Silhouette Wall Collage

I have these large walls in my basement that were in need of some love.

I love collages, but every time I try it is an utter failure. I would stare at other's collages and wonder why do their's look good?! 

Here is what I figured out:

1. Balance. Get a few matching shape frames to weight the collage.

2. Create a center line. While some of the frames are ON the line there is still a symmetrical line.

3. Colors. Make a scheme.

4. Lay out your collage, then take pictures so you can see it in a new way. 

5.  Cut out paper to match your frames exactly so you can tape them on the wall and tweak as needed. This is the most important step. Less nail holes in the end. 

{too high, BUT the center lines are marked so tweaking was a breeze-ish}

     Ex. I measured, did math, and hung up all the little papers and when I took 4 steps back realized the WHOLE collage was way too high. While annoyed, at least there were no nail holes and 3 tweaks later it was at the perfect height.

6. Shop goodwill for frames. All of these frames were goodwill or garage sale. Who cares what the ugly picture inside is, look for shape and lines. Pictures can be ripped out and replaced. Cheap!

And while those aren't riveting ancedotes, maybe other people who are scared of collages or OCD may find this helpful.

This whole thing came about because I am in love with silhouettes. It borders on obsession. However, I don't want just any silhouette I want my family. So we took photos and I lovingly turned them into my favorite silhouettes.  

 

I really love how it all turned out and it is the first collage I haven't torn down 3 days after putting it up.

Up close look at their silhouettes.

Silhouettes Prints.

I am just slightly obsessed with silhouettes.
I love the look of them.
Recently we re-arranged our basement and I can now finally focus on filling some empty walls with something.
At first I thought about doing some lovely canvas prints, but then I found this cool gallery of silhouettes and I knew. I can't figure out how to import pins from pinterest anymore?! so click {here} to see the link.

Graphic design has my heart. I know just enough to be dangerous. I love creating and editing and I figured I could do this easily. And I did.

Here are the photos I have thus far--I would love to do this for a living. Create cool digital art for people. So if you like what you see and want me to do some for you with YOUR photos let me know and we can talk. :) Otherwise I will keep designing for myself.

This is my favorite one. And I made it. :)

Imagine this in a lovely, girly, frilly rectangle frame.

My love bear back when he had his paci all.the.time.

This photo was taken by my friend Ginger. I loved the composition.

If you are interested contact me at mkeethler{at}gmail{dot}com