Everyday Riso — Part 4

{
  "style_name": "Everyday Riso — Part 4",
  "style_slug": "everyday-riso-part-04",
  "style_version": "1.0.0",
  "style_summary": "Part 4 of Everyday Riso: the cheerful bearded grandfather's afternoons — a giant harvest pumpkin, a winning xiangqi piece, an endless nap blanket and a huge fresh catch — in the same three-ink orange, olive and near-black risograph system on cream paper, with exactly one absurdly oversized object, visible misregistration and halftone grain, and one tiny black corner label.",
  "category": "Type Posters",
  "environment_variables": {
    "ASPECT_RATIO": "Output aspect ratio: 9:16 or 16:9.",
    "STYLE_FIDELITY_ANCHORS": "Runtime injection of the prioritized CORE and FLEX anchors from this spec.",
    "SOURCE_CONTENT_TO_AVOID": "Runtime injection of the source-specific exclusions from this spec.",
    "SUBJECT": "The recurring cheerful grandfather: bald head, round fluffy paper-white beard (bare paper, never white ink), small round black glasses and expression within the rounded chunky character system.",
    "SUBJECT_ACTION": "The everyday action and the readable physical contact between the person and the oversized object.",
    "PRODUCT_OR_PROP": "The single absurdly oversized everyday object, its ink colors and what exactly is exaggerated.",
    "LOCATION": "The everyday setting, reduced to the minimum needed to read the action.",
    "BACKGROUND_ELEMENTS": "The few normal-scale supporting items and ground shadow; everything else stays open cream paper.",
    "MAIN_TEXT": "The tiny corner label: a 1–3 word uppercase phrase, exact spelling, no punctuation.",
    "SECONDARY_TEXT": "Additional wording; this style uses none, so the value is normally \"none\".",
    "ACCENT_SYMBOL": "Separator or decorative mark; this style uses none, so the value is normally \"none\".",
    "WARDROBE_STYLE": "The grandfather's fixed outfit — olive cardigan, orange trousers, black slippers — in orange, olive and black ink only.",
    "DESIGN_INTENTION": "Why the oversized object makes the everyday moment funny and warm, and how it shapes the poster.",
    "RATIO_COMPOSITION": "Separate 9:16 and 16:9 composition plans; apply only the plan matching ASPECT_RATIO."
  },
  "style_fidelity_anchors": [
    "[CORE] Strict three-ink risograph on cream paper #F4EBDD: warm orange #FF6C2F and olive green #5E6B3A as broad masses, near-black #1E1E1E only for tiny eyes, thin round glasses, the label and slippers. Brown appears only where orange overprints olive.",
    "[CORE] The print must look physically printed: 1–3 px misregistration between ink layers, fine grain with patchy uneven coverage, coarse halftone or stipple dots for every shade, translucent overprint. No smooth digital gradient, airbrush, 3D or glow.",
    "[CORE] One recurring character: a cheerful elderly man with the series build — rounded blocky body, soft thick limbs, small bald head, big soft hands — a round paper-white beard and side hair left as bare cream paper (never white ink), small round black glasses, skin as pale orange halftone, and an olive cardigan, orange trousers and black slippers. Comfortable, never frail or sad.",
    "[CORE] Exactly one everyday object is absurdly oversized; the person and all other props stay at normal series proportions. The action is a plain daily routine and the mood is relaxed, warm and funny.",
    "[CORE] Exactly one tiny bold black sans-serif label of 1–3 uppercase words in a free top corner, about 1.7 percent of canvas height, in one or two lines; no headline and no other wording.",
    "[FLEX] Pose and direction vary per case (sit, stand on tiptoe, kneel, squat, walk, ride) so a set of four never repeats one posture.",
    "[FLEX] The oversized object may bleed off one or two edges; its placement, crop and which corner holds the label are recomposed for each ratio.",
    "[FLEX] Which garments and props take orange versus olive can change per case, as long as the three-ink limit and overprint brown are respected.",
    "[FLEX] Supporting props (chair, stool, clothesline, bowl, basket, watering can) and a soft stipple ground shadow are allowed when they explain the action; settings otherwise stay open cream paper."
  ],
  "source_content_to_avoid": [
    "The previous Chromatic Gesture Characters palette: hot pink, coral-pink skin, cobalt blue, emerald and any other color outside orange, olive, near-black and overprint brown.",
    "The previous series' smooth airbrush or spray-gradient shading and soft digital glow.",
    "Subjects, props, captions and poses copied from the earlier reference posters of the sibling series.",
    "Surreal, dreamlike or abstract concept themes such as a body turning into landscape, which the brief identifies as underperforming.",
    "Any watermark, social handle, creator ID, platform logo, brand logo, QR code or signature."
  ],
  "visual_deconstruction": {
    "reference_observation": "Part 4 keeps the Everyday Riso system and swaps in a recurring cheerful grandfather with a round paper-white beard, small round glasses, olive cardigan, orange trousers and black slippers. Each poster shows one daily moment of his with exactly one absurdly oversized object, coarse halftone shading, orange-over-olive brown overprint, visible misregistration and a tiny black label in a top corner.",
    "style_content_separation": "Reusable: the three-ink riso system, print texture, chunky character build, single-object exaggeration formula, open cream space and the tiny corner label. Case-specific: the particular action, the oversized object, the label wording and each scene's placement.",
    "creative_scope": "Formula-driven reinterpretation: any ordinary daily action plus exactly one absurdly oversized object, rendered in the fixed character and ink system. The reader should be able to say 'a person is ___, but the ___ is absurdly huge' within three seconds.",
    "hierarchy": "The oversized object reads first as the largest ink mass, the person's face and contact point second, open cream space third, and the tiny label last."
  },
  "composition": {
    "canvas": "Edge-to-edge cream paper poster with no frame, mockup, border or panel division.",
    "subject_scale": "Person plus oversized object occupy about 60–80 percent of the canvas; the rest is calm cream negative space.",
    "exaggeration_rule": "Only one object is enlarged. Its contact with the person (lips, hands, brush, clothespin, watering-can drops, basket) must stay visible and readable.",
    "cropping": "The oversized object may be cropped by one or two canvas edges for tension; the person's face, hands and action are never cropped.",
    "ratio_strategy": "Portrait uses the height for the object to tower, hang or loop vertically. Landscape re-composes the same case across the width — the object sweeps, stretches or lies laterally — instead of cropping or padding the portrait.",
    "pose_variety": "Within a set of four, vary the action direction: sitting, standing, kneeling, squatting, walking or riding."
  },
  "typography": {
    "label": "Exactly one label: bold black grotesk sans-serif, uppercase, 1–3 words, set in one or two flush-left lines.",
    "size": "Tiny: cap height about 1.7 percent of canvas height, block no wider than 25 percent of canvas width.",
    "placement": "A free top-left or top-right corner with clear margin, never touching or overlapping the subject or the oversized object.",
    "wording": "Render MAIN_TEXT exactly once with no added punctuation. No headline, subtitle, secondary text, accent symbol, signature or brand."
  },
  "color_palette": {
    "paper": "#F4EBDD warm cream, fibrous, visible as the background and as cutout highlights.",
    "inks": [
      "#FF6C2F warm orange — primary ink for broad masses: oversized objects, garments, skin halftone.",
      "#5E6B3A olive green — secondary ink for garments, furniture, plants, stems and contours.",
      "#1E1E1E near-black — detail ink only for tiny eyes, thin round glasses, the label and slippers; the beard and hair stay bare paper."
    ],
    "overprint": "Deep brown appears only where translucent orange prints over olive; it is used for stripes, tape, coffee, soil and shadows.",
    "forbidden": "No pink, magenta, cobalt or any blue, purple, yellow, white ink or gray wash; no fifth ink.",
    "flexibility": "The ink roles are fixed; how much orange versus olive each case uses can change."
  },
  "image_treatment": {
    "medium": "Flat, chunky character illustration printed as a three-color risograph.",
    "texture": "Visible 1–3 px registration offset leaving thin paper or overprint edges, fine ink grain, mild patchy uneven coverage, matte ink on fibrous cream paper.",
    "shading": "Coarse halftone dots and stipple only; soft stipple ground shadows under feet, chairs and objects. No smooth tonal gradients.",
    "character_rendering": "Rounded simplified silhouettes without outlines; skin is pale orange halftone over cream; facial features use olive or brown overprint with tiny black eyes. The grandfather's beard and hair are unprinted cream paper shaped by the surrounding ink, never white ink."
  },
  "design_rules": [
    "Pass the three-second test: a person is doing an everyday action, but one object is absurdly huge.",
    "Enlarge exactly one object and keep the person, hands and every other item at normal series proportions.",
    "Use only orange, olive and near-black ink on cream paper, with brown only as orange-over-olive overprint.",
    "Make the riso print texture obvious at full view: misregistration, grain, halftone and overprint.",
    "Keep the label tiny, black and in a free top corner, and render no other text.",
    "Compose each ratio separately; the 16:9 version re-plans the scene across the width instead of cropping the portrait."
  ],
  "do": [
    "Choose a grandfather's ordinary daily routines: morning exercise, reading the paper, tea, a walk, gardening, board games, naps, fishing.",
    "Give the grandfather a relaxed, happy face with curved closed eyes behind small round glasses and a gentle smile under the round beard.",
    "Let the oversized object bleed off an edge when it adds tension.",
    "Leave generous calm cream negative space.",
    "Vary poses across a set of four so the series reads as a family, not a template."
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "Pink, cobalt or any blue, purple, yellow or extra fifth color.",
    "Smooth airbrush gradients, glossy highlights, 3D rendering, glow or photorealistic lighting.",
    "Surreal, dreamlike or abstract concepts, or more than one oversized element, giant heads or gigantic hands.",
    "Tense, cool or serious expressions and fashion poses.",
    "Large headlines, extra wording, logos, watermarks or handles.",
    "Busy backgrounds, scenery or multiple people."
  ],
  "prompt_template": "Use case: stylized-concept. Create ONE finished {ASPECT_RATIO} risograph illustration poster, warm cute everyday life. If the ratio is 9:16, compose a vertical scene; if it is 16:9, compose a genuinely horizontal landscape scene, never a crop, letterbox or padded portrait.\n\nPRIORITIZED STYLE:\n{STYLE_FIDELITY_ANCHORS}\n\nPRINT: strict THREE INKS on cream paper #F4EBDD: warm orange #FF6C2F, olive green #5E6B3A, near-black #1E1E1E. No fifth ink: brown is ONLY translucent orange-over-olive overprint. Skin is pale orange halftone over cream, not pink/peach paint. Black ink confined to tiny eyes, thin round glasses, tiny label and slippers; hair and beard are bare unprinted cream paper, NEVER white ink; mouths/noses/object contours use olive or brown overprint. Orange and olive form broad masses. No blue, cobalt, pink, purple, yellow, white ink or gray wash.\nRisograph printing MUST be visually evident: slight 1–3 pixel registration offset at 1500px short edge leaves thin paper/overprint edges, fine ink grain with mild patchy coverage, visibly coarse halftone dot shading rather than smooth tonal gradients, semi-transparent overprint at orange/olive overlaps yielding brown. Matte real ink on warm cream fibrous paper. Preserve rounded series silhouettes but replace all prior smooth airbrush with dot/stipple shading. No 3D, glossy light, digital smooth gradient, glow or photorealism.\n\nCHARACTER: the same cheerful grandfather throughout this series. {SUBJECT} Short and stocky with a rounded block torso, thick soft limbs, relatively small bald head, prominent round fluffy beard, round orange nose and rounded soft hands with clearly connected arms; a slight comfortable stoop, never frail or sad. Wardrobe: {WARDROBE_STYLE}\nACTION: {SUBJECT_ACTION}\nTHE ONE OVERSIZED OBJECT: {PRODUCT_OR_PROP} Keep exaggeration ONLY on this single object, with the ordinary human and every other item at the series proportions.\nSETTING: {LOCATION} Background: {BACKGROUND_ELEMENTS}\nDESIGN INTENTION: {DESIGN_INTENTION}\nRATIO PLAN: {RATIO_COMPOSITION} Apply only the plan for {ASPECT_RATIO}.\n\nCOMPOSITION: single scene, combined subject occupies 60–80 percent of image, substantial calm cream negative space. May crop the ONE giant object at edge; keep action, face and contact readable. Relaxed closed curved eyes or simple tiny black eyes, small nose and gentle smile. No surreal transformation, autonomous objects, abstract conceptual props, tension or cool fashion pose. One person only. No additional giant item, giant head, gigantic hand or extra limbs.\nTEXT: exactly \"{MAIN_TEXT}\" once, no added punctuation, in one or two lines of TINY bold black sans serif in free upper corner, about 1.7 percent of canvas height, block no more than 25 percent canvas width; keep quiet, clear and separate from subject. No other wording, marks or brand. Secondary text: {SECONDARY_TEXT}. Accent symbol: {ACCENT_SYMBOL}. When either value is \"none\", render nothing for it.\n\nSOURCE CONTENT TO REPLACE:\n{SOURCE_CONTENT_TO_AVOID}\n\nGenerate at highest available resolution, ideally 4K; preserve print dots, misregistration, grain and intentionally uneven ink. No denoising or sharpening.",
  "negative_prompt": "pink, magenta, coral-pink skin, blue, cobalt, purple, yellow ink, white ink, gray wash, fifth ink color, smooth airbrush or spray gradient, digital flat fill without grain, 3D render, glossy highlights, glow, realistic lighting, photorealism, surreal transformation, dreamscape, body becoming landscape, more than one oversized object, giant head, gigantic hands, extra limbs, extra fingers, second person, tense or cool expression, large headline, extra words, misspelled label, punctuation in label, logo, watermark, social handle, QR code, signature, border, mockup frame, busy background, contact sheet, white ink beard, young person, female character, frail or sad elderly man",
  "examples": [
    {
      "case_name": "green-thumb",
      "values": {
        "SUBJECT": "One short, stocky, cheerful grandfather — the same character in every case: relatively small bald head with short hair at the sides, a prominent round fluffy beard, small thin round black glasses, round orange nose, relaxed curved eyes and a smiling mouth; hair and beard are bare unprinted cream paper, never white ink. Cheerful and proud.",
        "SUBJECT_ACTION": "Walks pushing an ordinary small olive wheelbarrow, both hands on the two handles, body leaning a little forward, slippers mid-step.",
        "PRODUCT_OR_PROP": "ONE enormous orange pumpkin taller than he is with a small proportional olive stem, bulging far beyond the wheelbarrow tray; only the pumpkin is oversized, the wheelbarrow and its single wheel stay ordinary.",
        "LOCATION": "Bringing home the harvest on an open cream ground.",
        "BACKGROUND_ELEMENTS": "A normal olive wheelbarrow and a soft stipple ground shadow; no extra vegetables, field or tools.",
        "MAIN_TEXT": "GREEN THUMB",
        "SECONDARY_TEXT": "none",
        "ACCENT_SYMBOL": "none",
        "WARDROBE_STYLE": "Olive cardigan with rounded sleeves, wide orange trousers and black cloth slippers.",
        "DESIGN_INTENTION": "The pumpkin is a proud orange trophy of patient gardening, and the effortless push keeps it light and funny.",
        "RATIO_COMPOSITION": "For 9:16: the grandfather pushes from the lower-left and the pumpkin fills the upper right, cropping at the top and right edges; label in the top-left corner. For 16:9: the grandfather walks left-to-right at the left third and the wheelbarrow carries the pumpkin across center-right; label in the top-left corner."
      }
    },
    {
      "case_name": "checkmate",
      "values": {
        "SUBJECT": "One short, stocky, cheerful grandfather — the same character in every case: relatively small bald head with short hair at the sides, a prominent round fluffy beard, small thin round black glasses, round orange nose, relaxed curved eyes and a smiling mouth; hair and beard are bare unprinted cream paper, never white ink. Pleased and smiling.",
        "SUBJECT_ACTION": "Sits leaning forward at a small ordinary olive table, delicately pinching the top edge of the giant playing disk with one hand while the other rests beside the board.",
        "PRODUCT_OR_PROP": "ONE oversized round orange xiangqi (Chinese chess) disk about twice the diameter of his head, tilted toward the viewer, with a single simple olive Chinese character 馬 on its face — not a western chess horse; only this one piece is oversized, the board and other pieces stay normal size.",
        "LOCATION": "An afternoon board game at a small table on an open cream ground.",
        "BACKGROUND_ELEMENTS": "A normal olive table and chair, a small xiangqi grid board with a river gap and a few tiny ordinary round pieces, and a soft stipple shadow; no opponent.",
        "MAIN_TEXT": "CHECKMATE",
        "SECONDARY_TEXT": "none",
        "ACCENT_SYMBOL": "none",
        "WARDROBE_STYLE": "Olive cardigan with rounded sleeves, wide orange trousers and black cloth slippers.",
        "DESIGN_INTENTION": "The giant winning piece makes his quiet triumph visible, a playful exaggeration of a decisive move.",
        "RATIO_COMPOSITION": "For 9:16: the grandfather sits at the left behind the table and the giant disk stands upright at center-right above the board; label in the top-right corner. For 16:9: the table and grandfather sit at center with the giant disk held up on the right; label in the top-right corner."
      }
    },
    {
      "case_name": "nap-time",
      "values": {
        "SUBJECT": "One short, stocky, cheerful grandfather — the same character in every case: relatively small bald head with short hair at the sides, a prominent round fluffy beard, small thin round black glasses, round orange nose, relaxed curved eyes and a smiling mouth; hair and beard are bare unprinted cream paper, never white ink. Fast asleep; only the round beard peeks out.",
        "SUBJECT_ACTION": "Naps reclining in an ordinary olive wooden rocking chair with clearly visible curved rocker runners, completely tucked under the blanket so only the round fluffy beard shows above it; his covered head forms a small relaxed mound.",
        "PRODUCT_OR_PROP": "ONE gigantic orange-and-olive checked blanket with coarse halftone folds and overprinted check bands, spreading over him and flowing across almost the entire lower frame; only the blanket is oversized, the chair stays normal size.",
        "LOCATION": "An afternoon nap in a rocking chair on an open cream ground.",
        "BACKGROUND_ELEMENTS": "The normal olive rocking chair; no room, pillow or ZZZ text.",
        "MAIN_TEXT": "NAP TIME",
        "SECONDARY_TEXT": "none",
        "ACCENT_SYMBOL": "none",
        "WARDROBE_STYLE": "Olive cardigan with rounded sleeves, wide orange trousers and black cloth slippers.",
        "DESIGN_INTENTION": "The endless blanket turns a short nap into a cozy flood of warmth, and the peeking beard alone tells you who is under it.",
        "RATIO_COMPOSITION": "For 9:16: the rocking chair stands at the upper right and the blanket pours down across the lower frame, cropping both lower edges; label in the top-left corner. For 16:9: the rocking chair sits at center-right and the blanket flows leftward across the whole lower half, cropping the left and bottom edges; label in the top-left corner."
      }
    },
    {
      "case_name": "fresh-catch",
      "values": {
        "SUBJECT": "One short, stocky, cheerful grandfather — the same character in every case: relatively small bald head with short hair at the sides, a prominent round fluffy beard, small thin round black glasses, round orange nose, relaxed curved eyes and a smiling mouth; hair and beard are bare unprinted cream paper, never white ink. Proud, relaxed and smiling.",
        "SUBJECT_ACTION": "Sits on a small ordinary olive stool, happily holding up a slender fishing rod with both hands, a clear line running from the rod tip to the fish's mouth.",
        "PRODUCT_OR_PROP": "ONE enormous friendly orange fish just caught, several times his body size, curved vertically with a simple friendly eye, olive fins and orange scale texture; only the fish is oversized, the rod and stool stay ordinary.",
        "LOCATION": "A clean, cheerful fishing moment on an open cream ground.",
        "BACKGROUND_ELEMENTS": "A normal olive stool and a small sparse olive ripple at the ground; no landscape, injury or extra catches.",
        "MAIN_TEXT": "FRESH CATCH",
        "SECONDARY_TEXT": "none",
        "ACCENT_SYMBOL": "none",
        "WARDROBE_STYLE": "Olive cardigan with rounded sleeves, wide orange trousers and black cloth slippers.",
        "DESIGN_INTENTION": "The giant fish is every angler's dream made literal, while the tiny stool and rod keep the scene humble and funny.",
        "RATIO_COMPOSITION": "For 9:16: the grandfather sits at the lower-left and the fish curves up the right side, its tail partly cropped at the right edge; label in the top-left corner. For 16:9: the grandfather sits at left-center and the fish leaps in a tall curve at center-right above a small ripple; label in the top-left corner."
      }
    }
  ]
}