How to make a photo collage - tricks and tips

[@robynenewell999]

1957 was a great year. This really caught my eye. I love that you captured Just the images of the musicians.

[@deborahneumann9162]

Well... I was only 7 years old then, but I LOVED their music. LOL This montage of yours is FABULOUS! Thank you for the inspiration and as always... I enjoy your work. Respect!

[@miekemiddelhuis3782]

Very clever and beautiful, a great tribute to your dad. Thank you!

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi Mieke, that's kind, I love the photo and that he got me started on the guitar!

[@jekalambert9412]

Perfect timing - I've been playing with collage for the past couple of weeks and this video gave me many ideas. Big thanks for another video full of inspiration! Love everything you post!

[@yeatesmakes]

That's grand Jeka, I really enjoyed making this one - perfect dark winter night art project. Tunes on, cutting stuff, fiddling around, very relaxing!

[@acmepost]

Thank you for showing your ‘conversion’ of the starting print’s shapes into the shapes that formed the final collage. You created an “Aha!”moment for me.

[@yeatesmakes]

Glad you enjoyed it - definitely good to have a bit of a starting point / plan with projects like these!

[@artglue2]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and creativity!

[@yeatesmakes]

A pleasure : )

[@stevietv321]

I’ve never thought about doing collage as a way to develop my printmaking ideas. This is a great idea. I really like the physicality of actually cutting and pasting over doing everything digitally. Thanks

[@maryanngastaldo6751]

I've watched several of your videos and it is quite apparent how very talented, clever, and creative you are! This video was no exception! It was amazing to see what you did and how you did it! Thank you for sharing and taking so much time and effort to bless others with your lovely work!

[@heatherm2125]

Thanks for taking us through your visualization process, and reverting to some old-school techniques! You are an incredible designer and a pleasure to watch in action.

[@yeatesmakes]

I loved making this video and am delighted a fair few people tuned in for it - old school collage rules!!

[@lisam9233]

Fabulous techniques. Lots to experiment with here. Bravo! 👏🏼

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers Lisa, hope you have a try! As soon as I finished it i started another of Annie Oakley for a series I'm doing on American Folklore!!!

[@8433alice]

Awesome demo. As always! I've been doing mixed media collage for years, and you articulated a process here that I find very helpful. Thanks!

[@yeatesmakes]

That's great Alice, thank you. A really trusted opinion, your feedback is always insightful : )

[@janetgoldstein7597]

I am in awe! So good

[@lindacarroll4304]

Awesome creative mind. Thank you for explaining these concepts. You are a remarkable teacher.

[@schwarzekatz602]

Super collage video, excellent result and wonderful inspirations 👍

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers, glad it was useful : )

[@dawncarter9961]

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing!

[@mvswaaij]

Beauty ! Done with so much care. At first I thought it were the Everly Brothers.

[@yeatesmakes]

lol, my dad would have been happy to here that I'm sure!!!

[@boyandbelugee]

Beautiful collage!❤

[@renig5059]

You are starting the year with a whopper😱 you execution is to the T🤩 a pleasure to follow.. you have an amazing eye for details and the result are spot on…thx 😜

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers! It's funny, having the channel is making me revisit so many things and, of course, I'm then all fired up for techniques I may have neglected for a while. it's very reciprocal - I'm definitely posting the videos for my ideas as well as to help you guys along xx

[@KleeblattCreations]

Happy new Year! Fabulous technique, amazing result!

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi Brygia, Happy New Year. keep trucking with your channel. Hopefully some of my viewers who love texture and journals and all the delights you teach will head over to you from here! Mark x

[@lindavan5330]

I find your work so inspiring. Thank you for being so generous sharing so many of your techniques.

[@yeatesmakes]

A pleasure Linda, glad you enjoyed this one! I think it was my favourite vid to make so far ; )

[@michellemargueritecaron7901]

I love your work! Thank you for sharing techniques and knowledge.

[@yeatesmakes]

A pleasure to share : ) cheers Michelle

[@CJoyArt]

You are the BEST collage artist here on KZbin! The pieces you make and your process is so inspiring and I watch them all more than once. Thank you for your generosity with this content.

[@yeatesmakes]

That's so lovey Carole. Am chuffed this video got some views as I really enjoyed making it : )

[@ChapmanGriffith]

I love it, love it. What an ingenious idea.

[@yeatesmakes]

I loved making this one - wasn't really sure there'd be an appetite for it so glad it has a few views!!

[@juneholly433]

Happy New Gell 😉 Thank you for another great tutorial.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😍🤗 More please 😘

[@yeatesmakes]

more coming!!!!!!

[@selenadixon3108]

Once again, best demo video ever! Some many tips and launch points to re-invigorate my work! Thank you.

[@yeatesmakes]

That's great, I really wasn't sure if there'd be a 'market' for this video but made it anyway because I think photo collage is such a wonderful way to pose yourself questions - with colour, compositionally, texturally - and find answers. Thanks for all the lovely comments Selena, so good to know bothering with the vids is helping people : ) x

[@ZeroGravity514]

Thank you for these videos!!! I love them!. I've been obsessed with gelli printing for a few years now and still have learned so much from you!!

[@yeatesmakes]

A pleasure to share! I'm obsessed too, only been using it for about 7 or 8 months so its all so fresh to me and so many possibilities!!!

[@marilynalexieff285]

Another great video! Thanks for all your hard work.

[@yeatesmakes]

A pleasure : )

[@nino2121]

Mark, if you haven't shown us the Mat Cutter, could you incorporate it into a video. Thanks. Absolutely love this image.

[@stephfreame7895]

A generous technique share as always, thank you

[@yeatesmakes]

A pleasure : )

[@CraftsBayou]

Perfect timing. This is just what I needed to learn!

[@yeatesmakes]

That's good news! Enjoy : )

[@deeza72]

You are my new addiction! Just love your work and full of inspiration. Bravo fella.

[@dsoffe95]

Brilliant!

[@kinafari]

what a wonderful tutorial! Thank you so much

[@yeatesmakes]

A pleasure, thanks for comment : )

[@symbolikarts]

Gorgeous Collage Mate!✌️🤟🤙

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers :| )

[@robbiekearsley9158]

First of your vids I've seen - took so much from this! Subscribed!

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers Robbie, welcome along! Is that a mahogany guitar in your pic? (I'm a total guitar geek!!!!)

[@robbiekearsley9158]

@@yeatesmakes Mahogany yes, guitar no (it's a Cordoba concert ukulele) :D

[@ANON0061]

Wonderful! Thanks Mark!

[@yeatesmakes]

A pleasure, thanks for all the positive comments!

[@UnoHoo1]

This incredible. So much interest here. I absolutely love your work, and I feel so fortunate that you share your process, it’s just so great to see it all come together. I would never have thought of doing that with a photo. Brilliant, really, and you do make it appear easy, though I’m quite aware that it is not! Thanks, as always!

[@sapnayadav3083]

Absolutely amazing.

[@yeatesmakes]

Very kind, thanks : )

[@afasimpaur]

I love the results... There's a kind of Pop Art meets Norman Rockwell vibe to it...

[@yeatesmakes]

Haha, I guess so! Rockwell is fun and I love Pop Art, which I think seeps into a lot of the stuff I make. Thanks for always commenting, appreciate the support and encouragement : )

[@afasimpaur]

@@yeatesmakes i appreciate your videos and I know that comments/engagement are important parts of growing a channel. Our style and approach may be very different, but I never fail to learn something from your videos.

[@afasimpaur]

BTW... I've been meaning to ask... Do you do Instagram? What's your ID there? I would love to follow you.

[@yeatesmakes]

@@afasimpaur Hi Andi - not on IG, just don't have time! Been concentrating on trying to get a website up and running, family, day job! One day, maybe!!!

[@walcyrgrillo2755]

Amazing!!

[@AmandaWray-Wrayco]

Fantastic

[@rosannecuttitta1377]

Thanks so very much, wonderful ideas and “how to’s”!

[@cloe.b]

great tutorial, I love your videos , amazing result

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers, really enjoyed making this one : )

[@Jenny-c4p8i]

Perfect job, man! Love it

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers, loved making this one : )

[@bevmorton8725]

Packed to the ginnels with inspiration and instruction as usual. So pleased you are continuing to do multi media analogue collage like this - so much more for us to feast on! My husband is a fiddle player, I'll definitely be trying this out with some old photos. Thanks again.

[@yeatesmakes]

Do it! I have some good pics of my youngest playing fiddle... we can compare notes!!!! Let me know when you've had a go!

[@bevmorton8725]

Will do!!

[@krisb7547]

You always seem to pull a rabbit out of a hat! Love the accent. Sounds like the dudes in the Snatch movie. Keep up the amazing work and thanks for sharing.

[@yeatesmakes]

LOL! I need to watch that movie again, its been a while. cheers for taking the time to comment Kris, it means a lot : )

[@stevemead4021]

lovely composition

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers Steve, enjoyed making this one :)

[@lailapaila4605]

Love it 😊

[@yeatesmakes]

: )

[@andreamuller8468]

Hello great again :) thousent thanks!!!

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers Andrea : )

[@anknaparkin7510]

Perfect 👍 ❣️

[@yeatesmakes]

So glad you liked it, this one was special to me : )

[@szkolga]

great collage! thank you!

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers Olga : )

[@valeriesawczyn7370]

That was really interesting and very special making your dad into artwork. Thank you

[@yeatesmakes]

Helps if you're attached to the photo x

[@maggiefreeman6513]

I absolutely love this! Thanks for sharing your process. Looks challenging but I really want to try something similar. Great that it’s your Dad in the photo.

[@yeatesmakes]

Cheers Maggie. I guess if you only see the final outcome, it is more daunting BUT, with a bit of planning and selecting the right image...

[@maryclemons1048]

Wonderful collage! I’m going to try a photo collage. Love your commitment to your channel. Keep them coming!

[@yeatesmakes]

I LOVED making this and so happy the vid resonated with a few of you out there!!!!

[@lightwavz]

I absolutely love your style! And I agree that with all the photoshop and procreate skills I have, I love to pull out my old drafting equipment and skills and start building manually. I wish now I had saved more of my old drafting items when I moved halfway across the country. I have been flea marketing to rebuy the best stuff. Thanks for this great step by step process.

[@yeatesmakes]

Kindred spirit x : ) Hope you get to replace equipment. To be honest, I think my main motivation is to use my dad's old scalpel, nothing brings him back to mind more than that object : )

[@susanmarcoux7005]

Absolutely loved the collage! And I whole heartedly concur that a manually made one has a more visceral feel than something thrown together in Photoshop. You can do some amazing work in the program but it's definitely does not have the same qualities.

[@yeatesmakes]

agreed : ) good to know there's plenty out there that still love old school ; )

[@xVentax]

I can see where you get your boyish good looks from now! Actually, at first glance I thought it was a young Gordon Ramsey 😂😂 Anyway, fabulous finished piece as always, thanks so much. I can watch every one of your videos, picking up handy tips along the way, but what I can’t learn is the vision. Your imagination to picture this and then execute it is the bit of the process I most envy. Happy New Year to you and yours x

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi Venta - thanks for comments! If you're struggling with the vision, just find a pic with one figure and limit your self to one background shape + the background 'bleed' into clothing. you'll get it!

[@Vikette1000]

My first thought was Gordon Ramsey, too!

[@barbarabacker-gray9611]

Love it! I have a ton of slides I took of buskers at the Edinburgh Festival in 1990. Composition is terrible because of all the audience clutter, but making collages would be perfect.

[@yeatesmakes]

Sounds like perfect source material!!!

[@clariolaelx]

Thank You 🌻

[@yeatesmakes]

: ) a pleasure

[@Atliermia]

Just interesting to use gelli image print on clay. Use underglaze.

[@yeatesmakes]

Have you tried this? ....

[@annajavier5712]

Happy new year first of all and I like the physical collage better because you can see the hand work of the artiest and that makes it more personal then a print out. My goal this year to to redo what I see with my art or photos and really learn from what I see and start being a worker bee and not just a looker bee.

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi Anna, happy new year to you too. You can do it! relax, play and things usually happen. no pressure, just play : ) x

[@susanmyrick2913]

Brilliant. Wonder if I can get my brain to work like this?

[@yeatesmakes]

Print a light copy and sketch all over it, the shapes and plan will emerge....

[@skuralf]

Love your work and your approach to this piece 🙏 I am looking into getting a matcutter, and yours seems simple and functional - would you care to shared the brand?

[@yeatesmakes]

Hey there, thanks for comment : ) It's a 'Logan 2000, push style matcutter'. you can get replacement blades easily and it's really sturdy

[@ChapmanGriffith]

@@yeatesmakes thank you, I also fine this helpful.

[@pippipants]

Happy new year! Totally with you on the joys of cutting things out. It's kind of zen like lol I did my school work experience at a graphic design studio pre desktop publishing (showing my age lol) and had to sit and physically cut lines of text to re-fit it on a brochure design, after the photos had been re-sized! 🤣

[@yeatesmakes]

Hey pippi, that's funny, I remember my dad doing layouts, lifting little slabs of text when doing his typesetting and illustration. he used to lift things with the edge of that scalpel that I'm now using to make these vids 50 years later!!!

[@pippipants]

@@yeatesmakes Haha well it definitely wasn't 50 years ago 🤣 but lovely that you have that memory of your dad!

[@ZeroGravity514]

Happy New Year!!! Question: what glue do you use for these?

[@yeatesmakes]

A very cheap glue stick!!! Happy New Year to you : )

[@donna-1234]

Brilliant technique and the result was amazing! Thank you for sharing. I was just wondering though if there is a reason that you took such care to cut out the numbers around the heads rather than just allowing the heads to overlap the numbers?

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi Donna - I know it seems daft, but I wanted the sqaured pattern to run seemlessly through the figure silhouette and into the number!!!!

[@donna-1234]

@@yeatesmakes 🤗 thank you

[@Naomi-cb3zr]

Awesome video! I was wondering what kind/brand matcutter are you using? It looks very handy, but i can't seem to find it online. Thanks!

[@yeatesmakes]

Thanks Naomi! The matcutter I use is a Logan Matcutter. :)

[@diane2941]

WOW

[@yeatesmakes]

!! : )

[@martehepburnart]

Another great video! Thank you. What mat cutter are you using?

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi there Marte, It is a 'Logan' mat cutter, been really good so far

[@martehepburnart]

@@yeatesmakes Thanks! Really enjoying your YT videos. You've opened up a whole new path to explore with a gelli plate.

[@maria-giulianalatini1724]

I know this sounds dumb but what glue stick are you using? I've tried sprays, Elmer's glue, I don't know what else without great success.

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi Maria - the glue stick is made by 'Pritt'. To be honest, is was a bit dried up and lumpy! Best to use a fresh one but I had none to hand!

[@daniellmiller]

I’m curious if you decided to sell this piece would you be concerned about the blue tissue fading? BTW I’ve learned so much from your channel and am certain your subscriber numbers will continue to grow.

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi Daniel, even though it is lightfast, yep, I'm sure it would fade with time. It was a piece for myself, so not too bothered!!!

[@DanielGOTANEGRE]

J'adore ce que vous faites! Mais j'ai de gros problèmes de compréhension...

[@jennywhisconier7777]

luv

[@MimZik06]

Hellooooooo

[@yeatesmakes]

Hey MimZikZ#, HNY!