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 Postwar Japanese Poster: Run a central axis, fix the margins, then cut down to a few elements
- Type
- Set in Postwar Japanese Poster's manner (Tighten Japanese text into a block and divide roles between calligraphy and type), and let Post-Modernism's lettering (Mix two or three faces from different eras) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Postwar Japanese Poster's material (Flat printed color, photographic tone, the white of the paper, few inks laid heavily); bring in exactly one thing from Post-Modernism (Quoted images, patterns, vivid color; meaningful collisions).
- Colour
- Build on #eee8dc, #d13b31, #25231f and admit one accent from #f2dbb6, #ee5b78, #2f61a7.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Postwar Japanese Poster Placing traditional motifs is only borrowing. Do not flatten the work into one Japanese look, and check how construction differs by designer, decade and advertised subject.
- Post-Modernism Random is not plural. Mix only what you can justify aloud.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Postwar Japanese Poster (Style, 1950s–1990s) and its accent from Post-Modernism (Style, 1970s–1990s). Structural cues: Bold flatness; Photography and calligraphy; Personal symbols; Precise construction. Accent cues, used sparingly: Mixed styles; Irony; Ornament reclaimed; Unexpected color. Composition: Run a central axis, fix the margins, then cut down to a few elements. Type and lettering: Tighten Japanese text into a block and divide roles between calligraphy and type. Let one material quality come from the second style: Quoted images, patterns, vivid color; meaningful collisions. Mood: Exhilaration, Luxury, Rebellion, Play. Color: build on #eee8dc, #d13b31, #25231f with a single accent drawn from #f2dbb6, #ee5b78, #2f61a7. 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
- Postwar Japanese Poster 1950s–1990s / Style / Regional Graphics
Photography, flat color, calligraphy and traditional motifs, recomposed differently by each designer.
- Post-Modernism 1970s–1990s / Style / Avant-garde
Doubts the single right answer and mixes quotation, irony and ornament as play.
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