For a while, between the ages of seven and nine, Tyson’s nephew James was obsessed with jellyfish. It started with a Spongebob Squarepants episode that mentioned there being many types of jellyfish and James wanted to know if there were different types of real jellyfish.
His interest in jellyfish has waned since, but James can still reliably identify a jellyfish at the aquarium without needing to glance at the sign and the jellyfish exhibit was the one he lingered in the most. With the exception of the gift shop and all the stuffed toys within.
James’ interest in jellyfish is why Tyson has so many sketches of them in his notebooks. Tyson’s a decent sketcher and he makes sure to learn how to draw anything his nephew take an interest in, so this also means that he was dozens of sketches of stuffed toys.
Jellyfish are one of the few animals that James went through an obsession with that he doesn’t also have a stuffed toy to go with. Not a common plush design it would seem. He did end up with several jellyfish themed shirts that he has now outgrown though.