Of Memories and Stars | Let's Make A Collage Round 220 (Entry #1)

about 8 hours ago

Hello LMAC and Hive members. @shaka, will hold a monthly contest with participants having the ability to submit multiple entries during that month for consideration. If you'd like to join in this monthly round for November with a deadline of December 2, end of day (midnight UTC), visit: Let's Make a Collage - A Contest for All Creatives on Hive - Round 220 - ✨100 HIVE in the Prize Pool!.

I wanted to share with you my Entry #1 collage for the LMAC Round 220. My theme was centered around memories. I envisioned surrounding an individual with delightful recollections of a time past as she languishes near an undisturbed river. Her gaze is of wonderment.

I love being near the water. There I can relax and contemplate issues and resolutions without input. An imaginary veil descends and cover my thoughts with paths I didn't realize before possible. The birds land nearby hoping for a morsel from my bucket. Tossing a few bait in their direction, they hustle to gain an advantage over their competitors, then take flight.

I smile.

I reach over and pull out a slimy, wiggling worm, attach it to the hook on my rod, and cast out over the water.

I wait.

In preparing my theme, I located a haunting image of a female whose gaze aimed at the skyline. Facing forward, one gets the feeling she's staring into another's eyes. She absorbs the calamities; then exhales them, reintroducing a calm upon the water. The accompanying elements serve to bring the shore to life as the LMAC contest image provide2 a shoreline and water scene. My pure fractals I designed in the advanced fractal rendering program, Apophysis 7X lent color to the scene, especially to the female's face. For my background image, I utilized a free tool within Canva.

Below are my procedures and elements used to complete my collage:

Item	Contributor	Source
Female	Pixabay	Link
Clam stick	Pixabay	Link
Orange clam	PxFuel	Link
Peach clam	Pixabay	Link
Seagull on post	Contributed to the #LIL by @redheadpei	Link
Duck family	Contributed to the #LIL by @redheadpei	Link
Half moon	Contributed to the #LIL by @redheadpei	Link
Pure Fractal titled "Starfish Of Fantrasy"	@justclickindiva	Link
Pure Fractal titled "Rainbow Alien"	@justclickindiva	Link
Pure Fractal titled "Clam Jaws"	@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, duplicating, colorizing, resizing, and repositioning items as needed incorporating the tools at my disposal in my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.

Below is my completed collage for LMAC Round ?, Entry #?:

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 monthly photography and collage contest where multiple entries are allowed to be submitted.
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/