
Black Shore, Blush Lake
An asymmetric black-paper lakeshore with two oversized rounded boulders borders a softly shaded pink and burgundy lake.
Small 512×640, Medium 960×1200
Finished editorial illustration, portrait 4:5. Water-level view along one lakeshore: a continuous solid-black cut-paper bank enters from the lower left and recedes diagonally toward the right edge. Two comically oversized, squat rounded boulders merge into its silhouette, one broad and low, the other taller and lopsided; a thin uneven strip of land connects them. Keep the shoreline unmistakable, with lake water touching its entire front edge. Open water fills most of the composition, shifting from pale blush near the bank to burgundy farther away. A broad, softly edged band of blush light crosses the water from the left, suggesting theatrical sidelighting without a visible source. Handmade scissor-cut contours, bold marker-softened edges and simple broad marker colour fields. Minimal detail, strong thumbnail readability, generous breathing room above and to the right. No people, intricate hatching, text, logos or watermarks.











