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 Artist’s Book: Compose page by page rather than by the spread
- Type
- Set in Artist’s Book's manner (Keep text sparse and hold its position so turning has a beat), and let Risograph's lettering (Bold letters or homely serifs, separated by color plate) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Artist’s Book's material (Paper weight and opacity, the binding, the edges, the weight in hand); bring in exactly one thing from Risograph (Two or three spot colors, coarse halftones, uncoated paper).
- Colour
- Build on #e7e0d3, #9f493c, #2b2925 and admit one accent from #f2e6c9, #ff4d70, #185aa8.
Where they fight
- Two techniques rather than two looks. Decide which one runs last in the process, because that is the one that will show.
Caution
- Artist’s Book Printing the work neatly in sequence gives neither the order nor the touch any role, and the result falls back into being a catalogue.
- Risograph Don't fake it with a noise filter. Design how the colors overlap first.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Artist’s Book (Technique, 1960s–) and its accent from Risograph (Technique, 1980s– / contemporary revival). Structural cues: The book as matter; Sequential pages; Self-publishing; Reader interaction. Accent cues, used sparingly: Misregistration; Spot-color inks; Halftone dots; Paper show-through. Composition: Compose page by page rather than by the spread. Type and lettering: Keep text sparse and hold its position so turning has a beat. Let one material quality come from the second style: Two or three spot colors, coarse halftones, uncoated paper. Mood: Intimacy, Rebellion, Calm, Play. Color: build on #e7e0d3, #9f493c, #2b2925 with a single accent drawn from #f2e6c9, #ff4d70, #185aa8. 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
- Artist’s Book 1960s– / Technique / Publishing and Editing
Designs the book as the work rather than its container, counting the binding, the sequence, the paper, the repetitions and the reader's handling as part of it.
- Risograph 1980s– / contemporary revival / Technique / Stencil Printing
Keeps the per-color plates and their happy misregistration, giving each copy its own body heat.
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