# Korean Garden × Minhwa — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=korean-garden+minhwa
# Korean Garden carries the structure. Minhwa 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 Korean Garden (Style, Joseon dynasty–) and its accent from Minhwa (Style, 17th–19th century). Structural cues: Terrain left as found; Square ponds with round islands; Scattered pavilions; Artifice restrained. Accent cues, used sparingly: The tiger-and-magpie formula; Free multiple perspective; Humorous exaggeration; Auspicious motifs. Composition: Keep the valley line and pond as found, siting pavilions where views settle. Type and lettering: A plaque on the pavilion, naming the place from the building alone. Let one material quality come from the second style: Strong reds and blues on hanji, contours drawn with a modulated brush. Mood: Calm, Intimacy, Trust, 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
# - Korean Garden: Restraint gets confused with neglect, and even the few decisions the form really requires, where the pavilion stands and how the pond is edged, are left vague.
# - Minhwa: Correcting the broken perspective as though it were unskilled drawing removes the humor multiple viewpoints produce, leaving a stiff piece of realism.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/korean-garden/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/minhwa/design.md