
A Little Crate on a Long Swell
A broad turquoise ocean swell carries a small ochre crate beneath a pale sky, rendered with stepped pixel edges and simple marker fills.
Small 640×360, Medium 1200×675
Finished editorial illustration, 16:9 landscape, one continuous open-ocean scene viewed just above water level. An exaggeratedly elongated turquoise swell stretches across the lower half, rising into one oversized asymmetric crest on the right. A tiny squat ochre wooden crate floats upright on its rising shoulder, indicated by two broad plank divisions, without markings. The wave is the dominant silhouette; a few chunky ivory foam shapes trace its crest. Low distant horizon, pale cream-blue sky with generous breathing room above and left. Use deliberately coarse pixel clusters and stair-stepped sprite-like contours, with loose hand-drawn marker strokes and uneven flat colour inside the shapes. Limited navy, turquoise, ivory and ochre palette. Simple, playful, legible at thumbnail size. No sprite grid, separate panels, intricate texture, people, land or boats. No text, logos or watermarks.











