A flat illustration poster in post-impressionist style. White background with
generous white space. All text is left-aligned.
[LAYOUT — TOP BAR]
At the very top of the poster, a single line with three items in the same small
serif font: "2026" flush left, "POSTER DESIGN" centered, "2026" flush right.
Use the smallest readable font size.
[LAYOUT — LEFT COLUMN, TOP TO BOTTOM]
1. Series name in large display serif font, two lines, left-aligned, black:
Flora
& Reverie
2. Chinese title in small-weight Song typeface (宋体), slightly smaller than
the series name:
金鳞戏水
(render correctly as Han characters)
3. English subtitle in the same fine serif, one size smaller:
Goldfish, Golden Scales in Still Water
[LAYOUT — BOTTOM]
4. At the very bottom left, a Chinese tagline in tiny Song typeface:
一尾金鳞游,闲散胜浮生
5. Below it, the smallest font size in the composition, a multi-line English
paragraph, left-aligned:
The goldfish moves as if time were optional. Its fins trail behind like
silk left in a current — unhurried, untroubled, ornamental in the oldest
sense of the word. To watch one is to practice a kind of forgetting.
Whatever you carried in, the water takes.
[ILLUSTRATION STYLE]
The main illustration fills the right half and center of the poster, bleeding
slightly off the right and top edges. Subject: two goldfish — one large, one
small — swimming among trailing aquatic grasses, with a few small rising
air bubbles.
Painting style: post-impressionist, plein-air watercolor-oil hybrid. Loose,
gestural brushstrokes with visible paint texture. The goldfish bodies rendered
in luminous amber gold and vermillion orange, with translucent fins painted
in thin layered washes — the fin edges almost dissolving into the white
background. The aquatic grass in loose upward strokes of olive green and
pale jade. Background is pure white — no water is explicitly painted, only
implied by the plants, bubbles, and the fish's orientation.
Composition: the larger goldfish curves in a gentle arc through the center-right
of the composition, tail flowing downward and to the left. The smaller goldfish
is positioned lower, facing the opposite direction — a classic yin-yang pairing.
Aquatic grass rises from the bottom edge, tall stems reaching into the upper
third. Three or four small circular bubbles float upward near the larger fish.
Generous white space in the upper left quadrant.
Color: the goldfish are the sole warm-toned elements — their amber-vermillion
bodies glow against the white. Everything else is cool or neutral: olive grass,
blue-gray bubble outlines, faint gray-green shadows beneath the fish suggesting
depth. The overall palette feels like Song dynasty ceramic glaze — restrained
warmth against cool white.
[OVERALL]
The text portion (left side) has a clean white background — no illustration
overlaps the text. The illustration occupies the right 60% and top area.
The poster feels like a page from a naturalist's studio journal elevated to
editorial design. Aspect ratio: 3:4 (portrait). No borders or frames.