Art style: Tim Burton-inspired.
Full-length view, the entire figure visible from head to feet, standing upright and centered — a small boy of about seven, slight and bony, pale porcelain skin with faint shadows under enormous round dark eyes. Messy jet-black hair sticking up in soft tufts, a thin curious face with a blunt little nose and a candid, slightly skeptical expression as if he's just told an uncomfortable truth. He wears an oversized grey-and-maroon striped woolly sweater hanging past his wrists, patched short trousers, knee-high mismatched socks, and scuffed worn leather lace-up ankle boots. One hand points up matter-of-factly, the other tucked in a pocket. He stands on the warped wooden floor of a crooked, cobwebbed cottage interior with gnarled beams and a dusty window behind him, soft gloom filling the sides.
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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:
Whimsical gothic fantasy, elongated silhouettes, oversized expressive eyes, elegant dark shapes, dramatic shadows, eerie fairytale atmosphere, muted monochromatic palette.
Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom.
