retro-playful-editorial-ig-post-skill

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name: retro-playful-editorial-ig-post-skill description: Create or redesign Instagram posts in a retro playful editorial aesthetic: 4:5 aspect ratio, clean magazine-style layout, nostalgic objects such as vintage phone, toys, and everyday items, balanced image and structured typography overlay, horizontal color blocks, label-style sections, subtle UI-like information layout with HEX, RGB, and minimal data labels, warm nostalgic calm mood with slightly fun refined restraint. Use for IG posts, Instagram carousels, culture posts, lifestyle brands, product notes, creative campaigns, playful editorial graphics, and modern retro social visuals.

Retro Playful Editorial IG Post Skill

Use this skill when an Instagram post should feel playful but refined, modern but slightly retro, warm, nostalgic, calm, and not loud.

Style Intent

Create IG posts with a retro playful editorial aesthetic.

• Format: 4:5 Instagram post.
• Main visual: nostalgic objects such as vintage phone, toys, stationery, or everyday items.
• Layout: clean magazine-style composition with image plus structured typography overlay.
• Structure: horizontal color blocks and label-style sections across the image.
• Information layer: subtle UI-like labels such as HEX, RGB, item codes, or minimal data captions.
• Typography: modern sans-serif with slight editorial feel, medium weight, well-spaced.
• Mood: warm, nostalgic, calm, slightly fun, refined.
• Color behavior: slightly desaturated, warm plus cool contrast balance, soft but vibrant accents.

Required Palette

• Linen Beige: #F3E2CC
• Muted Teal Blue: #4B778E
• Warm Taupe: #CBAE9A
• Vintage Orange: #F4A919

Utility tones:

• Soft Cream: #FFF7ED
• Retro Brown: #7B4E36
• Fine Line: #D8C4B3
• Label Ink: #263238

Non-Negotiables

• Use 4:5 aspect ratio unless the user explicitly asks otherwise.
• Keep the layout clean and grid-aligned.
• Include structured typography overlays or label-style sections.
• Use horizontal color blocks as a primary design device.
• Use nostalgic objects without making the design childish.
• Add subtle UI-like information details when appropriate.
• Keep colors slightly desaturated with balanced warm and cool contrast.
• Avoid loud toy-store colors, chaotic stickers, heavy shadows, glossy effects, neon, harsh black contrast, and cluttered collage.

Workflow

1. Identify the post purpose: announcement, product note, culture post, playful quote, carousel opener, or brand visual.
2. Choose one nostalgic object theme.
3. Use references/style-system.md.
4. Choose a pattern from references/post-patterns.md.
5. Validate with references/qa-checklist.md.

Reference Files

• references/style-system.md: visual system, nostalgic object direction, palette, typography, color blocks, and label rules.
• references/post-patterns.md: reusable retro playful editorial IG layouts.
• references/qa-checklist.md: final export checks.

Asset Files

• assets/examples/01_cover.svg: 4:5 style cover reference.
• assets/template.html: lightweight HTML reference layout.