The Poised Volcano
A slender terracotta volcanic cone with an oversized crater and a tiny serene face, drawn in broad marker strokes on warm ivory.
Small 213×640, Medium 400×1200
Finished hand-drawn marker editorial illustration, tall 1:3 banner. One dormant volcanic cone rises from a small moss-green patch of ground, slightly left of centre. Exaggerate its silhouette: an improbably elongated left slope, a shorter curved right slope, and an oversized oval crater lip tilted gently to the right. Clearly visible dark crater opening. Give the cone a tiny composed face just below the rim: two short eye strokes and a small curved mouth, no limbs. Broad terracotta and dusty-rose marker fills, dark plum irregular contours, minimal overlapping stroke texture. A few pale golden pollen specks drift beside the lower slope. Warm ivory background, generous empty space above and to the right. Quiet, poised, playful; flat shapes legible at thumbnail size. No eruption, smoke, shelving, people, intricate hatching, text, logos or watermarks.
