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 Pop Art: Blow up the subject; panels and repetition
- Type
- Set in Pop Art's manner (Comic-style extra-bold lettering), 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 Pop Art's material (Red, yellow, blue, black outlines, halftones); bring in exactly one thing from Staged Photography (Built sets or models, cinematic lighting, large format shot and printed big).
- Colour
- Build on #f5dd27, #ee2f2f, #2060b7 and admit one accent from #e4ddd2, #92705e, #2c2623.
Where they fight
- Roughly 1931 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.
Caution
- Pop Art Overusing comic marks trivializes the content. Decide what you treat as mass culture.
- 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 Pop Art (Style, 1950s–1960s) and its accent from Staged Photography (Technique, 19th century– / 1970s revival). Structural cues: Halftone dots; Bold outlines; Primary colors; Repetition. Accent cues, used sparingly: Constructed scenes; Props; Cinematic lighting; Deliberate artificiality. Composition: Blow up the subject; panels and repetition. Type and lettering: Comic-style extra-bold lettering. Let one material quality come from the second style: Built sets or models, cinematic lighting, large format shot and printed big. Mood: Exhilaration, Play, Rebellion, Luxury. Color: build on #f5dd27, #ee2f2f, #2060b7 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
- Pop Art 1950s–1960s / Style / Pop
Amplifies the vocabulary of ads and comics until mass culture itself becomes the picture.
- 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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