The Giant Cucumber

Finished hand-drawn marker editorial illustration, 4:5 portrait. One lanky adult cook in right-facing profile occupies the left half, with a long curved torso, short rust apron, tiny nose and minimal face. At a low kitchen worktop, the cook dices a fantastically oversized cucumber on a thick, squat wooden cutting board. One simple hand grips a broad kitchen knife mid-cut; the other steadies cucumber strips behind the blade with curled fingertips. Several large pale-green cubes with dark-green skin edges make the dicing unmistakable. The cucumber is the visual focus; the cook's curved silhouette leads toward it. Sunrise from the right traces peach-gold rims along the cucumber and cook. Flat cream background with generous open space at upper right, no extra kitchen props. Broad felt-tip contours, visible overlapping marker fills, forest green, pale mint, rust and warm cream. Simple shapes, no intricate hatching or detailed fingers. No text, logos or watermarks.