At the top of the Illustration Style image, hand-lettered in playful gothic script: "Happy Birthday Jess"

A hand-drawn, funny illustration set in a moonlit arctic forest with a subtle gothic twist: snow-laden black spruces and a crumbling stone archway half-buried in drifts, delicate wrought-iron fencing curling with frost. Center stage, a trio of Belgian Malinois in a balanced triangular composition. The front-and-center Malinois wears a tiny velvet cape and a crooked party hat, proudly balancing a frosted moon-cake topped with bone-shaped candles. To the left, another Malinois sprints by trailing bat-shaped balloons, one snagged on the iron fence; to the right, a third Malinois skids comically into a small skull-shaped snowman wearing its own party hat. Fairy lights drape like cobwebs across branches, a raven side-eyes the chaos from a fence post, and a curious arctic fox peeks out with a party blower. Breath puffs in the cold air; pawprints dance through the snow.

Style and mood: hand-drawn illustration with fine linework and gentle crosshatching, textured brush strokes, and a warm, expressive color palette that contrasts cozy lantern ambers, rose, and burnt sienna against icy midnight blues, deep cyan, and aurora greens and violets. Warm rim light from a lantern within the arch glows on the dogs’ fur; the aurora swirls overhead, adding a whimsical, slightly gothic magic. Expressions are lively and comedic, the cake looks just on the edge of tipping, and the scene feels playful yet atmospheric.

Add small caption text: at the bottom center, on a narrow ribbon banner in hand-lettered gold, include the cheeky line: "Have a Malig-nificent year!"

Generated with these themes: Belgian malinois dogs, arctic forrests, gothic scenes, and .

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