It's summer time.
From Porgy and Bess
That song has always said to me, Relax. Years ago it was one of the few songs I could capture on my clarinet and I'm sure I tortured my neighbors by playing it slowly and repeatedly.
My clarinet is gone, along with my ability to play it, but I can still summon the mood. That's how this excursion into fantasy came about.
It began with a tree and a cat.
Tree
Cat
I borrowed a face to give the cat that Alice-in-Wonderland Cheshire look
Worked on the cat (a lot!), placed the cat in a tree and put a cigar in its mouth.
After that, I started adding images that represented different legends, myths, fairy tales. Those are identified below:
- Thor (Norse Mythology)
- Genie and Lamp
Aladdin Believed to be from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
- Goblin
- Fairy
- Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)
- Cheshire Cat -- My rough rendition (Alice in Wonderland)
- Poseidon (Greek mythology)
- Sprites (From @justclickindiva)
- Phoenix (Mythology of many cultures, including Greek, Egyptian and Persian)
The contributors of these images are credited here. The last three were borrowed from the LMAC Image Library, LIL.
Cigar
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/hombre-cigarro-negro-blanco-4604070/
Cheshire Face
https://unsplash.com/photos/blue-and-white-owl-house-under-blue-sky-QgRDLnPaYgc
Mad Hatter
https://pixabay.com/es/vectors/sombrerero-loco-28758/
Aladdin's Lamp
https://pixabay.com/es/illustrations/alfombra-voladora-l%C3%A1mpara-septure-4010500/
Genie
https://pixabay.com/es/illustrations/genio-aladin-caja-de-cart%C3%B3n-aladino-2590056/
Fairy
https://pixabay.com/es/illustrations/ai-generado-gnomo-champi%C3%B1%C3%B3n-hada-8618566/
Gnome
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/duende-estatua-gnomo-roca-372818/
Poseidon
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/poseid%C3%B3n-oceano-mar-mitolog%C3%ADa-1190564/
Phoenix
https://pixabay.com/es/illustrations/phoenix-p%C3%A1jaro-fuego-fuego-rojo-1440452/
Thor
https://pixabay.com/es/illustrations/thor-personaje-superh%C3%A9roe-masculino-5858835/
Rock (Upon which Thor is sitting)
https://www.lmac.gallery/lil-gallery-image/6173
@muelli
Sprites/Fractals
https://www.lmac.gallery/lil-gallery-image/6673
@justclickindiva
Cat
https://www.lmac.gallery/lil-gallery-image/7633
@yaziris
The picture of the tree came from my own collection of photos--it was taken at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay, NY.
Process
The disappearing cat was an afterthought. It didn't seem right, having the cat just sit there. We all know the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland disappeared. Making the cat disappear and reappear took some doing :) I used the blend filter in GIMP to get the disappearing effect down pat. It took many tries. One try had the cat taking so long to disappear that you could have a cup of coffee between appearances.
We are a welcoming community. Come with your imagination and enthusiasm. Everyone who creates an original collage, with some effort, will be curated. Rules for participating are simple, but can be found in this announcement of an earlier contest (most important rule--only use in your collage your own images or images from our White list).
While the LMAC contest is on summer break now, the community is 'open'. We are gladly receiving freestyle collages. Check out our community page and have a look at the wonderful freestyle collages we have curated this summer.
I hope my fantasy collage amused you. Making it entertained me. It was fun.
Thank you for reading my blog. Peace and health to all. Hive on!