Collage

For this collage I gathered various textures and patterns from around my home. The white of the clouds and the green grass are both blankets. I put a mask of a green skirt over the grass blanket for extra texture to create the underlying lines and wave like semblance. Gondor is a jewelry box and the figure riding toward it is an model of Gandalf and Pippin on horseback. The flowers surrounding the frame are all hair clips that I masked over with the textures and patterns I gathered. I also altered the brightness/contrast/saturation/vibrance/highlights and shadows for most of the objects I put into the collage. I used the clone stamp tool along the grass and clouds to blend together the areas of "rolling" clouds and grassy plains to make it more realistic. I altered the opacity on the flowers to have the petals show through the patterns. I also used the quick selection tool in order to grab all of the objects I used in the collage as well as the free transform to alter the shape.

Silvio Alvarez Collage Artist

I couldn't take just one of his Examples, because they are all just so amazing.

Collage Artist Luigi, Chris Lange

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Collage Artist to Consider/Influence

http://www.oneart.org/galleries/juan-burgos-magicians-dios-y-el-diablo-en-la-tierra-del-sol

Juan Burgos is a contemporary collage artist to watch out for. His artwork includes lots of different sources to blend in to create one image. He has some political message to his work which influenced my collage project.

Pablo Picasso

Collage Artist Derek Gores

I think Derek Gores collage work is absolutely stunning. I love the bright colors he uses and the intricate details in his pieces.