# Azulejo × Kōwhaiwhai — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=azulejo+kowhaiwhai
# Azulejo carries the structure. Kōwhaiwhai 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 Azulejo (Style, 15th century–) and its accent from Kōwhaiwhai (Style, 18th century–). Structural cues: Blue-and-white tile; Narrative panels wall-high; Repeating pattern; One body with the building. Accent cues, used sparingly: Repeating koru spirals; Red, black and white; Symmetry and reflection; Bands following the rafters. Composition: Set the tile grid first, compose so breaks fall on the joints. Type and lettering: Fire the inscription in the same blue and frame it into the wall. Let one material quality come from the second style: Only red, black and white, with black holding the ground down. Mood: Calm, Luxury, Nostalgia, Trust, Intimacy. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. 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.

# Where the two fight
# - Both belong to Ornament, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Azulejo: Laying a large picture out without regard for the joints misaligns grid and drawing, and the wall looks like a printed sheet pasted on.
# - Kōwhaiwhai: Using the patterns as decoration apart from the genealogy they record removes the sign of whose story it is and becomes appropriation.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/azulejo/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/kowhaiwhai/design.md