Castle Of Dreams | LET'S MAKE A COLLAGE: ROUND #130

It's time for another round of Let's Make a Collage ("LMAC"). I love landscape images as the starting point in our collage creations. And what better way to create fantasy and magic than with a castle. I can envision a myriad of designs from LMAC members this round. So let me get to it with a couple of themes for fantasy castles I'd like to share.

To create the setting, I started with the photograph provided by Hive account@shaka in his contest post: Let's Make a Collage - A Contest for All Creatives on Hive - Round 130 - ✨238 HIVE in the Prize Pool!

^{Image used with permission of contest owner for contest}

COLLAGE #1: Generosity From Within

The theme of my first collage is generosity. Within the walls of the castle, opulence prevails to all who reside there. Resources are plentiful, wastefulness abounds, and desire for all things run rampant. Beyond the walls, destitute and plagues continue to devour the livelihood of all inhabitants in the land. The primary resource needed to replenish their health and well being was water. For without it, their existence was doomed.

One kind sorceress heard the cries of the people from beyond the wall. She didn't turn a blind eye to their plight. In her wisdom and power, she summoned the helpers. Magical beings came. They too were moved by the scourge upon the land. Responding to their command, hands sprung up from beneath the ground, piercing the arid desert. One hand collected water; another, gathered crops; still another, held hope for a better future. Helping hand were all the citizens need for their survival.

To create this scene, I decided to utilize only hands to represent the gesture of kindness. I uploaded all images into Canva. I utilized my Annual Pro Membership Subscription to blend the images into my scene.

• Clouds contest photo from Round 128 Property of @shaka

• Fantasy hands at PxFuel)

• Fantasy female in a cone PxFuel

• Fantasy landscape face with ring in nose PxFuel

• Waterfall by A_Marble at PurePNG

• Man's face in a transparent shell PxFuel

• Alien insect Contributed to the #LIL by @eve66

• Moon Contributed to the #LIL by @redheadpei

• Alien face Fractal created by me in Apophysis 2.09

• Vase Fractal created by me in Apophysis 2.09

• Encasing notes Fractal created by me in Apophysis 2.09

COLLAGE #2: King of His Castle

In creating my second theme, I wanted to portray an animal who is the king of all he surveys. From atop the castle walls, he looks over his kingdom ensuring all is well. All other animals and sea life came to dwell there. Although many of the inhabitants didn't look ordinary, they were welcomed. He was pleased with his care of the land.

Again, I uploaded all images into Canva. I located a unique background that resembles an octopus skeleton carved into the landscape. This image served my theme well. Applying a filter from Deep Dream Generator to the photo created a fantasy landscape. Several images from the LIL were an excellent fit with my theme. Hive account@eve66's alien dog was a delight as king of his castle.

• Octopus shaped landscape by KELLEPICS at Pixabay

• Female enveloped in shawl in sky PxFuel

• Alien Dog Contributed to the #LIL by @eve66

• Antique Door Contributed to the #LIL by @brittandjosie

• Light House low side w/water Contributed to the #LIL by @donroberts

• Owl Contributed to the #LIL by @seckorama

• Blue Moon Contributed to the #LIL by @mynatasha

• Duck family Contributed to the #LIL by @redheadpei

I appreciate your visit and hope you like my collage themes.