Hello LMAC and Hive members. I wanted to share you my current freestyle collage whose theme focuses on a beach experience. I love the beach. The setting brings a sense of calm and peace. Sitting there watching the seagulls fly over, then land near me for feeding makes me think intently about nature and how the animals survive each day without pressure or worry about the next. I'm there to relax and attempt to iron out any frustrations or unpleasantness I'm dealing with.
My style of collage is a Freestyle which means that I wasn't required to utilize any current contest photo in my design. However, if you'd like to join in the regular contests, visit the LMAC Community here.
In preparing my theme, I was fortunate enough to find a beautiful beach scene with a claim shell embedded in the sand. The fading horizon depicted what I've witnessed numerous times in the afternoon skyline. I used this as my background for the female to rest her head upon the clam shell. I paired it with a recent LMAC Contest Image to serve as an onlooker.
Below are the additional images I included to complete my theme. I wanted to depict all things related to an afternoon outing.
| Item | Contributor | Source |
|---|---|---|
| LMAC Round 248 Contest Image | Contributed to #LIL by  @agmoore | Link |
| Female | Pixabay | Link |
| Blue sand | Pixabay | Link |
| Brown tree limb | Pixabay | Link |
| Swamp swan | Pixabay | Link |
| Surrealistic abstract art | Pixabay | Link |
| White dog | Contributed to #LIL by @agmoore | Link |
| White gull flying | Contributed to #LIL by  @redheadpei | Link |
| Canva free abstract orange square background | Canva | Link |
| Fiery sunset | Pexels | Link |
I then utilized Canva to blend the different type images. Below are my steps in which I began with a blank, white canvas, then added layers of elements, removing backgrounds, resizing, duplicating, colorizing, and repositioning items as needed incorporating the tools at my disposal in my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.
Below is my completed collage for this freestyle design:
Thanks for your visit. I appreciate it. I hope you like my freestyle collage theme.
It is imperative that you read the post LMAC School - Public Domain Picture sources (Free Materials for creating collages) by 
| What is Let's Make a Collage? | It is a photography and collage contest where entries can be submitted. |
|---|---|
| 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. |
Good luck everyone with whatever your endeavors.
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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/
English is my native language.
If translation included, I use DeepL to assist my readers.
Thanks for your patience an understanding.
