Open dense black masses with fine white cuts, short tapering wedges and tiny light holes following the form; black structure stays connected, paper reserves precise, no broad gouges or random scratch texture. Fallen branches in a foggy forest in a square: a pile of broken oak branches and a rotten log across the ground, moss and small mushrooms along it, ferns curling around, and fog-pale trunks standing behind in white-cut lines.
Light: a shaft of low pale light through the fog on the log and the nearest branches, as dense white cuts against black bark, the farther trunks as fainter white cuts dissolving into paper, mushrooms as small reserved paper caps; strictly black ink on warm ivory paper; quiet, damp, detailed.
Square 1:1 frame, centred composition with breathing room on all sides. No people, animals, readable text, labels or logos.
