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A large ochre, dark-capped finch with a cream wing stripe perches on a weathered wooden post beside a blue canal, leaning toward concentric ripples; railway…

Finch at the Canal

A puff-chested finch peers toward blue canal water from a wooden post beside a gently curving railway.

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LicenceFree, commercial use
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Prompt

Square finished storybook editorial illustration in expressive hand-drawn marker. One finch perches on a short wooden towpath post in the lower-left foreground, leaning inquisitively toward a small ripple in the canal. Exaggerated silhouette: enormous pear-shaped ochre chest, tiny dark-capped head, short conical beak, skinny legs and a narrow tilted tail. One broad cream wing stripe, simple dot eye. A muted blue canal sweeps through the right half; a railway follows its far bank, indicated by two loose curving lines and a few widely spaced sleepers. No train or buildings. Warm ivory paper, moss-green bank, charcoal outlines, broad uneven marker fills and slight stroke overlap. Flat perspective, gentle daylight, clear thumbnail-sized bird silhouette, generous breathing room above the water. Keep the setting sparse and subordinate to the bird. No intricate hatching, people, text, logos or watermarks.

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