# Lowbrow (Pop Surrealism) × Skate Graphics — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=lowbrow+skate-graphics
# Lowbrow (Pop Surrealism) carries the structure. Skate Graphics 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 Lowbrow (Pop Surrealism) (Style, 1979–) and its accent from Skate Graphics (Style, 1980s–). Structural cues: Pop-culture iconography; Precise classical technique; Uneasy humor; Street-born heraldry. Accent cues, used sparingly: Tall deck-bottom composition; Bold-outlined characters; Horror mixed with humor; Grace about being worn away. Composition: A central face with the surround filled by emblem-like motifs. Type and lettering: Sign-painter and comic lettering rendered as carefully as the art. Let one material quality come from the second style: A few screen colors overlaid, with knockouts letting the wood show through. Mood: Rebellion, 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.

# Where the two fight
# - Both belong to Illustration Styles, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Lowbrow (Pop Surrealism): Picking creepy subject matter while skipping the rendering craft turns the work into doodling that only wants to shock.
# - Skate Graphics: Leaning on fine detail loses the image the first time it grinds, so the more a board is ridden the less it is worth.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/lowbrow/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/skate-graphics/design.md