Paw-Sized Curiosity

Finished editorial illustration in limited-palette pixel art, landscape 4:3. Slightly elevated three-quarter view of one playful pet cat crouched in the right half of an uninterrupted ivory floor and background. Exaggerated squat warm-grey body, oversized head, one enormous foreground paw cupping a small cobalt-blue toy ball. Its nose hovers above the ball, head tilted, tiny dark eyes intent; hindquarters tucked inward. A thin, improbably long tail bends behind it in an asymmetric stepped curve. Keep the paw-and-ball interaction immediately legible. Chunky square pixels, deliberate stair-step contours, broad irregular colour blocks suggesting hand-drawn marker fills while remaining visibly pixel-based. Only ivory, warm grey, charcoal and cobalt; one simple flat grounding shadow. Generous empty space on the left, no furniture or extra props, no intricate texture. No people, no text, no logos or watermarks.