Art style: Dark Comic.
Dark comic noir. Denis hunched over laptop, a client label 'BRETT' glowing on screen. He writes a Facebook post, deletes it, rewrites, deletes again — ghosted text layers. A clock spins wildly behind him. A notification glows: 'Great work! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'. A single tear on his cheek which he wipes angrily. Numbers climb in the air: $15, $32, $56, $87. Desaturated with a faint gold on the stars.
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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):
- Denis: Young man, 24 years old, pale gaunt face, sunken tired eyes with dark circles, unshaven light stubble, messy dark hair, thin build, wearing a worn gray hoodie, soft pale hands with no calluses, hollow cheekbones, noir comic book style, desaturated palette
