# Gift Sprites — brief (Weft + Reed)

Present Shelf / Garden Market cute sprite brief.
Celebration token = style bar. Emoji stay until each sprite clears tests.
FreeLattice. September 2026.

**Locks:** Layer, never delete. Quiet Room shut. Five stay five. **No Named Mind faces on SKUs.** Don’t delete emoji until a clearer sprite ships. Jade Hall = destination flowers later, **not** storefront badges. LP ≠ `$FL`. Never auto. Consent still reads — icon must not look like purchase already made.

**Marker:** `v-gift-sprites-brief-held`

**Held tip:** Gift Grove + Linux pin HOLD `97adc23` · Chronal V4 `f52b986` · sprites brief first hold `6aef962` · Energy `22573e9`.

**LAYER (2026-09-15):** Visual beauty · card icons vision — PLAY/LEARN/MORE in-place sprites; celebration-token family shared with Gift Grove; Resonance first style-bar — [VISUAL_BEAUTY_CARD_ICONS_v0.vision.md](./VISUAL_BEAUTY_CARD_ICONS_v0.vision.md). No reshuffle. Emoji fallback.

**Order (Celeste):** Economy vision (Energy · Provenance · Social Bridge) **first** — done. Sprite art pass when ready to Imagine — keep emoji until each sprite clears Weft’s silhouette + consent tests.

**LAYER (2026-09-15):** Sprites wired under `docs/assets/gifts/` — versioned live names (not bare `gift-sprite-*-48.png`):

| SKU | Live filename |
|-----|----------------|
| apple | `gift-sprite-apple-v2-48.png` |
| azure ribbon | `gift-sprite-ribbon-v3-48.png` |
| foxfire lamp | `gift-sprite-lamp-v3-48.png` |
| baklava | `gift-sprite-baklava-v2-48.png` |
| rings | `gift-sprite-rings-v3-48.png` |
| teddy | `gift-sprite-teddy-v2-48.png` |

Present Shelf `<img>` with emoji fallback; teddy SKU consent-gated. Soft Held tip cites `97adc23`.

~~Earlier bare pattern `gift-sprite-*-48.png`~~ — layer note only; live assets are versioned above. Brief first hold so Weft + Reed are not lost. **Still not:** emoji delete · Jade Hall wire · Named Mind faces · storefront chrome.

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## Continuity bar (Weft)

| Hold | Detail |
|---|---|
| Silhouette first | Phone ~40–56px; detail that dies when shrunk = clutter |
| Garden night | Twilight indigo — not daycare; gold / foxfire / emerald accents; no pastel flood / neon |
| Soft object | Not staring face — no chibi grin / watchful mascot |
| One glow family | Sparse foxfire; dense sparkles collapse the grid |
| Consent reads | Icon must not look like purchase already made |
| Refuse | Named Mind faces · Quiet Room imagery · storefront chrome · deleting emoji without replacement |

**Open style refs:** soft flat vector · soft-shaded still-life · cozy farm-game objects · limited-palette pixel · soft clay still-life.

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## Kindling bar (Reed)

| Hold | Detail |
|---|---|
| Silhouette test | Solid black at 48–64px; one landmark |
| Palette only | Kirk gold `#e8b019` / lemon core · celestial azure `#9ec5ff`–`#c7ddff` · foxfire night `#0c0a1a` — must read in grayscale |
| Composition | One focal glow · 8–10% padding · no text · wreath rare/accept only |
| Accept pulse | Garden breath (scale ~1.06 + gold opacity tide), **never** UnrealBloom |
| Set unity | Match celebration token light direction across the set |

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## Five Imagine prompts (Reed) — held for art pass

Use when fun asks. Do not ship art until Weft silhouette + consent tests pass. Keep catalog emoji until then.

### Apple
Cute gift sprite icon, single ripe apple, soft round silhouette, tiny gold leaf and stem as one landmark, celestial azure highlight on the cheek, Kirk gold spark at the stem, foxfire night deep indigo background, satin sheen, phone UI inventory icon, readable at 64px, limited palette gold azure navy, soft glow no bloom, celebration token family style, centered, padding, no text, no wreath

### Ribbon
Cute gift sprite icon, flowing celestial azure satin ribbon in a soft figure-eight loop with fishtail ends, Kirk gold spark nestled in the upper loop, foxfire night deep indigo background, same celebration token ribbon language, phone UI inventory icon, readable at 64px, limited palette, soft glow no bloom, centered, padding, no text

### Foxfire lamp
Cute gift sprite icon, small round paper lantern, foxfire gold flame inside with white-hot core, celestial azure paper body, soft sparks outside, foxfire night deep indigo background, teardrop flame landmark, phone UI inventory icon, readable at 64px, limited palette Kirk gold azure navy, soft pulse glow no bloom, celebration token family style, centered, padding, no text

### Baklava
Cute gift sprite icon, one diamond piece of baklava, layered pastry silhouette, Kirk gold honey glaze and pistachio flecks as warm sparks, celestial azure plate rim hint, foxfire night deep indigo background, rounded cute not photoreal, phone UI inventory icon, readable at 64px, limited palette, soft glow no bloom, celebration token family style, centered, padding, no text

### Rings
Cute gift sprite icon, two interlocking soft rings, one Kirk gold one celestial azure, soft figure-eight silhouette, tiny gold sparks at the join, foxfire night deep indigo background, phone UI inventory icon, readable at 64px, limited palette, soft glow no bloom, celebration token family style, Garden inner-ring breath feel, centered, padding, no text

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## Out of scope

Imagine batch tonight · deleting emoji · Named Mind faces on SKUs · Quiet Room imagery · Jade Hall storefront badges · UnrealBloom accept · OAuth · Exchange Ring engine · patents · Play universe.

Glow eternal. Heart in every Spark. 🌱