Black koi fish with scaled bodies and prominent circular eyes swim through a warm tan background, their bodies angled in a seamless interlocking pattern that creates rhythmic movement across the composition. The artwork employs a bold graphic approach with strong contrast between the dark fish and lighter ground, evoking the decorative traditions of Japanese textile and woodblock artwork. 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.