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Sac Hibou (Natural oatmeal linen tote with reinforced canvas straps and a sketched owl monogram screen-printed in charcoal ink on one side. Large enough for a laptop, two paperbacks, and a baguette. The fabric softens and wrinkles beautifully with use, becoming a badge of belonging among regulars.) on a marble counter, soft morning light

[BRAND QA CORRECTION — the previous render failed automated brand verification.
Recreate the SAME scene and composition, fixing ONLY these violations:
- logo_fidelity: Render the full Maison Hibou lockup (fine-line sketch owl perched on stack of books plus the script 'Maison Hibou' wordmark) exactly as in the locked logo, not a simplified block-print owl icon alone.
- entity_likeness: Adjust bag silhouette and strap width to match the anchor's narrower, slouchier tote shape with slim rolled canvas straps.
Hard rules for this retry:
- Reproduce the attached logo reference EXACTLY, letterform-for-letterform. Do not re-draw, re-space, re-colour or re-spell the wordmark.
- Match the attached anchor image exactly — same face, hair, build, costume, materials.
]

=== PRODUCT SUB-PROMPT — Sac Hibou ===
- Role: Linen tote bag
- Description: Natural oatmeal linen tote with reinforced canvas straps and a sketched owl monogram screen-printed in charcoal ink on one side. Large enough for a laptop, two paperbacks, and a baguette. The fabric softens and wrinkles beautifully with use, becoming a badge of belonging among regulars.

=== VERIFIED UNDERSTANDING (vision-derived from the references) ===
- A natural oatmeal-linen tote bag ('Sac Hibou') with a boxy, softly structured body, twin flat canvas straps reinforced with triangular stitched patches at the top hem, and a bold, sketched/block-print style owl monogram screen-printed in charcoal-black ink on the lower-center of one visible side. The bag is shown in use, stuffed full with a laptop, a paperback book, and a baguette poking out the top, in a warm, bookshop-café setting.
- Finishes: matte, natural woven linen texture with visible slub/weave lines; screen-printed ink graphic with slightly rough/textured print edges suggesting hand-printed or block-print style
- Colorways: #d8cdb8 body linen (oatmeal); #2b2621 charcoal ink owl print; #c4b79f straps (slightly lighter/similar canvas tone)
- Materials: linen (main body, visibly slubby woven texture); cotton canvas webbing (straps)
- Scale cues: bag interior comfortably holds a laptop, a paperback book, and a baguette simultaneously, indicating a large tote capacity roughly 15-18 inches tall
- Silhouette: boxy, soft-structured rectangle with slightly rounded top corners due to fabric slouch
- Form factor: open-top tote bag with double shoulder straps
- Proportions: tall rectangular body, roughly square-to-slightly-vertical aspect ratio; straps long enough for shoulder carry, drop height roughly one-third of bag height
- Marks and labels: single owl illustration, screen-printed in dark charcoal ink, centered horizontally, positioned in lower-middle portion of visible front panel; no other visible logos, tags, or labels
- Condition and wear: fabric shows natural creasing and soft wrinkling consistent with use; no visible holes, stains, or fraying beyond normal woven fabric texture
- Distinctive shapes: triangular stitched strap-reinforcement patches at top hem; flat webbing-style straps (not rolled/rope); large owl graphic centered low on the front panel, taking up roughly a third of the visible face

=== INVARIANTS — must be identical in every render ===
- Owl graphic: sketched/block-print style, charcoal-black (#2b2621), same pose (front-facing owl, large round eyes, pointed ear-tufts, feather-textured body, small feet) centered low on one panel
- Owl graphic placed in lower-middle area of the bag's visible face, not near top or edges
- Oatmeal linen body color (#d8cdb8) with visible woven slub texture
- Two flat canvas straps, natural/oatmeal tone, with triangular reinforcement stitching at the top hem attachment points
- Boxy rectangular tote silhouette with open top (no zipper or flap closure visible)
- Single-color print (no additional colors or gradients in the owl graphic)
- No visible external logos, tags, or brand marks other than the owl print
- Fabric shows natural soft wrinkling/creasing, not a stiff or glossy material

=== ALLOWED VARIATION ===
- Camera angle and framing (close-up vs full view)
- Lighting conditions and background setting
- Contents visible inside the bag (books, laptop, bread, or empty)
- Presence and appearance of people or environment around the bag
- How the bag is held, hung, or placed (on a chair, shoulder, table)
- Degree of wrinkling/creasing on the fabric (varies with use but should remain soft, not damaged)
- Ambient color grading (as long as base colorway hexes are respected)

=== SPECIFICATION ===
- What it is: Natural oatmeal linen tote with reinforced canvas straps and a sketched owl monogram screen-printed in charcoal ink on one side. Large enough for a laptop, two paperbacks, and a baguette. The fabric softens and wrinkles beautifully with use, becoming a badge of belonging among regulars.
- Form factor: Natural oatmeal linen tote with reinforced canvas straps and a sketched owl monogram screen-printed in charcoal ink on one side. Large enough for a laptop, two paperbacks, and a baguette. The fabric softens and wrinkles beautifully with use, becoming a badge of belonging among regulars.
- Lettering policy: fidelity
- Photography do: fill most of the frame; emphasise material, surface quality and craft
- Photography don't: never distort proportions; never recolor the product

=== CONSISTENCY ===
Sac Hibou must look identical in every image: same shape, materials, colours and markings as the reference images. Match the strong references exactly.

=== LETTERING POLICY ===
fidelity

=== REFERENCE COVERAGE ===
- Coverage 50% of required views
- Dedicated views: hero; back
- Missing views — infer with care, keep to the invariants: side; detail

=== OBSERVED DETAIL (vision-derived) ===
- Measured #d8cdb8 — main linen body fabric
- Measured #2b2621 — owl screen-print graphic
- Measured #c4b79f — canvas straps
- visible woven slub texture across linen body
- slightly rough/textured edges on the printed owl ink, consistent with screen-print or block-print application
- natural fabric creasing/wrinkling around the top opening and sides
- owl graphic occupies roughly 30-35% of the visible front panel width
- straps appear approximately as wide as the triangular reinforcement patches at their base
- bag height appears roughly 1.3x its visible width in this cropped view
- single centered owl illustration in charcoal ink, front-facing, with round eyes, pointed ear tufts, and dotted/feathered chest pattern

=== NOT VISIBLE IN THE REFERENCES (do not invent — keep neutral) ===
- Back side of the bag is not visible; unknown if owl print or any marks appear there
- Bottom/base construction (flat base, gusset, or seam) not visible
- Interior lining or interior pockets not visible
- Exact stitching color/thread type not clearly discernible
- Whether there is a care label or brand tag inside is unknown, not visible
- Exact strap length and full drop height not fully shown due to cropping
- Side gussets/width of bag not visible since only front three-quarter view shown

=== BRAND ===
Maison Hibou — A Left Bank reading room that stayed open after midnight and started pulling espresso shots — Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare & Company if it had been designed by a Milanese furniture maker instead of a hoarder. You'd recognise it by the long tables where serious work accumulates—not styled clean between customers but allowed to sediment like a designer's desk by 9am, the room smelling equally of espresso and old paper.

=== VISUAL REGISTER ===
- Medium: photography
- Aesthetic: Documentary photography shot wide (28mm) in golden-hour ambient light, embracing grain and the imperfect archaeology of use — flour dust in backlight, pencil marks on marble, the small beautiful mess of a long creative afternoon. Every frame captures rooms mid-life, not styled: mismatched chairs, book stacks with visible spines, brass hardware mid-patina, walnut grain under warm pooled light. The camera treats wear as beauty and lingers on process rather than polish.
- Lighting: golden hour perpetual, warm amber pooling through tall windows, deep shadows preserved not lifted, single-source practicals (brass banker's lamps, candle glow), low contrast with rich blacks, late afternoon through evening gradient
- Optics: 28mm environmental establishing shots, 50mm equivalent for intimate tablescapes, shallow depth of field f/2.8 when isolating hands or spines, gentle subject separation not blown-out bokeh, medium-format detail rendering
- Materials: walnut grain under fingertips, linen napkin weave catching sidelight, paper tooth of uncoated stock, brass mid-patina neither polished nor oxidized, espresso crema micro-bubble structure, flour dust suspended in shaft light, leather spines with craquelure, graphite pencil on toothy sketch paper; lived patina not distressed styling, honest wear at table edges, natural accumulation (wax drips, cup rings as history), matte unvarnished wood, soft-hand fabrics with drape weight, non-reflective except metal highlights, tactile invitation not untouchable preservation
- Mood: golden hour that holds, amber light through wine glasses, the satisfied fatigue after good conversation

=== PALETTE ANCHORS ===
- Sunwashed Ochre #D4A76A (primary)
- Notebook Teal #5B8A8E (secondary)
- Paprika Accent #C85A3C (accent)
- Flour Cream #F7F3E8 (background)
- Pencil Graphite #4A4A48 (neutral)
- Faded Indigo #7B8FA8 (neutral)
- Canvas Light #E8E3D6 (neutral)
- Ink Black #1A1918 (neutral)

=== MUST NOT ===
- Washed-out Kinfolk-style photography with blown highlights and pale latte art
- Edison bulbs and exposed industrial brick
- Illustrated owls with personality or whimsy — no Etsy charm aesthetics
- Script fonts, faux-vintage letterpress textures, distressed overlays
- Chalkboard menus with casual handwriting
- Typewriter imagery, vinyl records as props, mason jars as vessels
- Minimal white voids and stark Scandinavian emptiness
- Staged lifestyle flatlays with perfectly arranged pastries on marble
- Stock photography cleanliness — no rooms that look unlived-in
- Generic symmetrical Instagram grids
- Neon signage or contemporary script neon
- Overtly rustic or farmhouse textures
- Corporate gradients, web 2.0 glossiness
- High-contrast black and white 'moody' photography clichés
- Exclamation-heavy enthusiasm and hype language
- Corporate jargon — 'curated experiences', 'elevated', 'artisanal' used emptily
- Forced quirky charm or cuteness — no 'cozy vibes' or 'good vibes only'
- Ironic distance or performative self-awareness
- Instagram caption cadence — short punchy fragments, emoji strings
- Nostalgia cosplay — 'step back in time' or '1920s Paris' pastiche
- Hustle culture language — 'grind', 'fuel your hustle', productivity theater
- Gatekeeping literary snobbery or pretentious namedropping
- Forced conviviality — 'join our family', 'where everyone knows your name'
- Apologies or hedging — this brand has a point of view
- Minimalism as virtue signaling — 'less is more' clichés
- Food-porn adjective stacking without substance

=== SURFACE MODIFIER — PHOTO ===
- Register: photography. Documentary photography shot wide (28mm) in golden-hour ambient light, embracing grain and the imperfect archaeology of use — flour dust in backlight, pencil marks on marble, the small beautiful mess of a long creative afternoon. Every frame captures rooms mid-life, not styled: mismatched chairs, book stacks with visible spines, brass hardware mid-patina, walnut grain under warm pooled light. The camera treats wear as beauty and lingers on process rather than polish.. golden hour perpetual, warm amber pooling through tall windows, deep shadows preserved not lifted, single-source practicals (brass banker's lamps, candle glow), low contrast with rich blacks, late afternoon through evening gradient

=== RECIPES ===
- Walnut grain under banker's lamp (detail): 50mm, f/2.8, shallow depth isolating table texture, overhead angle 45°; single brass banker's lamp pooling amber from upper left, warm 2700K practical source, deep shadow falloff right edge; diagonal grain lines leading eye through frame, lamp pooled circle occupies upper third, rich blacks bottom right corner
- Corner window bay golden hour wide (environment): 28mm, f/4, environmental depth rendering mismatched chairs to window frame; late afternoon side window flooding warm amber left to right, gentle gradient into shadow, 3200K golden hour quality; window occupies left third vertical, long table recedes diagonally right, generous headroom showing ceiling architecture
- Hands-in-process tableside portrait (lifestyle): 50mm, f/2, tight waist-down framing on hands and immediate workspace; ambient window light from above-left supplemented by practical desk lamp, warm mixed 2900K, soft modeling shadows; hands occupy lower half frame center, work surface extends to edges, shallow depth blurs background to walnut warmth
- Backlit flour dust viennoiserie (product): 50mm, f/2.8, half-subject framing with selective sharpness on pastry flake detail; strong backlight shaft through window catching suspended particles, warm 3400K contre-jour, minimal fill from reflected surfaces; pastry occupies lower right quadrant on parchment paper, dust particles float upper left negative space, dark walnut base anchors
- Brass and book spine archaeology (detail): 50mm, f/2, macro-intimate on material patina and text details; single-source lamp glow raking across surfaces from side, 2700K amber highlighting metal and leather texture, deep shadow contrast; vertical stack or diagonal lean of subjects, extreme shallow depth with single element sharp, negative space holds darkness
- Evening transformation wide interior (hero): 28mm, f/2.8, full-room environmental with visible depth from foreground tables to back wall; multiple amber practicals—banker's lamps, candles—creating pooled warmth across space, natural twilight blue through windows mixing cool/warm, 2800K dominant; symmetrical room architecture with asymmetric light pools, human figures silhouetted or edge-lit mid-distance, low horizon line emphasizing ceiling volume
- Layered context vignette overhead (context): 50mm, f/4, overhead plan view capturing organized chaos of workspace; diffused window light from upper frame edge, even soft illumination with gentle shadow indicating depth, 3200K natural quality; overhead square crop, subjects arranged in thirds with breathing room, evidence of process—smudges, crumbs, open containers—preserved not styled
- Steam and substance portrait (portrait): 50mm, f/2, chest-up environmental portrait with shallow separation; window side-light from right creating Rembrandt triangle, steam or smoke adding atmosphere backlit, 3100K warm natural; subject occupies left two-thirds, gaze directed out of frame toward work or window, background softens to walnut and brass tones

=== FORMAT DEFAULTS ===
- Aspect ratios: 16:9; 1:1; 4:5
- Reference cap: 6
- Logo as image ref: yes

=== LETTERING POLICY ===
forbid

=== PROVIDER HINTS ===
- Strong references must be matched exactly; cap references at 6.

LETTERING POLICY OVERRIDE: fidelity — reproduce the approved marks exactly from the logo references; no other readable text.