{"id":5433,"date":"2023-03-06T20:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T01:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yinzhuohan.com\/blog\/?p=5433"},"modified":"2023-03-06T20:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T01:39:18","slug":"placidity-and-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yinzhuohan.com\/blog\/2023-solar-terms\/placidity-and-patience\/","title":{"rendered":"placidity and patience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I recall in grade 12 that I wrote something about my last Spring Break ever, which turned out to be not entirely true. It’s Spring Break again for elementary schools next week, and I am excited because I get to sleep in. I am not a morning person and every 9AM is a time of suffering. No matter how much I sleep, I just can’t bring myself to leave my warm little cave. It’s tedious and I am weak.<\/p>\n

So I’ve been keeping myself pretty busy lately. It’s fun but also tiring and I haven’t had much time to draw or do anything entirely for myself… which sucks… at least I still got to bake. I made a honey loaf cake yesterday but unfortunately it’s almost all gone.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, I’m going to talk briefly about how I make the little collages for this blog. There’s not a lot of steps, but I like to overcomplicate things.<\/p>\n

How I Make Digital Collages!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. I find a picture taken between the last blog post and today’s post. Since I take hundreds of photos a month, there’s a lot to choose from.<\/li>\n
  2. Then, I find one or two secondary images from the same timeframe that I will overlay on top.<\/li>\n
  3. I resize, crop, stack, and add adjustment layers. Usually I use Photoshop first, open a blank canvas, and then go nuts.<\/li>\n
  4. Sometimes I draw something, or include text.<\/li>\n
  5. I also like to add a few final noise filters. The graininess is calming.<\/li>\n
  6. Then I save the whole thing and export.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Not much planning goes into it. This week I used a photo of Venus and Jupiter before their conjunction along with a photo of a tree at my brother’s school after the snow. I think it looks nice.<\/p>\n

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