How To Make An Abstract Collage

[@stevelane107]

Wonderful! I’m 45 years old and have spent most of my life painting. Unfortunately I’ve found myself in a position where I cannot afford to buy materials. I take care of a terminally ill 15 year old boy and he has something like A.L.S. We have had fun painting and drawing but using scissors and old magazines to make something has become totally amazing!:) I have to say that this video was very helpful and I can understand where you are coming from. I am a musician as well and I loved that you mentioned making a collage is like making music. I thank you for the insight and so does my little guy. Much appreciation. Can’t thank you enough.❤️

[@RealCuhzFR]

love hearing this and keep making your art work! i would give money if i could to help you do what you love.

[@mixalhs1694]

Best of luck my friend

[@willbechler]

alot of respect to you!! I hope your family is well

[@tamsinthai]

Why, like so many, did you feel the need to mention your age? Never see anyone say 'I'm 32' or whatever.

[@mixalhs1694]

@@tamsinthai I think it’s a way to make it more personal, older people would mean that even if I’m old I still can do this and younger people that even if I’m young I can still do it

[@Doudlyx67]

I guess you've just unlocked my creative depression. Thank you

[@tomyrottman8012]

hahah idk why but the same just happened to me

[@judyhyland499]

TY.Been doing a lot of collage lately

[@Peace-qm2sp]

I relate to this comment

[@justafrenchkidtryingtospea9462]

Wtf

[@Mountainkingmusic]

It's like visual sampling! :O

[@sixtuazon8463]

I just lately discovered this way of art. I'm very fascinated to it now, as it puts my imagination into new height. I'll subscribe thanks!

[@kayaeki]

Me too!!

[@tamsinthai]

He missed the most famous collage artist of all time, Kurt Schwitters.

[@angelak4504]

I've always been obsessed with creating art collages. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@Nicvel_]

Im a collagist and this is the first video I’ve seen on collage! Thank u!!

[@AM-nw8ik]

You explain everything so well. The music is also perfect for this video. I think I found my new favorite youtuber

[@asphaltandtacos]

Great explanations and my favorite art form as drawing skills are not needed as much. Freedom of expression without rigid rules is why I am fascinated by this form of art.

[@trentonsimpson4799]

Tyler Varsell is an artist for the NYT that does collage art. She really inspired me because I had never really seen or noticed this style before.

[@Artjournalist]

This is one of those videos that I have watched more than once and am still inspired - thank you!

[@mosart7025]

I was just thinking it was like sampling music!! I'm glad someone else noticed the similarity!

[@RenaCakes954]

Wow, I was literally searching up a video for one of my digital art classes and this was the first to come up. I use to listen to your music lol I'm so glad I was guided here... You're awesome

[@serpentina3758]

i’m passing a difficult time in my life and your video medrano me happy

[@LunaWayve]

i think the biggest question about digital collage that isn't answered often..even in this video, is where do you get your images? can anyone recommend resource websites

[@conectorciencia9881]

pexels and unsplash

[@LunaWayve]

@@conectorciencia9881 You are one of the reasons the internet is great!, another questions is pexels and unsplash free to use images? or does it vary im about to check them out, thank you again!

[@LunaWayve]

@@sydneytaylercolbert Thank you!!

[@lesart3446]

@@conectorciencia9881 go to an art school for a few years...

[@EulogyfortheAngels]

Pixabay

[@user-xs2jo2yb8w]

i literally have a project to make an abstract digital collage and haven’t searched anything for it.... but this showed up in my recommended so weird BUT SO HELPFUL

[@941221Sa]

you just said what i'm thinking to write. LOL /sorrythebadenglish

[@orls9068]

Nice video, I just started recently, cleaned out my room found some magazines and decided to scan all the images in and messing about in Photoshop now, it's such good fun!

[@felixnotkjellberg]

First time working on a collage project in college. helpful introduction, really needed it

[@doyi984]

At 1:27 , to the right of Mr. Ogden, you can see a change in bookshelf where he got the book from

[@MagnifyStudio]

Haha! I was wondering if people would catch that :)

[@luke23342]

@Juan Andrés Opazo Ravanal that's what he said

[@heather2012d]

I thought it was a freakin ghost! 😳😂

[@yosukesatyapan3411]

if you guys don't know, jonathan ogden is a fantastic artist! "Always on my mind" by him and joe bae is amazing!

[@fabianaviotticoach]

You inspired me so much in 6 minutes that now I'm just going to create something using your advice. Thank you!

[@vargaajudit]

wowww, I rembemer listening to rivers and robots a few year ago, i was listening to them a LOT. now in college I have digital arts class, and I have to do a digital collage. So here i am wathing this video cause i've never made digital art before and I need some informations about it.. I am so glad I found this video, also made me listen to rivers and robots again

[@heyitshhousefly]

this was literally exactly what I was needing. This video is perfect, blessings. 🙏🏽

[@curiousgeorge555]

You literally don't need to use the word literally in that sentance😂

[@heyitshhousefly]

@@curiousgeorge555 literally didn’t even realize until you brought it to my attention. I appreciate that very much. 👍🏽

[@heyitshhousefly]

@@curiousgeorge555 sentence*

[@curiousgeorge555]

@@heyitshhousefly lol, thanks. 🙃🙂

[@curiousgeorge555]

@@heyitshhousefly 😂

[@NevardArt]

That was brilliant. 45 minutes of great info in just over 6 minutes. I raise a beer to you Jonathan Ogden.

[@MummyBBlog]

This is fab! I’m directing my students to this video to kick start them with their surrealist collages whilst they’re home learning at the moment! X

[@mercedesalves7377]

Dada artists were all about collages. A lot of the collages we see today even in social media came from them or were inspired by them.

[@MelanieChadwick]

Thanks Jonathan for this- actually enjoyed hearing you talk about the similarities between collage and music sampling. I love your music because of the layers and can see now how you bring that in your art too. In my illustration work sometimes I use similar layering techniques but not with found images and usually just paint. Would be interesting to experiment a bit more especially with abstract images.

[@angelaem205]

I loved your mention of the history of collage. I had actually studied the collages of Georges Braque when I was in high school and it was at that time I really got into making collages. I still like making them, though my other interests take most of my time. I find it a very wonderful way to create art out of elements that might at first look completely alien to each other! Thanks so much for the video! ^___^b

[@anupamroy1771]

I REALLY THOUGHT U HAVE SOMEWHERE NEAR A MILLION SUBS.....Bro this channels deserves so much more

[@legacylegacy2603]

This is mindblowing, you enhanced my creative ideas

[@AluminiumPanda6]

What... I saw the "Rivers and Robots" art work and thought "oh! He did work for those guys! That's awesome!" and then did some digging and felt really silly because you ARE Rivers and Robots. Sheesh... Dude, thanks for the awesomely innovative Christian music AND design.

[@MagnifyStudio]

Haha that’s right! I was actually a graphic designer before I was a musician :)

[@busybeenature9092]

Great great great! ! Deep knowledge In a very small video. I have tried to make one last year. It came out so well. But nothing with very deep insight. Thanks so much ❤🙏

[@maimohamed3590]

I love collage so much n I'm glad I found this in my KZbin recommendations🙌😍✨ thank you👌

[@Nathemmanuel]

Natasha Shaneek is an early favourite. Thank you for the introduction

[@MollyYeates]

Wonderful! So happy I stumbled onto this video!

[@semiravdic2835]

Very much eloquent video about collage. Inspirational! :)

[@Three2Anh]

This was super fun to watch!

[@stephanieviljoen1000]

Love your collages.. this video gave me loads of inspiration. Thanks bud!

[@bruna.carioni]

Watching from Brazil!! Nice video, helped me a lot!!

[@roguesodyssey]

I'm one of the soldiers at 12 seconds. The military channel got a hold of that video as well. I'm curious as to where you found it. That was during the Special Forces Basic Combat Course-Support in Montana, in 2011. Good and terrible times!

[@Create301]

this is so calming, ty for your knowledge

[@HorsieRebel]

Thank you for the explainations! This art helped me think about perspective in different ways. Have a good day 👍

[@kinseylloyd]

no way, i'm from manchester. Listening from Melbourne right now. Thank you for sharing, gotta get that book! peace and love.

[@iHanna]

Collage is my art form, hands on all the time! 🥰 💕💞❤💓💗💖

[@leont6813]

When I saw that you guys were Christian and read the "About" section in your channel I cried a bit. I decided to start graphic design, pretty insecure of wether I could actually make a living out of it. Thing is, I wanna make things that bless people and glorify God too and I wanna learn as much as I can to be the best artist I can be. Seeing people like you push me to get better and be brave.

[@feelingjcru00]

My minds is BLOWN. I’ve been contemplating getting into collaging seriously, with the purpose of spreading the Word and God’s heart. Thank you for this! God is using you to speak to me 🥺 Have a great day ☺️

[@Leanadelle]

Question about images and copyright. What about images from magazines? Or, do you know if there's a date when something becomes public domaine? Thanks! Loved this video.

[@GuardImagination]

I checked once by approaching the magazine I used and they told me although they where happy I asked it was not allowed. But I can only imagine it's different depending what you use😊

[@bala1000mina]

Thanks Jonathan for the very informative video! I learnt a lot from that. God bless you!

[@CitrineCloud]

thank you so much. That was really great, inspiring and helpful

[@paulvallance4347]

Thanks for posting this. Great video with lovely examples of collage work. I like the comparisons with music sampling. I make handmade collages and this has made me think about going digital.

[@j_mapelle_nee]

Beautiful, succinct AND helpful, thank you!

[@annab6454]

Thank you so much for this. I've never made a collage before and this video has been very informative.

[@Delloren]

so cool to see a fellow Christian creative on here. thanks for this video!!

[@RasmusFlensborg]

KZbin just sort of randomly suggested this video and your channel to me. And I'm super glad It did. This was very intriguing. Great video. I definitely wanna learn more about Set Sail, now -".. Where faith meets art" - I LOVE THAT. My journey being a creator on youtube is to find and add to a community of digital creating artist - And I really do think I came to the right place just now. I myself am a Actor and musician turning video-editor and digital storyteller I guess ;) Can't wait to see more. Kind regards from a new subscriber ;)

[@MagnifyStudio]

That’s great to hear Rasmus! Cool to hear you’re getting into the video world :) Similar journey for us. We’re musicians and designers starting to figure out the KZbin side of things.

[@namrahkhan4586]

This was amazing intro for a non artist. Thanks

[@Connor-tv5gu]

Ayy. I came across this video saw and had no idea you’re Johnathan Ogden! Love your work.

[@meriemly.9171]

probably watched this video over 10 times ! Sper interesting !

[@amberlanders7261]

Wow! Thank you:) I am using this video to show my art students some collage basics.

[@totallyinsaneart3345]

I love collage art. This video information is awesome.

[@duckbrew]

Celebrated in art galleries all around the world or on virtually any Guided By Voices album.

[@GrantonTheFly]

Brilliant video mate, loved that you included some art history.

[@SamAllenComposer]

This might be my favourite video of yours bro.

[@LukeInTheMiddleMods]

Loved the video. I’m off to film Uni this year and I’m making w little collage for my film book using old DVDs and some other bits 😃

[@veechaps]

Thanks for making a video on this! The collages you shared are amazing, and now i'm more excited to learn how to make them :)

[@derekbandi_]

love this!! all these collages are amazing, love you music, love your work

[@jethromiddleton]

Just started creating psychedelic collage art work, great video, really helpful, thank you

[@bangertrois]

what applications do you use?

[@jethromiddleton]

@@bangertrois procreate on the iPad Pro

[@bangertrois]

@@jethromiddleton thankssss

[@krishnanxdash]

I am cutting out some magazines out right now and this video really help me

[@NicolasStephensen]

Just bought the book. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@anushyagoenka311]

Just what I was looking for. Thenks!

[@silviarg9727]

really liked how informative this video was!

[@miraymichael5341]

Could u pls upload more videos about that topic: tutorials, inspirations, how to get ideas, resources for elements that are used in collage and all that stuff.

[@jjfecik]

Such an awesome rundown!

[@emochalova777]

That was actually a very nice overview of the topic! The links and recommendations are much appreciated 🙏 Thanks a lot :) This was helpful.

[@LSCraftyCreations]

I love digital Collage and procreate stamps together

[@viinkyy]

love your passion

[@lisawickmark2855]

Thank you for a great inspiration. Where can I find tutorial of how you work With this kind of stuff in Photoshop? / Kind regards Lisa

[@brnewworld]

Greart video! By the way, I have several Jonathon Odgen ancestors. There must have be 5 Jonathon Ogdens in a row. With one being a revolutionary soldier. I'm in the US. Thanks for the insightful video

[@paraskevi1742]

Wow. Really helpful video. Thank you a lot.😍

[@camilabido5818]

Love this! My Pinterest is filled with collages. Love these types of videos as well. Did you go to uni for graphic design?

[@MagnifyStudio]

I studied design at college (age 16 - 18) but the went straight into work as a designer rather than going to university.

[@camilabido5818]

Set Sail oh ok, it’s pretty interesting to see how much you can explore on art outside of formal education.

[@santiagorojas4]

Alto genio! Muy bueno gracias!!

[@BecomeUseful]

Super useful! Great video.

[@kodolgovs]

Beautiful artworks! ❤

[@sTaRsCrEaMerScArY]

Nice vid buddy! Great info, awesome background both music and room. keep it up!

[@muminab.u.3206]

Thanks for sharing, your video was very thorough and full of useful information. I love playing around on apps on my phone but I would love the progress this skill. I find photoshop daunting but I'm going to give it another try. You've inspired me with your experience and examples. Thank you.

[@Mariak82]

loved this! 🎨

[@yijunfang1071]

OMG Are those collages in the video your own works? They are ASTONISHINGLY BEAUTIFUL

[@mariahmills8527]

👍 Really liked this! Looking forward to more!

[@artisticwhispersasmr9873]

Very helpful video. Thanks.

[@LessOliveira]

I absolutely love this video!!

[@ramadevikorupolu2369]

Thanks for sharing this information this is very useful 👍

[@aadil.v]

What music have you used in the first few mins? Love how it works with the vibe of the video!

[@gachuhimuraya7967]

Darn, never knew you did the rivers and robots art work 🙌

[@marykendallb8607]

Um hi. I was watching you and saw the album art for rivers & robots and I was like woah that's cool I like that band and then I scroll down and see your NAME and I listen to your music!!!!! So cool. Hope u have a great day mk

[@chadsteele2240]

I really liked this video! Thank you for inspiring me

[@venceslaumari]

Yay you're back with the outro song! Most times I have a hard time understanding the message behind collages but I always think they're absolutely beautiful! Great introductory video on the subject :)

[@doyi984]

Marianna Venceslau As with all art to be honest

[@markothwriter]

Could you do one that is a bit technical - on how to make a collage that will last? How do you keep it nearly acid-free? How do you preserve it?

[@priscilacarvalho3780]

Really inspiring video. Can you guys make a video of how the GATHER project was born?

[@heyyou20121221]

love. what a great video

[@Becccoo]

This was super helpful. I really like using the free software Krita to make collage. I can transfer a lot of my previous learning (10 year ago now) from photoshop. I loved the history and the recommendations of where to find further inspiration :)

[@BayemarArt]

Love creativity, great job!

[@agatarek_official]

got this book! It's great