Chapter 8. America The Beautiful

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Lying asleep in my bed, sugar plums no longer dance in my head. The colorful dreams filled with glitter that I usually see have been altered. The brightest of red, white, and blue make a kaleidoscope of shapes that soar through the heavens of my inner thoughts. Open your eyes and join me as pixels dance lightly into the shapes of stars and stripes.

“America the Beautiful,” from my stock portfolio, was created based on an image that came to me in a dream after 9/11. It has been included in this book because it really demonstrates how, using Photoshop, you can create a great-looking final product from less-than-perfect ...

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