A plump cherry shrimp and cherry barb swim side by side, their rounded bodies rendered in saturated pinks, corals, and warm oranges with darker diamond-shaped markings along their sides. The illustration uses soft gradations and playful detail, from the fish's prominent eye and gentle mouth to the feathered fins, set against a clean white ground with a lighthearted, child-friendly sensibility. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.