Quotes: You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by taking away mans initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. Abraham Lincoln

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. Martin Luther King Jr.

ArtPlay Palette CosmopolisArtPlayPaletteCosmopolis
WarmGlows No. 1WarmGlowsNo.1
DifferentStrokes No. 5 (Retired)
MagicSprinklez No. 6MagicSprinklezNo.6
Photos: Mine
Fonts: CK Alis Hand and Belligerent Madness

Process Notes: After compositing my photos together I brought them into a new file. Using solid paper 4 as my foundation, I positioned and sized the photos and blended them to Color Burn. I duplicated each photo and blended the larger to Hard Light and the smaller photo on the left to Color Dodge. These blend modes allowed the texture of the background paper to come through. Over the photos I placed a glow and blended to Soft Light at 66% opacity.

Below the photos in the layers panel I brought in 3 transfers and blended the transfer in the upper left corner to Color Burn, therefore again bringing out the background paper. Also a couple brushes from the palette was used to rough up the background paper even more.

Creating the title in the upper right corner and then bringing in the quotes, I used the Blend Ifs on all of them. I placed another glow under the quotes also blending to Soft Light at reduced opacity.

Usied brushes at the left edge, coloring them red and blending. Adding the magic sprinkles finished this layout. Happy 4th of July!