A desolate nightmare illustration of a lone boatman in a rain soaked straw cape and conical hat standing at the stern of a small wooden fishing boat on a windless black sea under thick fog, seen from a low angle just above the waterline so the water fills the foreground. Dozens of pale arms rise silently from the surface around the boat, fingers open and reaching toward him, the drowned ghosts of sailors asking for a ladle, and he holds out a wooden dipper with its bottom knocked out, his hand trembling only slightly. Faint wet ripples spread around each arm without a sound. In the far fog, the masts of a second boat stand perfectly upright with no lamp lit, and a single pale figure at its bow is facing him. Light comes from a dim sourceless glow in the mist and one weak paper lantern at his feet. Palette of fog grey, deep sea black, bone white and a small point of dull amber. Soft ink wash with dry brush texture, fine rain streaks and film grain.