Collage OG image generator
Cut-paper layers, masking-tape strips, torn-edge photo crops and mixed display type. The hand-built scrapbook OG language — louder than Swiss, more analog than brutalist, made for editorial and indie pages.
Why choose Oginify
What defines the collage language, the brands that already ship it, and how it differs from neo-brutalist sticker pop — so you can pick the right hand-built register.
Signature characteristics
3-5 stacked paper layers with visible torn or cut edges, one or two strips of masking tape (skewed 6-8°) anchoring photo crops, mixed type (display serif headline + condensed sans subhead + monospace caption), warm-paper background (#F4EFE3 area), light pencil scribbles or arrows as connective tissue, and at least one photograph cut into a non-rectangular shape.
Who actually ships it
It's Nice That uses cut-paper share cards for festival recaps. Are.na's editorial covers live in this language. Bandcamp Daily's feature covers run a softer version. Wallpaper* magazine's online editorials use the same grammar. Independent zines like Avaunt and The Gentlewoman both ship collage-style social tiles.
vs Neo-brutalist
Both are hand-built, but neo-brutalist is a digital-native sticker language (flat blocks, hard offset shadows, cream paper) while collage is an analog-native scrapbook language (torn edges, tape, layered photography, pencil marks). Pick collage when the brand wants "hand-built editorial"; pick neo-brutalist when the brand wants "hand-built product".
Recap · festival 2025
For festival & event recaps
Festival and event recap pages benefit from a card that feels printed rather than rendered. Collage stacks three torn photo crops, a masking-tape title strip and a pencil-arrow caption — the card reads as a programme page from the festival itself, not a marketing asset.
Manifesto · the case for
For manifestos & opinion essays
A manifesto needs a card that reads as a point of view, not a topic. Collage with a torn newspaper-style headline strip, a cut-paper portrait crop and a pencil underline gives a short manifesto the same gravity an op-ed page gets in a printed weekend paper.
Field notes · this month
For editorial changelogs & retrospectives
Engineering-led changelogs read better in monospace grids, but editorial / studio retrospectives read better in collage: torn process photos, a typewriter-style headline, a sticky-note bullet list. The card frames the post as field notes rather than a release log.
Portfolio · studio / zine 2026
For indie portfolios & zines
Independent designers and zines selling on taste need share cards that look like the work they make. Collage gives the share card the same handmade fingerprint as the printed thing — cut-paper portrait, masking-tape wordmark, pencil-scribble year mark — and reads as an artefact, not a thumbnail.
The prompts behind these four cards
Each card above started as a one-paragraph prompt. Here are the four we used — paste them into Oginify with your own URL and you'll get the same direction in your brand.
Recap · festival 2025
Generate a 1200×630 Open Graph card in the Collage style for a festival recap ("FESTIVAL 2025 · RECAP"). Warm-paper background, three torn photo crops layered at slight angles, one masking-tape title strip skewed 6-8°, pencil-arrow captions pointing between photos, small monospace date stamp. Programme-page tone, not marketing tone.
Manifesto · the case for
Generate a 1200×630 Open Graph card in the Collage style for a manifesto essay ("THE CASE FOR SHIPPING SMALL"). Warm-paper background, a torn newspaper-style headline strip at the top, a cut-paper portrait crop on the right, pencil underline under the key word, small monospace byline. Op-ed weekend-paper gravity.
Field notes · this month
Generate a 1200×630 Open Graph card in the Collage style for editorial field notes ("FIELD NOTES · THIS MONTH"). Warm-paper background, two torn process photographs, a typewriter-style headline taped at the top, a yellow sticky-note bullet list on the right, light pencil scribbles connecting them.
Portfolio · studio / zine 2026
Generate a 1200×630 Open Graph card in the Collage style for an indie portfolio ("studio / zine 2026"). Warm-paper background, cut-paper portrait on the left, masking-tape wordmark across the top, a pencil-scribble year mark, one small torn thumbnail of recent work. Handmade artefact, not a thumbnail.
Collage style FAQ
When to pick collage over neo-brutalist or magazine, how the hand-built look holds up at thumbnail size, and how to keep the layers honest without sliding into Pinterest cosplay.
When should I pick collage over neo-brutalist?
Pick collage when the brand is editorial / indie / zine-adjacent and the card should feel printed and analog — torn edges, tape, layered photography, pencil marks. Pick neo-brutalist when the brand is product-led and the card should feel hand-built but digital — cream paper, sticker blocks, flat offset shadows. Same handmade register, different ancestry.
Will the layered details survive thumbnail downsampling?
Yes, as long as the composition is anchored by one large element (the masking-tape title strip or the torn photo crop) and the smaller artefacts (pencil scribbles, monospace captions) sit inside the safe zone. The risk is over-stacking: more than 5 layers turns into mud at 600×314.
Does collage need real scanned paper textures?
It benefits from one. A single high-resolution warm-paper background scan grounds the whole card; the torn edges and tape strips can be vector. Synthesising the paper texture entirely in CSS / SVG tends to read as Web 2.0 skeuomorphism rather than analog editorial — even a small real-scan layer fixes that.
Can I run collage cards on engineering changelogs?
Not the best fit. Engineering changelogs read better in monospace grids (Swiss or neo-brutalist numbered tiles) because the audience is scanning for version numbers. Use collage for editorial-led changelogs ("field notes", "this month at") where the post itself is narrative rather than a release log.
One URL. Four collage cards.
Paste any page URL and Oginify generates four 1200×630 collage cards in seconds — cut-paper layers, masking-tape strips, mixed type, hand-built editorial register. A/B-ready, no signup.