I have a bit of a dilemma that I think some fellow collagists might appreciate. And perhaps "dilemma" is too strong of a word (I wish all my problems were this trivial, after all). I have a group of elements that I got years ago that are basically images of Vargas-type pin-up girls (I think "women" would be the better term). They are beautiful -- and larger than a typical magazine page (they are 9" x 12"). On the back of each page is a smaller, black-and-white version of the image along with information about the image. Here's the "dilemma". I have become interested in using the smaller (2.5 x 3.5"), black-and-white version of this particular element because it would fit perfectly into a background substrate I have found. The problem is that -- as an analog collagist -- if I use that image, I basically destroy the larger colored image. I am a "religious" analog collagist (self-imposed, arbitrary restriction, of course), so I won't photocopy the image for use (I know, it's somewhat silly, but I am dedicated to using only original elements). I'm explicitly not looking for any advise, but thought I would post as a point of interest, in terms of my creative process, perhaps ;-)
