Write six short parts, in this order: subject, details, action, place and light, framing, finish.
Portrait of a halfling river smuggler in her forties. Sun-browned skin, a small scar through her upper lip, grey-streaked curly hair under an oilcloth hood, a patched waxed coat with brass toggles. She leans on a barge pole and looks past the viewer. Dawn mist on a canal behind her, low warm light from the left. Waist-up, 85mm portrait framing. Painterly fantasy illustration with visible brushwork.
Round game token of a bugbear tollkeeper. Head and shoulders, facing the viewer, heavy brow, an iron-banded leather cap, lantern light from below. A thick dark bronze ring around the token. Painted fantasy style. Nothing outside the ring.
Top-down battle map of a flooded cellar under a tavern, seen from directly overhead with no perspective. Flagstone floor. The east half is under knee-deep green water. Stacked barrels along the south wall, a collapsed wooden staircase in the north-west corner, a small rowboat tied to a stone pillar in the water. Even light, hand-painted tabletop map style. One single view that fills the whole frame.
5 gold at Low, 9 gold at Medium, and 30 gold at High. A blank quality is Medium. 1k and 2k cost the same.
