# Low Poly × Pixel Art — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=low-poly+pixel-art
# Low Poly 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 Low Poly (Technique, 1990s– / revival) and its accent from Pixel Art (Technique, 1970s–). Structural cues: Triangular facets; Angular contours; Flat shading; Few vertices. Accent cues, used sparingly: Visible pixels; Limited palettes; Tiles; Sprites. Composition: Light from an angle where silhouettes read and facets separate depth. Type and lettering: Treat letters as facets too, extruded or laid flat on the surface. Let one material quality come from the second style: Limited palette, dark outlines, neighboring hues to soften the steps. Mood: Technology, Play, Futurism, Nostalgia. Color: build on #d9d6cf, #658ea3, #cb7057 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.

# Where the two fight
# - Two techniques rather than two looks. Decide which one runs last in the process, because that is the one that will show.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Low Poly: Cutting vertices as the only goal removes the ones that defined the silhouette, leaving a lump nobody can identify.
# - 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/low-poly/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/pixel-art/design.md