A lone man holds a lamp, gazing at a massive, glowing black hole inside a vast, dark cave, in a hyper-realistic oil painting.

Create a hyper-realistic oil painting in a Gothic atmosphere with the photorealistic detail of Alex Ross. The scene is a wide, cinematic view deep inside a vast, ancient underground cave. At the center of the composition, an enormous, photo-realistic black hole floats in midair, roughly ten times larger than the nearby human figure. The black hole dramatically warps light and space around it, creating intense gravitational distortions. In the foreground, a lone man stands holding an old-fashioned oil lamp. He wears traditional Southeastern tribal clothing inspired by the 1500s. The lamp’s warm glow bends near the black hole, casting surreal, inverted shadows—like photo negatives—onto the cave’s stone walls and floor. The entire image is rendered in richly textured oil painting style, steeped in shadow and stone, evoking a haunting, cosmic awe reminiscent of Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain. See more