# Kawaii × Purikura — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=kawaii+purikura
# Kawaii carries the structure. Purikura 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 Kawaii (Aesthetic, 1970s–) and its accent from Purikura (Style, 1995–). Structural cues: Faces of circles and empty space; Big eyes, elided mouths; Pastel softness; Looseness and defenselessness. Accent cues, used sparingly: Mori and big-eye retouching; Doodles and stamps; Tiny stickers to share; Staged booth lighting. Composition: One large face centered, space kept clear all around it. Type and lettering: Rounded gothic, wide letterforms, even stroke weight. Let one material quality come from the second style: Frontal booth light that kills shadow, with retouching offered in steps. Mood: Intimacy, Play, Nostalgia. 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
# - Kawaii: Assuming that bigger eyes and paler color make something cute loses the tension in the contour and leaves only a slack face.
# - Purikura: Only the strength of the retouching gets copied while the act of cutting the sheet apart on the spot is skipped, leaving nothing but altered faces.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/kawaii/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/purikura/design.md