Making Your Own Collage
I truly feel that every approach to making a collage is "correct"; this is your time to explore and you get to go about it in whatever way feels right to you.
That being said, if you are looking for a place
to start and want a little guidance:
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go through your pages/a magazine/an old book and pull out any images/words that you are immediately drawn to
try flipping through a magazine/book backwards, or even open it to a random page and see what
you find by chance​
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once you have some base images/colors that feel inspiring, cut them out and see how they "play together"
using what quickly catches your eye may help
give you a jumping off point to look for more​
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use scissors or other sharps to cut out people, words, objects, or shapes
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try ripping pages up with your hands-- this can be very satisfying and can create intuitive shapes
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feel free to add elements from around your house (fabric, photos, other magazines, newspaper, feathers, string, movie tickets, wrapping paper... the options are endless)
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play with layering images on top of each other
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move things around your page until you're ready to glue them
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