Compose styles
Rather than blending styles toward a middle, this gives them roles. The first one carries the structure, the next comes in as the accent, and anything after that shows up in a single detail. Where they fight each other, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Seapunk: Repeat waves and shells as ground, set the subject large and central
- Type
- Set in Seapunk's manner (Extruded reflective 3D lettering, tilted rather than aligned), and let Superflat's lettering (Letters share the drawing outline and sit flat without shadow) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Seapunk's material (Turquoise and purple, CG water, dolphins, coarsely rendered gloss); bring in exactly one thing from Superflat (Even fills, vivid color including fluorescents, a glossy finish).
- Colour
- Build on #37d6c5, #845ad6, #071c34 and admit one accent from #f7d52c, #ec4f8d, #43a9df.
Where they fight
These are already listed as related entries, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Seapunk Collecting the motifs without tying them to music or a scene leaves a pile of period images rather than a style.
- Superflat Lining up cute symbols drops the argument that set high art against consumer culture, and all that remains is product illustration.
Image prompt
Produce four original images that take their structure from Seapunk (style, 2011–2013) and their accent from Superflat (style, 2000s–). ## What to make Make the kind of thing Seapunk exists for: music announcements and merchandise that borrow the air of the early social web, or filling short videos or stream overlays with loud and familiar imagery. Choose one subject and hold it across all four. ## Structure comes from Seapunk - Turquoise - Dolphin CG - Waves and shells - Early 3D Composition: Repeat waves and shells as ground, set the subject large and central. Type and lettering: Extruded reflective 3D lettering, tilted rather than aligned. ## Accent comes from Superflat, used sparingly - Extreme flatness - Vivid color - Repeated characters - Commercial culture Let one material quality come from it: Even fills, vivid color including fluorescents, a glossy finish. ## Colour and feeling Build the ground on #37d6c5, carry the structure in #845ad6 and #071c34, and let a single accent come from #43a9df. These are read off real works, so a direction rather than a fixed palette. Feeling to carry: play, rebellion, futurity, exhilaration. ## What goes wrong - Seapunk: Collecting the motifs without tying them to music or a scene leaves a pile of period images rather than a style. - Superflat: Lining up cute symbols drops the argument that set high art against consumer culture, and all that remains is product illustration. ## Across the four Keep the roles fixed in all four. Vary the framing, the scale and the arrangement so the set shows what this pairing can do rather than four versions of one picture. ## Constraints - Do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. - Do not reproduce the composition of an existing work. - Produce original compositions in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Seapunk 2011–2013 / Style / Internet Aesthetics
Mixes ocean CG, turquoise, dolphins and 90s 3D with the music and fashion of the social-media age.
- Superflat 2000s– / Style / Japanese Postwar Avant-garde
Juxtaposes anime, manga, advertising and traditional painting on one flat plane, questioning the border of high art and consumer culture.
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