Art style: Dark Comic.
A montage sequence. Panel 1: An empty leather wallet, open and lying flat on a cold, concrete surface, illuminated by a harsh red light. Panel 2: A close-up of a laptop screen displaying a flood of unread, urgent email notifications. Panel 3: A heavy, locked wooden door with multiple locks, with Maria's hand hesitating to touch the knob. Style: Dark Comic, symbolic imagery, red warning color palette.
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FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt):
Render this image in the following art style:
dark graphic-novel illustration — gritty comic book art style, heavy black inking, bold outlines, detailed cross-hatching and dramatic shading. Exaggerated character features, intense expressions, deep wrinkles, highly defined musculature. High contrast lighting. Desaturated grim background colors (grays, browns) with stark contrasting pop-color elements. Satirical and edgy atmosphere, masterpiece comic art.
Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom.
Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly):
- Maria: A woman in her early 30s, with tired, expressive eyes and messy dark hair. She wears simple, dark clothing. Her face is drawn with sharp lines and deep shadows, emphasizing her emotional state. Minimalist dark comic book art style.
