Compose styles
Rather than blending styles toward a middle, this gives them roles. The first one carries the structure, the next comes in as the accent, and anything after that shows up in a single detail. Where they fight each other, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Art Nouveau: Vertical formats, frame compositions, a central figure
- Type
- Set in Art Nouveau's manner (Curvilinear serifs or hand lettering), and let Solarpunk's lettering (A humane sans with handwritten notes) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Art Nouveau's material (Dusty greens and gold, line work, paper texture); bring in exactly one thing from Solarpunk (Leaf green, solar yellow, wood, glass, copper).
- Colour
- Build on #e9ddbe, #829270, #6f3f35 and admit one accent from #e7e2b9, #6fa14f, #d78c38.
Where they fight
- Art Nouveau and Solarpunk stand roughly 110 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.
Caution
- Art Nouveau Stock vine ornaments stay superficial. Carry the line through the whole composition.
- Solarpunk Don't just add plants. Imagine the systems of resources, labor and community.
Image prompt
Produce four original images that take their structure from Art Nouveau (style, 1890s–1910s) and their accent from Solarpunk (aesthetic, 2000s–). ## What to make Make the kind of thing Art Nouveau exists for: speaking of craft and handwork, or leading with beauty and narrative. Choose one subject and hold it across all four. ## Structure comes from Art Nouveau - Botanical curves - Ornamental frames - Female figures - Muted natural colors Composition: Vertical formats, frame compositions, a central figure. Type and lettering: Curvilinear serifs or hand lettering. ## Accent comes from Solarpunk, used sparingly - Green and sunlight - Local handwork - Renewable technology - Community Let one material quality come from it: Leaf green, solar yellow, wood, glass, copper. ## Colour and feeling Build the ground on #e9ddbe, carry the structure in #829270 and #6f3f35, and let a single accent come from #d78c38. These are read off real works, so a direction rather than a fixed palette. Feeling to carry: luxury, intimacy, futurity, exhilaration. ## Where they fight - Art Nouveau and Solarpunk stand roughly 110 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle. ## What goes wrong - Art Nouveau: Stock vine ornaments stay superficial. Carry the line through the whole composition. - Solarpunk: Don't just add plants. Imagine the systems of resources, labor and community. ## Across the four Keep the roles fixed in all four. Vary the framing, the scale and the arrangement so the set shows what this pairing can do rather than four versions of one picture. ## Constraints - Do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. - Do not reproduce the composition of an existing work. - Produce original compositions in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Art Nouveau 1890s–1910s / Style / Historical Styles
Joins letters, figures and ornament into one flowing, plant-like line.
- Solarpunk 2000s– / Aesthetic / Visions of the Future
Refuses to oppose nature and technology, painting a bright future that is tended by hand.
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