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 Staged Photography's lettering (Make the text in the frame as a prop rather than borrowing a typeface) 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 Staged Photography (Built sets or models, cinematic lighting, large format shot and printed big).
- Colour
- Build on #24388f, #f04c9c, #ffd33d and admit one accent from #e4ddd2, #92705e, #2c2623.
Where they fight
- Roughly 1991 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.
Caution
- Future Funk Avoid unlicensed anime frames and surface-level consumption of the culture; clear the rights.
- Staged Photography Staging that only imitates a natural record leaves the assumption that photographs record reality untouched, and the whole reason for constructing the scene disappears.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Future Funk (Style, 2010s) and its accent from Staged Photography (Technique, 19th century– / 1970s revival). Structural cues: 80s anime; City pop; Vivid night views; Rapid collage. Accent cues, used sparingly: Constructed scenes; Props; Cinematic lighting; Deliberate artificiality. 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: Built sets or models, cinematic lighting, large format shot and printed big. Mood: Exhilaration, Play, Nostalgia, Rebellion, Luxury. Color: build on #24388f, #f04c9c, #ffd33d with a single accent drawn from #e4ddd2, #92705e, #2c2623. 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.
- Staged Photography 19th century– / 1970s revival / Technique / Photographic Genres
Composes scene, figure, props and light before the shutter, shaking the very premise that photographs record reality.
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