# Editorial Collage × Polish Poster School — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=editorial-collage+polish-poster
# Editorial Collage carries the structure. Polish Poster School 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 Editorial Collage (Technique, contemporary) and its accent from Polish Poster School (Style, 1950s–1980s). Structural cues: Cut-out photographs; Mixed scales; Collision with white space; Annotations. Accent cues, used sparingly: Symbolic metaphor; Hand-drawn lettering; Rough paint surface; One strong image. Composition: Choose the leading fragment; layer the rest before and behind. Type and lettering: A disciplined text face with large pull quotes. Let one material quality come from the second style: Rough brush and ink surface, few colors, tears and bleed left in. Mood: Rebellion, Exhilaration, Play, Nostalgia. Color: build on #ede6d8, #e4462f, #22201d with a single accent drawn from #e2d6bd, #b9362f, #25211d. 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
# - Editorial Collage: Don't just add material. Be able to say what every fragment means.
# - Polish Poster School: Leaning on star faces or film stills kills the metaphor, and roughening the surface alone leaves decoration with nothing behind it.

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