Design Genie
How do I write a Design Genie brief?
By Nimanto 2 min read
In short
Open the brief page and answer five short questions: the occasion, who is in it, the theme, the look, and a review before you send. Only the occasion is required. Genie writes your brief up as you tap and chooses whatever you leave unsaid.
A brief takes about a minute. Open the brief page; you need to be signed in.
The five questions
- 1Occasion: tap one of the occasion tiles, then the kind (Any wedding, Indian wedding, Engagement...). Not listed? Choose "Not listed? Tell Genie in your own words" and describe it. On the first question a switch picks Signature invitation or Card invitation.
- 2Who's in it: add one or two photos to make yourselves, the birthday child or the baby the star, painted with their likeness; see Star photo. Or leave the cast to Genie's choice, or pick lifelike people, 3D animated people, animals and mascots, 3D animated animals or no characters, and how many people the scene should hold.
- 3Theme: pick an idea chip for your kind of occasion, or write your own. Under it, "Anything guests must spot in the pictures?" takes exact things: "bright water guns" gets you water guns.
- 4Look: pick an art style from real examples (watercolour, storybook gouache, oil impasto, soft pastel, ink and wash, 3D animated, paper cut, paper quilling, felt and wool, pressed flowers, lifelike, letterpress and foil) or keep Genie's choice. Fine-tune the feel, the colours and the background: light and airy, deep and rich, or a colour of your own.
- 5Review & send: read "Here is what Genie heard" and add a detail if you like: a reference image, a culture or tradition, the language of the wording, anything to keep out, or a note for Genie.
Choose Next between questions; from the second question on, Send now, skip the rest sends what you have. On the last question choose Send to Genie.
Before Genie starts
A pop-up repeats what Genie heard and asks you to confirm that a brief cannot be cancelled once it runs and that revisions are limited. It also says how the brief counts against your allowance. Choose Send the brief.
Tips for a better brief
- Name things exactly. Genie keeps your words and uses the occasion for the layout.
- Write what matters about the people in your own words: "real people, not cartoon" or "lots of students" is heard and said back to you under Genie heard.
- Genie never writes names, dates or venues into a design; you fill those in afterwards.
- A reference image is borrowed from, never copied: tick what Genie should take from it, such as colours, ornaments, mood or lettering.
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