| 1 | # Rendering: vintage-poster |
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| 3 | Mid-century modern (1950s–1970s) poster aesthetic. Limited color palette, halftone or paper texture, retro geometric character, hand-drawn warmth without looseness. Used for cultural decks, brand storytelling, hospitality, retro tech narratives, anniversaries, heritage brands. |
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| 7 | ## 1. Style paragraph (paste-ready, 105 words) |
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| 9 | > Mid-century modern poster aesthetic — the design language of 1950s–1970s travel posters, jazz album covers, and Saul Bass title cards. Composition uses bold geometric shapes with rounded organic edges, often slightly off-axis for retro tension. Color is applied in limited flat blocks (typically 3-5 colors total) with subtle halftone or screen-print texture over the fills. Lines are thick but hand-aware — not perfectly mechanical, with slight character. Imagery is stylized and reduced — a stylized sun, an angular mountain, an iconic silhouette — never photorealistic. Paper grain at ~10% opacity overlays the composition for tactile age. Overall feel is warm, confident, nostalgic without being kitsch — the aesthetic of Knoll, Olivetti, Pan Am. |
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| 13 | ## 2. Line, texture, depth |
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| 15 | | Aspect | Treatment | |
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| 17 | | Line quality | Confident thick lines with slight hand-aware character; rounded corners | |
| 18 | | Texture | Halftone dot pattern OR subtle paper grain at 10-15% opacity over fills | |
| 19 | | Depth | Flat — depth implied via overlapping shapes, never via shadow | |
| 20 | | Material | Printed-paper aesthetic — slight ink misregistration adds authenticity | |
| 21 | | Mood | Warm, confident, nostalgic, optimistic-retro | |
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| 23 | ## 3. Using the deck's HEX values |
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| 25 | vintage-poster works best when the deck's HEX values lean **earthy or saturated-warm**. Cool-corporate primaries can work but lose some retro character. |
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| 27 | - Primary HEX: dominant shape fills (large geometric blocks) |
| 28 | - Secondary HEX: paper-field background (often warm cream rather than pure white) |
| 29 | - Accent HEX: small accent shapes or the halftone overlay tint |
| 30 | - Add 1-2 additional muted retro neutrals (warm cream, faded ivory) if the deck only specifies a primary triplet |
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| 34 | ## 4. Fewshot prompt snippets |
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| 36 | **Snippet A — travel-poster hero, text_policy: none** |
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| 38 | > Mid-century modern travel-poster composition. A stylized angular mountain silhouette in primary deep teal `#0F766E` rises across the lower 60% of the canvas, slightly off-axis for retro tension. Above it, a perfect-circle sun in accent burnt-orange `#C2410C` sits at the upper-right rule-of-thirds. Background is warm cream `#FEF3C7` (the deck's secondary, slightly toned toward paper). Subtle halftone dot pattern at 12% opacity overlays the mountain and sun. Thin slightly-misregistered ink offset along the mountain edge adds screen-print authenticity. Paper grain at 10% opacity over the whole composition. No additional elements. Composed as a 1200×500 hero poster band with 12% padding. NO text, letters, or numbers in the image. Color values are rendering guidance only. |