A school of geometric fish rendered in varied pattern fills and colors swim across a warm grey ground, each creature distinct in its tessellated scales, stripes, dots, and hatching. The composition balances playful illustration with graphic restraint, creating a rhythmic, calming underwater scene through careful repetition and a soft palette of teal, mustard, lavender, and charcoal. 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.