Small ink ant 09
69 × 75 native pixels · 0.23 × 0.25 inches at 300 DPI.
The margin messengers · fictional chapter draft
A quiet trail of little signs.
In this proposed story, three ants find a message at the edge of a page. They carry it one small step at a time, through the gaps between the garden’s larger residents.
Two stars mark the turning points. Three hearts mark places where a stranger can stop and feel welcome. None of the messengers needs a grand entrance; the smallest sign can make a path easier to follow.
These roles and relationships are fictional proposals for Mattea to shape. They are not artist-approved canon, an artist statement or a personal biography. The moving marks and pattern studies all come from her original photographed drawings.
The drawing stays intact.
Each complete outline was reviewed beside the whole source sheet and its raw crop. Original RGB, paper-toned interiors and source hashes remain intact. Neighboring marks stay outside the selected alpha. 69 drawings on this sheet are currently reviewed; its inventory remains partial.
Use the native candidates in game layouts, UI and small sticker/POD studies. Color, cutlines, suppliers, artist commercial terms and physical samples remain pending. The repeat previews embed the exact native PNGs. Flat game cards are illustration props; no new volumetric model or rig is claimed here.