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 Shōwa Modern's lettering (Kana stylized and thickened, set vertically without Latin mixed in) 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 Shōwa Modern (Flat color holding nihonga pigment murk, contours tightened by thin line).
- Colour
- Build on #eee8dc, #d13b31, #25231f 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
- 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.
- Shōwa Modern Setting Deco ornament beside a kimono without the newness that city once had produces a period costume rather than a modern poster.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Postwar Japanese Poster (Style, 1950s–1990s) and its accent from Shōwa Modern (Style, 1920s–1930s). Structural cues: Bold flatness; Photography and calligraphy; Personal symbols; Precise construction. Accent cues, used sparingly: Deco crossed with nihonga; The modern girl's city; Stylized lettering; Department stores and transit. 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: Flat color holding nihonga pigment murk, contours tightened by thin line. Mood: Exhilaration, Luxury, Rebellion, Nostalgia. Color: build on #eee8dc, #d13b31, #25231f 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
- Postwar Japanese Poster 1950s–1990s / Style / Regional Graphics
Photography, flat color, calligraphy and traditional motifs, recomposed differently by each designer.
- Shōwa Modern 1920s–1930s / Style / Advertising Posters
Prewar Japan's commercial modernism, typified by Sugiura Hisui's Mitsukoshi and subway posters: Deco crossed with nihonga, the modern girl's city and refined lettering drawing the dawn of consumer culture.
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