**Front Cover Illustration Description for a Sympathy Greeting Card:**

Imagine a desk scene set against a soft, pastel sky blue background, reminiscent of a comforting sky. A slightly retro, cartoon-style desktop computer sits prominently at the center of the card. The computer's monitor is oversized and rounded, with a happy face screensaver that looks slightly skewed, as if surprised by the scene unfolding.

The computer's keyboard is exaggeratedly large and in the foreground, featuring chunky, colorful keys—each in a different shade of the rainbow. Nestled across the keyboard lies a single, vibrant red rose, its petals lush and overly detailed with a gentle gradient from a deep red to a soft pink at the edges. The stem of the rose, a bright spring green, has tiny cartoon thorns, though comically dulled, curling around some of the keys.

To the left of the computer, a classic ceramic coffee mug with a quirky face design sits, steam curling upwards in an exaggerated, whimsical spiral, giving a sense of warmth. The mug is painted in a cheerful yellow, adorned with blue polka dots, and the steam is outlined boldly in a comic style.

On the right side of the computer, a small stack of papers, humorously skewed and disorderly, features tiny doodles of hearts and stars along the margins. A cartoonish pencil with eyes and a cheeky smile is 'leaning' against the paper stack, seemingly watching over the rose.

In the background, a softly drawn corkboard is pinned with small, colorful sticky notes and a few classic-style family photos—characters with round heads and expressive faces resembling a mix between Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes characters.

The overall feel of the illustration is inspired by the humorous and exaggerated features of Gary Larson and R. Crumb, combined with the nostalgic charm of Schulz and Watterson's simplistic yet expressive style. The elements on the desk are slightly anthropomorphized, creating a humorous but tender scene that gently nods to the themes of loss and memory in a playful yet respectful manner.

Generated with these themes: Computer with rose lying on keyboard.

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