I’ve been spending a lot of time researching different types of patterning and coloration of coral reef fish. Recently I’ve gotten into pufferfish and boxfish. When I go snorkeling or diving in reef beds I always end up following these swarms of colorful fish (probably scaring them half to death in the process). I’ll tell you a secret about the coloration of this piece…. It’s not really based off of a pufferfish, but a boxfish! I thought it would be a fun experiment to combine the two qualities of the infamously spiky pufferfish and the vibrant boxfish. Both are very poisonous, by the way, and yet extremely necessary for the coral ecosystem.
