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A long-legged comic performer in a short dark jacket bows beneath an oversized bowler hat, with one hand near the brim and an elongated plum shadow stretching…

A Bow Too Far

A black marker silhouette of a lanky comedian bowing beneath an oversized hat, with a long plum-coloured shadow on a warm cream ground.

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LicenceFree, commercial use
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Prompt

Finished hand-drawn editorial marker illustration, 16:9 landscape, silhouette-based graphic shadow play. At the left third, one fictional silent-film comic performer bends into an overly dignified bow. An enormous round bowler hat has slipped down over their face; only a tiny nose peeks below its brim. Distinctive elongated legs, short narrow jacket, oversized flat shoes, one simple mitten-shaped hand lifting the brim, the other tucked behind the back. The bent posture and engulfing hat make the gag immediately legible. Solid near-black silhouette with a few warm-cream negative-space cuts. A broad muted-plum cast shadow stretches rightward across the floor, echoing the huge hat. Warm cream background, no scenery, generous empty upper-right space. Slightly irregular marker edges, flat fills, minimal detail, no hatching or gradients. No resemblance to a real actor. No text, logos or watermarks.

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