away, but have been pretty consistent lately. I was thinking it would be cool to make this into a wax stamp.  (I also have a fetish for wax stamps.)

Widows of Winchester - done for now

So in yet another fit of frustration, I did a total re-design.  I like adding text to my illustrations now.  Subconsciously I must be hoping that some book publisher will take me on.  Especially the one down the street reputed for publishing The Tale of Despereaux.  Anyway, this illustration was another experiment.  I tried working with black and white values first and then did a color glaze over it.  It may just be me and my artistic ADD but the effect wasn't quite what I expected.  At least the mood is still gloomy, which is fine.  But I need to improve so badly...  Next time I should probably collect some reference.