# Brand prompts — Borrowed Tomorrow

Written for: the channel owner and a future image-generation operator. Prompt briefs only; no image generation has been performed or authorized. Working title availability is unverified. All reference assets must be original or appropriately licensed, not frames, branding, characters or voices from studied channels.

## Avatar — primary prompt

Create an original minimalist vector-style channel emblem: a single pale receipt strip forming an open, slightly squared loop, with one short cobalt clock hand inside its negative space and one small yellow notch where the paper ends. The symbol should suggest time changing hands, not a currency logo. Deep ink navy square background #182C42; receipt cloud #F4F7FB; restrained cobalt #284B89 and signal yellow #F2CE55. Flat solid fills, simple substantial geometry, centered, generous empty margin. Exactly one emblem. No words or initials. Recognizable at 32 pixels and in a circular crop. Original symbol, not a variation of an existing platform or financial-services mark. Produce a clean 1024 by 1024 square master with the mark inside the central 70%.

**Exclude:** gradients, shadows, glow, bevels, 3D, texture, photorealism, tiny receipt lettering, numbers, watermarks, currency symbols, horror faces, zombies, bunkers, piles of clocks, ornate hourglasses, stock logo templates, copied creator assets.

**Review:** simplify until recognizable at 32px; inspect circle crop and monochrome silhouette; compare against existing marks before commercial adoption. The website's temporary icon is a separately authored simple clock-like proof-of-concept, not a generated final avatar.

## Banner — primary prompt

Create an original extremely restrained horizontal channel-banner background for speculative-fiction channel Borrowed Tomorrow. A cloud-white ground #F4F7FB and one cobalt paper strip entering from the left, ending before a narrow yellow receipt fold near the right. The strip suggests a transaction left unfinished. Flat editorial geometry, clean edges, no outlines around every shape. Leave the center nearly empty for an independently typeset channel name. No text, characters, faces, buildings, icons, decorative clocks or foreground clutter. Palette only ink #182C42, cobalt #284B89, cloud #F4F7FB and one small signal-yellow #F2CE55 accent. Master 2560 by 1440 pixels. Keep all important material within the central 1546 by 423 pixel cross-device safe region; outside it, only quiet background. This is minimalist branding, not an episode illustration.

**Typesetting after generation:** add `Borrowed Tomorrow` and, only if legible, `Nothing disappears. It changes hands.` in the channel's chosen licensed font. Never ask an image model to render the final words. Keep logo/name inside the safe region; verify on actual upload previews because platform cropping can change. Export a platform-compatible image below the current upload size limit verified at upload time.

**Exclude:** gradients, shadow, glow, distress, cinematic collage, tiny fine print, source-character silhouettes, recognizable creator palettes/compositions, fake YouTube controls, subscriber counts, badges, watermarks, imitated logos.

## Minimal alternatives

- Avatar B: two simple interlocking paper corners, one cloud and one yellow, separated by an ink gap. No clock hand. Same crop and palette limits. Test against the primary mark at small size rather than assuming more detail means better recognition.
- Banner B: cloud ground, small emblem at left of the safe region, name in ink; no illustration at all. Most economical option; may be created directly in a vector editor with no model spend.

## Production handoff

Use verified provider capabilities and explicit generation approval with a spend cap before a paid call. Record exact original prompt, executable model ID, account rights, generation job, cost, asset hash and human review. Current prompt status: planned. Rights to future model outputs: unknown until checked. Avoid absolute statements of legal uniqueness; commission appropriate review before commercial launch.