
2x2 grid, 16:9, AI picks philosophical debates or our time: INPUT ::= [ARGUMENT_OR_THESIS] STEP_1 :: infer the argument - state the thesis in one sentence - who benefits, and who pays - the tension: two forces that cannot both win STEP_2 :: infer the substitution - take a familiar scene and replace exactly one element with a wrong one - swap scale, material, or function — one of the three, never all - describable in one sentence, unforgettable in one glance STEP_3 :: infer the restraint - one metaphor only; a second destroys both - forbidden: text, arrows, labels, symbols printed on foreheads - ambiguity is permitted, confusion is not STEP_4 :: infer the treatment - three or four flat colours plus a single texture - shape-first — everything must read as silhouette - faces generic or absent so the idea stays universal - print character: risograph, screenprint, gouache, litho crayon STEP_5 :: render spec - square or portrait, generous negative space - flat lighting, no rendering performed for its own sake - vector-clean edges carrying hand-made grain - the concept must survive being printed four centimetres wide
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