The document provides tips and guidelines for the creative process in communication arts, including using your brain over computer tools for initial sketching, doing thorough research before starting a design, sketching multiple concept ideas, getting feedback from fresh eyes before finalizing, and using appropriate file formats for the intended purpose. Key steps are thorough preparation through research and concept sketches, getting feedback, and delivering final work in a clean, organized manner while properly archiving past work.

1. Survival Techniques & File Types The Corresponding structural elements of art are line, shape, value, texture, and color. In art the artist is not only the contractor but also the architect; he or she has the vision, which is given shape by the way the elements are brought together.” - Art Fundamentals, Theory and Practice