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A polished studio concept art board — a single composite page that reads as a high-end pre-production pitch deck for an animated short. NOT a vintage pencil sketch, NOT a finished movie frame, but a polished concept page in the visual treatment described below. Layout: TOP HEADER (left): bold modern display typography for the title "The Letter Before Eid", with a small stylised glyph next to it (sparkle, comet, or motif matching the visual treatment). Below in smaller crisp print: "OPENING SEQUENCE • DRAFT • 3D PIXAR". TOP HEADER (right): a tidy "CHARACTER LINEUP" sub-heading set in the same typography. CENTER GRID: 6 numbered storyboard panels in a 3-column grid. Each panel is a softly rounded card with a thin warm-grey border and a delicate drop shadow (studio pre-prod board look). Inside every panel: a finished miniature of the action — rendered in the visual treatment described below. Top-left of each panel a small bold numbered tab (01, 02, 03…) and bottom-right an "X.Xs" timing tab — both set in clean modern typography (NOT hand-lettering). Panels: Panel 01 (10s): An extreme close-up of a young boy's eyes, reflecting a vibrant orange and pink sunset on the horizon. The setting is a quiet Omani desert village at dusk. The camera is positio... Panel 02 (10s): A traditional Omani courtyard with white stone walls and wooden doors. A mother in a colorful dress stands near a low wooden table where she is placing a coffee pot. Her son sit... Panel 03 (12s): A nostalgic view of old Muscat streets with traditional white buildings and a bustling harbor in the background. A postman in vintage attire walks down a narrow alley carrying a... Panel 04 (6s): A quiet, dusty road stretching into the distance outside a traditional Omani home. The sun has almost set, leaving a deep purple and orange sky. The camera is at a low angle, lo... Panel 05 (10s): The front gate of a traditional home illuminated by a warm porch light. An elderly postman on a vintage bicycle is handing a crisp white envelope to a beaming young boy. The cam... Panel 06 (12s): A festive Omani dining area with a large window showing a crescent moon in a starry sky. A family is gathered around a table filled with dates and coffee, laughing together. The... RIGHT SIDEBAR (about 22% of page width): character model sheets. For each character below, render 3-4 polished turnaround sketches — front view, three-quarter view, profile, and a dynamic action pose — each in the visual treatment described below. Character name set in crisp modern typography above each set: Tariq — An 8-year-old Omani boy with large, expressive dark eyes and a hopeful expression. He has a small build and a friendly, round face. He is... Amira — A woman in her mid-30s with a kind, symmetrical face and gentle, observant eyes. She wears a vibrant, traditional Omani dress with intric... Zaid — A man in his late 60s with a weathered, friendly face, deep laugh lines, and a thick gray mustache. He wears a practical tan-colored unif... BOTTOM STRIP: a horizontal timeline ruler with seconds markings (0, 5, 10, 15… up to total duration), tick marks aligned to the panel durations above — clean vector look, not hand-drawn. Below the ruler, a tidy notes row: STORY / FLOW • ANIMATION • TIMING & RHYTHM • CAMERA — each with 2-3 short polished bullet points in crisp typography (you can invent plausible production notes from the story). VISUAL TREATMENT FOR PANELS AND CHARACTER LINEUP (THIS IS THE CRITICAL PART): hyper-stylized cartoon 3D feature animation in the manner of Pixar — huge expressive eyes, soft sub-surface scattering on skin/fur, warm golden-hour key light, painterly bokeh backgrounds, smooth volumetric forms, glossy material highlights, warm coral and golden accents. OVERALL STYLE: high-end studio mood-board page with the visual treatment above carried through every panel and every character render consistently. Clean modern typography, soft drop shadows on cards, occasional smooth-gradient accents in the margins (sparkles, stars, arrows). NO aged-paper look, NO hand-pencil sketches, NO mixed styles — every miniature on this page is rendered in the same single visual treatment described above. This is a polished pre-production concept page, finished enough to pitch in a studio review meeting.