# Kawaii × Shōjo Manga — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=kawaii+shojo-manga
# Kawaii carries the structure. Shōjo Manga 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 Shōjo Manga (Style, 1950s–). Structural cues: Faces of circles and empty space; Big eyes, elided mouths; Pastel softness; Looseness and defenselessness. Accent cues, used sparingly: Figures and panels that cross the frame; Flowers and light streaming through the background; Eyes drawn large and worked in detail; Monologue spilling into the margins. 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: Make light by layering screentone and cutting out white.. Mood: Intimacy, Play, Nostalgia, Exhilaration. 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.
# - Shōjo Manga: Borrowing the eyes and the flowers ends in mere signs. The structure of the panels is what carries the emotion.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/kawaii/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/shojo-manga/design.md