# American Regionalism × WPA Poster — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=american-regionalism+wpa-poster
# American Regionalism carries the structure. WPA Poster appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from American Regionalism (Style, 1930–1943) and its accent from WPA Poster (Style, 1935–1943). Structural cues: Compositions of rolling hills and farmland; Stylised, plain-spoken figures; Scenes with a clearly legible narrative; Colour keyed to the earth. Accent cues, used sparingly: Simplified landscapes; Bold sans-serifs; Screenprint color; A clear call to action. Composition: A single figure or task at mid-height, the ground curving behind it in bands, the horizon high and the sky small.. Type and lettering: A sturdy slab or heavy-stemmed grotesque, set in short declarative lines like a mural caption.. Let one material quality come from the second style: Three to five flat colors, the paper's own tone, simple shading. Mood: Nostalgia, Trust, Intimacy, Exhilaration. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e2cf9e, #c65a34, #254d52. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - American Regionalism: Borrowing the rolling fields as nostalgic wallpaper strips away the labour that is the actual subject and leaves folksy pastiche, and figures simplified too far erase the specific land into generic countryside.
# - WPA Poster: Don't borrow only the nostalgia. Be clear about who is being asked to do what, publicly.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/american-regionalism/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/wpa-poster/design.md