Hello LMAC and Hive members. I wanted to share with you my current freestyle collage with a theme of discovery. My intent was to detail the old and new as two men set on on a mission. From rugged terrain, across a low mountain range, and finally arriving at a valley, what they ultimately discover as they gaze into the night's skyline is one of amazement and disbelief.
My collage is a freestyle version. If you'd like to join in the regular community contests, visit: Let's Make a Collage - A Contest for All Creatives on Hive - Round 237 - ✨30 HIVE in the Prize Pool!.
In preparing my theme, I wanted to depict a divide between the real, harsh world and that of fantasy. I think the images I chose of dark and light elements accomplished that.
I utilized Canva, my design program, and uploaded all images to blend them. Below are my steps in which I began with a blank, white canvas, then added layers of elements, removing backgrounds, resizing, duplicating, colorizing, detaching elements from their backgrounds, and repositioning items as needed incorporating the tools at my disposal in my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.
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The images I included are listed below. Browsing the previous LMAC contest photos and , I was able to locate a lovely water element to replace the dry bed in the current contest picture. I also added free-sourced ones, and my pure fractals I created in the advanced fractal rendering program, Apophysis 7X.
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| Item | Contributor | Source |
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| LMAC No. 237 - Original Contest Image | @lmac | Link |
| LMAC No. 78 - Original Contest Image | @lmac | Link |
| Fantasy background | Pixabay | Link |
| Female in white shawl | Public Domain Pictures | Link |
| Fantasy eye | Public Domain Pictures | Link |
| Blue flower pattern | Pixabay | Link |
| Gray abstract circles and shapes | Pixabay | Link |
| Ducks in water | Contributed to #LIL by @agmoore | Link |
| Small Elongated Mushroom | Contributed to #LIL by @borjan | Link |
| Seagull in flight | Contributed to #LIL by @redheadpei | Link |
| Eqyptian Vase | Contributed to #LIL by @redheadpei | Link |
| Seagull perched | Contributed to #LIL by @redheadpei | Link |
| Abstract art titled "Peach and Green chords" | Created by @justclickindiva | Link |
| Pure Fractal titled "Mandala5" | Created by @justclickindiva | Link |
Below is my completed freestyle collage design.
Thanks for your visit. I appreciate it. I hope you like my collage theme.
CONTEST RULES
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
| What is Let's Make a Collage? | It is a photography and collage contest. |
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| Who created the contest? | @quantumg is the contest owner. |
| What type of contest is it? | This Contest utilizes a single photo provided by the contest owner as the basis for you to create your own photo collages by adding to the photo provided. |
| What are the rules? | 1. Use as your starting point for your collage the photography provided by the contest owner. It is located on the contest owner's post for free use without any copyright protection. |
| 2. Entries are required to be posted to the LMAC community and must contain a link to the contest post. | |
| 3. Entries need to set the LMAC account (@lmac) as 20% beneficiary to be eligible for the dynamic component of the prize pool.; | |
| 4. Extra support with the LMAC trail to all collages where LIL assets have been included AND the respective LIL-contributors set as 2% beneficiaries; | |
| 5. By submitting your contribution you agree that your artwork remains public domain and that it can be copied, modified and distributed, even for commercial purposes, without requiring further permission. | |
| 6. Any graphical element that is added to the photography either needs to be your own original work (e.g. own artwork or photography) OR needs to derive from sites whitelisted by LMAC. | |
| 7. IMPORTANT: Indicate the source of all materials used in your accompanying post. Otherwise your entry can NOT be put up for the final vote. | |
| 8. All sort of editing, modification and/or manipulation is allowed as long as no copyright is affected. | |
| What do you win? | Prizes listed on the contest owner's post. |
SOURCES:
a) JustClickindiva's Footer created in Canva utilizing its free background and images used with permission from discord admins.
b) Unless otherwise noted, all photos taken by me with my (i) Samsung Galaxy 10" Tablet, (ii) Samsung Phone, & (iii) FUJI FinePix S3380 - 14 Mega Pixels Digital Camera
c) Purple Butterfly part of purchased set of Spiritual Clip Art for my Personal Use
d) All Community logos, banners, page dividers used with permission of Discord Channel admins.
e) Ladies of Hive banner used with permission of and in accordance with the admin's guidelines
f) Thumbnail Image created by me in Canva.
g) "Flames." What is Apophysis 2.09. https://flam3.com/
If translation included, I use DeepL to assist my readers.
Thanks for your patience an understanding.
