13 Design Styles

01. Glass & Glazed Texture

This involves rendering the visual subject with a glass or glazed texture. During layout, the subject is typically overlaid on text. The transparent material causes the text to refract, creating a strong visual contrast.

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02. Acid Graphics

Acid design is a style that combines characteristics such as metallic textures, holographic gradients, Dadaism, and functional materials, evoking a visually “acidic” sensation.

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03. Stainless Steel Texture

Many designs categorize this stainless steel texture style under Acid Graphics. However, I believe the differences are significant. Firstly, the color palette for this stainless steel texture is monochromatic (black, white, gray) rather than colorful gradients. Secondly, the overall poster's main色调 typically remains black, white, and gray, resulting in a more understated and minimalist visual effect without the “acidic” feel.

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4. Fluorescent Style

Popularized by the series of posters for the movie "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," the fluorescent style features a graffiti-like aesthetic. It employs highly saturated contrasting colors, creating a glaring, dizzying sensation. Despite this, the visual impact is undeniably strong, conveying a cool and trendy vibe.

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5. Diffused Gradient Illustration

Diffused gradient is a gradient effect achieved through blurring, resembling the spread of ink wash. It often incorporates a slight noise texture. Using this gradient effect to create simple illustrations yields a clean, fashionable feel, frequently applied in food海报.

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06. Flat Geometric Illustration

This refers to creating purely two-dimensional illustrations using simple geometric shapes. The effect is simple and abstract. This style has long been favored by designers and is not a recent trend. However, the use of RGB colors can enhance the visual impact of the画面. Combined with flexible strokes and排版处理, this style has also become increasingly modern and fashionable.

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07. New Ugly Style

This controversial design style employs bold, glaring color schemes, such as magenta paired with green. The illustrations are casual, resembling children's drawings, and the layout and composition are often non-rigorous, completely deviating from traditional definitions of good design—hence the name "New Ugly." It should be used cautiously in commercial design.

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08. Three-Dimensional Text

This type of design typically focuses on text without image elements. The main text is rendered with a three-dimensional visual effect through 3D mapping or distortion techniques, which starkly contrasts with the usual presentation of text, resulting in strong visual impact.

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09. 3D Illustration

The 3D world most closely resembles the real world, making 3D a major trend. Combining 3D with imaginative illustrations yields even more stunning and震撼 effects.

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10. 3D Motion Graphics

Building upon 3D, the next step is 3D motion graphics, frequently used in e-commerce design, online海报 design, and web design.

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11. Retro Metal

The graphics in the画面 are also simple geometric shapes, but the texture is often a rough metallic effect created using gradient tools. Paired with retro color schemes and noise textures, it resembles posters from the last century.

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12. Retro Glitch

This involves integrating the visuals and effects produced by malfunctions in early computers and electronic devices into design. It is often combined with montage techniques (collage style) and is commonly used in artistic design.

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13. Techwear/Cyberpunk Style

Techwear style is not new in recent years but has gained popularity lately. The atmosphere is relatively sci-fi, often featuring robots or mechanically augmented human figures as the visual subject. Title fonts generally use clean, sharp sans-serif typefaces. Additionally, interface frames resembling circuit board designs are common design elements in this style.

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