# Grapus × Polish Poster School — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=grapus+polish-poster
# Grapus 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 Grapus (Style, 1970–1991) and its accent from Polish Poster School (Style, 1950s–1980s). Structural cues: Rough hand-drawn lettering; Splatter and graffiti; Interventions on photographs; Anonymous collective authorship. Accent cues, used sparingly: Symbolic metaphor; Hand-drawn lettering; Rough paint surface; One strong image. Composition: A large photograph beneath, lettering and scrawl laid over the margins. Type and lettering: Headlines written directly with brush or marker, slant and bleed kept. Let one material quality come from the second style: Rough brush and ink surface, few colors, tears and bleed left in. Mood: Rebellion, Play, Exhilaration, Nostalgia. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 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.

# Where the two fight
# - Both belong to Regional Graphics, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Grapus: Manufacturing the roughness with a filter removes the necessity of the hand, and what remains is a costume of political heat that trivializes the subject.
# - 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/grapus/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/polish-poster/design.md