

Illustrated ink art style, high contrast black and white vector illustration, bold detailed linework, black background, gold accent highlights only on key elements, woodcut engraving style, cinematic dramatic lighting, no color except gold details, sharp professional ink strokes, Leonardo AI optimized, Stoic philosophy mood. Scene: Marcus Aurelius hunched over a candlelit scroll in a dark chamber, one hand writing, the other pressed flat against the stone table, the gold candlelight falling only on the scroll and the moving pen, his face in profile barely visible in the warm shadow, emotional mood: private transmutation of pain, intimate close-up from slightly behind and above his writing hand.