Art style: Dark Comic.
Dark comic style. A woman's hands are shaking as she holds a smartphone. The screen is visible, displaying the 'Create account' page of a social media app. The background is pitch black, with high-contrast lighting focusing solely on the hands and phone.
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FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt):
Render this image in the following art style:
dark graphic-novel illustration — gritty comic book art style, heavy black inking, bold outlines, detailed cross-hatching and dramatic shading. Exaggerated character features, intense expressions, deep wrinkles, highly defined musculature. High contrast lighting. Desaturated grim background colors (grays, browns) with stark contrasting pop-color elements. Satirical and edgy atmosphere, masterpiece comic art.
Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom.
Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly):
- Maria: A woman, age 32, rendered in a minimalist dark comic book art style. She has large, expressive eyes that clearly convey her emotions, from terror to hope. Her design is simple, with high-contrast shading. Her clothing is initially dark and simple, gradually incorporating warmer tones as her story progresses.
