deckle edge

Feeling word · 15 styles

A torn edge with fibres showing; broken rim, jumpy value, no straight line; prickly; coarse. Of paper, cloth, pasted sheets.

Styles

• Dada
• Dada Zurich
• Risograph Print
• Hand-Painted Watercolor
• Paper Cut-Out
• Ink-Line Indie Handdrawn
• Hand-Drawn Storybook
• Papercraft Diorama
• Watercolor Bleed
• Mimeographed Zine
• Gouache Painted Texture
• Cardboard Cut-Out 3D
• Sunlit Gouache
• Hand-Drawn Scroll UI
• Ink-Wash Scroll UI

Co-occurs with

• dissonance
• powdery grain
• corrugated core
• scroll
• opaque watercolor
• nonsense
• stencil print
• paper relief
• paper cutting
• choice menu
• dry pastel
• line drawing

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