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 Future Funk: Layer figures, city and type rhythmically
Type
Set in Future Funk's manner (Bold Japanese gothic plus Latin script accents), and let 70’s Retro's lettering (Round, heavy display type) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
Material
Ground in Future Funk's material (Pink, blue, yellow, VHS grain); bring in exactly one thing from 70’s Retro (Orange, ochre, dark brown; a touch of print misregistration).
Colour
Build on #24388f, #f04c9c, #ffd33d and admit one accent from #e9c768, #dd6a2f, #5f3426.

Where they fight

These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.

Caution

  • Future Funk Avoid unlicensed anime frames and surface-level consumption of the culture; clear the rights.
  • 70’s Retro Making everything retro becomes a costume. Keep body text and controls contemporary.

Image prompt

An original image that takes its structure from Future Funk (Style, 2010s) and its accent from 70’s Retro (Style, 1970s). Structural cues: 80s anime; City pop; Vivid night views; Rapid collage. Accent cues, used sparingly: Fat curves; Wave forms; Orange and brown; Repeating stripes. Composition: Layer figures, city and type rhythmically. Type and lettering: Bold Japanese gothic plus Latin script accents. Let one material quality come from the second style: Orange, ochre, dark brown; a touch of print misregistration. Mood: Exhilaration, Play, Nostalgia, Intimacy. Color: build on #24388f, #f04c9c, #ffd33d with a single accent drawn from #e9c768, #dd6a2f, #5f3426. 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

  • Future Funk 2010s / Style / Digital Retro

    Re-edits 1980s Japanese pop at high speed into dazzling euphoria.

  • 70’s Retro 1970s / Style / Retro

    Builds cheerful nostalgia from thick round shapes and earthy warm color.

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