Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Art Deco: Centered, symmetrical composition
- Type
- Set in Art Deco's manner (Tall, narrow geometric display type), and let Streamline Moderne's lettering (Wide horizontal letterforms carried sideways by speed lines) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Art Deco's material (Black, gold, ivory; repeated hairlines); bring in exactly one thing from Streamline Moderne (Chrome, opal glass, curved metal panels with the joints hidden).
- Colour
- Build on #17140f, #c8a65b, #f0e6cf and admit one accent from #e8e4d8, #527f8b, #3e4140.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Art Deco Too much ornament turns theme-park. Let white space carry the dignity.
- Streamline Moderne Curves and horizontals added without any functional reason become a pattern that merely looks fast, no different from the ornament they replaced.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Art Deco (Style, 1920s–1930s) and its accent from Streamline Moderne (Style, 1930s–1940s). Structural cues: Symmetry; Radiating lines; Stepped motifs; Gold and black. Accent cues, used sparingly: Streamlined forms; Horizontal bands; Rounded corners; Chrome. Composition: Centered, symmetrical composition. Type and lettering: Tall, narrow geometric display type. Let one material quality come from the second style: Chrome, opal glass, curved metal panels with the joints hidden. Mood: Luxury, Exhilaration, Futurism. Color: build on #17140f, #c8a65b, #f0e6cf with a single accent drawn from #e8e4d8, #527f8b, #3e4140. 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.
Related entries
- Art Deco 1920s–1930s / Style / Historical Styles
Stages urban luxury with repeating geometry and a metallic sheen.
- Streamline Moderne 1930s–1940s / Style / Modern Architecture
Gives even stationary things speed and machine-age optimism through streamlines, horizontals, rounded corners and metal.
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