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Digital collage

For this assignment, you will create 1 digital collage using both your own photographs and additional royalty-free images from online image banks. The goal is to combine original content with found imagery while practicing Photoshop tools for composition, layering, and editing.

About the work below: "My artwork attempts to speak beyond the nuances we as North Americans see in everyday images…. I work toward a feeling of empowerment. Not only for myself, but for the viewer that will engage with my work. I believe the simple things can stimulate us so we want to act and move forward with self assurance. Moving forward in a sense of creating more art, nurturing one another, and transforming the world we currently live in." (Source: Not Real Art) 

Aaron Jones,Sitting on the sky in the woods, 2021 https://www.aaronjones.ca/

What to do: 

1.- Take at least 10 original photographs of objects, textures, or places. These images must be included in your collage. 

2.- Collect additional images (no limit) from free, royalty-free image banks. Be intentional in your selection so that they complement your original photos. Some resources to find royalty-free image banks: Pixabay, Freepik, Pexels, and others.

3.- Create a new Photoshop document:

Size: 1920 x 1080 pixels

Resolution: 300 dpi

Orientation: vertical or horizontal (your choice)

4.- Build your collage by combining your original photos with selected free images. Experiment with placement, scale, and layering.

5.- Use Photoshop tools. You must: Remove the background from images, depending in your art, using selection tools (Quick Selection Tool, Magic Wand, or Select Subject + Layer Mask).

6.- Use the Move Tool to position and resize images.

7.- Apply Layer Masks, if needed, to hide or reveal parts of images.

8.- Experiment with Blending Modes, Opacity, and other tools presented these past two weeks in Photoshop, to integrate images.

9.- Develop a finished piece. Your final collage should look intentional. Consider balance, colour, and overall composition.

10.- Add a title to your collage. Be creative!

Objectives: 

1.- Practice creating a collage by combining original and found imagery.

2.- Learn how to use Photoshop layers, masks, and blending tools effectively.

3.- Explore creative ways of integrating different images into a unified composition.

4.- Build confidence in making both technical and aesthetic decisions in Photoshop.

Important Guidelines:

1.- File formats: Submit your project in the following formats:

.PSD (working Photoshop file)

.PDF (final collage, 1920 x 1080, 300 dpi)

.RAW files of the 10 original photographs you took

Plus any extra royalty-free images you used. 

2.- File naming:

Digital Collage PDF: NameLast_Project#_2025

Photoshop File: NameLast_EF_Project2

Do not change the names of the royalty-free images. Just upload them as they are.

3.- Please include the title of your collage in the body of the message when you submit through the submission tab.

Grading rubric: 

Creativity and Experimentation 

Technical Application of Photoshop Tools 

Composition

Visual Impact 

Completion and Submission Guidelines