Texture Collage

You will first create a TEXTURE COLLECTION.  Find interesting textures and photograph them.  You'll need a collection of at least 30 photos of just textures.

http://www.mayang.com/textures/  This is a site where you can find free textures.
You may also take your own photos or use sxc.hu.  Google is fine as long as images are licensed for reuse with modification.  You may also use www.pixabay.com 


Then, use your textures to create a digital collage that uses texture using Paint.NET.  Below are some examples.  Notice how they have selected a color theme.  This helps to give the collage unity.  

 

Links:

Link to an awesome Artist's blog who uses GREAT texture
Awesome Collage Artist Carly Swenson

Texture Collage SERIES

For your texture collage assignment, you will be creating a SERIES.  Your series may be either 3 or 4 different images, but they must RELATE and look like they belong hanging together.

Please make something that you are proud of!!!  Don't just throw something together because it is easy.


Here is an example of a texture collage Series:  Notice they are all formatted the same (aka the same height and width).  However, I find this example to be slightly boring.  Make something interesting, unique, and different!!!  Perhaps using rectangles and squares isn't the ONLY way to do this!!!!

Links to examples from the Internet:
Texture Collage Artist: Lance Letscher (I think you will like this one!)
Textures in Blocks  (a little boring and predictable with the squares)
OMG....Check out this artist.  I. Love.It.
Guy wearing headphones- again, Not a series
Dreams -mixture of textures with photos (not a series)
Example of a series