# Etching × Lithography — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=etching+lithography
# Etching carries the structure. Lithography 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 Etching (Technique, 16th century–) and its accent from Lithography (Technique, 1796–). Structural cues: Thin flowing lines; Depth by biting; Cross-hatching; Plate marks. Accent cues, used sparingly: Greasy crayon; Stone or metal plate; Painterly tone; Multicolor overprinting. Composition: Build tone from hatching density and keep bare paper as the brightest area. Type and lettering: Draw the lettering with the same needle so its weight matches the image. Let one material quality come from the second style: Greasy crayon or tusche on stone, tone held by oil against water. Mood: Luxury, Calm, Technology, Intimacy, Nostalgia. Color: build on #e8dfcd, #7b6855, #282420 with a single accent drawn from #eadfca, #a24f3e, #373334. 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
# - Two techniques rather than two looks. Decide which one runs last in the process, because that is the one that will show.
# - Roughly 1780 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Etching: A uniform pen line filter is no substitute, since bite time, overlapping lines, ink left in the wiping and press pressure make the difference, and layering without timing fills detail with black.
# - Lithography: Pencil texture is not it, and neglecting density control crushes the tone into a merely blurred image. Learn how oil against water, the stone, damping, the roller and overprinted plates shape line and color.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/etching/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/lithography/design.md