Hello LMAC and Hive members. I wanted to share with you my current freestyle collage in which I'm attempting to cast off the cold and usher in milder temperatures. I'm ready to bask in the sun. I understand that along with my desire comes unpleasantness. Allergies. But I'm armed to withstand the frequent sinus infections I suffer this time of year into summer. My remedy does result in me spending less time outdoors and around nature.
My style of collage is a Freestyle. Although I usually do, I wasn't required to utilize any contest photo in my design. However, if you'd like to join in visit the community page here:.
In preparing my theme, I'd hoped to find a light and airy background that resembles the concept of the Spring season. I located a free-sourced image of a female. Soft pink and lilac always represents Spring for me. Of course, Spring has to include flowers and birds. A playful design I feel that I achieved with the images I discovered.
I 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 to remove backgrounds, resize, duplicate, detach elements from their backgrounds, colorize, and reposition items as needed incorporating the tools at my disposal in my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.
Below are the images I included to complete my theme:
| Item | Contributor | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Female model | Pixabay | Link |
| Whimsical Fairy with flowers | Pixabay | Link |
| Moonlit night | Pexels | Link |
| Wolly Thistle Flower | Contributed to the #LIL by  @borjan | Link |
| Yellow-vented Bulbul | Contributed to the #LIL by  @digitalis | Link |
| Surreal flower | Contributed to the #LIL by  @eve66 | Link |
| Alien hand | Contributed to the #LIL by @eve66 | Link |
| Little Egret | Contributed to the #LIL by @digitalis | Link |
| Pure Fractal titled "Tile 5 Purple Circle" |  @justclickindiva | Link |
Below is my completed collage:
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.
SUPPORTS THESE COMMUNITIES:
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.
