# Build brief: Graffiti

Resource base: https://mejohnc.org (or the preview host used to obtain this file).

Use this direction within the user’s requested project and existing design constraints.

## Illustrative use case, not project requirements
An artist portfolio showing complete works, detail images, and credited locations.

A reference to lettering and mark-making in public space, with varied practices and local histories. A spray texture alone does not convey the structure or authorship of a piece.

## Essential cues
- Expressive lettering
- Layered marks
- Surface context

## Recipe
- Use original or credited artwork.
- Keep expressive lettering in large images.
- Typeset dates, locations, and controls plainly.

## Optional decoration
Original or credited lettering is central; a texture alone is insufficient.

## Avoid
Treating all street art as one style or using an artist's work as anonymous background texture.

## Values and validation
Read [tokens](/territories/graffiti/tokens.json) and [acceptance checklist](/territories/graffiti/checklist.md). Use [the working example](/territories/graffiti/example/) to inspect color roles, spacing, hierarchy, and interaction states. It is a UI translation, not a reproduction of historical art. Tokens describe the base UI; [example CSS](/territories/assets/example.css) contains the style-specific composition and decorative layer. Preview navigation with `?navigation=top`, `?navigation=sidebar`, or `?navigation=tabs`; combine with `project`. Use [Compare](/territories/compare/) for mobile (390 px), tablet (820 px), and desktop (1440 px) viewports.

## Delivery
Preserve real content and existing working behavior. Check keyboard, narrow layout, error, empty, and success states. Report any departures from this recipe with a reason. Do not claim to have inspected a preview or run checks that you could not access.

Schema 1.0.0; revision f5fd78058ba2.