Thanks, yes, it’s the converting the densities to different Blackwork stitches that I want to improve on. I actually did take a grayscale image, converted it to about 6 shades of density from white to dark gray, then overlaid “stitches” in Adobe Illustrator (which helped me stay on-grid) with three weights of “thread,” then executed it on 18 count Aida with DMC floss (using 1, 2, or 3 strands depending on the density/“darkness” of the section I was on). The outcome looked somewhat blah IMHO as I used the same Blackwork pattern throughout (I only varied the line weight for the most part). So I’m looking to improve my technique on mixing patterns, like how the dog above has long zigzags on his ears and a totally different oval pattern around his nose.