# Calligram × Concrete Poetry — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=calligram+concrete-poetry
# Calligram 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 Calligram (Technique, antiquity–modernism) and its accent from Concrete Poetry (Layout, 1950s–1970s). Structural cues: Text drawing a contour; Shifting reading direction; Meaningful blank space; Poem fused with figure. Accent cues, used sparingly: Repeated words; Shapes made of letters; Large blanks; Dismantled reading order. Composition: Convert the sentence into contour, path and density; mark where reading begins. Type and lettering: One face or one hand, keeping the words continuous. Let one material quality come from the second style: White paper and one black ink, quality carried by register and margin. Mood: Intimacy, Play, Calm, Rebellion. Color: build on #eee8dc, #2b2925, #87969b 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
# - Calligram: Don't fix a silhouette first and stuff words in. Let the text's rhythm generate the form.
# - 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/calligram/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/concrete-poetry/design.md