A Pause on the Pavement

Finished hand-drawn editorial marker illustration, 16:9 landscape. High oblique view of two dog walkers meeting on a broad urban pavement beside a plain wall. Place the encounter right of center, leaving generous empty space on the left. One walker has a broad, squat coat silhouette and short legs; the other has an elongated torso and narrow, bent legs. Their heads turn toward each other, with minimal faces and simple mitten-like hands. Each holds one loose, clearly separated leash. Between them, a long low dog and a compact round dog touch noses. Draw all subjects entirely with bold, slightly irregular cobalt contours and unfilled interiors. Use sparse chrome-silver gray contour segments along wall-facing edges to suggest reflected daylight, without realistic metallic rendering. One diagonal wall-base line establishes exaggerated pavement foreshortening. Warm off-white background, no solid silhouette fills, no intricate hatching or extra pedestrians. Keep all four figures legible at thumbnail size. No text, logos or watermarks.