Zine + Collage
School Grid Paper Cutout Poster
A sparse nostalgic poster system built from warm classroom grid paper, hand-drawn vertical notebook writing, and one large centered torn-paper collage object photographed with shallow real-paper shadows.
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Full style rules
Style anchors
- Warm beige classroom grid paper covers the entire background with thin muted blue-green ruled lines.
- One oversized handmade paper-collage subject dominates the center and sits slightly right of the left text block.
- The subject is a simple flat silhouette assembled from torn paper edges, not a rendered or realistic object.
- Off-white paper layers and one saturated color-paper area create the main figure with very limited color variety.
- Shallow physical shadows under torn paper edges create low relief while the camera remains front-facing and flat.
- The layout is sparse, poster-like, and quiet, with generous negative space and no busy surrounding scene.
- A compact hand-written vertical note appears near the upper-left, with uneven notebook-like strokes.
- The image keeps a scanned vintage print finish: paper grain, mild yellowing, soft focus, and slight exposure falloff.
- A narrow pale bottom margin can contain a tiny caption, preserving the old magazine-ad or school-poster feel.
- Any small stamp or seal is generic and tiny; it must never become a recognizable brand logo.
Do
- Use a warm grid-paper ground with visible ruled squares.
- Use a single torn-paper collage object with low relief shadows.
- Use hand-written vertical notes with imperfect human strokes.
- Use one vivid cut-paper accent color against cream paper.
- Keep the poster quiet, nostalgic, and lightly witty.
Avoid
- Avoid ice cream, soft-serve forms, cones, dessert ads, and the source story premise.
- Avoid recognizable logos, restaurant branding, watermarks, QR codes, and signatures.
- Avoid dense scenes, many props, price tags, glossy product renders, or photoreal objects.
- Avoid modern vector flat design, 3D rendering, gradient backgrounds, and neon palettes.
- Avoid copying the original Chinese text layout exactly or reusing its wording.
Negative prompt
soft-serve ice cream, cone, dessert product, McDonald's, golden arches, restaurant logo, brand lockup, watermark, signature, QR code, copied Chinese source text, glossy 3D render, photoreal product ad, dense market scene, modern vector illustration, neon gradient, cinematic lighting, busy background, realistic people, exact source composition
