# An imagery system without a fake portfolio

**Working paper, open doors.** Use graphic constructions of the things that make an event happen: a door, a case, a board, a folding table, a cable. Build them as plainly illustrated cut-paper objects with square cuts, a few deliberate diagonals, broad silhouettes and flat screenprint color. Show preparation, connection and pack out. Keep one continuous fuse line and, at most, one ignition point per composition. The fuse is a metaphor, never practical explosives imagery.

The permanent brand uses no pumpkins, alcohol, costumes or seasonal colors. Those belong to a named event campaign. Abstract spatial scenes avoid a falsely documented event, rented stock crowd or invented local architecture. Actual photos can replace these illustrations after TNT has actual work to show. Keep generated files in an internal manifest with `illustrative: true`, `proofEligible: false`, and descriptive alt text. A real event-photo caption must never be attached to these images.

All six prompts below are standalone. Generate without lettering; add the supplied vector logo and typeset copy afterward. Hex colors describe art direction; normalize final web surfaces to the exact palette separately. Generated pixel colors are not a reliable contrast reference. Avoid placing body text on texture or artwork.

## 1. Hero — The crew moves the idea

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Create a 16:9 editorial cut-paper illustration for TNT Presents, a new neighborhood event production crew. On the right 55% of the frame, construct three freestanding open shop doorways at different heights, a single closed wheeled road case and an unbranded folded table. Connect these objects with one deliberate squared cable-like fuse route ending in a small three-piece geometric spark. They are illustrated stage objects in an abstract space, not a real location or a record of an event. Keep the left 40% as completely quiet warm paper for separately typeset words. Broad hand-cut silhouettes, restrained asymmetry, crisp screenprint edges, almost no shading. Palette: paper #FAF7F0, ink #20282C, vermilion #BE3D2A, cool pale blue #DDE7EA; one tiny orange #FF754B detail. Neighborly, capable, ready to work. Negative constraints: no photographs, people, crowds, real venues, skyline, mountains, text, letters, logos, fake signage, confetti, disco balls, balloons, cartoon bombs, fire, weapons, neon, gradients, cinematic fog, lens flare, glossy 3D, stock business metaphors or manufactured wear.
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## 2. Section — Set it up

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Create a 4:3 editorial cut-paper illustration of event setup as an abstract object study: one folded table, two trestle supports, a coiled cable and a closed road case arranged diagonally with enough space to understand how they fit. One vermilion strip joins the objects like a plan becoming a setup. View from slightly above, broad silhouettes and simple mechanically plausible shapes, flat screenprint separations on #FAF7F0 paper, ink #20282C, primary #BE3D2A and cool pale blue #DDE7EA. Keep the top quarter quiet. The composition should feel like somebody knows which piece comes next. Negative constraints: no photographs, hands, faces, crew uniforms, crowds, venue interiors, real client work, text, logos, checklists, tool-brand marks, balloons, confetti, party clip art, danger signs, explosives, glossy 3D, bevels, gradients or grunge overlays.
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## 3. Section — Make room for the block

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Create a 4:3 editorial cut-paper illustration of a large freestanding square community photo board, viewed almost straight on. Arrange twelve equal blank rectangular paper slips around its outer edges, with a generously empty central opening of visual space. Two simple sturdy feet show that someone installs and removes it. All slips are blank, with no invented partner identities. Add one short vermilion cable-like fuse along the base. Flat screenprint geometry, intentionally cut edges, paper #FAF7F0, ink #20282C, cool pale blue #DDE7EA, vermilion #BE3D2A limited to 5% of the image. Negative constraints: no photography, real business logos, readable text, pseudo-lettering, people posing, crowds, fake sponsor proof, badges, stock mockup watermarks, elaborate frames, confetti, balloons, neon, gradients, glossy 3D or distressed textures.
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## 4. Section — Pack it out

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Create a 4:3 editorial cut-paper illustration showing the satisfying end of a crew's job: two neatly closed wheeled road cases, a folded table standing on edge and a coiled cable with its end tucked in. Leave a large clear patch of paper where the setup has been removed. Low side-on view with a single ink ground line, no venue and no clock. Use simple block shapes, restrained diagonals and flat screenprint layers: paper #FAF7F0, ink #20282C, cool pale blue #DDE7EA and one vermilion #BE3D2A case strap. Warm and practical rather than heroic. Negative constraints: no people, photographs, actual trucks, real addresses, client marks, captions, logos, implied past event, trash, disaster aftermath, exhausted-worker stereotypes, explosions, safety stripes, tactical aesthetics, lens flare, neon, glossy 3D, gradients or stock imagery.
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## 5. Poster background — The next door holds something

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Create a 2:3 vertical cut-paper screenprint background for a neighborhood Halloween scavenger hunt. Leave the top 33% and bottom 35% entirely blank warm paper #FAF7F0 for separately typeset title, date and details. In the middle strip, use a flat vermilion #BE3D2A field containing three open geometric shop doors, ink #20282C door frames, pale blue #DDE7EA door planes and one small unlettered gift-card shape in orange #FF754B. A single squared paper-colored fuse connects the thresholds and ends in one compact angular spark. The mood is curiosity on a familiar block; it must welcome both families and adults without depicting either activity. Negative constraints: no photographs, people, actual shops, identifiable architecture, invented sponsor logos, text or numbers, QR codes, pumpkins with faces, ghosts, gore, skulls, witches, alcohol, nightclub lighting, children’s party clip art, confetti, cartoon bombs, fire, gradients, glossy 3D or fake print damage.
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## 6. Texture — The useful sheet

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Create a seamless square 2048 by 2048 paper texture. Warm uncoated off-white stock, base color near #FAF7F0, very fine irregular short fibers visible only at close range, tiny tonal variations no greater than about 3% luminance. Even diffuse light, no directional shadow, completely flat scan rather than a photographed object. It should look like clean material someone can print a working sign on, without communicating age or luxury. Negative constraints: no text, marks, logos, grain clumps, stains, folds, torn edges, visible deckle, coffee rings, yellow parchment, kraft brown, glitter, halftone dots, gradients, vignettes, borders, shadows, mockup perspective, conspicuous noise or watermarks. Opposite edges must tile invisibly.
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