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 Lowbrow (Pop Surrealism): A central face with the surround filled by emblem-like motifs
- Type
- Set in Lowbrow (Pop Surrealism)'s manner (Sign-painter and comic lettering rendered as carefully as the art), and let Pop Art's lettering (Comic-style extra-bold lettering) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Lowbrow (Pop Surrealism)'s material (Oil gloss and smooth gradation, brushwork sanded away); bring in exactly one thing from Pop Art (Red, yellow, blue, black outlines, halftones).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #f5dd27, #ee2f2f, #2060b7.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Lowbrow (Pop Surrealism) Picking creepy subject matter while skipping the rendering craft turns the work into doodling that only wants to shock.
- Pop Art Overusing comic marks trivializes the content. Decide what you treat as mass culture.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Lowbrow (Pop Surrealism) (Style, 1979–) and its accent from Pop Art (Style, 1950s–1960s). Structural cues: Pop-culture iconography; Precise classical technique; Uneasy humor; Street-born heraldry. Accent cues, used sparingly: Halftone dots; Bold outlines; Primary colors; Repetition. Composition: A central face with the surround filled by emblem-like motifs. Type and lettering: Sign-painter and comic lettering rendered as carefully as the art. Let one material quality come from the second style: Red, yellow, blue, black outlines, halftones. Mood: Rebellion, Play, Nostalgia, Exhilaration. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #f5dd27, #ee2f2f, #2060b7. 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
- Lowbrow (Pop Surrealism) 1979– / Style / Illustration Styles
Painting from outside the museum, schooled on hot rods, comics, tattoos and B movies. It renders pop memory in exacting oil technique, and Juxtapoz magazine gave it a home under the name Pop Surrealism.
- Pop Art 1950s–1960s / Style / Pop
Amplifies the vocabulary of ads and comics until mass culture itself becomes the picture.
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