Chooser first
The chooser is a rule about the map-or-not check, not a drawing. Read the use line and the avoid line. If you are past 14 minutes and still unsure, you have not chosen yet.
At a glance
Chooser firstThe chooser is a rule about the map-or-not check, not a drawing. Read the use…
Studio secondThe studio assumes the map-or-not check already has a form. It is where you…
What not to mixDo not treat the chooser as a gallery of finished pictures, and do not treat…
A short loop — chooser-vs-studio-mapRead the chooser, name the form, then open the studio and stop when the…
Use the chooser to accept or reject the map-or-not check. Use the studio to place titles, series, and labels on the form that survived. A 14-minute job that starts in the studio usually spends the time on a chart the chooser would have blocked.
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Studio second
The studio assumes the map-or-not check already has a form. It is where you set the title, the series, and the source line. Going there before the rule wastes the 14 minutes on decoration.
What not to mix
Do not treat the chooser as a gallery of finished pictures, and do not treat the studio as the place that tells you a map-or-not check is wrong. Each page has one job. 14 minutes is enough for both if you keep that order.
A short loop — chooser-vs-studio-map
Read the chooser, name the form, then open the studio and stop when the map-or-not check matches that form. If it does not, go back. Do not add a second chart inside the same 14 minutes.
This page separates the chooser from the studio for a map-or-not check of about 14 minutes. It does not change studio sanitizing and it does not draw the chart for you.
Questions
- Can the studio replace the chooser for a map-or-not check?
- No. The studio does not tell you to avoid a form. The chooser does. A 14-minute skip of that page is how weak charts get drawn.
- What if the map-or-not check is already on the canvas?
- Step back to the chooser and check the avoid note before you polish. 14 extra minutes of color will not fix a wrong form.
- Does the studio sanitize a map-or-not check I chose badly?
- Sanitizing keeps the shape safe to draw. It does not decide that a map-or-not check should have been a different chart. That decision stays in the chooser, even after 14 minutes of editing.
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