For my Freestyle Collage No. 45, my theme is "discovery." Everyone loves to just shed the responsibilities of the work week and go on vacation. Relaxing, having fun with family and friends is the normal activity.
But what about those people who use their spare time to discover new people, places, and things. Their quests is not for the excitement or thrill. it is for the pure discovery of learning something new, different, or unfamiliar.
It is often said that one finds or learns things along the way when they least expect them while looking for something else. A type of explorer.
I'd like to share a collage I compiled that depicts a young lady, Ophelia, who bores easily. It's suggested by a friend that she fills her spare time exploring. Deciding this was an excellent suggestion, she undertake a quest to discover realms beyond her familiar space.
In preparing my theme, I located several background images that I felt were unusual to depict my scene of discovery. The first image is that of a female lying down high beyond the mountains. She looks down from the clouds seeking new knowledge.
These three free-sourced images created a lovely contrasting background. I love the colors that stand out in each one.
Below are the additional images I included to complete my theme. These images depict one of discovering new and different things. Images from the LMAC's database, the LIL from members' contributions blended well in my scene:
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Alien hand Contributed to the #LIL by @eve66
Dog alien Contributed to the #LIL by @eve66
Pure Fractals created by me in Apophysis:
Blue Glass / Puzzle / Puffy Clouds / Shaggy / Shadowed Rock / Vines / Disk With Cover
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To blend all images, I uploaded all into Canva. Taking advantage of my upgraded membership, the Annual Pro Membership Subscription, I was able to remove backgrounds, apply filters, and colorize.
From a blank canvas, I changed the color to a soft beige to coordinate with the colors I chose for the background female image in the sky.
I added the female image to the blank canvas.
Added objects on the female's body.
Once she looks beyond the clouds, she sees another world.
Duplicating the female image filled the canvas.
Then added a landscape below.
She discovers alien objects in her quest for knowledge.
Below is my completed freestyle 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. |
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| 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/
