Much like his subsequent release, Tape Deck Heart, Poetry of the Deed features tattoo-inspired art that befits its artist, the heavily-tattooed Frank Turner. Unlike on Tape Deck Heart, however, the illustration is not an actual tattoo illustration: it’s a linocut, or woodcut, designed to mimic tattoo illustration by using motifs from tattoos, like swallows and banners.

Woodcutting is a process that involves carving the negative space out of a block of wood, leaving raised lines that can be coated in ink and pressed into paper. This woodcut in particular was created by artist Chris Burke, who has created numerous similar illustrations.