Leopard approaching slowly through the mud

A leopard walking toward the viewer through mud.

Prompt

Monumental portrait as a polished digital fresco with subtly carved, curling grain across tactile surfaces: the subjects may be re-posed in a way that suits the style. People keep natural proportions and true-to-life faces, with their own features, freckles and expressions; skin and hair carry a fine curling carved grain, strongest across fabric. Animals keep true anatomy, fur carved into the same fine grain. Surfaces get refined sculptural modeling and smooth blended planes. Choose a deep, restrained palette and a setting that fit the scene, kept sparse so the figures dominate. Dramatic side light and luminous rim edges give a solemn mood. No text or lettering. A leopard approaches through mud, eyes fixed forward, one paw lifting from the wet ground. Muted olive vegetation blurs behind it. No readable text, lettering, signs or logos anywhere; the picture fills the whole frame edge to edge with no blank margin, no checkerboard or transparency pattern. Palette: olive, mud brown and tawny gold; tense, wild. Landscape 3:2 frame.
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