# Calligram × Minimalism — composed image prompt # IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=calligram+minimalism # Calligram carries the structure. Minimalism 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 Minimalism (Style, 1960s–). Structural cues: Text drawing a contour; Shifting reading direction; Meaningful blank space; Poem fused with figure. Accent cues, used sparingly: Vast white space; Few elements; Quiet color; Precise spacing. 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: Nearly achromatic; texture in exactly one place. Mood: Intimacy, Play, Calm, Trust. Color: build on #eee8dc, #2b2925, #87969b with a single accent drawn from #efede5, #b7b0a2, #20201d. 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. # - Minimalism: Missing information is not minimal. Decide priorities before you cut. # Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/calligram/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/minimalism/design.md