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LDH-P083 · modernist flat illustration

The Layered Arcade

Courtyard coffee hits different.

An arched Moorish-style courtyard corridor with a hanging lantern, bougainvillea vine, potted palm, and banana leaves, under translucent geometric shapes. Modernist collage.

The Story

The Spanish-style courtyards along the lake shore in Lantana keep an early schedule: arches in sequence, a lantern still burning from the night before, bougainvillea coming over the wall, the lagoon audible beyond the corridor. Coffee taken in that light is an institution with no sign and no membership. The translucent shapes over the scene are the hour itself, drawn as geometry.

The Making

  • Courtyard scene collaged in Photoshop - architectural color blocking under translucent geometric overlays at reduced opacity.
  • Arch, lantern, and vine simplified in Illustrator as clean shapes.
  • Color kept in a warm morning range; print-prepped at 2400 × 3000 px, 300 dpi.

Palette

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8 × 10 print - $20 · 2 for $35 · 3 for $50

The Layered Arcade - print thumbnail+Vector Beacon - pairs well with The Layered Arcade+Monstera, Auto Layout - pairs well with The Layered ArcadePairs well with Vector Beacon and Monstera, Auto Layout - 2 for $35, 3 for $50.

Printed at full print quality, ready to frame. Stickers and art cards carry the motto: Courtyard coffee hits different.

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