Beyond the City | It's a Milestone! Celebrating My LMAC Collage FreeStyle No. 100

2 months ago

It's time to celebrate my personal milestone! I've created 100 FreeStyle Collages in the LMAC Community over the past three years. For this celebratory design, I wanted to share with you a theme of "wonders beyond city life." There's no short fiction with this freestyle collage. My objective was to create an other-worldly magical feel to everyday life in the city. That is, in case one cares to explore. You can access this world through a cylindrical portal. A giraffe sits atop of the skyscraper. It acts as a lighthouse; a guide to the portal. You only need to exit the freeway and follow your instincts.

The LMAC Community run by @shaka holds a weekly collage contest for its members. In the Community, you'll discover a variety of themed entries submitted for consideration. If selected for the final round, contest hopefuls anxiously await results indicating their placement that determines the prize awarded. It's a fun contest that any Hive member can participate. If you'd like to join in, just visit the LMAC Community account here and follow the rules of the contest for details on the latest round.

The LMAC Community also offers an opportunity for members to create and post in the Community "freestyle" collage themes. In the freestyle option, more freedom is allowed to design your creations without having to incorporate the weekly contest photo. However, contest rules still apply.

Please visit the Community page for any questions on how to successfully publish in the LMAC Community.

In preparing my theme, I utilized the LMAC Original Contest image for its Round 216 contest that contains a city on the edge of a shipyard. To this image I added an alternate view of an underwater scene. Below are the images I included to complete my alternate world theme:

Item	Contributor	Source
LMAC Contest Image (Round216)	@lmac	Link
Surreal Woman Fish	Pixabay	Link
Surreal small fish	Pixabay	Link
Colorful eye	Public Domain Pictures	Link
Woman lying down in water	Pixabay	Link
Holography cage	Pixabay	Link
Rain drops	Pixabay	Link
Giraffe with eye	@eve66	Link)
Pure Fractal titled "Hole In Three"	@justclickindiva	Link

I then utilized Canva to blend the different type images. Below are my steps in which I begin with a blank, white canvas, then added layers of elements, removing backgrounds, resizing, and repositioning items as needed incorporating the tools at my disposal in my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.

Step 1	Step 2	Step 3
To a blank, white canvas, I added the large surreal fish image.	Switched canvas background to black. Added large surreal fish head. Added a second smaller surreal fish head. Removed backgrounds from both; resized and repositioned them.	Added my veil flower fractal; resized it to fit over the surreal fishes.

Step 4	Step 5	Step 6
Added the LMAC city image. Removed background. Positioned at bottom.	Added the cylinder. Removed background, then repositioned it in front of the surreal fishes.	Added the female lying down. Inserted her into a frame; then placed the frame inside the cylindrical tube. Inserted part of LMAC bridge inside cylinder. Added the giraffe and replaced his eye. 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:

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.
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.

Good luck 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) Thumbnail Image created by me in Canva.
g) "Flames." What is Apophysis 2.09. https://flam3.com/

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