# Pixel Art × Winamp Skin — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=pixel-art+winamp-skin
# Pixel Art carries the structure. Winamp Skin 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 Pixel Art (Technique, 1970s–) and its accent from Winamp Skin (Style, 1997–2005). Structural cues: Visible pixels; Limited palettes; Tiles; Sprites. Accent cues, used sparingly: Every skin shares the same main window size and the same button coordinates, only the artwork changes; Parts drawn side by side on a single bitmap sheet and cut out per state at runtime; A non rectangular outline that imitates the front panel of a piece of stereo equipment; Three windows, player, equalizer, and playlist, snapping together into one vertical stack. Composition: Scale only by whole multiples and keep every element on grid. Type and lettering: Draw letters on the same grid, fixing cap height in pixels. Let one material quality come from the second style: Work in a small palette at one to one pixel scale with no resampling. Render both metal reflection and glowing readouts purely by how the dots are arranged.. Mood: Play, Nostalgia, Technology, Rebellion. Color: build on #26243f, #ef6a55, #f3d36b with a single accent drawn from #3F3F3F, #00FF00, #000000. 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
# - Pixel Art: Downscaling a photograph skips the decision behind every single pixel, and the contours turn muddy the moment the image is enlarged.
# - Winamp Skin: Because the coordinates are fixed, the louder the artwork gets the more the controls sink into it, so check the contrast between decoration and operable surface after the art is done.

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