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 small grey cat sits stranded on a high branch of a bare slim tree. Our very tall thin hero stands beneath it sipping coffee, half-closed eyes, and raises the closed umbrella like a bridge to the branch; the cat walks calmly down along the umbrella toward his shoulder. 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.
