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 Chicha Poster: Black ground packed with lettering, dates and venue gathered at the foot
- Type
- Set in Chicha Poster's manner (Letters drawn very heavy, outlined outward until they seem to glow), and let Neon Signage's lettering (Letterforms drawn in one continuous tube, complex characters kept from thickening) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Chicha Poster's material (Fluorescent pink and green screened over black, the ground left showing); bring in exactly one thing from Neon Signage (Gas and coating chosen per color, blinking chased in one direction).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Chicha Poster Putting the fluorescents on white kills the glow, destroys the night legibility the style was designed around, and simply looks cheap.
- Neon Signage Substituting neon look LED tape loses the depth and bloom of glass tube, and the imitation gives itself away the moment you stand close.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Chicha Poster (Style, 1980s–) and its accent from Neon Signage (Style, 1912–1990s / revival). Structural cues: Fluorescent color on black; Heavy hand-drawn letters; Layered silkscreen; Maximum night visibility. Accent cues, used sparingly: Lines of bent glass tube; Glowing letters on the night sky; Signs projecting over the road; Blinking and chasing motion. Composition: Black ground packed with lettering, dates and venue gathered at the foot. Type and lettering: Letters drawn very heavy, outlined outward until they seem to glow. Let one material quality come from the second style: Gas and coating chosen per color, blinking chased in one direction. Mood: Exhilaration, Rebellion, Play, Nostalgia. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. 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
- Chicha Poster 1980s– / Style / Regional Graphics
Lima's cumbia shows produced a fluorescent poster style. Hand-drawn letters in day-glo pink and green on black shout loudly enough to be read from a passing night bus, and the look is now reclaimed as the aesthetic of Andean migrants to the city.
- Neon Signage 1912–1990s / revival / Style / Signage and Display
The commercial sign style of bent glass tubes glowing as letters and pictures. Hong Kong's street-spanning character signs and Las Vegas's escalating light wars built each city's nighttime visual language.
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