# Dada × Editorial Collage — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=dada+editorial-collage
# Dada carries the structure. Editorial Collage 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 Dada (Style, 1916–1920s) and its accent from Editorial Collage (Technique, contemporary). Structural cues: Rotated type; Fragments of sound; Collisions of scale; Unbalanced margins. Accent cues, used sparingly: Cut-out photographs; Mixed scales; Collision with white space; Annotations. Composition: Keep one reading path; rotate and sever the rest. Type and lettering: Collide weights, directions and cases in one plane. Let one material quality come from the second style: Photos, scraps, hand-drawn lines; leave the cut edges visible. Mood: Rebellion, Play, Exhilaration. Color: build on #efe6d0, #d7362f, #161513 with a single accent drawn from #ede6d8, #e4462f, #22201d. 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
# - Dada: Not decorative messiness. Decide which authority or custom you are objecting to.
# - Editorial Collage: Don't just add material. Be able to say what every fragment means.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/dada/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/editorial-collage/design.md