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 Punk: Deliberate misalignment and overlap; disturb even the margins
- Type
- Set in Punk's manner (Mix newsprint letters, handwriting and stamps), and let Teddy Boys's lettering (No lettering, the hair and the shoe declare the affiliation) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Punk's material (Copier paper, tears, black plus a warning color); bring in exactly one thing from Teddy Boys (Thick crepe soles, narrow woven ties, cloth that takes a drape).
- Colour
- Build on #eee3cf, #ef3127, #10100f and admit one accent from #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Punk Borrowed rebellion is hollow. Decide what you are protesting first.
- Teddy Boys The more carefully the Edwardian detail is reproduced the more authentic it looks, and the joke about class quietly disappears.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Punk (Style, 1970s–1980s) and its accent from Teddy Boys (Style, 1950s–). Structural cues: Cut-and-paste letters; Photocopier noise; Handwriting; Ragged placement. Accent cues, used sparingly: Long drape jackets; Slim ties; Crepe-soled shoes; The quiff. Composition: Deliberate misalignment and overlap; disturb even the margins. Type and lettering: Mix newsprint letters, handwriting and stamps. Let one material quality come from the second style: Thick crepe soles, narrow woven ties, cloth that takes a drape. Mood: Rebellion, Exhilaration, Nostalgia, Play. Color: build on #eee3cf, #ef3127, #10100f with a single accent drawn from #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815. 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
- Punk 1970s–1980s / Style / Counterculture
A DIY objection to the authority of the tidy, made by cutting, pasting and dirtying.
- Teddy Boys 1950s– / Style / Subculture Style
Working-class youths appropriated Edwardian upper-class dress. Postwar Britain's first youth subculture, it set the pattern for every youth culture that followed.
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