Long-Billed Patchwork Pelican

Finished hand-drawn marker editorial illustration, 16:9 landscape, textile-inspired quilt-block picture. One pelican in side profile sits low on a single powder-blue stripe of water. Place its squat cream body in the left third; an absurdly long peach bill reaches toward the right, with an oversized hanging throat pouch and tiny head. A folded navy wing overlaps the body. Build the bird from a few large irregular geometric patches, like a playful quilt appliqué translated into broad marker fills. Thick, slightly wobbly dark-blue outlines, visible marker stroke edges, flat colours, no gradients. One small dark eye; unmistakable pelican silhouette at thumbnail size. Warm ivory background with generous breathing room above and around the bill. Asymmetric, cheerful, deliberately simple; no detailed fabric weave, stitching or hatching. One continuous scene, no panel divisions. No people, text, logos or watermarks.