Chameleon Friend · Tail-Wrap Occlusion

SUBJECT
One original friendly green chameleon perched on one horizontal brown branch, facing image-left. Its four small feet rest on the branch, while its long tail extends toward image-right and coils twice around the branch.

COMPOSITION
Show the entire character in a clear side view, centered in a landscape frame. The branch crosses the lower third; the tail wraps remain fully visible on image-right, separated from the torso.

STYLE GUIDE
1. Shape & line
Build the chameleon from a rounded torso, a blunt wedge-shaped head, and short bent legs. On image-right, draw the tail as one tapering ribbon-like tube making two loose helical turns around the branch: each front-facing section crosses over and interrupts the branch contour, while each rear section disappears behind the branch and reappears below it.

2. Color & light
Use leafy green for the body and muted ochre-brown for the branch, with soft light from image-upper-left. Give the exposed upper tail surfaces pale green highlights and place narrow dark green contact shadows where the front coils touch the branch; keep the branch visibly darker beneath these crossings.

3. Texture & material
Apply opaque gouache in broad matte patches with a little paper grain showing at dry brush edges. Suggest skin with a few soft green flecks and bark with sparse lengthwise strokes, keeping the tail crossings smooth and crisp enough that surface marks never obscure the wrap.

4. Composition
Leave generous ivory space above the character and a clear gap between the belly and the tail coils on image-right. Keep the branch nearly horizontal and the two wraps apart along its length, so viewers can follow the tail continuously from its base through both front-and-back crossings to the tapered tip.

PRIORITY
Preserve the requested identity, count, action, composition and output settings. Apply the style rules within those constraints; a style reference must not replace the subject or layout. Within the style: Make the tail's alternating passage in front of and behind the branch the clearest structural feature.

AVOID
Avoid flat ring symbols, transparent branch contours, and disconnected tail segments.

OUTPUT
One 4:3 image, rendered as a clean gouache character illustration on warm ivory paper, without lettering, captions, or watermarks.

SELF-CHECK
Verify that both wraps visibly occlude the branch in front and disappear behind it at the rear.