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Werkblock

An engine-agnostic style recipe: a wide hero, proof shots across subjects, and a portable prompt.

geometric reduction print

1 hero · 3 proofs

Prompt template

{subject}, in the style of Werkblock geometric reduction: the subject rebuilt entirely from primary shapes — flat circles, semicircles, quarter-circles, triangles, and rectangles snapped to a construction grid — {palette}, hard black drafting rules and a faint ruled grid intersecting the composition, completely flat color planes with no shading or gradients, crisp hard edges, disciplined asymmetric layout with deliberate negative space, fills the entire frame edge to edge

Slot recipes

hero — Full-bleed composition: one oversized primary shape (a cropped circle or semicircle) anchors the frame while the subject is rebuilt in flat planes around it; black drafting rules run the full width and height; generous ivory negative space on the lighter side keeps it poster-grade.

feature — Mid-frame the subject reduced to 4-6 interlocking primary shapes over a faint ruled grid, one accent color dominant, the other two as small counterweights.

avatar — Tight square crop of a single head or object built from one large circle, small shape eyes/markers, and a quarter-circle cap; centered cross-hair construction lines; minimal grid.

empty-state — Sparse: one small geometric figure low in the frame against a wide ivory field crossed by two or three thin black rules and a faint grid; calm, instructional, lots of air.

illustration — Editorial scene rebuilding the subject from primaries across an asymmetric split, dotted-grid fills standing in for texture (windows, scales), and one bold black diagonal or triangle for tension.

geometric-reductionprimary-shapesconstruction-gridflat-color-planesblack-drafting-rules

Credits · in the lineage of

Geometric reduction printmakingMovementprimary-shape rebuild
Bauhaus geometric abstractionMovementconstructive form language

A generated style is an aggregate of many influences — credit is given to the artists and traditions it draws on, not a claim of authorship.

produced by unrecorded · sourced by unrecorded · images by unrecorded

· Rebuild every subject from primary shapes only — circle, semicircle, quarter-circle, triangle, rectangle — snapped to a visible construction grid.
· Keep all color in flat planes; let one of the three primaries dominate and the other two act as counterweights.
· Run assertive black drafting rules across the composition so it reads as drafted and constructed, not floating.
· Use dotted or ruled grids inside shapes when you need texture (windows, scales, fur) instead of shading.
· Compose asymmetrically with deliberate negative space; let one shape be oversized and cropped by the frame edge.

Don't

· Do not add shading, gradients, blur, or 3D volume — the planes stay flat.
· Do not leave empty whitespace borders; the composition fills the frame edge to edge.
· Do not use more than the three primaries plus the ivory ground and black rules.
· Do not soften the edges or round the construction lines into a friendly cartoon.
· Do not center everything symmetrically; disciplined asymmetry is the identity.

try it

remix with this style

Apply Werkblock to any UI language and swap the palette — the preview takes this style's hero image.

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.