Each week, the LMAC Community run by @shaka holds a collage contest round for its members to participate. In the Community, you'll discover a variety of themed contest entries submitted for consideration in the contest. Hopefuls anxiously await result indicating where their creative collage scenes will be chosen for the final round of competition. If you'd like to participate, just visit the LMAC Community account here for details on the latest contest.
The LMAC Community also offers an opportunity for members to create "freestyle" collage themes and post to the Community. In the freestyle option, you have more freedom to design your creations without having to incorporate the weekly contest photo. You still, however, have rules in which you must abide by when posting to the Community.
For my Freestyle Collage No. 81, my theme is "serenity".
In preparing my theme, I utilized four landscape images for different sections of my scene. My intent bordered on creating a paradise or magical scene for the kangaroos depicted in the LMAC Round 202 contest image. A cool and serene environment was my goal. Including elements that served as watchful eyes over the pair of rare mammals.
Below are the additional images I included to complete my theme:
| Item | Contributor | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Water | Pixabay | Link |
| Palm trees | Pexels | Link |
| Mermaid | Pixabay | Link |
| Kangaroo | LMAC-Round 202 | Link |
| Fish skeleton | LMAC-Round 200 | Link |
| Blue eye | @eve66 | Link |
| Gull bird | @redheadpei | Link |
| Halloween cat eyes | PurePNG | Link |
| Flowers | @eve66 | Link |
| Landscape | @sachingeorge | Link |
| Pure Fractal | @justclickindiva | Link |
When compiling my freestyle collage design, I upload my images to Canva. It's my design program I use to blend my images. Below are the procedures I use that incorporate the tools at my disposal in my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.
To a blank, white canvas, I added the palm trees image.
Resized palm trees to fit entire canvas.
Added the skeleton landscape image. Unsure where it would fit in the scene.
Removed background. Flipped image vertically, then filtered and colorized. Duplicated and placed on opposite sides.
Added the inland image inside the skyline. Duplicated it downward to fill the length of the scene.
Added the woman image. Unsure where to place it.
Removed woman's background. Decided to position it inside the inland image, then filtered it to blend in the water. Next, added eyes, disks, bird.
Added the blue landscape image.
Duplicated landscape to fill bottom of screen.
Added the kangaroo. Duplicated it. Completed project.
Below is my completed 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. |
|---|---|
| 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.