A close up of a robot standing in front of a lightning

digital painting style in this abstract expressionist piece, titled "fitting the furnace with mars," the metal refining furnace tender stands poised in the center of the canvas, surrounded by a swirling vortex of orange and yellow hues that evoke the intense heat of their craft. the tender's figure is distorted and elongated, as if melted by the same fiery forces they wield. in the background, a deep blue and grey haze suggests the fitting room, where suits are carefully tailored to fit the curves of the human form. but here, those curves have warped and twisted, reflecting the furnace tender's own transformation into a being forged from molten metal. meanwhile, a jagged streak of lightning cuts across the top of the canvas, its electric blue sparks crackling with energy as it illuminates the tender's face. the lines around their eyes deepen, creasing with the weight of secrets kept and stories told in the flickering light of the furnace's flames. at the periphery of the composition, a faint outline of mars global surveyor takes shape, its robotic form dissolving into the swirling colors like a ghostly echo of human ingenuity. the tender's gaze seems to follow the martian probe as it disappears into the vortex, their eyes burning with an inner fire that rivals the furnace's own infernal heat. in this abstract expressionist masterpiece, the boundaries between metal and flesh, machine and human, melt away like wax in a crucible of creative intensity. as we behold the tender standing at the heart of the maelstrom, we are left to ponder what secrets they might unlock as they bend the very fabric of reality to their will. . stylus and tablet creations, brush effects, layering techniques, digital canvas

, traditional painting, physical brushes, non-digital