# Tapa (Barkcloth) × Tiki Style — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=tapa+tiki
# Tapa (Barkcloth) carries the structure. Tiki Style 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 Tapa (Barkcloth) (Technique, prehistory–) and its accent from Tiki Style (Aesthetic, 1934–1960s / revival). Structural cues: The beaten texture of bark; Repeating geometric pattern; Earth-toned pigments; Great ceremonial sheets. Accent cues, used sparingly: Tiki-carving motifs; Bamboo and rattan interiors; Torches and flame; Tropical drink vessels. Composition: Divide the whole sheet into a grid and run bands of changing pattern. Type and lettering: Treat the motif unit as insignia and repeat one combination. Let one material quality come from the second style: Bamboo, rattan and charred wood, lit only by flame and colored glass. Mood: Intimacy, Calm, Trust, 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
# - Tapa (Barkcloth) and Tiki Style share no intent, so the contrast has to become the subject rather than something to smooth over.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Tapa (Barkcloth): Cutting the patterns loose from the island they belong to strips them of the insignia function and leaves only decoration.
# - Tiki Style: This is an American fantasy and not the living Polynesian and Micronesian cultures it borrows from, so hiding where the motifs came from and treating them as decor puts the venue in question.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/tapa/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/tiki/design.md