For my Freestyle Collage No. 51, my theme is a journey's beginning and end as two travelers are invited to join others in a group setting. Their destination is "Paradise." Unfamiliar with the area, they are provided with route instructions. As they attempt to navigate through hidden paths, they encounter numerous obstacles and wonders. Do they finally reach their destination? It does look promising. The creatures they encounter are menacing, however, they ultimately locate the right path that leads them to the mysterious misty mountains. They stand in awe and wonder as they gaze out onto the beautiful waterfall.
In preparing my theme, the primary focus was to obtain an image that could be used as a symbol of a lost culture perhaps. I set out to create a pure fractal that fit that description. I titled the fractal "African Mask2". The iterations for this rendering was an amazing combination of variations built upon the Julian fractal framework. I designed this pure fractal in Apophysis 7X, an advanced fractal rendering program.
I then realized I needed a scary and mysterious face. This image would be used to ward of intruders.
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For the background, the image had to be interesting enough so that individuals would believe something truly ominous resided there. I located an interesting image of hands statutes buried in the ground with the fingers protruding. I felt it was an image I could apply a menacing symbol that could be used as a warning to intruders.
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Below are the additional images I included to complete my theme. I included other fractals to enhance the mystery of the area the travels passed through. Other images I located at the LMAC's LIL Database.
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Mountain landscape by kinkate at Pixabay
Men walking Contributed to the #LIL by @ddn688
Half Moon Contributed to the #LIL by @redheadpei
Blue Eye Contributed to the #LIL by @eve66
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Alien insect Contributed to the #LIL by @eve66
Blue water Contributed to the #LIL by @onyechi
Skull in brown Contributed to the #LIL by @eve66
Pure Fractal titled "Julian Mandala 3" created by me in Apophysis
Pure Fractal titled "Julian Rings In Gold and Blue created by me in Apophysis
Pure Fractal titled Crimson Rock - Jade created by me in Apophysis
To blend all the images, I uploaded them into Canva. I use this design program as part of my upgraded Annual Pro Membership Subscription. In that capacity, I have access to the features for colorizing, background removal, resizing, and various filters and photo manipulations.
Below are my procedures from left to right. I started with a blank canvas, then changed the background color to black.
Changed the canvas color to black.
Resized the hand image to fill the canvas.
Duplicated the skull for a full-sized symbol.
Duplicated landscape to fill in the 2nd hand.
Added the water feature in different locations.
Added hand image to serve as the background.
Added skull image to be used on a hand.
Added landscape to serve as the destination.
Added fractals to serve as the wall symbol.
Added the travelers. This completed the scene.
Below is my completed freestyle collage:
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.
