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. An owl in a tall frame: a great horned owl perched upright on a broken branch, ear tufts raised, round eyes as reserved paper rings, feathers built from fine white cuts, a full moon behind and the bare branch of a dead tree crossing the frame.
Light: a pale moonlight from behind as a clean paper-white disc, the owl's chest and face feathers cut in dense fine white wedges against black, the branch bark as short white cuts, a few small stars as tiny reserves; strictly black ink on warm ivory paper; still, watchful, refined.
Tall 9:16 portrait frame, composed vertically with the main line of the scene rising through the height of the frame. No people, readable text, logos or labels.
