I've written before about auditioning -- trying out different images to see how they work together in a collage. Today I'm starting with two images in search of a background: a woman descending a staircase and a cutaway drawing of a turbine engine.
Here are potential backgrounds, ripped from an old copy of Interior Design, a magazine that's perfect for collage artists like me.
Which would you choose? Here's what the engine and woman look like with each one.
I thought I'd decided, but now I'm not sure. The digital versions look different from the paper images. In the comments section below, tell me what you think...and why....
I like the one that's the fourth one down; it seems to fit with the downward direction of the woman figure, and the engine looks like it could be descending too. But maybe that makes this background too obvious a choice to you?
ReplyDeleteSecond choice would be the second one from the top; I like the triangular stained glass.
Yes, you're right, the perspective on the fourth one makes it look like the engine is dropping too. Hmmm, I didn't notice that. Thanks, Aimee!
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