A tattooed merman with a full beard and crown holds a trident, his upper body covered in intricate ink patterns while his scaled tail transitions from sage green to soft pink. Surrounding him are stylized sea plants and coral in burnt orange, dusty rose, and muted green against a deep navy background, rendered in a hand-drawn illustration style with geometric precision and folk-art 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.