A cheerful white cat with pink ears grins widely at the viewer, rendered in soft watercolor washes of cream, pale blue, and warm orange tones. The artist has inscribed the text “I AM HAPPY BECAUSE EVERYONE LOVES ME” below in rusty red lettering, creating an affirmation that matches the cat’s joyful, almost laughing expression. 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.