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A black and white linocut print shows three American oystercatchers standing on a shoreline with waves below them.

ONE-COLOR LINOCUT PROMPT American Oystercatchers at the Waterline — Outer Banks Medium & Output (Locked) • Traditional linocut / woodcut relief print • Final print size: 12 × 18 inches (vertical) • One ink color only (black or deep neutral) • White paper background — paper is the light • No simulated paper texture • No gray, no halftone, no gradients Physical constraint: Must be printable from one carved linoleum block, inked once. ⸻ RELIEF REALITY RULE (OVERRIDES ALL ELSE) The image must be constructed only from: • Solid black inked shapes • Fully carved white negative space Forbidden • Fine line illustration logic • Feather striations inside black shapes • Stippling, hatching, or tonal buildup • Decorative wave patterns Texture is permitted only where it describes: • water mass • shoreline edge • reflected negative space If it doesn’t explain form or movement, it gets cut. ⸻ SUBJECT & SETTING Three American oystercatchers on the shoreline of the Outer Banks, standing at the edge of shallow surf as the tide recedes or returns. This is not a behavioral illustration. It is a coastal record. ⸻ COMPOSITION (Matched to Horse Print Complexity) Primary Forms — Oystercatchers • Three birds, mid-ground • Oriented in slightly varied angles (not mirrored) • Bodies rendered as bold, unified silhouettes • Legs cleanly separated with carved negative space • Bills unmistakable: • long • thick • wedge-like • Eye rendered as: • a single carved oval void or omitted entirely No feathers. No Mehr sehen

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