**Prompt for a Surreal Birthday Illustration Image:**

At the top of the illustration image, *“Happy Birthday Uncle Iain — May Your Fossil Fish Never Get Away!”*

A whimsical and surreal illustration showing a white-haired, bearded man in waders standing waist-deep in a gently glowing river. In one hand, he holds a fishing rod — the fishing line dips into the water, but instead of a hook, it’s dangling a tiny trowel. From the surface of the river, prehistoric fish with tiny stone helmets and trilobite sidekicks leap playfully around him.

The riverbank behind him twists upward into a floating archaeological dig site — layers of dirt and ancient artifacts hovering in midair. The man’s fishing hat has tiny dinosaur bones pinned to it like flies, and his beard hides a small cave entrance, inside which curious stick-figure cave paintings can be glimpsed partying with balloons.

The sky above swirls with Dali-style clouds shaped like ancient urns and skeletal fish. Everything has a cheerful palette of candy pastels with shimmering highlights — a blend of natural textures and otherworldly glow, making the scene equal parts ridiculous and charming.

Generated with these themes: White haired man with a beard Fishing in a river and doing archaeology .

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