Planting Through the Downpour
A lanky figure in a yellow raincoat lowers an oversized leafy sapling into a muddy hole on an open, rain-soaked hillside.
Small 640×360, Medium 1200×675
Finished editorial illustration, 16:9 landscape. On the right third of an open hillside, one elongated figure in a mustard-yellow raincoat bends deeply, simple mitten-shaped hands holding a sapling trunk as its compact root ball enters a dark planting hole. Broad squat boots, tiny minimal profile, no detailed fingers. The sapling has a comically oversized asymmetric crown made from three bold green leaf masses. A heavy cloudburst falls in broad slate-blue strokes beneath one low charcoal cloud bank. Two sweeping hill contours extend into generous uncluttered space at left. Rain-softened earth has gently melting paint edges around the hole. Expressive hand-drawn marker contours combined with thick, opaque oil-paint-like fills and a few broad brush traces. Muted blue-grey ground, vivid yellow coat, deep green leaves. Clear thumbnail-scale silhouettes, playful proportions, no intricate hatching or extra props. No text, logos or watermarks.
