# Carte de Visite × Stereograph — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=carte-de-visite+stereograph
# Carte de Visite carries the structure. Stereograph 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 Carte de Visite (Style, 1854–1900s) and its accent from Stereograph (Style, 1850s–1930s). Structural cues: Card-sized mounts; Full-length studio poses; The studio's logo on the back; Album collecting. Accent cues, used sparingly: Twin paired images; Curved card mounts; Descriptions on the back; Series collecting. Composition: Stand the figure full length with backdrop and props naming their station. Type and lettering: Issuer name and ornamental frame on the back, image alone on the front. Let one material quality come from the second style: Hold the parallax constant and mount on card stiff enough to curve. Mood: Intimacy, Nostalgia, Trust, Play, Exhilaration. 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 Publishing and Editing, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Carte de Visite: The more each card is staged differently, the less the set works when laid out together, and the pleasure of collecting and comparing disappears.
# - Stereograph: Two images are simply placed side by side without matching the parallax, so viewers never fuse them and come away with tired eyes instead of depth.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/carte-de-visite/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/stereograph/design.md