Art direction

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Working with a copywriter

Lesson 7 of 12 in Art direction.

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The advertising pairing of a writer and an art director working as one team is one of the most durable structures in the field, and it works because words and pictures solve each other's problems. A line that will not land finds an image; an image with nothing to say finds a line.

An ink drawing of a writer and an art director sitting shoulder to shoulder over one layout showing an empty dog bed, one holding a pencil and the other a marker.
A writer and an art director working on one layout together.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The traditional pairing of an art director and a writer, working as one unit.”

    • Redundancy
    • Team
    • Reference-led
    • Dilution
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The line that carries the idea. Frequently decides the image rather than the reverse.”

    • Headline
    • Adaptation
    • Preference
    • Evidence
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Picture and words saying different things that combine into a third. Where the best work lives.”

    • Actionable note
    • Copywriter
    • Tension
    • Trust

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