Sentinel Meerkat: Desert Concept Painting

A concept art painting of a meerkat standing upright on a sunlit desert dune, surveying the horizon. Digital painting with painterly oil-brush textures, dramatic directional lighting, and cinematic composition. Warm golden-hour palette with ochre, burnt sienna, and cream, contrasted by a cool teal-blue sky. The meerkat has a curious, alert expression, detailed fur with individual hairs and soft highlights. Surroundings include scattered rocks, sparse tufts of grass, distant mesas, and a windy, atmospheric feel; shallow depth of field keeps the meerkat crisp while the background softly blurs. Subtle sci-fi/fantasy design cues in silhouette and posture to hint at a larger world. High detail, bold brushwork, and a sense of scale and story in a painterly concept art style.