Poe to George (Raven)

I knew I wanted to do Poe's Raven for this env. (to match the stamp too), but wasn't sure of the layout. 

I "stole" the G design from Jean, as she did these cool letters last year:

 http://pushingtheenvelopes.blogspot.com/2021/12/bridget-dec-and-nov-outer.html#comment-form

http://pushingtheenvelopes.blogspot.com/2021/12/gemma-blacks-class-js-blah-novs.html

At first, I wanted to do the whole poem (or most of it) in small script behind Poe's head, but didn't want to deal with going around the illustration, so I just did the first line and the "Nevermore" part. A bit too much b/c it runs into the G, so I should have done smaller. grrr.

Diff. angle to see his head better. Thought it best to leave it hard to see/in black so as not to take away from the G.

Another angle.

And yet another.

Back flap. Wasn't sure what else to put, so I just left it as it. (Was going to do my "...if you dare" lettering, but decided to pass.)