Short and Sweet WTF

I was originally going to include this in yesterday’s blogiversary post, but I decided to make it its own post. As part of my creative process, I find it helpful to take breaks from my main projects and work on some little side project. This seems to work for me because my brain gets a break from thinking about whatever big project I’m working on, and I can also practice and develop skills that I can bring back to those main projects and make them even better.

This is one such side project that I just recently finished. It’s a collection of photo collages that I created to sort of capture the essence of an idea.

Here are some things that I practiced and learned from this project:

• Color theory—combining colors that work well together so that the whole page has a cohesive and aesthetically pleasing appearance.
• Composition—arranging the photos in a grid such that they lead the eye on a path through the collage, rather than simply taking a bunch of photos on a particular theme and thoughtlessly sticking them in together.
• Photo editing—I practiced using tint and warmth corrections to adjust the overall tone of the images to be more consistent with each other. I also practiced using adjustments to the saturation and contrast in conjunction with each other.

I don’t even know how many hours went into this, but I love the result and learned a lot from the process. I hope it brings you as much enjoyment as it has to me. 💖