Almost Level

Finished editorial illustration, landscape 4:3. One comically elongated spirit level stretches across the lower half, its right end slightly raised. Narrow ivory body, thick charcoal outline, blunt end caps and an absurdly oversized cobalt-blue central vial housing. Inside the clear horizontal vial, a single pale bubble sits conspicuously right of centre between two short reference strokes. View slightly from above so the tool remains immediately recognizable. A small flat charcoal shadow grounds it; generous empty ivory space above. Combine wood-engraving-inspired, blunt carved edges and a few broad gouge marks with expressive hand-drawn marker contours and flat colour fills. Playful proportions, quietly tense imbalance, strong thumbnail silhouette. Sparse texture only, no intricate hatching. Show the tool as an object, not a diagram or explainer. No people, text, logos or watermarks.