Aurora In the Mountain Shadows | LMAC Collage FreeStyle No. 80

about 2 months ago

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. 80, my theme is emerald all around.

For some reason, the color green flashed before me all day. Was it a sign of good fortune to come, or just that my next project would reflect an abundance of it. I decided that good fortune wasn't quite close to me as I would hope. So my next move was to design a green collage themed scene.

I feel as though I accomplished that in my freestyle "Aurora In the Shadows". I chose to name the piece Aurora because I also chose the borealis as my background. And of course, the color was green. I love the different shades of emerald as they collide then separate.

The lovely female to depict "Aurora" is powerful as she towers over the landscape. She emerges from the shadows to watch over the land. Inhabitants trek through the mountains to bring her a sacrifice of which she is grateful for their dedication. In return, she blesses them with the power presented by the glass amulet. It controls the borealis and harnesses it magical qualities that nourishes the land.

In preparing my theme, I located a beautiful and ethereal borealis. Next, I discovered the female image.

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Below are the additional images I included to complete my theme:

Item	Contributor	Source
Round 201 Original Contest Image	@lmac	Link
Skull	PurePNG	Link
Shipwrecked Fire-Low	@donroberts	Link
Green Crystals	@quantumg	Link
Flaming Fish	@alex2alex	Link
Ball	@alex2alex	Link
Hands-5	@bayuismail	Link
Bird Flock	@eve66	Link
Alien Insect	@eve66	Link
Blue-Green Eye	@edgarafernandezp	Link
Pure Fractal - FireFly	@justclickindiva	Link
Pure Fractal - Just A Circle	@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. The program is free to use. However, below are the procedures I use that incorporate the tools at my disposal in my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.

To a blank canvas, I added the borealis image.

Resized the image to fill the entire screen.

Added the alien insect, then duplicated it as though they were descending the mountain.

Added the female.

Colorized, then resized and repositioned her.

Added the birds, lightning stick and eye.

Added my pure fractal, and fish.

Added the landscape image and green crystal. Resized the crystal on top of the image.

Added fire to the poles surrounding the crystal, the hands and skulls. Resized and positioned the items. Completed the 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/