The Transformation Is Complete

This lesson is about learning how to be in Shibumi whenever and wherever you create, and about developing a dynamic, proactive way of thinking about workflow.

As I discussed at the beginning of this chapter, practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. What you need to do is practice at practicing. So before you move on to the next chapter, I suggest you begin with the original image and repeat the entire process described in this lesson. Then try to do it without referring to the lesson. Lastly, try it without using image maps, and see how fast and accurate you can get. What I have found on my journey as an artist is that to truly gain mastery of anything, simple repetition was not the answer. ...

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