Elm in Oval

My friend, Rob Bettmann, commissioned me to design a logo for his online magazine, Bourgeon (bourgeononline.com, now midatlanticreview.com). He suggested the theme, a budding - burgeoning - branch. I found a public domain image of a budding elm branch and used the fantastic SVG vector-graphics editor, Inkscape, to transform it into this iconic image. Rob used it as the site's emblem for several years.