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topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

That dang @BryceM and his collage a week or so ago MADE me try it, too. :D
I didn't do the extra work of adding reverses. Also, I mixed in some foreign that I kinda like.
Different in many ways but that's the nature of this stuff.

Anyhow it was kinda fun. Kinda ...work... too. ;)

Mine:

His:

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    CatbertCatbert Posts: 8,260 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well done!

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    Bob13Bob13 Posts: 1,676 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hoping to do one, too. Three week old baby has just slightly prevented it though!

    My current "Box of 20"

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    CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bravo!

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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 7, 2019 8:33AM

    Well......... I’m flattered. :)

    There are some pretty sweet coins there. Very cool. I love the gold.

    My only critique would be to decrease the amount of background showing. More coins or larger coins would look better to my eye. There’s a fine balance between too busy and not busy enough.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BryceM said:
    Well......... I’m flattered. :)

    There are some pretty sweet coins there. Very cool. I love the gold.

    My only critique would be to decrease the amount of background showing. More coins or larger coins would look better to my eye. There’s a fine balance between too busy and not busy enough.

    I agree. BUT.... am done. ;):D

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,779 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks great. B)

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool!

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    BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hope that you didn't have to obtain any collage loans!

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    goldengolden Posts: 10,546 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice!

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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinsarefun

    Sometimes the forum software needs a "LOVE" option.

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,395 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice collages , everyone!! <3

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,779 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BryceM said:
    @coinsarefun

    Sometimes the forum software needs a "LOVE" option.

    What do you think <3 is? ;)

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,449 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Dang! What software are you guys using to do it?

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    DiggerJimDiggerJim Posts: 517 ✭✭✭✭

    You guys take and put together some awesome pictures and collages. Unbelievably captivating. Can't stop looking at them.

    Damn, I'm still trying to take a good enough picture to put on my set registries....

    DiggerJim

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I use the Paint.net free software to let me "lasso" the images and paste them as circles.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great collages.... I just do not have the time (or the tools, or ability) to do something like that...but sure appreciate looking at what others do.... Cheers, RickO

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    USMarine6USMarine6 Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The coins that are rotated 90° must in rattlers

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The software allows image rotation.

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    jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,425 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SmEagle1795 said:
    I enjoy making collages but they take an extremely long amount of time to produce so I only make one every year or so. Here's one from late last year, a number of coins behind where I am now but fairly representative:

    Incredible!!

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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm a fan of wallpaper or collage type collection images: They're very pretty eye candy, and they let you take in a lot of surface information quickly. But they don't convey much detailed information: type, attributions, grade or TPG. Plus they often cover at least a portion of the coin itself. Aesthetically they're fun--no harm no foul. But for expressing deep, clear information quickly, I prefer this format:

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 9, 2019 9:09PM

    @coinsarefun , those are fantastic. I love the color. The layout of all of them is quite nice, but the last one is really well proportioned.

    Here are a few more I've done:

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    UNCLE ! ! :D

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