Artistic Mixed-media Collages

Artistic Mixed-Media Collages

“Congratulations, you have reached the end of this course! Thank you for joining! It’s been a pleasure working with you and sharing with you. Now, I hope you feel ready to make real your ideas by creating your own collages. Don’t be afraid to let your imagination guide you. If you trust your ideas, something amazing and unique will come true. Before we leave, and we say goodbye, I would love to show you an example of what I want to see for your final project. The Portrait Choose a photo you want to work with, be it a vintage photograph of your grandmother or a snapshot taken on a recent holiday. Then scan your photo at high resolution and remove any dust or scratches in Photoshop if necessary.

The Materials Pick materials that inspire and speak to you - old tickets, paper scraps, found imagery, snippets of texts, unpaid bills – and cut or manipulate them manually in any way you want. Scan those visual elements at high resolution and cut or manipulate them digitally in any way you want. Your Story Think about the story you want to tell or the emotion you want to convey, and combine your elements in Photoshop. Experiment with layering, blending modes, and multiples. I know that for a lot of people who are not familiar with Photoshop the idea of creating digital collages can be daunting. Don't be afraid though! We all started out as total beginners at some point. Also, don't forget that working digitally is very forgiving. That one beaten-up photo of your great-grandmother, no need to keep it behind glass somewhere, no need to cut it up either. Once it is scanned properly, there are a million things you can do with it, and a million ways to keep it alive. That’s the magic of this collage project, they give us the chance to keep alive, fun, and wild everything we want and love. You will see that once you start working digitally, it can be tempting to keep working that way. Please, don’t forget to share your finished process on the forum, if possible also share a bit of the story you are sharing. Besides, I encourage you to comment and share your questions and ideas with your classmates. I can’t wait to see what you have created. See you soon! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Project This is the end of the course. I hope you enjoyed it and learned techniques and tricks that help you create your collages. In this video, I'll quickly recap how to create your collages. You start by collecting and organizing materials, and scanning the ones you want to work with. Then you choose your portrait and prepare it. After that you pick a background, prepare it, and add it to your main file. The next step is to play with the composition and practice some techniques we learned in this course. In the end, you assemble your final piece and print it if you want. If you're ...”

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Course summary for: Artistic Mixed-media Collages

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (355)
• 12047 students
• 5 units
• 17 lessons (1h 49m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Collage, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration