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The Rubric Bank — with all five levels

234 written Arabic criteria, each with five anchors describing exactly what separates one level from the next. These are the same criteria your work is measured against — open to read before you pay anything.

Having your own work read against one criterion (optional):

Price: 7 SAR · Included in Pro & Artist Plus · First one free — Pricing details

Art
Skill
Level

29 criteria

ACT-B-15 Taste Beginner
Inner Musicality

Bringing out the cadence and meter latent in the Arabic text through delivery

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CRF-B-05 Taste Beginner
Design Taste

Aesthetic choices making product beautiful and desirable

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CRF-B-08 Taste Beginner
Surface & Texture

Quality of the product's surface treatment and texture, visually and tactilely

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CRF-B-09 Taste Beginner
Color & Finish Harmony

Harmony of the product's colors and finish layers to serve its aesthetic unity

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CRF-B-11 Taste Beginner
Proportional Balance

Proportion of the product's parts and sizes to create a balanced, beautiful form

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CRF-B-15 Taste Beginner
Cultural Authenticity

Drawing on a craft heritage or local identity authentically without appropriation or kitsch

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CRF-B-17 Taste Beginner
Craftsmanship & Finish

The cleanliness of the work's last five percent: surface, edges, finishing — what separates the amateur from the maker.

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CRF-B-19 Taste Beginner
Traditional Pattern Fidelity

Conformance of Islamic ornament / Sadu to its geometric rules: the grid, closing repetition, star symmetry.

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CRF-B-22 Taste Beginner
Functional vs Decorative Intent

The form serving its declared function, or a clear decorative intent, without ornament feigning a function it can't perform.

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CRT-B-10 Taste Beginner
Disclosing Personal Taste

Whether the critic explicitly distinguishes between what is personal taste preference and what is judgment grounded in a general, defensible artistic standard

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CRT-B-13 Taste Beginner
Balance Between Strengths and Weaknesses

Whether the critique fairly discusses the work's strengths and weaknesses, rather than swinging to unqualified praise or unqualified condemnation

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DRW-B-05 Taste Beginner
Color Usage

Color selection, harmony, and use to serve subject and mood

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DRW-B-06 Taste Beginner
Detail & Simplification

Ability to choose details that serve the work and remove what distracts

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DRW-B-09 Taste Beginner
Stylistic Originality

Personal visual fingerprint distinguishing the work from others

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DSG-B-02 Taste Beginner
White Space

Using empty space as active design element, not waste

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DSG-B-03 Taste Beginner
Typography Choice

Font selection, harmony, and suitability for content and audience

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DSG-B-04 Taste Beginner
Color Scheme

Selecting harmonious color palette expressing identity or message

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DSG-B-08 Taste Beginner
Visual Balance

Distributing the visual weight of elements so the design settles without tilt

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DSG-B-10 Taste Beginner
Scale & Proportion

The relationship among element sizes and their fit to one another and to the space

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DSG-B-13 Taste Beginner
Brand Fit

How well the design expresses the brand's personality, values, and audience

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DSG-B-18 Taste Beginner
Color-System Logic

Building a colour system with clear roles (primary/accent/neutral) that scales, not a random gathering of colours.

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DSG-B-22 Taste Beginner
Arabic–Latin Pairing Harmony

Pairing an Arabic typeface with a Latin one so visual weight, x-height, and tone match.

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DSG-B-23 Taste Beginner
Diacritics & Tashkeel Handling

Handling Arabic diacritics so they read without crowding and serve clarity and beauty.

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PHO-B-08 Taste Beginner
Negative Space

Using empty space around the subject to give it weight and breathing room

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