Hello Hivians,
A really nice photo was provided to us in this LMAC round, which inspired me from the very first glance.
It was a lot of fun working on the collage. Because I knew exactly how it should look like. So I worked diligently to implemented what I've imagined.
But I totally forgot the time. And as always, the deadline was getting closer and closer.
It wasn't fun to finish the job. Because there was actually still a lot to do. :-/
As always, a little story first ... :-)
Once upon a time there was a dwarf family who lived in a magical forest that was hidden behind seven magical hills and seven magical lakes.
They lived happy lives there. Because everything they needed was given to them by Mother Nature.
One day a small group of humans found their way into the forest.
When the head of the dwarf family was told by the birds about it, he searched the forest for the humans and snuck up to them to watch them.
It has long been said among dwarves that humans should not be trusted.
One of the humans was currently speaking...
"Did I promise you too much? Haha ... Without my plane, I would never have found this beautiful place. But I hereby share my discovery with you, my friends. So let's get down to business ...
In the ongoing conversation, the dwarf learned why the humans came to the forest.
Apparently they were business people who worked in tourism solutions. They simply decided to turn the forest into a tourist area.
One even wanted to build a hotel in the forest. Fortunately, the others found this idea too expensive.
Since tourists are mostly active during the day and dwarfs are almost nocturnal, none of the overheard words worried the dwarf at the moment.
In fact, more and more people came to the forest from then on. Individual hikers, families, mountain bikers ...
It wasn't always easy for the dwarves. Because most of the humans made a lot of noise.
Worst of all, however, was the garbage that people left behind. Garbage was everywhere at some point. In the trees, in the bushes, on the forest floor and even in the birds' nests.
More and more often the dwarfs soon found dead animals lying on the forest floor. Mostly, these animals looked very sick.
To make matters worse, things on the dwarf house were broken every now and then. These had to be repaired so that it didn't rain in. The dwarfs looked for the material for this in the forest.
Once, when the roof broke in a storm, the dwarves looked for pine cones the next day. They needed this to make shingles for roofs. However, they did not find a single pine cone in the entire forest.
The dwarf mother remembered ... "Omg, recently school excursion groups were hiking around here. They took the pine cones with them to do handicrafts at school."
The dwarfs had no choice but to look for an alternative material for their roof.
The oldest of the dwarf boys found a bunch of empty beverage cans.
"Hey, that could work. Something liquid was once stored in it. So nothing liquid should be able to get through."
The dwarves agreed and went to work building a roof out of the beverage cans.
Again and again the dwarves couldn't find the materials they were accustomed to repair their house and so they also had to use garbage very often.
It was always the same suffering ... Either school excursion groups had collected everything useful, joggers or mountain bikers trampled and rolled everything down, or it stopped growing because it was suffocated by the garbage.
After a while the dwarfs got sick more and more often and found less and less to eat.
The head of the dwarf family then had to make a difficult decision ... They had to move somewhere else and leave their beloved forest behind.
They packed up their belongings and set off with thick tears in their eyes.
My collage
This is my contribution to the LMAC contest this week.
LMAC is a great community for artists of all skill levels. The name of the community is an abbreviation and stands for "Let's make a collage". Just take a look. Even if you think you are not an artist, LMAC will probably prove you wrong.
Current round: LMAC Contest Round 75.
Materials
My collage contains parts of multiple images. I took a few of them from Pixabay. The images there are free to use.
I also painted the door, the window and the stone stairs by hand in GIMP. Also I made the roof, the matches and the pen in Blender myself.
@shaka's template photo
The beautiful template photo for this LMAC round, provided and photographed by @shaka.
List of materials
| Subject | Image |
|---|---|
| The umbrella over the door | Pixabay link |
| The metal plate to the left | Pixabay link |
| The metal plate to the right | Pixabay link |
| The roof I made in Blender |  |
| The matches I made in Blender |  |
| The pen I made in Blender |  |
The creation process in one GIF
Best regards
QuantumG
It is a sad story and, unfortunately, very close to reality. I like the fact that you draw attention to these things.
It is true that even if we do our best to recycle, if we don't stop producing so much trash, there will be an inevitable overflow.
However, you make the trash look beautiful in your composition. I love the window with all those reflections.
Eres un artista del detalle.
Un abrazote
Greetings friend, your collage has a message that is the damage that man does to nature where species must migrate to other spaces due to pollution caused by the environment, it is a story message that is for a child with excellent, where we must take care of the nature. Excellent friend, good luck in the contest.
My dear talented friend,
I remember a collage you did some time ago, where hikers were traipsing all over the forest, leaving garbage behind.
Your story and your picture are an elegy for nature. I could read a thousand essays about conservation, but none would be so effective as this symbolic post.
Great work. Great art.
Thank you very much. :-)
Yes, the subject concerns me a lot. I'm out a lot and like to go hiking myself. So I have to constantly see how nature is treated.
At the weekend I was hiking in the "Pfälzer Wald" (southwest Germany) with my wife and friends. We immediately noticed all the garbage everywhere.
We were there a while ago and found a lot of garbage back then too. But this time it was a lot more, even far away from the pathes. And it was so loud. People were shouting, running, biking everywhere... We even met one who carried a boom box on his shoulder, in the middle of the forest. But no birds could be heard anywhere.
Because of the Corona measures, more and more german people are spending their free time in the forests, while almost no other leisure activity is possible. However, many who were at amusement parks with their families at other times now behave in the forest as in the amusement parks.
It seems like I've somehow processed it into my collage. xD
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PS: Oops... Thank you very much for the tip. :-)
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Very interesting your story, it caught me until the end. I hope the dwarves find a better world away from humans! Excellent work my friend! 🤗
Thank you very much.
I am sure there once will be a new collage in which they will have found a new home. :-D
Hello, I love this little house, the roof is unique.
The story, what a pity that the dwarves have to abandon their roots, because of humans.
Ok just one question!
WHWN CAN I MOVE IN ?
I love that tiny house and little
Getaway
Good luck in the contest
Beautiful composition, excellent final work
KNORF, the avenger of widows and orphans, and the seven dwarfs should take care of these lousy polluters and restore law and order.
True indeed how humans can be so careless. What a great dwarf house with tin roof still with the cola marking.
Nice story and nice little house you presented. Wish you luck in the contest.