Visual brief: Ad-hoc Brief, 5 ADHD-friendly ways to finish a task

Source verdict: approved/2026-05-24/finish-task-carousel.md Source draft: drafts/2026-05-24/finish-task-carousel.md Format: carousel-8 (4:5 vertical, 1080x1350) Generated: 2026-05-24T20:10:00Z

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Visual register summary

Illustrated pastel carousel in the brand's mascot-and-objects family, matching the top-15 carousels by save rate (rank 2 DW3_wgWCtZ7, rank 3 DXUw8tGjbwo, rank 4 DXxL_yXjbVa, rank 5 DVvt4DGDJvN, rank 7 DVqKrxcjLqM, rank 14 DVRr6BDjXO6 reference set). Cream and sand backgrounds dominate, deep brown sets type, sage and terracotta carry the meaning accents, dusty blue carries the science slides. One recurring brand mascot threads across all 8 slides as a quiet anchor figure (the same illustrated woman, side or back view, drawn in a clean line-art style with soft fill, no facial detail required beyond expressive posture). Typography is Recoleta semi-bold display set against Inter body text. The carousel is a paraphrased re-run of the brand's #1 save-rate post DV01YKnjbY3 so the visual family must read as the same shelf, not a new aesthetic.

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Production-ready units

All slides: canvas 1080x1350px (4:5), sRGB, 8pt safe margin all around for the canvas, 80px reserved at bottom for Instagram caption preview and right-edge 120px column kept light of dense type to avoid interaction-icon overlap. Paper-grain texture overlay at 4% opacity across every slide for cross-slide consistency.

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Slide 1 of 8: Cover hook

• Text overlay (verbatim from approved draft):
  • Top line: 5 ADHD-friendly ways to finish a task
  • Bottom line: (when starting was the easy part)
  • Subtitle: what "just push through" is missing
• Layout: Title in the top 38% of the canvas, left-aligned, hanging from the top safe margin. Subtitle directly below title, same left edge, ~24px gap. Illustration occupies the bottom 55% of the canvas, centred horizontally, with the mascot figure seated cross-legged or low on the ground in the middle, surrounded by a soft halo of half-finished project objects. Slide indicator dot row (8 dots, first one filled) sits at the bottom centre, 60px above the bottom safe-zone line.
• Background: Cream #F4ECDC flat fill, paper-grain texture overlay at 4%.
• Typography:
  • Top line: Recoleta semi-bold, ~78pt, deep brown #3D2818.
  • Bottom line (parenthetical): Recoleta semi-bold italic, ~58pt, rust #B86C50. Slight downward offset (~12px) from the top line baseline gap to visually separate it as the counter-intuitive layer.
  • Subtitle: Inter regular, ~22pt, charcoal #2A1F18, tracked +10. Quote glyphs are typographic curly quotes.
• Image / illustration: Illustrated woman seated low-centre, drawn in clean rounded line work with soft pastel fills (matching the rank-4 DXxL_yXjbVa and rank-9 DWgs8e1CjTp aesthetic). She is looking toward one specific object, not the pile. Around her in a loose horseshoe arc: a half-painted canvas on a small easel (one corner blank), an open laptop screen with three lines of unfinished email text, a knitting project with a needle still in it and a small yarn ball, a stack of four books with bookmarks sticking out of the middle of each, a bookshelf section with one shelf leaning against the wall instead of mounted. Each object occupies its own small pocket with breathing room, no overlap. Palette across the objects stays inside cream #F4ECDC, sand #E8D9B8, sage #7A9468, rust #B86C50, dusty blue #7C95A6. Line weight is consistent (~2px at canvas resolution).
• Color accents: Rust #B86C50 on the parenthetical bottom line is the single hottest moment. Sage #7A9468 shows up on one object (the knitting yarn) to balance temperature. No more than three accent colors visible at once.
• Motion (if applicable): Still.

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Slide 2 of 8: The actual problem

• Text overlay (verbatim from approved draft):
  • Title: Finishing is a different brain task than starting
  • Body: The ADHD brain releases its biggest dopamine hit at the start of a task, when the project is still novel. As the work becomes familiar, that signal drops. By the time something is 60 to 80 percent done, the brain has already emotionally moved on. This is not laziness. It is architecture.
• Layout: Title spans top third, centred, two lines max. Body block sits middle third, centred, max ~480px line width. Illustrated dopamine curve sits bottom third, centred. Slide-indicator dot row at bottom centre with dot 2 filled.
• Background: Warm off-white #FAF3E2 flat fill, paper-grain overlay at 4%.
• Typography:
  • Title: Recoleta semi-bold, ~46pt, deep brown #3D2818. Sentence case.
  • Body: Inter regular, ~22pt, line-height 1.45, charcoal #2A1F18. The two final sentences ("This is not laziness. It is architecture.") rendered in Inter medium for slight emphasis without size change.
• Image / illustration: Simple hand-drawn dopamine curve, ~360px wide, drawn as a single soft pastel-orange line #B86C50 rising on the left, peaking near "start", then falling gradually to a low trough near "80% done". Two small text labels in Inter regular 14pt: "start" tucked above the peak in rust #B86C50, "80% done" tucked below the trough in dusty blue #7C95A6. A small mascot figure (same character as cover, head and shoulders only, ~80px tall) stands at the trough, looking up at the curve. Background of curve area is the same warm off-white, no separate panel.
• Color accents: Rust #B86C50 curve and start label, dusty blue #7C95A6 trough label. Sage absent on this slide.
• Motion (if applicable): Still.

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Slide 3 of 8: Way 1

• Text overlay (verbatim from approved draft):
  • Slide tag: Way 1
  • Title: Reverse the workflow
  • Body: Front-load the most boring step. Save the part the brain finds interesting for the final hour. Write slide 12 before slide 1. Paint the unpainted corner first. Move the novelty to where the dopamine usually leaves, and the finish becomes the pull.
• Layout: Slide tag "Way 1" small, top-left, 56px from top safe margin and 80px from left edge. Title directly below tag with ~16px gap, left-aligned. Body block left-aligned, sits middle third, max width ~520px. Illustrated checklist sits bottom-right quadrant, ~360x360px, with the last item glowing. Slide-indicator dot row at bottom centre with dot 3 filled.
• Background: Cream #F4ECDC flat fill, paper-grain overlay at 4%.
• Typography:
  • Slide tag: Inter medium, ~16pt, tracked +60, rust #B86C50, all caps.
  • Title: Recoleta semi-bold, ~52pt, deep brown #3D2818. Sentence case.
  • Body: Inter regular, ~21pt, line-height 1.45, charcoal #2A1F18. The two imperative example sentences ("Write slide 12 before slide 1. Paint the unpainted corner first.") in Inter italic regular for sub-emphasis.
• Image / illustration: Illustrated vertical checklist with 5 items rendered as short rounded rectangles with check boxes on the left. Arrows along the right side flow from top item upward, indicating reverse order, in soft sage #7A9468. The bottommost item ("step 1") is rendered as the originally-final task, with a soft warm glow (rust #B86C50 at 25% opacity) radiating around it ~24px wide. The "step 5" position at the top is the one being completed first. No literal text inside the checklist boxes, just three short horizontal lines per box to suggest unread copy. Mascot absent from this slide to give the checklist focal weight.
• Color accents: Sage #7A9468 arrows, rust #B86C50 glow on the bottom item.
• Motion (if applicable): Still.

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Slide 4 of 8: Way 2

• Text overlay (verbatim from approved draft):
  • Slide tag: Way 2
  • Title: Schedule the witness for the closeout
  • Body: Most body-doubling advice targets the start. The ADHD brain often does not need help starting; it needs accountability after the novelty is gone. Put a friend, a coworking call, or a quiet partner-in-the-room session on the calendar for the final stretch, not the first one.
• Layout: Slide tag top-left same convention as slide 3. Title below tag, left-aligned. Body block left-aligned, middle third, ~520px max width. Split illustration sits bottom third spanning the full canvas width: dim figure on the left half, bright figure with companion on the right half, a faint vertical divider implied by lighting only, not a literal line. Slide-indicator dot row at bottom centre with dot 4 filled.
• Background: Soft sand #E8D9B8 flat fill, paper-grain overlay at 4%. Slightly warmer/deeper background to signal a "people" slide.
• Typography:
  • Slide tag: Inter medium, ~16pt, tracked +60, sage #7A9468, all caps.
  • Title: Recoleta semi-bold, ~48pt, deep brown #3D2818. Sentence case.
  • Body: Inter regular, ~21pt, line-height 1.45, charcoal #2A1F18.
• Image / illustration: Two-panel illustrated scene, ~1000px wide total. Left side: same mascot character seated at a small desk, slumped forward with one elbow on the desk, the scene rendered in low-saturation cream and dusty blue #7C95A6 (the "start, alone" register). Right side: the mascot upright, animated mid-gesture, with a companion figure (gender-neutral, side profile, drawn in simpler form) seated nearby on a separate cushion or chair, both rendered in warmer cream and sage #7A9468 (the "closeout, witnessed" register). Soft warm light source from the right edge of the canvas creates the dim/bright contrast. No literal vertical line splitting the panels.
• Color accents: Dusty blue #7C95A6 on the left scene, sage #7A9468 on the right scene. Rust absent.
• Motion (if applicable): Still.

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Slide 5 of 8: Way 3

• Text overlay (verbatim from approved draft):
  • Slide tag: Way 3
  • Title: Define the ritual that marks "done"
  • Body: The brain finishes faster when the finish is a specific physical action, not an abstract state. Close the laptop and walk to a particular coffee shop. Text one named friend a photo of the finished thing. The ritual gives the dopamine system something concrete to move toward.
• Layout: Slide tag top-left. Title below tag, left-aligned, may wrap to two lines. Body block left-aligned, middle third, ~520px max width. Illustration sits bottom-right quadrant, ~400x400px. Slide-indicator dot row at bottom centre with dot 5 filled.
• Background: Cream #F4ECDC flat fill, paper-grain overlay at 4%.
• Typography:
  • Slide tag: Inter medium, ~16pt, tracked +60, rust #B86C50, all caps.
  • Title: Recoleta semi-bold, ~46pt, deep brown #3D2818. Sentence case. Quote glyphs around "done" are typographic curly quotes.
  • Body: Inter regular, ~21pt, line-height 1.45, charcoal #2A1F18.
• Image / illustration: Close-up illustrated hand from the right edge of the panel, palm down, fingers resting on the lid of a closing laptop. The laptop is rendered in soft sand #E8D9B8, the hand in a warm cream skin tone with a single line stroke for tendons. A soft golden glow #E8D9B8 at higher saturation surrounds the closing action ~32px radius, suggesting the warmth of the ritual moment. A small steam-curl rises from a mug placed at the upper-right corner of the panel in rust #B86C50. Mascot not present on this slide; the hand is implicitly hers.
• Color accents: Rust #B86C50 mug, warm sand glow around the laptop close. No sage on this slide.
• Motion (if applicable): Still.

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Slide 6 of 8: Way 4

• Text overlay (verbatim from approved draft):
  • Slide tag: Way 4
  • Title: Lock "done" in writing before you start
  • Body: ADHD perfectionism quietly redefines "done" as "perfect" partway through. Write the done-definition at the top of the task, in plain language. "Done = email sent, even if one more edit comes to mind." Once it is written, the brain has a wall to stop at.
• Layout: Slide tag top-left. Title below tag, left-aligned. Body block left-aligned, middle third, ~520px max width. Illustrated sticky note sits bottom-right quadrant, rotated ~6 degrees clockwise, ~340x340px, pinned at top with a small pushpin. Slide-indicator dot row at bottom centre with dot 6 filled.
• Background: Warm off-white #FAF3E2 flat fill, paper-grain overlay at 4%.
• Typography:
  • Slide tag: Inter medium, ~16pt, tracked +60, sage #7A9468, all caps.
  • Title: Recoleta semi-bold, ~46pt, deep brown #3D2818. Sentence case, curly quotes around "done".
  • Body: Inter regular, ~21pt, line-height 1.45, charcoal #2A1F18. The example sentence ("Done = email sent, even if one more edit comes to mind.") rendered in Inter italic for soft emphasis.
• Image / illustration: A pastel-yellow sticky note (use a desaturated buttery yellow inside the warm cream family, roughly #F0E2A8, NOT a hot post-it yellow) with handwritten-style script reading "DONE =" near the top, and three short horizontal pencil lines below suggesting the rest of the definition is yet to be filled in. Pinned to the corner of an implied desk surface with a small sage #7A9468 pushpin. Soft shadow under the note at ~15% opacity, deep brown. Mascot absent from this slide.
• Color accents: Sage #7A9468 pushpin, soft yellow note fill. Rust absent.
• Motion (if applicable): Still.

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Slide 7 of 8: Way 5

• Text overlay (verbatim from approved draft):
  • Slide tag: Way 5
  • Title: Give the finish its own dopamine appointment
  • Body: The brain that opens a project is rarely the brain that closes it. Add a separate 15-minute "closeout" block on the calendar, labelled differently from the project itself. The closing work then arrives with its own novelty, its own start signal, and its own end.
• Layout: Slide tag top-left. Title below tag, left-aligned, two lines acceptable. Body block left-aligned, middle third, ~520px max width. Two illustrated calendar blocks sit side by side in the bottom third, centred horizontally, mascot standing in the small gap between them. Slide-indicator dot row at bottom centre with dot 7 filled.
• Background: Cream #F4ECDC flat fill, paper-grain overlay at 4%.
• Typography:
  • Slide tag: Inter medium, ~16pt, tracked +60, rust #B86C50, all caps.
  • Title: Recoleta semi-bold, ~44pt, deep brown #3D2818. Sentence case.
  • Body: Inter regular, ~21pt, line-height 1.45, charcoal #2A1F18.
• Image / illustration: Two rounded-rectangle calendar blocks, each ~260x180px, placed side by side with a ~120px gap between them. Left block fill: dusty blue #7C95A6 at 30% opacity over cream, with the label "PROJECT" inside in Inter medium 16pt, deep slate #3D4F60, and a time stamp "10:00 - 12:00" in Inter regular 12pt below. Right block fill: rust #B86C50 at 25% opacity over cream, with the label "CLOSEOUT" inside in Inter medium 16pt, terracotta dark #8A4730, and "15 MIN" in Inter regular 12pt below. The mascot stands in the gap between the blocks, ~140px tall, head turned toward the right (closeout) block. Calendar block lines are 2px stroked in their accent color at 60% opacity.
• Color accents: Dusty blue #7C95A6 on PROJECT, rust #B86C50 on CLOSEOUT. Sage absent.
• Motion (if applicable): Still.

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Slide 8 of 8: Synthesis and CTA

• Text overlay (verbatim from approved draft):
  • Title: Finishing is architectural, not moral
  • Body block 1: ADHD finishing is not a discipline problem. It is a dopamine-architecture problem with architectural fixes:
  • Numbered list (rendered from the body's closing clause):
    1. reverse the workflow
    2. body-double the close
    3. pre-commit the celebration
    4. lock the definition
    5. schedule the closeout
  • Save-prompt: Save this for the next project that sits at 80 percent done.
  • CTA: The finish-the-task module of the Complete ADHD System Bundle was built for exactly this. Link in bio.
• Layout: Title spans top quarter, centred, two lines acceptable. Body block 1 (lead-in sentence) sits directly below title, centred, ~600px line width. Numbered list sits middle band, centred, five items stacked vertically with ~12px gap between them, each item ~440px wide. Save-prompt sits below the list, centred, ~60px gap. CTA pill sits in the bottom third, centred horizontally, ~480x88px, treated as a soft rounded-rectangle button in warm orange. Tiny mascot tucked into the bottom-right corner above the safe-zone line, ~120px tall, holding a small stamp marked "DONE" in cream against terracotta. Slide-indicator dot row at bottom centre with dot 8 filled.
• Background: Cream #F4ECDC flat fill, paper-grain overlay at 4%. The cleanest, lightest slide of the set.
• Typography:
  • Title: Recoleta semi-bold, ~50pt, deep brown #3D2818.
  • Body block 1: Inter regular, ~20pt, line-height 1.45, charcoal #2A1F18.
  • Numbered list: Each item is a small horizontal arrangement of a numeral and a phrase. Numeral in Recoleta semi-bold, ~26pt, rust #B86C50. Phrase in Inter medium, ~20pt, deep brown #3D2818. Tabular figures enabled on numerals so 1 through 5 align cleanly. List items have no bullet glyphs and no horizontal separator lines, just the numeral and phrase with a 16px gap.
  • Save-prompt: Inter regular italic, ~18pt, deep slate #3D4F60.
  • CTA button label: Inter semi-bold, ~20pt, warm off-white #FAF3E2, sentence case. The phrase "Link in bio." sits on a second line below the main CTA sentence inside the button, in Inter medium, ~16pt, same off-white color at 80% opacity.
  • CTA button fill: rust #B86C50, 12px corner radius, no drop shadow (drop shadows banned per protocol), instead a 2px outline in terracotta dark #8A4730 at 40% opacity to suggest depth.
• Image / illustration: Tiny mascot in bottom-right holding a small "DONE" stamp aloft as if mid-pressing. The stamp is a small rectangular block, rust #B86C50 body with cream #F4ECDC letters reading "DONE" in Inter bold ~12pt. Mascot pose is upright, arms slightly raised, no facial detail needed. No other illustrative elements on this slide; the typography is the focal hierarchy.
• Color accents: Rust #B86C50 as the dominant accent: numerals in the list, mascot's stamp, CTA button fill. Deep slate #3D4F60 carries the save-prompt as a quieter secondary note. Sage absent so the CTA stays the singular warm pull.
• Motion (if applicable): Still.

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Cross-unit consistency

• Brand mark: No brand wordmark on any slide. The mascot itself is the recurring brand signature. Slide 1 establishes her; she reappears on slides 2, 4, 7, 8 in different postures; slides 3, 5, 6 give her a rest so the object-focal slides do not feel crowded.
• Slide indicator: Eight small filled circles, 8px diameter, 14px apart, bottom-centre of every slide, sitting 60px above the bottom safe zone. The current slide's dot is filled deep brown #3D2818; the others are deep brown at 25% opacity. Same exact position and size on every slide.
• Background paper-grain: Same 4% opacity paper-grain texture asset overlaid on every slide so the carousel reads as one printed object across swipes.
• Type system: Recoleta semi-bold for every title and display number; Inter regular and medium for everything body and meta. Two typefaces total across the entire carousel, no exceptions.
• Slide-tag convention: Slides 3 through 7 carry a "Way N" tag in the same position, same size, same tracking. The tag color alternates rust on odd-numbered ways (1, 3, 5) and sage on even-numbered ways (2, 4) to create a quiet rhythm without overusing one accent.
• Color discipline: Maximum three accent colors visible per slide. Cream and warm off-white alternate as base; sand reserved for slide 4 to mark the "people" beat as warmer.
• Aspect ratio: 4:5 (1080x1350) on every slide, no exceptions. Do not crop to square at export.

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AI generation prompt

Per-slide image prompts (illustration-driven carousel)

Use Midjourney v7 or Ideogram 3 (best for clean illustrated style with consistent pastel palette). Generate the illustration component only; typography is set in Figma or InDesign on top of the generated asset. Do not include any on-screen text in any prompt.

Slide 1 cover:

Soft illustrated scene of a seated young woman in a casual sweater, drawn in a clean rounded line-art style with pastel fills, sitting cross-legged on the floor in the center of a loose halo of half-finished creative projects: a half-painted canvas on a small easel with one corner still white, an open laptop showing a few unfinished lines of text on a draft document, a knitting project with the needles still in it and a small ball of yarn, a stack of four books with bookmarks sticking out of the middle of each, a wooden bookshelf with one shelf leaning against the wall instead of mounted. She is looking down at one specific object, not the pile. Palette restricted to cream, sand, sage green, rust orange, dusty blue. Soft natural light from upper left. Slightly desaturated, faint paper-grain texture. Composition leaves the top 38% of the canvas empty for type overlay. No text anywhere in the image. 4:5 vertical aspect ratio.

Slide 2 dopamine curve:

Minimal illustrated diagram of a hand-drawn dopamine curve, a single soft pastel orange line rising on the left, peaking near the start, and falling gradually to a low trough on the right. A small line-art figure of the same young woman from the cover, drawn just head and shoulders, stands at the trough looking up toward the peak. Background warm off-white, faint paper-grain. Pastel palette of cream, rust orange, dusty blue. No labels in the image, text and labels are added later. Generous negative space above and below the curve. 4:5 vertical aspect ratio.

Slide 3 reverse checklist:

Illustrated vertical checklist with five short rounded-rectangle list items stacked on top of each other, each with a small empty checkbox on the left and three short horizontal pencil lines suggesting text inside. Soft sage green arrows along the right side of the list flow from the top item upward, indicating reverse order. The bottom item glows with a soft warm rust-orange halo around it. Pastel cream background, faint paper-grain. No mascot figure in this image. No actual readable text inside the boxes. Composition occupies the lower-right quadrant of the frame with breathing room. 4:5 vertical aspect ratio.

Slide 4 split scene:

Two-panel illustrated scene side by side. Left panel: a young woman in a casual sweater drawn in clean rounded line art with pastel fills, seated at a small desk and slumped forward with one elbow on the desk, rendered in low-saturation cream and dusty blue tones with cool light, the start-alone register. Right panel: the same woman upright and mid-gesture, with a calm gender-neutral companion figure seated nearby on a separate chair, both rendered in warmer cream and sage green tones with warm light from the right edge, the closeout-witnessed register. No literal vertical line splitting the panels, only lighting contrast. Warm sand background. Faint paper-grain. Generous negative space above for type overlay. 4:5 vertical aspect ratio.

Slide 5 hand closing laptop:

Illustrated close-up of a feminine hand from the right edge of the frame, palm down, fingers resting on the lid of a closing laptop. Laptop rendered in soft sand-tone illustration, hand in a warm cream skin tone with a single line stroke for tendons. A soft warm golden glow surrounds the closing action like the warmth of a small ritual moment. A small rust-orange coffee mug with a thin steam curl sits in the upper-right corner of the frame. Pastel cream background, faint paper-grain. No figures or faces in the image. No on-screen text. Generous negative space on the left and top half of the frame for type overlay. 4:5 vertical aspect ratio.

Slide 6 sticky note:

Illustrated buttery-yellow sticky note rendered in the same flat pastel illustration style, rotated about six degrees clockwise, pinned at its top to an implied desk surface with a small sage-green pushpin. Three short horizontal pencil lines on the note suggest unfinished handwritten text below an intended header. Soft drop of shadow under the note in low-opacity warm brown. Warm off-white background, faint paper-grain. No actual readable text in the image, no figures. Note occupies the lower-right quadrant with breathing room. Pastel palette: cream, soft yellow, sage green, deep brown for the shadow. 4:5 vertical aspect ratio.

Slide 7 two calendar blocks:

Two illustrated rounded-rectangle calendar blocks side by side with a small gap between them, each rendered as a soft pastel-fill card with a thin 2px outline. Left block dusty blue with a deep slate label area at the top. Right block warm rust orange with a terracotta label area at the top. A small line-art mascot figure of a young woman in a casual sweater stands upright in the gap between the two blocks, head turned slightly toward the right block. Pastel cream background, faint paper-grain. No readable text in the labels, only placeholder bars where text will be added later. Generous negative space above for type overlay. 4:5 vertical aspect ratio.

Slide 8 closing mascot with stamp:

Small illustrated line-art mascot figure of a young woman in a casual sweater, drawn in the same clean pastel style as the rest of the carousel, standing upright in the bottom-right corner of an otherwise mostly empty cream canvas. She is holding a small rust-orange rectangular rubber stamp aloft as if mid-pressing it onto an invisible surface. Faint paper-grain texture. No on-screen text. Generous negative space across the upper two thirds and the left two thirds of the canvas so layout can fit a title, a numbered list, a save-prompt, and a CTA button. 4:5 vertical aspect ratio.

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Designer notes

• Mascot character lock: The illustrated woman on slides 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 must read as the same character across all slides. If generating with Midjourney, run slide 1 first, then use a character reference for the others. If commissioning, lock a single character sheet first (sweater color, hair shape, body proportions) and reference it across all five appearances.
• Visual lineage: The reference posts to study before producing are DV01YKnjbY3 (the original #1 by save rate, this carousel is its remix), DXxL_yXjbVa (rank 4, navy and cream pastel mascot), DXUw8tGjbwo (rank 3, icon-and-objects pastel), DVqKrxcjLqM (rank 7, illustrated cycle wheel pastel), DWgs8e1CjTp (rank 9, illustrated couple pastel). The new asset should slot into that visual family without looking like a different brand.
• Creative latitude: Mascot pose, exact arrangement of objects in the cover halo, exact illustration style within the pastel-line-art family, choice between Midjourney v7 and Ideogram 3 for generation. All open.
• Locked, not open: Hex codes, typography (Recoleta + Inter, no substitutes without flagging), 4:5 ratio, slide-indicator dot system, paper-grain texture, the verbatim copy from the approved draft, the layout zones described per slide.
• Asset-export specs: 1080x1350px per slide, sRGB color profile, PNG for static carousel slides (lossless to preserve type sharpness), 8 separate files named finish-task-carousel-slide-{N}.png.
• CTA button treatment on slide 8: No drop shadow (banned by protocol section 0). The 2px terracotta-dark outline at 40% opacity is the depth substitute. If the designer feels the button needs more visual weight, the alternative is to raise the rust fill saturation by 5 percent, not to add a shadow.
• Subtitle on cover: Per editor ruling, the subtitle stays in copy. If the cover gets visually crowded after layout, reduce subtitle to ~20pt and tighten the gap to title to ~20px before considering any other cut. Do not cut the subtitle without flagging back to the editor.
• No open questions, asset is fully specified above.