# Jianzhi (Chinese Paper Cutting) × Pysanky — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=jianzhi+pysanky
# Jianzhi (Chinese Paper Cutting) carries the structure. Pysanky 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 Jianzhi (Chinese Paper Cutting) (Technique, 6th century–) and its accent from Pysanky (Technique, prehistory–). Structural cues: Cutouts in a single red; Line design that stays connected; Auspicious motifs; Light through paper on windows. Accent cues, used sparingly: White wax-resist lines; Layered dye colors; Banded division of the shell; Geometry and the tree of life. Composition: Fix a round or square outer frame first, then divide inside it symmetrically. Type and lettering: Cut the characters too, keeping them connected as part of the figure. Let one material quality come from the second style: Hot wax lines, dye baths from pale to dark, wax melted off last. Mood: Intimacy, Play, Nostalgia, Calm. 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 Craft Movements, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
# - Two techniques rather than two looks. Decide which one runs last in the process, because that is the one that will show.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Jianzhi (Chinese Paper Cutting): Drawing the motif too fine leaves the paper unconnected so it falls apart, breaking the premise of designing positive and negative at once.
# - Pysanky: Starting the dye baths with the dark colors makes the pale ones impossible afterwards, and the layered method collapses.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/jianzhi/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/pysanky/design.md