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Establish Main Shapes

Lay down the main shapes and construction lines for the client's brief — block the horizon, primary figure pose, and t…

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The same job, four heights

do it · improve it · decide · become
AExecute — “help me do it”Lay down the main shapes and construction lines for the client's brief — block the horizon,…+
Lay down the main shapes and construction lines for the client's brief — block the horizon, primary figure pose, and three compositional anchors on separate layers, add a subtle gradient background, and add client name text layer [client='Marta Ruiz — Book Cover'] so the layout reads at thumbnail scale.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Before I start detailed drawing, make the sketch easy to assess for the art director — move the…+
Before I start detailed drawing, make the sketch easy to assess for the art director — move the focal figure to the rule-of-thirds intersection, label layers 'figure', 'foreground', 'background', surface the dominant shape silhouette at 50% opacity, add a soft top-to-bottom gradient for value read, and include the brief's key line 'mystery at dusk' as a visible text note.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

1 of them
Start a fresh composition from a client brief, laying down the main shapes and lines that will define the illustration.

Who does this

1 roles
Illustrator / Digital Artist

Questions people ask

honest answers

Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Photoshop — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.