# Barcode & QR × Pixel Art — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=barcode-qr+pixel-art
# Barcode & QR carries the structure. Pixel Art 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 Barcode & QR (Style, 1974 / 1994–) and its accent from Pixel Art (Technique, 1970s–). Structural cues: Stripes coding by width; Three corner finder patterns; Error-correction redundancy; Pattern made for machines. Accent cues, used sparingly: Visible pixels; Limited palettes; Tiles; Sprites. Composition: A clear quiet zone on all four sides, away from folds and curves. Type and lettering: Module size derived from the printing condition, with a hard minimum. Let one material quality come from the second style: Limited palette, dark outlines, neighboring hues to soften the steps. Mood: Technology, Trust, Play, Nostalgia. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #26243f, #ef6a55, #f3d36b. 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
# - Barcode & QR: Art laid over the code spends the error correction budget, and it stops scanning in a dim shop or at an angle.
# - Pixel Art: Downscaling a photograph skips the decision behind every single pixel, and the contours turn muddy the moment the image is enlarged.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/barcode-qr/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/pixel-art/design.md