I would say cutting pictures from magazines and then making image collages is one of my hobbies, although I rarely do it. I usually only do it for school stuff, principally agendas and exercise books. It's kind of time-consuming, especially when I don't have a lot of interesting images to work with, but really relaxing (although I personally wouldn't do this during exams.)
I started to do these in my last year of high school (16 y/o). When I was in high school, my sister did three agenda covers for me, but I didn't deny to people it wasn't my work...... they all assumed I was the one behind these..... it was even mentioned in the yearbook.... I still feel guilty about it.
Anyway, here is the usual process I go through :
- Cut images I like from magazines (doesn't necessarily have to be done just before making the collage);
- Pick out images I like the most;
- Try to arrange them (longest step for me; I take multiple pictures of different dispositions before choosing one);
- Sticking them with glue/double sided tape;
- If nothing is protecting the cover, I cover it with clear plastic book cover (hardest step for me);
- Push with a card (like a credit card) on the cover so the images shines again (when there's a clear plastic cover on the pictures, they look kind of cloudy).
Some designs definitely ended up looking better than others. Unfortunately, my creativity seems to fade away from year to year (however I do suspect it's also because I've already used up all of my best images for past designs.)
2017:
2016:
(Sadly, I got a problem while covering the cover with clear plastic;
I accidentally made bubbles and folds, and it looked horrible.
So I tried to removethe clear plastic, but it was so well stuck that
some of the images also got removed. Had to "patch" them back on.)
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
2011:
