I was thinking about this. How do you design your level layouts? Do you draw it out with lots of notes, do you just write down ideas, or do you just store them into memory as you work with JCS?

Another peice of thought for this topic: How do you layout eyecandy for your level? is it also pre-planned or is it random?

I am interested in hearing about what you do, so go in a little bit of detail.

To start: I don't have a definate system, I am mostly working with a mental image when I do work, but I find the layouts that I do draw out wind up going into JCS. I made a mental note on my level set about having "3 ways out of a section to the rest of the level" that seemed to work out quite nicely.