# Artist’s Book × Concrete Poetry — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=artists-book+concrete-poetry
# Artist’s Book carries the structure. Concrete Poetry appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Artist’s Book (Technique, 1960s–) and its accent from Concrete Poetry (Layout, 1950s–1970s). Structural cues: The book as matter; Sequential pages; Self-publishing; Reader interaction. Accent cues, used sparingly: Repeated words; Shapes made of letters; Large blanks; Dismantled reading order. Composition: Compose page by page rather than by the spread. Type and lettering: Keep text sparse and hold its position so turning has a beat. Let one material quality come from the second style: White paper and one black ink, quality carried by register and margin. Mood: Intimacy, Rebellion, Calm, Play. Color: build on #e7e0d3, #9f493c, #2b2925 with a single accent drawn from #f1eee5, #74716a, #151515. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Artist’s Book: Printing the work neatly in sequence gives neither the order nor the touch any role, and the result falls back into being a catalogue.
# - Concrete Poetry: When making a shape comes first, the meaning of the words stops answering their position, and the piece is only letters poured into a picture.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/artists-book/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/concrete-poetry/design.md