# Expressionism × Woodcut — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=expressionism+woodcut
# Expressionism carries the structure. Woodcut 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 Expressionism (Style, 1905–1930s) and its accent from Woodcut (Technique, 8th century–). Structural cues: Distorted form; Unnatural color; Rough brush and cut; Urban anxiety. Accent cues, used sparingly: Direction of the cut; Hard black-white contrast; Density of line; The block's materiality. Composition: Drop perspective, press figures against the edge, leave unstable gaps. Type and lettering: Cut the letters by hand and keep the tremor and unevenness. Let one material quality come from the second style: Ink black and paper; run the line direction along the form. Mood: Rebellion, Exhilaration, Intimacy, Nostalgia. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e7dfca, #27231d, #8a6240. 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
# - Roughly 1897 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Expressionism: Distortion applied evenly as an effect erases what the feeling is about, and the picture looks like realism with a filter over it.
# - Woodcut: Not a digital scuff texture. Design where the black stays and which way you carve.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/expressionism/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/woodcut/design.md