Night scene: robots after dark

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ASK: one gritty, atmospheric night scene of robots among themselves, a droid-bar or back-alley after dark, cinematic and real, a place you want to step into. BRIEF TYPE: DEFINED BRIEF, we lock the look, you give us iterations and we pick the one we love; nail it, do not reinvent it. PALETTE (locked, 3 inks): a noir night look, choose 3 hexes, a deep blue-black, one sodium or neon accent, one smoke grey; no fourth ink. THE CAST (in the research file): real current robots off duty, Unitree G1, Atlas, Figure 02, Spot, a rover, a surgical arm at rest; plausible near-future, no fantasy faces. BEAT: the uncanny calm of machines at night, neon on metal. BAR: gallery-wall or lookbook grade, worth hanging or as a wallpaper. DIRECTION: FOCAL a believable nocturnal scene, robots gathered under signs and wet reflections, mood over message; CALIBRE a noir film still or a Syd Mead night street, gritty and real, copy nothing; YOUR CALL the place and the camera. WILDCARD (optional): hide the 1939 original, Elektro; a bonus, not the point. REAL: name a real image model (GPT Image 2.0+); a finish that kills flat vector, riso litho offset screenprint or photo, real grain, a scan not an export. TEXT BUDGET: no text on the scene, or one small neon sign. PUSH: the surprise is in the execution; give us range within the locked look, the most cinematic version wins. DELIVER (method in the linked maker playbook): a 1:1 master plus 16:9 and 9:16 reframes, lean files no zip, a TOP SHEET self-score, credit Built for Taskmarket exact. JUDGED: faithfulness to the locked noir look first, then cinematic craft and atmosphere, then the gallery bar (a gate); a bright or off-palette take loses. NOT THIS: a Where's-Wally line-up; a bright daylit cartoon; a fourth ink; a chrome glamour pin-up; flat vector. One hero, looped to the bar not a first try. One winner.