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Art style: Ghibli / Anime-inspired. Mixed-style image. The man is hand-drawn Ghibli, everything else is a real photograph. Keep the man exactly in hand-drawn 2D Ghibli style: square-jawed oval face, dark skin, brown eyes, thick straight black eyebrows, short trimmed black moustache, black hair short and slightly overgrown at the sides. Wearing a cream cotton kurta with the sleeves rolled to the elbow, a coarse grey-brown woven waist cloth, and a faded brown cloth towel slung over his left shoulder. Broad shoulders, heavy forearms, rough hands. Soft painted shapes, gentle outline only at the silhouette, one clean highlight in each eye. No photographic skin texture on him, no pores, no photographic highlights. He reads clearly as an illustrated figure. Everything else in the frame is fully photorealistic: the chopping block — a thick round section of dark hardwood on a bare-bearded stump, its top face covered in dozens of old axe scars, hairline splits and dark water stains from years of cutting; the freshly split log halves lying on the wet ground, their pale inner faces damp and glistening with rain water; the axe buried in the block with a real steel head, a true bevel, honest reflections and a worn hickory handle darkened with sweat; the trampled yard mud with real grit and standing puddles reflecting the sky; the scattered firewood stack against the wall with real bark and cut ends; the low stone step and the plastered house wall behind with real cracks and rain-darkened patches; wet leaves on the branches above, each holding a bead of water. Real photographic depth of field, real highlight falloff on everything except him. Match the light so the drawn figure sits inside a real photograph: the rain has just stopped and thin sun is coming through broken cloud — soft cool daylight with one weak warm shaft crossing the yard from screen-left. His painted shadows fall in the same direction and with the same softness as the real shadows of the axe and the block. Composition: medium shot, eye level, side-on to him. He stands at screen-center at the chopping block, body angled screen-left, both hands on the axe handle, the blade still buried in the block, his chest rising slightly. Split halves on the ground at his feet. The yard closes behind him: house wall, firewood stack, wet foliage. NO open landscape, no fields, no horizon, no palms. Do not add photographic skin texture to his face or hands. Do not let the drawn style spread to the block, the axe, the wood, the mud or the wall. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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: Soft hand-drawn anime illustration, delicate linework, painterly backgrounds, airy natural light, gentle colors, peaceful cinematic storytelling atmosphere. Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom. Reference images context (match the visual style and elements from these): - Ржавый чугунный котелок (prop): Старый, потемневший чугунный котелок с двумя ручками и заметными следами ржавчины на внутренней и внешней поверхностях. Предмет стоит на нейтральном светлом фоне, создавая атмосферу старины и деревенского быта. - Традиционный сельский дом ночью (location): Традиционный индийский дом с черепичной крышей и верандой, освещенный теплым светом, стоит под проливным дождем рядом с рисовым полем. Сцена передает уютную и спокойную атмосферу ночи в сельской местности с контрастом холодного дождя и теплого интерьера. - Традиционный деревенский дворик в дождь (location): Уютный внутренний дворик традиционного дома с шиферной крышей во время дождя, украшенный множеством горшков с цветами и глиняными кувшинами. Сцена наполнена спокойной атмосферой, с мокрым отражающим полом, развешанным бельем и пышной зеленью на заднем плане. - Уютная деревенская хижина в дождь (location): Интерьер традиционного дома с видом из окна на дождливый тропический пейзаж, рисовые поля и глиняную печь с огнем. Теплый свет масляных ламп создает уютную атмосферу, контрастирующую с пасмурной погодой снаружи. - Уютная хижина в дождь (location): Интерьер деревенского деревянного дома с видом на дождливые рисовые поля и пальмы через открытое окно. Внутри царит теплая атмосфера, создаваемая светом керосиновой лампы, на переднем плане стоит большая плетеная корзина на циновке. - Глиняная лампа в деревенском интерьере (style_reference): Глиняная масляная лампа с горящим фитилем на фоне открытой двери, за которой идет дождь. Изображение передает уютную, спокойную атмосферу с акцентом на текстуры дерева, глины и мягкое освещение. - Ancient Banyan Tree (prop): Studio Ghibli style, a massive ancient banyan tree with a thick, gnarled central trunk and numerous aerial roots descending to the ground. Dense canopy of vibrant green heart-shaped leaves. Intricate bark textures with patches of moss. Isolated on a clean white background, hand-painted anime aesthetic, high detail, square format. - Weathered Granite Stone Well (prop): Studio Ghibli style, a circular village water well constructed from rough-hewn, weathered grey granite blocks. The rim is wide and flat with visible moss in the crevices. A simple wooden crossbar or pulley frame sits above it. Isolated on a clean white background, hand-painted anime aesthetic, high detail, square format. - Heavy Wooden Agricultural Plow (prop): Studio Ghibli style, a traditional rural Indian agricultural plow made of heavy, dark weathered timber. Features a sharp, triangular iron blade at the base and long wooden handles. Thick, coarse jute ropes are attached to the frame. Splintered wood texture and dried mud on the blade. Isolated on a clean white background, hand-painted anime aesthetic, high detail, square format. - Traditional Iron Lantern (prop): Studio Ghibli style illustration of a traditional iron lantern with a glass chimney, intricate dark metal ironwork frame, a small warm orange oil flame glowing inside, weathered texture with hints of rust, clean background, square format. Director notes for this scene: Style reference used to guide the lighting and earthy textures of the yard.