Wabi-sabi minimal visual system.
Reference the white space, clarity, restraint, silence, impermanence, and literati spirit of Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetics, reinterpreted through a modern high-end editorial design language. The lower half can flexibly choose 1-2 Eastern elements according to the picture, such as distant mountains after rain, an arch bridge, a slanting window, a lattice window, plain white curtains, a celadon vase, a cat, a hanging scroll calligraphy, an extremely simple book page, faint cloud-and-water texture; the elements only serve as mood accents and never overshadow the subject.
The whole forms a unified visual system of "modern lost-civilization editorial design x wabi-sabi minimalism x real still photography x artistic reconstruction of the human figure". The upper half is realistic, transparent, and full of presence; the lower half is warm, peaceful, and painted-feeling; the color palette, the subject's body and the emotional tone of the story are unified across the two parts.