Glowing child on rooftop ladder

A small glowing child ascends a luminous ladder that leans against a real rooftop at night, reaching upward with quiet determination and wonder. The scene is framed tall in a 9:16 portrait crop to celebrate vertical movement and the distance between roof and sky. Above, a simple hand-drawn moon doodle hangs with tiny glowing stars scattered like confetti, their pale lavender and soft cyan glows contrasting with deep navy air. Rooftop textures are tactile and honest, with warm brick and rough shingles underfoot and a matte metal ladder rail catching golden highlights. Surfaces remain unlettered and clean, micro-markings reduced to subtle weathering lines that read as age rather than signage. The focus resolves crisply on the child and the top rungs while the city silhouette and sky fall into gentle separation, creating a three-layer depth read. Light is gentle and luminous, a mix of warm golden rim and cool cyan fill that sculpts forms and gives the moon and stars a soft halo. The viewpoint sits slightly below eye level to enhance ascent and hope, with a tight vertical crop that keeps negative space above for the doodle moon to float. A loose scarf or small backpack serves as a simple prop to suggest journey and childhood curiosity. Rendered in a painterly mixed-media style with soft-edge brushwork and delicate glowing accents that echo the palette of navy, cyan, gold, lavender, and brick.