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Graphic novel art of a woman with a ponytail and tattoos, holding a clipboard in front of a Sà-wàt-dee Sunrise food stall and city skyline at dawn.

Graphic novel art of a woman with a ponytail and tattoos, holding a clipboard in front of a Sà-wàt-dee Sunrise food stall and city skyline at dawn.

Locked Mai Reference (Text Description – For All Pages) Face: Oval Thai features, almond-shaped dark brown eyes, straight nose, full lips, warm golden-brown skin, long straight black hair in ponytail/braid. Tattoos (exact, no drift): Hah Taew (5 lines) on left shoulder blade; Paed Tidt (8 directions) across upper back; Tiger on right shoulder; Yantra designs down both arms. Style: Raw graphic novel, Sin City grit, thick brush strokes, heavy cross-hatching, deep blacks, jagged edges, newsprint texture, subtle color accents, no photorealism, modest clothing (tank + shirt or full blouse). PAGE 1 – "The Entrepreneur" (Text-Only Storyboard) Layout: Vertical page, 5 panels (wide top, 3 mediums, full-width bottom). Raw inky noir, yellowed paper texture. Panel 1 (wide top – establishing shot) Bangkok dawn skyline, orange sky bleeding into high-rises. Foreground: open-front restaurant “Sà-wàt-dee Sunrise” with steam from woks, motorbikes blurring past. Mai in doorway (linen shirt open over tank, ponytail, clipboard in hand, tiger tattoo peeking on right shoulder). Caption (rough white on black splash): “Three businesses. One exhausted woman. Zero time to ask: Why am I so tired?” ASCII Preview (rough sketch): text [Skyline: ///// High-Rises /////] Neon Sign: Sà-wàt-dee Sunrise Steam: ~~~~ Motorbikes: - - - Mai: O (face tired) -- Clipboard Panel 2 (medium waist-up) Inside restaurant rush. Mai multitasking: phone to ear, tablet in hand, pointing to staff. Mai (speech balloons, See more