# Demoscene × Metalheart — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=demoscene+metalheart
# Demoscene carries the structure. Metalheart 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 Demoscene (Style, 1985–) and its accent from Metalheart (Style, 1995–2004). Structural cues: The aesthetics of size limits; Real-time generation; Scrolltext greeting culture; Mathematical visual effects. Accent cues, used sparingly: Liquid-metal chrome; Aggressive bevels; Lens flares; Techno and sci-fi typography. Composition: One effect held full screen, scenes cut on the beat of the music. Type and lettering: Monospaced bitmap letters scrolling greetings along the bottom of the screen. Let one material quality come from the second style: Chrome, liquid metal, lens flare, reflections carrying surrounding color. Mood: Technology, Rebellion, Exhilaration, Futurism. 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.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Demoscene: Effects lined up without syncing to the music give the virtuosity nowhere to land and the screen turns monotonous.
# - Metalheart: Polishing it clean in current software removes the rawness that came from the crude renderers of the time, and it becomes something else.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/demoscene/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/metalheart/design.md