*flail* Damn. This is heartbreaking and beautifully realised. Though I have no artistic credentials or talent whatsoever, I don't think the curlicues detract or draw the eye away, because the images and text are themselves so striking. On a second glance they might even add something by overlaying the starkness with ostentatiousness, which to me sums up the Blacks quite well. Take my opinion with a very large grain of salt, hee, but please don't do the same with my praise. This is amazing.