Art Direction
Skill Verified ActiveDirect visual and creative work for campaigns, photography, illustration, video, and branded experiences. Use this skill whenever the user wants to brief a photographer, direct illustrators, plan a creative campaign, develop visual concepts, write a creative direction document, or evaluate creative work for fit. Triggers on art direction, photo brief, photography brief, illustration brief, campaign concept, creative concept, visual direction, mood board, look and feel, visual treatment, video direction. Also triggers when the user has approved brand identity but needs to extend it into specific creative deliverables.
To streamline the process of briefing creative work by providing a structured, comprehensive, and actionable art direction brief.
Features
- Generates detailed art direction briefs
- Covers photography, illustration, video, and campaigns
- Provides structured guidance on concept, look, and execution
- Includes templates for photo and illustration briefs
- Defines clear non-goals and use cases
Use Cases
- Briefing photographers for a new product campaign.
- Developing a creative brief for an illustration series.
- Planning visual direction for a video advertisement.
- Evaluating creative work against brand and project goals.
Non-Goals
- Defining brand identity from scratch
- Writing copy for creative work
- Setting project-wide aesthetic direction across multiple skills
Workflow
- Confirm project inputs (brand, audience, goal, budget, timeline)
- Develop the creative concept (premise, emotional through-line, takeaway)
- Define the visual look (style, color, composition, references)
- Specify execution details (formats, variants, constraints)
- Document the brief using provided templates
- Review milestones and approve final deliverables
Practices
- Creative brief authoring
- Visual direction
- Production planning
Prerequisites
- Approved brand identity (visual system, voice, imagery direction)
- Clear understanding of the deliverable, audience, goal, budget, and timeline
Installation
npx skills add rampstackco/claude-skillsRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
Quality Score
VerifiedTrust Signals
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