Now that I have decided on what my final project will be I committed my weekend to creating the perfect header. Turns out, victorian typography is awful, fun, annoying, hard, and exciting all at the same time. Trying to keep things legible and interesting at the same time was tough. I like how it came out but I am open to suggestions. 
My inspiration came from these two images: 
Now, to spend the rest of my night laying out navigation of my final project.
I think this looks really impressive. How does the image work when it is elongated across the top of a screen (stretched)?