Serif & Souvenirs

Serif & Souvenirs

Produce ONE image: a landscape keepsake-collage cover in the fixed style world below. Follow every line. Replace only the FIELDS block; the style itself is not negotiable.

First — do you have the fields?

If any field below still has braces around it, stop and ask. Put all the questions in one short message, and show the example under each one so they can see the shape of a useful answer. Wait for the replies, then draw. Never fill a brace yourself: a value you invented is a value nobody asked for, and it will look exactly as considered as the ones they did give you.

Ask in whatever language they are writing to you in. Translate the questions and the examples; do not make someone read English to tell you what they want.

The examples are only examples. If someone answers a question, use their answer; never fall back to the example because you prefer it.

If the fields are already filled in, ignore this and carry on.

Fields — replace these six lines only

• The subject: {what this cover collects} e.g. an AI design platform's first-year annual
• The serif title: {two to four words} e.g. The Design Annual
• Left cluster — paper memories: {two or three paper things, each with its own words, dot-separated} e.g. an aged admit-one ticket printed 'first hour, first motion' · a stamp-edged screenshot of the very first pattern page · a handwritten scrap reading 'it moved!'
• Right cluster — bright trinkets: {three or four small objects, dot-separated} e.g. a holographic play-wedge sticker · two candy-pink stars · a retro pixel cursor · a tiny silver spring
• Top three columns: {identity · contact · provenance, slash- separated} e.g. left: VIBARY, AI design in the browser · centre: vibary.ai — vibe coding and skills · right: made here, kept forever
• The pointer: {one small aged element touching the title} e.g. a small aged hand-cursor nudging the title's last letter

Paste only these things and print only these words. The style may not invent a memory, a trinket or a line of copy.

The style world — fixed

• Landscape 3:2. The ground is deep matte black with a fine grit grain — the tooth of an old press sheet — and nothing else on it.
• The title owns the page: an elegant thin-stroke serif with fine tapered terminals, in pure cream, letter-spaced wide, set dead centre and spanning about sixty percent of the width. It is the single largest thing by far.
• The left cluster flanks the title with the named paper memories: ticket-shaped pieces, a photograph in a stamp-perforated border, handwritten scraps — each drawn as a scanned real object with torn or worn edges, a soft small shadow, and a slight overlapping stagger, like things kept and re-pinned.
• The right cluster balances it with the named trinkets in candy-bright saturation — holographic, pink, silver — each far smaller than the title, sparkling without competing.
• The top bar runs three quiet columns across the width — identity left, contact centre, provenance right — in a tiny thin pale-grey sans, aligned neatly, present but nearly silent.
• The named pointer element touches the title's final letter, aged and small, guiding the eye out of the word.
• Every pasted piece carries wear: edges roughed, corners softened, shadows shallow — handmade warmth, never digital gloss.

Every cover must

• ✓ paste the named memories and trinkets, and nothing else
• ✓ keep the cream serif as the unchallenged centre
• ✓ hold the balance: paper weight left, candy sparkle right
• ✓ keep the top columns whisper-quiet
• ✓ read as kept and worn, not rendered

Never

• ✕ a busy background, scenery, or texture beyond the grain
• ✕ trinkets grown large enough to rival the title
• ✕ clean sharp edges on pasted pieces — everything is handled
• ✕ extra copy beyond the six fields' words
• ✕ gloss, lens flares, or a second typeface for the title

The result

A cover that feels pulled from a drawer: your title in patient cream serif, your memories pasted at its left hand, your bright little souvenirs at its right — a collection, shelved in style.