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Safe First-Pass Composition

I have a short brief: city market scene, warm, busy, three characters, copy block on the left. I need a fast, defensib…

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I have a short brief: city market scene, warm, busy, three characters, copy block on the left. I need a fast, defensible composition so I can show the AD at 4pm. Diagnose the likely composition problem I haven't noticed yet, recommend whether to start vertical or horizontal and why, pick the primary focal point and explain how to arrange main shapes so the copy area stays clear. Tell me one line I can say to the AD if they push for a different crop so I don't lose the structure.

when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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I just got a terse brief from Lila — 'city market scene, warm, busy, 3 characters' — and the director expects first pass sketches by 4pm. I've never set the composition for a campaign this size alone and I'm worried I'll lock into something they'll hate. Do I push for vertical or horizontal layout, where should I put the eye-line so the copy can sit, and what's the safest first move that gives me room to pivot without wasting two hours?

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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.