Hello everyone. Hope you had a great holiday for those who celebrate. Welcome back to Let's Make a Collage ("LMAC"). We're now on the other side of the 100th episode of creating collages in the Community. It's been an awesome undertaking to participate in nearly all the contest rounds. I have thoroughly enjoyed it.
This week for my participation, I wanted to explore the whimsical side of work and play. Every dreams of having the perfect job that's enjoyable. In reaching that destination, there's no harm in dreaming what you'd like to have or accomplish along the way.
I was inspired to create two collages for my daydreaming theme. To create the settings for both, I started with the photograph provided by @shaka in his contest post.
Image used with permission of contest owner for contest
The background image for my first collage was inspiration from another LMAC member, @angeli-b, who contributed this scene near the beach where anyone would want to visit. It was a good fit for my theme of the perfect get-a-way vacation.
To create the collage, I uploaded the contest photo and the background image into Canva to perform photo editing functions with my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.
The contest photo, together with the images below created a nice contrast.
Below is the final result.
Image reated in Canva by @justclickindiva utilizing one of its free backgrounds
In my second collage, I wanted to depict an impossible dream by someone just wanting to feel higher than he could have ever imagined. I decided to include a daring young man who would hang over the city. His hammock is tied to each ends of the castle tops. He's also hanging over a rocky stream with swift-moving rapids. Looks a bit dangerous. A passerby stopped to take a photo. He knew otherwise no one would believe him.
For this theme, I chose to utilize sections of the contest photo in different places on the image.
For the background image I opted for an overview of a city. In the photo appears a steampunk balloon.
These are the images used, both from the LIL and outside sources:
Photographer oh Bike by Hatu at PurePNG
Gull flying by UpMeHolidays at PurePNG
Man lying in hammock by PxFuel
This is the final version.
LIL Index post 1 of 8:
Miscellaneous
LIL Index post 2 of 8
Sky, Cloud, Landscape, Sun, Mountain, Lake, Beach, River, Nature
LIL Index post 3 of 8
Insect, Animal, Pet, Cat, Dog, Cow, Bird, Nature
LIL Index post 4 of 8
Flower, Plant, Tree, Organic, Leaf, Fruit
LIL Index post 5 of 8
Stone, Rock, Gravel, Boulder
LIL Index post 6 of 8:
House, Home, Garden,Wall, Window, City, Town,Street, Avenue
It is imperative that you read the post LMAC School - Public Domain Picture sources (Free Materials for creating collages) by @quantumg, which discusses public domain issues. The post offers valuable information on images for commercial use. Links are included to sources that offer public domain images and other images that are free for commercial uses. Using public domain pictures and free pictures for commercial use are requirements for all collages that are submitted as entries in the LMAC contest and the LMAC Image Library (LIL).
| What is Let's Make a Collage? | It is a weekly photography and collage contest. |
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| Who created the contest? | |
| 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 need to be posted to the LMAC community and should contain a reference to this post. | |
| 3. Entries need to set the LMAC account ( | |
| 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 the public domain (having no copyright protection). | |
| 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. |
@flaxz - #alive and #aliveandthriving (Created a Round 101 post of the LMAC Contest for my blog today.)
Thanks,
@justclickindiva
Happy rest of the week everyone with whatever your endeavors.
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) Image created in Canva by @justclickindiva utilizing one of its free templates.