Use case: infographic-diagram.
Make a complete, beautifully illustrated portrait infographic for IKIGAI by Sebastian Marshall (2011). This is HIS essay collection, not the Japanese longevity book by other authors. Do not use the famous four-circle ikigai Venn diagram, cherry blossoms, Zen stereotypes or a generic happiness formula.

A single open creative studio, drawn in a sophisticated editorial cutaway illustration with believable people and tools. A visible violet ribbon of arrows connects four work areas in a readable clockwise learning loop: prepare useful capacity, try the actual practice, finish and share a small piece, reflect and choose the next experiment. It should communicate a cause-and-effect process through concrete actions and objects, not four text boxes or a numbered list. The work on the table evolves from tools and rough sketches into a completed small publication, which is handed to a reader; their observations return as notes that change the next attempt. One tiny side vignette contrasts admiring a painting with practicing drawing, making the distinction immediately understandable. The return arrow leads back to another experiment, not to an inevitable trophy or promised success.

Portrait, roughly 3:4, high resolution. Warm near-white paper, dark plum typography, rich violet and lavender inks, warm burnt-orange highlights. No green, teal, mint, olive or dark background. Carefully composed, generous open space, crisp readable typography and a detailed but restrained illustration. Editorial drawing with depth and light texture, not cheap clip art. Illustration should dominate; callouts should be short and easy to read.

All displayed text exactly:
Header: "IKIGAI"
Author: "Sebastian Marshall · 2011"
Thesis: "Let the work reveal your direction."

Callout 1:
"Prepare while uncertain"
"Build skills, resources and relationships before your purpose is settled."

Callout 2:
"Try the actual practice"
"Enjoying a subject is different from enjoying its daily work."
Small paired vignette labels: "Admire the result" and "Try the process"

Callout 3:
"Finish a small piece"
"Give the experiment a boundary. Share something useful."
Show a slim completed booklet being given to a reader, not an unfinished pile.

Callout 4:
"Observe. Adjust. Choose."
"Use the evidence to continue, change course or stop."
Small labels by three possible next paths: "Continue" / "Adjust" / "Stop"
All three are legitimate outcomes; no red failure mark on Stop.

In the centre of the loop, a small clearly readable note:
"Direction grows through action and reflection."

Footer:
"Editorial synthesis of selected ideas from Marshall's Ikigai."
"Source references and accessible text accompany this image."

Make the loop and its causal arrows clear, keep text perfectly spelled and unobscured, and do not add extra copy, invented statistics, quotations, logos or a fake author portrait. This is a learning process, not a guarantee of discovering one perfect purpose.
