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  1. A decorative artist is digitizing hand-painted textures to use as Photoshop brushes. What scan resolution should they use to capture fine details?

    Answer: 600 DPI or higher

    Scanning at 600 DPI or higher captures fine texture detail that can be scaled and manipulated in digital tools without loss.

  2. Which Adobe Creative Cloud app is best suited for designing layout compositions that combine decorative imagery, type, and color swatches for client presentations?

    Answer: Adobe InDesign

    Adobe InDesign is a layout program designed for combining text, images, and design elements into polished multi-page documents and presentations.

  3. What is the function of the 'Liquify' tool in digital art software when applied to a decorative motif?

    Answer: Warps and distorts pixels to reshape or stylize the motif

    Liquify uses mesh-based distortion to push, pull, pucker, or bloat pixels, allowing organic reshaping of decorative forms.

  4. When a decorative artist shares a digital portfolio, which image format balances quality and file size best for web display?

    Answer: WebP or optimized JPEG

    WebP offers superior compression with high visual quality, while optimized JPEG is the widely supported standard for web image delivery.

  5. What is the purpose of a 'mood board' created with digital tools at the start of a decorative project?

    Answer: To visually communicate a design direction through curated images, textures, and color palettes

    A digital mood board aggregates visual references to align the artist and client on aesthetic direction before production begins.

  6. Which feature in Canva or similar design platforms allows a decorative artist to maintain brand consistency across multiple client deliverables?

    Answer: Brand Kit with saved fonts, colors, and logos

    A Brand Kit stores approved colors, fonts, and logos so every design element stays consistent across all client-facing materials.

  7. A decorative artist uses an AI image generation tool to brainstorm motif ideas. What ethical consideration is most important regarding the output?

    Answer: Verifying that the final artwork used commercially is original and does not infringe on copyrighted training data

    AI-generated images may reproduce elements from copyrighted sources, so artists must ensure commercial work is sufficiently original and legally compliant.