# The Joke Shop references

AI-generated art-direction frames for the fictional Joke Shop, based on the
real Comedy Store block at 8433 Sunset Boulevard. They are generated with
`tools/scene_concepts.py generate --group scene --only ...` and are not shipped
game textures. The geometry mapping and source links are in
[`../../../joke-shop-map.md`](../../../joke-shop-map.md).

## Entrance — day, photo-anchored

![The black comedy club under its signature canopy, anchored on the hillside block photo](joke_shop_entrance_day-v2.png)

Generated with `generate --reference`, anchored on the licence-cleared
[`comedy-store-hillside-canopy-day-pd-2006-12-29.jpg`](../../refs/joke-shop/comedy-store-hillside-canopy-day-pd-2006-12-29.jpg)
board photo (public domain); provenance in
[`joke_shop_entrance_day-v2.refgen.json`](joke_shop_entrance_day-v2.refgen.json).
The frontage photo itself triggers the model's image-recitation filter, so the
hillside block frame anchors the facade; shape follows the frontage photo.

## Entrance — day

![The black comedy club under its signature canopy in daylight](joke_shop_entrance_day.png)

## Entrance — night

![The club at night with the circular sign and warm entrance](joke_shop_entrance_night.png)

## Across Sunset

![The club seen from across Sunset Boulevard](joke_shop_across_street.png)

The older top-level concepts `joke_shop_alley_evening.png` and
`joke_shop_door_closeup.png` are kept as a record of the pre-map-optimization
alley design. They no longer describe the current Joke Shop map.