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ConstructivistPoint it somewhere.
Red and black wedges drive across the page on a hard diagonal, with halftone photo fragments and lines radiating outward like a shout.
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Protest histories, political nonfiction, and industrial fiction.
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Keep the title to two or three forceful words; it will run along the diagonal. In the illustration notes name one halftone object, a chimney, a fist, a crowd, not a scene.
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Open larger viewNonfictionClean Air
Open larger viewNonfictionBarbary Coast
Open larger viewNonfictionSound System
Open larger viewNonfictionFog City Zines
Open larger viewFiction or poetryIron Harvest
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Nonfiction · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstClean AirRead the exact prompt
Create a finished front cover for a nonfiction book, in a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio. Produce the flat front cover artwork only, without spine, back cover, book mockup, or shelf. COVER TEXT Use the following book information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text, quotes, or awards. Title: Clean Air Subtitle: What we breathe and how to change it Author: Dr. Malik Osei ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in Constructivist style. Visual vocabulary: diagonal axes and wedge shapes; photomontage or halftone collage; red and black dominance; radiating lines suggesting movement; bold geometric abstraction. Lettering direction: heavy block sans-serif; text at angles; contrasting size extremes. Suggested colors: red, black, white, occasional grey. Composition: dynamic diagonal; elements appear to thrust outward. Atmosphere: urgent, revolutionary, visually aggressive. Keep out of the design: soft pastels, symmetrical decorative layouts, literal illustration. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A halftone factory chimney tilted on the diagonal, a hard wedge slicing through its smoke. These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text. Make the title the strongest text element and the author name the second. Keep everything else small. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
Nonfiction · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstBarbary CoastRead the exact prompt
Create a finished front cover for a nonfiction book, in a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio. Produce the flat front cover artwork only, without spine, back cover, book mockup, or shelf. COVER TEXT Use the following book information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text, quotes, or awards. Title: Barbary Coast Subtitle: Crime, gold, and the making of a city Author: Henry Vasquez Publisher: Barbary Coast Press ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in Constructivist style. Visual vocabulary: diagonal axes and wedge shapes; photomontage or halftone collage; red and black dominance; radiating lines suggesting movement; bold geometric abstraction. Lettering direction: heavy block sans-serif; text at angles; contrasting size extremes. Suggested colors: red, black, white, occasional grey. Composition: dynamic diagonal; elements appear to thrust outward. Atmosphere: urgent, revolutionary, visually aggressive. Keep out of the design: soft pastels, symmetrical decorative layouts, literal illustration. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A halftone crowd of miners and sailors surging up a diagonal wedge toward a wharf. These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text. Make the title the strongest text element and the author name the second. Keep everything else small. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
Nonfiction · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstSound SystemRead the exact prompt
Create a finished front cover for a nonfiction book, in a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio. Produce the flat front cover artwork only, without spine, back cover, book mockup, or shelf. COVER TEXT Use the following book information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text, quotes, or awards. Title: Sound System Subtitle: Bass, community, and the Sunday session Author: Ita Vibes Publisher: Posterage Press ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in Constructivist style. Visual vocabulary: diagonal axes and wedge shapes; photomontage or halftone collage; red and black dominance; radiating lines suggesting movement; bold geometric abstraction. Lettering direction: heavy block sans-serif; text at angles; contrasting size extremes. Suggested colors: red, black, white, occasional grey. Composition: dynamic diagonal; elements appear to thrust outward. Atmosphere: urgent, revolutionary, visually aggressive. Keep out of the design: soft pastels, symmetrical decorative layouts, literal illustration. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A halftone stack of speaker cabinets on a hard diagonal, radiating lines bursting from the cone. These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text. Make the title the strongest text element and the author name the second. Keep everything else small. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
Nonfiction · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstFog City ZinesRead the exact prompt
Create a finished front cover for a nonfiction book, in a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio. Produce the flat front cover artwork only, without spine, back cover, book mockup, or shelf. COVER TEXT Use the following book information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text, quotes, or awards. Title: Fog City Zines Subtitle: Thirty years of small press in San Francisco Author: Edited by Rosa Lim Publisher: Posterage Press ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in Constructivist style. Visual vocabulary: diagonal axes and wedge shapes; photomontage or halftone collage; red and black dominance; radiating lines suggesting movement; bold geometric abstraction. Lettering direction: heavy block sans-serif; text at angles; contrasting size extremes. Suggested colors: red, black, white, occasional grey. Composition: dynamic diagonal; elements appear to thrust outward. Atmosphere: urgent, revolutionary, visually aggressive. Keep out of the design: soft pastels, symmetrical decorative layouts, literal illustration. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A halftone fist gripping a stapled pamphlet, wedges and lines radiating from the staple. These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text. Make the title the strongest text element and the author name the second. Keep everything else small. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
Fiction or poetry · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstIron HarvestRead the exact prompt
Create a finished front cover for a work of fiction, in a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio. Produce the flat front cover artwork only, without spine, back cover, book mockup, or shelf. COVER TEXT Use the following book information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text, quotes, or awards. Title: Iron Harvest Subtitle: Book One of the Foundry Cycle Author: J. R. Ember Publisher: Twin Peaks Editions ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in Constructivist style. Visual vocabulary: diagonal axes and wedge shapes; photomontage or halftone collage; red and black dominance; radiating lines suggesting movement; bold geometric abstraction. Lettering direction: heavy block sans-serif; text at angles; contrasting size extremes. Suggested colors: red, black, white, occasional grey. Composition: dynamic diagonal; elements appear to thrust outward. Atmosphere: urgent, revolutionary, visually aggressive. Keep out of the design: soft pastels, symmetrical decorative layouts, literal illustration. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A halftone foundry hammer striking an anvil, sparks rendered as radiating lines across a wedge. These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text. Make the title the strongest text element and the author name the second. Keep everything else small. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
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