I have always enjoyed creating artwork (between photography and traditional artwork) that focuses on silhouettes rather than super detailed oriented pieces. I figured that for this project, creating a peaceful and serene natural background with a central layered focus on the silhouette of a wolf that has been raster engraved would be a good way of paying homage to the type of artwork that I enjoy making. Additionally, I received a lot of inspiration from the Cove Marquetry Piece: Low Water. This piece has a very natural background setting with the focus being drawn to a much closer in perspective ship. I tried to replicate that here by placing the rastered wolf on the ripples in the water which would naturally draw the viewers eyes towards that point.