Stylized tattoo-style illustration of an ocean wave forming a melancholy face with closed eyes, a lit cigarette, a stitched heart, and a dolphin fin in a dark, star-filled night sky.

A tattoo-style illustration of a single frozen ocean wave, captured at the moment between rising and falling, painted with expressive brush-like strokes, not geometric. The wave forms subtle shapes that hint at human emotion: faint contours resembling a closed eye and a lowered brow inside the wave’s body, without showing an actual face. Deep, melancholic and poetic mood. Inside the internal layers of the wave, partially hidden and not fully detailed: - a half-burnt cigarette dissolving into the water like smoke becoming waves, - a small stitched heart trapped deep inside the wave, not floating, - the shadow of a dolphin fin barely visible, symbolizing freedom that is not fully reached. Background: dark blue night-sea fusion, minimal stars (only two or three, very dim), no horizon line. Composition should feel like time is suspended, expressing longing, nostalgia, unfinished emotions. Style: ink and wash, brush painting, muted colors, hand-drawn texture, emotional, subtle symbolism. No cartoon elements, no humor, no clear outlines; focus on painterly texture and atmospheric feeling. Placement intention: chest or inner forearm tattoo – vertical composition with gentle flow. High detail, clean lines for tattoo application but with watercolor-like shadows. See more