The Public Purse

Finished editorial illustration, square 1:1. One imaginary ceramic coin bank shaped like a civic hall, viewed from a slightly elevated three-quarter angle. Its terracotta body is comically wide and squat, with a shallow triangular pediment, three simple ivory columns and a tiny dark entrance. One disproportionately large, plain gold coin is partly inserted into a slot behind the pediment; no currency marks. Place the bank across the lower-left portion, leaving generous dusk-blue breathing room above and right. Build everything from large, visibly stepped pixel clusters, with broad marker-like colour variation inside the clusters rather than smooth vector edges. Restrained terracotta, ivory, mustard and muted blue palette. A thin pale highlight along the upper-right edges provides separation; one simple blocky grounding shadow. Strong silhouette, minimal detail, legible at thumbnail size. One object, no people, no diagrams, no medical elements. No text, logos or watermarks.