Art style: Dark Comic.
A close-up of the soldier's gloved hand touching the edge of the giant footprint. The mud is dark and glistening. Small bubbles of air rise from the wet earth. The background is a blur of forest floor and fallen ash. The lighting is low and atmospheric, highlighting the texture of the mud.
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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:
dark graphic-novel illustration — gritty comic book art style, heavy black inking, bold outlines, detailed cross-hatching and dramatic shading. Exaggerated character features, intense expressions, deep wrinkles, highly defined musculature. High contrast lighting. Desaturated grim background colors (grays, browns) with stark contrasting pop-color elements. Satirical and edgy atmosphere, masterpiece comic art.
Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom.
