We Can All Get Along: My Collage for LMAC #186

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Fantasy
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Compassion
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I think I may have gone a bit overboard with the collages this week. Please note, I don't compete in the contest. I just have fun (obviously) making collages.

The template for Round #186 was almost a blank slate.

Template by shaka@shaka
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In each of my two collages, the building became central to the image. I began with no plan to make my first one. I just wanted to make something fanciful, where people and animals got along amicably. As you will note from my source list, the additions to the blog kept growing.

When I started the second collage, I had the sense that there was no overarching concept behind my fanciful exercise. So I started with a concept this time.

I think it's quite obvious that the gentleman (and he is gentle) in the foreground is caring for an injured rabbit. Other animals are in the scene and they are obviously also quite comfortable with the man.

I guess my two collages are thematically related, in that both show the gentle potential in nature, both human and otherwise. This theme for me is a corrective to all the brutality that has been given wide press this week.

Sources

As is evident from the list provided below, I borrowed liberally from LIL, the LMAC Image Gallery. I thank each author who contributed these valuable images.

I also borrowed liberally from Pixabay. My thanks to those authors, also.

In making the collages, I used Lunapic filters for each at different stages. I also used GIMP, Paint, and Paint 3D. Many of the images I borrowed had to be modified (e.g.: replace the face on the children because the faces were recognizable; color in the passenger and saddle on the crocodile).

Sources for Collage #1: Fantasy

LIL

Pixabay

Sources for Collage #2: Compassion
LIL

Pixabay

The following process GIFs show the major steps I took in arriving at the final collage. Process was chaotic so many steps are missing:
Collage #1
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Collage #2

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LMAC and LIL

As always, the LMAC Gallery of Images, LIL provided me with essential elements for my collages. Anyone on Hive can contribute to the library and everyone can borrow from it. Learn about the procedure here.

We have had some spectacular contests with handsome prizes this fall season in LMAC. Our list of winners for Round #186 was published today. Check it out to see the remarkable art on display. Perhaps you will be inspired to make a collage and join in the fun. As shaka@shaka has said many times, everyone is an artist. I personally can't resist the temptation of the weekly template photo.

Thank you for reading, my blog. Peace and health to all. Yes, we can get along :)

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