Long Keys, Lazy Afternoon

Finished editorial illustration, 3:2 landscape. An oblique close-up of one piano keyboard enters from the lower left and extends toward the right, leaving generous warm apricot negative space above. Exaggerate the ivory keys into unusually long, broad slabs; make the charcoal black keys short, chunky raised blocks, recognizably grouped in twos and threes. Combine carved-relief illustration with expressive hand-drawn marker work: thick irregular contours, shallow bevels indicated by single colour bands, broad recessed shadows, flat opaque fills. Slightly softened corners suggest familiar, frequently played keys. Warm ivory, charcoal, terracotta and apricot palette; afternoon light suggested by one simple rust-coloured shadow extending beneath the keyboard. Strong thumbnail silhouette, playful proportions, minimal detail, no intricate hatching. Only the cropped keyboard, no full piano, hands or props. No text, logos or watermarks.