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Doozer Prep Day — New Skin for Old Bones

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Doozer Prep Day — New Skin for Old Bones

Phase Two · Prep & Sand Day

Doozer Prep Day — New Skin for Old Bones

Non-invasive renovation can still feel epic when the rhythm is right: tape, sand, vacuum, repeat. Today’s poster captures that energy—our 1950s Charlotte, Michigan home mid-glow-up—with a tiny, efficient crew and one very opinionated Russian Blue foreman.

Doozer Prep Day editorial poster — tiny hard-hat crew sanding drywall; zipper-door plastic, shop vac, mud buckets; ‘Prep & Sand Day’ placard; ‘Deep Dive AI’ watermark bottom-right.
Hand-inked vibe, clean line + light cross-hatching. Text on placards remains large, high-contrast, and unobstructed. Tiny “Deep Dive AI” watermark lives bottom-right with safe margins.
Close scene: doozer crew sweeping dust to neat piles, portable work light checking a seam, trim bundles tagged, outlet covers labeled in tray. Warm morning light on dust motes.
Palette: cream/tan/soft gray with mint/pine accents and selective red tags. Negative prompt enforced: no demolition, no exposed plumbing/wiring, no brand logos, no messy text.
Aspect: 9:16 Style: editorial cartoon Detail: high Lighting: warm morning
Art Prompt & Parameters (excerpt):

“Whimsical, high-detail cartoon poster inside a 1950s Michigan home during Phase Two interior prep. Floors stripped; brand-new drywall with taped seams; plastic sheeting with zipper door. Tiny hard-hat crew on mini-scaffold and ladders using sanding poles, a bright shop vac, and tidy mud buckets. Blueprint reads ‘Phase Two — Non-Invasive’. Placards: ‘No Walls Opened’, ‘No Plumbing’, ‘No Permits’, ‘Prep & Sand Day’. Foreground: sardonic Russian Blue foreman cat, tape measure like a baton…”

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