The Way Out is Through

I babysat my nephew yesterday, so I didn't have much for a new post. Today, however, I have many a thing.

One of the areas of my portfolio I would like to improve is my book illustration. Luckily, I have an opportunity to experiment, for an amazing writer I stalk online (kouriarashi on ao3, and gingersnapwolves on tumblr) is working on publishing a book. The running title is "The Way Out is Through," and it's about werewolves. So I spent the day making her a book cover.

Here's just the illustration:

"The Way Out is Through"
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And here is the book cover:

Thoughts?