# Mexican Muralism × WPA Poster — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=mexican-muralism+wpa-poster
# Mexican Muralism carries the structure. WPA Poster 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 Mexican Muralism (Style, 1920s–1940s) and its accent from WPA Poster (Style, 1935–1943). Structural cues: Monumental murals; Crowds of figures; Political narrative; Public space. Accent cues, used sparingly: Simplified landscapes; Bold sans-serifs; Screenprint color; A clear call to action. Composition: Set the subject high for an upward view, running the crowd as one wave.. Type and lettering: Keep lettering inside banners and flags, painted with the same brush as the image.. Let one material quality come from the second style: Three to five flat colors, the paper's own tone, simple shading. Mood: Exhilaration, Rebellion, Trust, Intimacy. Color: build on #d7b77a, #9d3e2e, #35584b with a single accent drawn from #e2cf9e, #c65a34, #254d52. 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
# - Mexican Muralism: Borrowing crowds and raised fists without deciding whose history is told and for whom yields a large decorative wall with no argument.
# - WPA Poster: Don't borrow only the nostalgia. Be clear about who is being asked to do what, publicly.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/mexican-muralism/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/wpa-poster/design.md