Image 1 is the character reference: keep this same young man, same face, same copper-red curly hair, same long dark navy coat, white shirt, thin dark tie, dark trousers, brown boots, paper coffee cup and slim tightly furled closed black umbrella with a wooden crook handle. Images 2 and 3 are style references only: copy their painting manner exactly, simple flat gouache shapes, clean graphic silhouettes, very little detail, big calm areas of pale colour, soft washed background fading into white mist. Do not copy any person, place or object from images 2 and 3. Scene: a city bus stands at a stop, its folding doors closing on the long yellow scarf of a woman passenger already inside, who has not noticed. Our tall thin hero strolls past sipping coffee, not looking, and without slowing slips the closed umbrella between the closing doors, holding them apart just enough for the scarf to slide in. The bus is a simple flat shape. Dry pale pavement on a calm overcast day, simple pale city buildings fading into mist, no landmarks, no crowd, no puddles, no autumn leaves. Full figures visible, boots on the ground. No text, no logos, no watermark.
