Ashitaka Arrow-Draw Decision Frame (Princess Mononoke, 1997)

Re-render this image as a frame from Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke (1997), expressive hand-painted animation direction, verdant wet-on-wet watercolor backgrounds, cel-on-acetate production. Subject in three-quarter angle full-draw with bow, both arms taut, bowstring at the side of the face, eye tracking target off-frame. One arm shows the cursed serpentine mark (writhing dark lines under the skin like animated tendons), the other arm in clean composition. Posture frozen at the precise instant of decision: bowstring at maximum tension, arrow nocked and ready, the entire body composed in the single line of force from target back through arms, torso, planted feet. Background: forest clearing or mountain slope in soft-focus watercolor, deep moss-green and shadow, faint suggestion of mist or smoke, distant tree silhouettes. Lighting: overcast or pre-dawn cool light, no harsh sun, subject lit with overall low-contrast that emphasizes the cursed-arm detail. Cel-animation linework: confident single-weight ink, the cursed arm lines slightly more dense and writhing as deliberate visual disruption against otherwise clean character lines. Mood: decision-without-flinching, the moment the arrow is already loosed mentally even though it has not left the bow, the cursed instrument of judgment, the protagonist who has accepted that he is dying and uses the dying-time to act with precision. Composition leaves negative space along the implied arrow-trajectory line suitable for top-or-bottom caption insertion. No legible text, no studio watermark. Aspect ratio 16:9 or 4:3 matching source. Preserve the subject and composition of the source image exactly, change only the medium and rendering.