# Linocut × Woodcut — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=linocut+woodcut
# Linocut carries the structure. Woodcut 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 Linocut (Technique, 1890s–) and its accent from Woodcut (Technique, 8th century–). Structural cues: Large cut planes; Overlapping color blocks; Simplified figures; Repeating movement. Accent cues, used sparingly: Direction of the cut; Hard black-white contrast; Density of line; The block's materiality. Composition: Repeat forms with aligned motion; change the current in one place. Type and lettering: Letters sturdy enough to hold against the shapes; one color per block. Let one material quality come from the second style: Ink black and paper; run the line direction along the form. Mood: Intimacy, Exhilaration, Nostalgia, Rebellion. Color: build on #d9d0ae, #4b6f70, #a64d3a with a single accent drawn from #e7dfca, #27231d, #8a6240. 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 Relief Printing, 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.
# - Roughly 1882 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Linocut: The difference from woodcut is not mere roughness. Use linoleum's smooth curves and planes.
# - Woodcut: Not a digital scuff texture. Design where the black stays and which way you carve.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/linocut/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/woodcut/design.md