STYLE: hand-painted 2D Slavic folk-art animation — Bilibin / lubok / Orthodox-icon sensibility. Bold decorative ink outlines with visible line-weight variation, flat matte gouache color fills (poster-flat, minimal gradients), ornamental folk pattern work, strong readable silhouettes. Flat painted, posterized light — NO photoreal 3D shading, NO gloss. Cinematic poster composition, high emotional readability. Match the FLAT decorative folk-art look of the attached character sheets (Ember Rurik + Ashen Rurik). Keep BOTH exactly on-model, and CRUCIALLY the SAME face on both — they are one man, two versions of one soul (NOT two different people, NOT a man and a woman).
SCENE: A vast dark cosmic void framed by an ornate Slavic folk border of interwoven vines and eight-pointed stars. In the center, a great ancient hourglass floats — but instead of sand, tiny glowing scenes of a man's life pour through it: a childhood house, a wedding wreath, a battlefield. The sand flows UPWARD, defying time. Deep indigo and aged-parchment palette with ember-orange accents. Mysterious, inviting mood — a question hanging in the air. Wide symmetrical poster composition, icon-like framing.
