Art style: Modern Digital Comic.
Modern Digital Comic style. A metaphorical image of Alex standing on a pedestal that is being slowly raised by a mechanical arm. As he goes higher, more weights are being chained to his ankles. His expression is one of dawning realization and regret. High-contrast lighting.
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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 entirely in "Modern Digital Comic" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Modern Digital Comic". Keep the subject, composition, camera angle, lighting direction, and colour palette from the description above — but EVERY surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in the "Modern Digital Comic" idiom, not in any other medium.
