# Risograph × Screenprint — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=risograph+screenprint
# Risograph carries the structure. Screenprint 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 Risograph (Technique, 1980s– / contemporary revival) and its accent from Screenprint (Technique, 20th century–). Structural cues: Misregistration; Spot-color inks; Halftone dots; Paper show-through. Accent cues, used sparingly: Hard contours; Flat color planes; Layer-by-layer overlap; Slight misregistration. Composition: Large planes where overlap and slippage stay visible. Type and lettering: Bold letters or homely serifs, separated by color plate. Let one material quality come from the second style: Match mesh to ink and substrate, allowing time for drying and registration. Mood: Intimacy, Play, Rebellion, Exhilaration. Color: build on #f2e6c9, #ff4d70, #185aa8 with a single accent drawn from #f0db3b, #df4935, #315aa0. 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 Stencil 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 1960 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Risograph: Don't fake it with a noise filter. Design how the colors overlap first.
# - Screenprint: Do not fake it with a separation filter or treat misregistration and patchy ink as charm. Design screen count, print order, opacity, registration and substrate, because the hard edge is the real advantage.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/risograph/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/screenprint/design.md