# LCD Game Graphics × Pixel Art — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=lcd-game+pixel-art
# LCD Game Graphics carries the structure. Pixel Art 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 LCD Game Graphics (Style, 1980–1991) and its accent from Pixel Art (Technique, 1970s–). Structural cues: Fixed-segment figures; Two layers over printed backgrounds; Frame-step motion; Silver shells and the cross key. Accent cues, used sparingly: Visible pixels; Limited palettes; Tiles; Sprites. Composition: Positions of moving parts fixed first, the printed background explaining the world. Type and lettering: Numerals given to seven-segment digits, words kept to a few fixed labels. Let one material quality come from the second style: Limited palette, dark outlines, neighboring hues to soften the steps. Mood: Play, Nostalgia, Technology. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #26243f, #ef6a55, #f3d36b. 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
# - LCD Game Graphics: Adding poses in pursuit of smooth movement removes the tension that jumping between frames created and the play turns dull.
# - Pixel Art: Downscaling a photograph skips the decision behind every single pixel, and the contours turn muddy the moment the image is enlarged.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/lcd-game/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/pixel-art/design.md