For my Freestyle Collage No. 62, my theme was "happenings in the dark". I decided not to pursue a story for this collage theme, only present the scene that inspired me after locating the dark forest in gray and black image. Sometimes, an image I discover just inspires me to create a collage.
In preparing my theme, I located a unique forest image I intended to use as a background that paired well with an LMAC Original Contest Image.
To represent the female in the forest, I discovered a haunting image of a woman in black and white. Other images that rounded out my scene were my pure fractals and images I located in the LMAC's database, the #LIL.
Below are the additional images I included to complete my theme:
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Orange and black flowers by elvina1332 at Pixabay
Woman in black and white by R-region at Pixabay
White Owl by UpMeHolidays at PurePNG
Philippine Hawk-Owl Contributed to the #LIL by @digitalis
White flower Contributed to the #LIL by @tejimundo
Pure Fractal titled "White Fish Jumping" created by me in Apophysis
Pure Fractal titled "Butterfly-Purple" created by me in Apophysis
I blended the images in Canva, my design program. I'm able to take advantage of the upgraded features in my Annual Pro Membership Subscription. Below are my procedures:
To a blank, white canvas, I added the forest image and resized it to fit the screen as a background.
Added LMAC city image. Removed background, colorized, and positioned in bottom of scene.
Added an orange flower background image and positioned it in the center of the screen.
Added female black and white image. Removed background and repositioned in center of scene.
Added flowers, birds, and butterflies. Duplicated and removed backgrounds as needed. Completed the project.
Below is my completed project:
Thanks for your visit. I appreciate it. I hope you like my freestyle collage theme.
CONTEST RULES
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
| What is Let's Make a Collage? | It is a weekly photography and collage contest. |
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| Who created the contest? | @shaka 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 collage 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.
