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Taste Test
We’ve been experimenting with a design skill we built around specific visual styles. For this test, we picked Y2K vaporwave and ran it in Claude with a single prompt, which gave us two different versions.
The goal was to see how far a reusable design skill could carry one clear visual direction. Still exploring, but this is getting interesting!
which one you’d go with, dark or light? 👇
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Wonderful !
Thank you!
Dark version!!
Dark might be winning this one 😄 Thanks for voting!
Dark for me. The chrome UI chrome and katakana on the dark version nail the actual vaporwave references, the light one reads more like a retro travel poster to me. Same prompt getting you two coherent directions instead of a muddy blend is the interesting part of this test.
Good point on the light version, I can see that retro travel poster feel too. Thanks for sharing your take!🤩
The reusable design-skill idea is strong—the Y2K vaporwave direction gives the system a clear visual constraint, while the two versions show how far the same rules can stretch without losing identity.
Exactly, that’s the part we were most curious about too. The balance between consistency and variation is exactly what makes this fun to explore!
I like the light version
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