Local Key Shop · Stencil Bridges

SUBJECT
An original identity symbol for a neighborhood key-cutting shop: one upright key with a circular head above a straight shaft and two square teeth projecting to image-right. A single background-colored opening connects the head’s circular counter to the exterior at image-left, leaving the head, shaft and teeth joined as one continuous ink shape.

COMPOSITION
Show the complete key symbol front-on, centered on a square, warm-white field with generous clear margins. Make the head large enough that its open counter and image-left stencil gap are immediately readable; keep the shaft vertical and the two teeth clearly separated.

STYLE GUIDE
1. Shape & line
Build the key from a bold circular ring, a straight rectangular shaft and two short rectangular teeth on image-right. Cut one broad horizontal gap through the ring at image-left so the circular counter visibly opens into the exterior background; retain a solid connection from the bottom of the ring into the shaft.

2. Color & light
Use a single deep forest-green fill against warm white, with the counter and stencil gap exactly matching the background. Keep all filled areas equally dark so recognition comes from the silhouette rather than shading.

3. Texture & material
Render the mark as clean, opaque stencil ink on smooth matte paper. Keep edges crisp and interiors solid, with only a faint paper grain across the background that does not erode the gap or tooth edges.

4. Composition
Place the upright key near the visual center with ample background visible around every edge. Leave a generous notch between the two image-right teeth, and balance their added visual weight with slightly more open space on image-right.

PRIORITY
Preserve the requested identity, count, action, composition and output settings. Apply the style rules within those constraints; a style reference must not replace the subject or layout. Within the style: Prioritize the clearly open stencil counter and the recognizable key silhouette.

AVOID
Avoid a closed head counter, hairline gaps, metallic shading or decorative lettering.

OUTPUT
One square 1:1 image presenting a flat brand-symbol reference, with no lettering, numbers, captions or watermark.

SELF-CHECK
Check that the image-left gap connects the counter to the background and the entire green mark remains connected.