{
"style_name": "Carried Light",
"style_slug": "torn-seam-ember-key-art",
"canvas": "4:5 portrait split panel — ~55% cinematic photo one side, ~45% aged plaster paper the other, divided by one torn irregular seam",
"color": {
"photo_grade": "near-black shadows, oxide red rim light, one warm emissive core — ember monochrome, no daylight, no cool tones",
"paper": "aged cream plaster #E8DFCC with stains, grit and edge wear",
"type": "ink black distressed titles; dark oxide red #8E1F14 for rules, subtitles, ghost word and glyphs"
},
"layout": {
"seam_rule": "the subject or their held object MUST break the torn seam and enter the paper panel — the composition's one act of violence",
"photo_panel": "one night worker, chest-up, absorbed in the object; the environment readable but crushed to shadow — wet street and tram, studio shelves, mine tunnel, tape racks",
"light_rule": "the carried object is the ONLY light source: a lamplit map, an ember-glowing vessel, a lit crystal, an amber VU meter"
},
"typography": {
"title": "two words stacked, very tall distressed ultra-condensed caps in ink black with letterpress grit; short red rule beneath; one red letterspaced subtitle line",
"ghost_word": "the worker's role in large red condensed caps rotated 90°, running up the photo edge, fading into shadow but still readable",
"micro_strips": "1–3 vertical monospaced caps strips along edges and seam — series name, unit code, date range",
"diegetic_text": "in-world text must survive close reading — a full map legend with rules, a studio label, meter markings; write the exact strings into the prompt, never leave them to chance",
"glyph": "one small red technical mark per poster — dot grid with one red dot / depth scale / outlined triangle / waveform strip"
},
"design_rules": [
"no daylight, no second light source, no cool color anywhere",
"titles all black — red is reserved for the rule, subtitle, ghost word and glyphs",
"the paper panel stays sparse: one title block, one subtitle, one glyph",
"every poster names its series — an after-dark service, a studio series, a field unit, an archive"
],
"swap_variables": {
"job": "night courier / midnight potter / underground geologist / sound archivist",
"title": "NIGHT SHIFT / HEAT FORM / DEEP SCAN / LOST SIGNAL",
"carried_object": "night route map / ember-hot vessel / raw amber crystal / cassette field recorder",
"ghost_word": "NIGHT COURIER / HEAT KEEPER / FIELD UNIT / ARCHIVE",
"series_label": "AFTER DARK SERVICE · SEAM 07 / AFTER-HOURS CERAMIC STUDIO · 12AM–5AM / DS-07 · FIELD GEOLOGY UNIT / MONO FIELD ARCHIVE · VOL. 02",
"glyph": "dot grid / depth scale 1000m+ / triangle / waveform"
}
}
