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Seven Virtues ContestIn celebration of reaching 1000 watchers I would like to hold a contest, the contest theme will be THE SEVEN VIRTUES.
When Pope Gregory defined the seven deadly sins that we should avoid, he also included a counter-balancing set of values that we should espouse and adopt. These are: Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
This contest will be open to all visual media's and will be judged on originality, execution, technique, impact and the last day for submission will be August 25th
Rules
1. Must be a new piece created for this contest
2. Must be submitted before August 25th at midnight
3. You Must link to this journal on your entry
4. Please indicate which virtue you are portraying in your artwork
When you are done your entry, just note me with the link and I will add it to the folder.
Prizes
1st place
300 points from me and a feature
100 points and a feature from :iconsweedies:
100 points and a feature from :iconkimsol:
2nd place
200 points from me and a featur

Magic/Dreams/Twisted Fairytales - 4 HOURS LEFT!!!R U L E S

You have to be a member of the group to enter the contest.

2 per person; 1 in each category. You cannot have 2 in 1 category.

New pieces only (After August 1st)

No racism, pornography, violence, bashing religions and hentai.

Photo Manipulations only.

ALL STOCK MUST BE CREDITED or your entry will be declined. If it is your stock, say so in the Artist's comments.

You must put in your "Artist's comments" a link to this journal or the group.
T H E M E
Magic / Dreams was the most voted. But since we've already had both of those as contests before, I'm going to create two categories using the 1st & 2nd most voted:
(click on the category to go to the folder)
Category #1:
Magic / Dreams
Category #2:
Twisted Fairy Tales
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Challenge: The Art of Lighting (UPDATE!!)UPDATE, NEW DUE DATE FOR ENTRIES
Due to circumstances that prevented us from being able to post our article with more lighting tips/tricks, the lighting challenge deadline has been extended for one week, with entries now due by September 5th, 2012 Entries can be submitted to the folder "Monthly Challenges", here http://theartofmanipulation.deviantart.com/gallery/39061687 . So far we have 5 lovely entries, we hope to see more though!

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Challenge: The Art of Lighting
by =michelle--renee
Hi guys!

We are going to be having a monthly educational challenge for you all to participate in!

Each month you - our lovely members- will vote on which topic you would like to learn about, and one of us, you're ever loving admins, will write a journal about the subject and propose a challenge for you to complete. Sounds fun, right?

So, I hear you all would like to know what's the 411 on lighting, so I am here to write up a jour

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Hi, here is my next feature. Hope you enjoy it.
♥ Greetings ♥
Johanna a.k.a. NebelelfeNaemy

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Problem with stock artistsI don't know if discussing this here will help at all but I do hope at least some stock artists see this.
Ever since I started doing book covers for authors, I have had to consider one more thing to look for in the stock rules, available for commercial use or not. Some stock providers say it is OK, some say you have to ask them first and others don't say anything. In cases of background stock, there is always an option to look for other stock images. When it comes to models, the characters on the covers have to be very precise so finding the right model is very difficult. So once I find the right one, I try to work it with the model as much as I can. In my one year of doing this, I have had several instances where the stock artists never got back to me or did that very late (a month or more). Now you don't expect the client to wait for that long for you so these replies are really no good after so long. I have also had an instance with one of the biggest and best stock providers on dA

Got the Bl Bl Blues..... amazing blue art

Follow me on Facebook ya I caved..... https://www.facebook.com/DesignByKatt
:iconblueheartplz: :iconfloatingheartplz::iconblueheartplz::iconblueheartplz: :iconfloatingheartplz::iconblueheartplz:Just a feature of some amazing blue hues!

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BLUE STOCK
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Photomanip PE: Conversation with ^ElandriaHappy Thursday, everyone!
You know, as photomanipulators, we rely pretty heavily on the stock and resources community, and the opposite is true as well. It is because of this symbiotic relationship that both communities flourish, growing and evolving off of each other. Because of stock artists here on dA and elsewhere, we are able to create our manipulations. Stock inspires us; it drives us to create by capturing in visual image format that which we envision in our minds. So, for our Project Educate week, I sat down to have a conversation with ^Elandria, one of our Community Volunteers (CVs) for stock and resources and a fantastic digital artist, who I am fortunate enough to call a friend as well as a colleague.
Here's how that conversation went!

Interview with ^Elandria
^Aeirmid: We all know and love you as ^Elandria, rockstar stock artist and digital artist here on dA! But, that is only a small part of you. Who are y

Collaboration Contest: Dark Halloween (UPDATE!!)UPDATED DATES AND PRIZES
Hi there

Sign-ups now CLOSED!
SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATED PRIZES!
Hello from the admins of #TheArtOfManipulation! We would really like to revive the mentoring aspect of our group and we are going to start by having a Collaboration Contest.

How it Will Work
For this contest, two or more artists must team up and collaborate to create an entry. One artist must be at the intermediate/expert level and the other must be a beginner. We (the admins) will decide which class you fall into and assign participants into teams (requests will be considered if there is a specific person with whom you want to partner). We hope that this contest will create new friendships and allow beginning photomanipulators to learn something new

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The Rules

You must note the group #TheArtOfManipulation no later than September 4, 2012. Title the note "Collab Contest" and

Updated: June Contest starting now! End 8. JulyUPDATE:
:iconelandria: the Stock provider for this contest offered some additional price for the winners

Each winner will receive additional 100

and a feature from ^Elandria
Thank you

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Hi friends

Our new Contest starts NOW !!! :iconDigital-wings-art:
You decided for the contest stock and it was a tough vote.

Here are the rules

1. Use this Stock in your work:

You can modify the Stock, but the model must be visible and recognizable in your finished work.
2. Your work must contain a Winged motive.
- Of course you can make the Model your winged motive
- But you can also make it different, like a lady with a raven on her shoulder
- The winged creature must be an important part of your work! Not only a flock of birds in the sky!

"winged motive" what does that mean?
It means, that there has to be one element in the picture with wings, like an angel, fairy or a bird.
You

Points Drive!!!I am campaigning harder than the presidential candidates are now! LOL
Super Group Points Drive!
We need points, sorry to ask!!!
If you have a few to spare would be great!
The group currently has 4450, some points will be paid out for this contest, so we are looking to try to get another
600 points here.
I also want to give a BIG THANKS to those that have given to us in the past, you are awesome!
I hate to ask times are tough for everyone now, but I have to ask.
THANKS!
If you ever want to see our points I have 2 widgets here at the group that you can check on to see all our points and the distribution of them.
Bless you all!
OUR CONTEST IS STILL GOING ON!
Get your contest entries coming in!! I know you wanna!!
Amazing entries so far!
Come all you manipulators, show us what you can do with a challenge like this!
"WHAT IS YOUR THEME?" is the name of our contest.
You must use a required stock, see below!
WooHoo.. this will be fun!!
Submission dates:
August 7, thru

Rules for the Photomanipulation Mini-Challenge

So! For those of you who may not have been paying attention lately, today (August 7th) is deviantART's 12th birthday! To celebrate, we held a Stock Challenge chat session earlier today. Now, it's time to MANIP THAT STOCK!
MANIP CHALLENGE RULES
The idea, once again, is that we are creating a “fractured” fairytale in which we will be twisting a well-known story into something completely different. Can you take the story and put your own alternative spin on it?
THE THEME
“Fractured” (Twisted) “Beauty and the Beast”
The moment it all went wrong. The night an “old beggar woman” was turned away from a warm hearth and a curse that backfired and twisted the world in a way nobody - not even the old beggar was ever expecting.....
A beast who turned out to be a beauty... or a beauty who was really a beast. Y

Manip Challenges #002And on to round number 2

I was speachless with the turnout last time, let's see if this time will be just as well-received

EDIT: I forgot to add the 8th image - it's in now

Blame it on the football EM

(and when I say football, it's soccer of course)
Please don't forget to credit and notify all resource providers you use stock of - including the challenge stock!
The Rules
You are given 8 stock images (see below) of which you have to use at least TWO in a way that we don't have to go hunting for them with a looking glass.You can use additional stock, but I ask you not to use premades - this is a challenge for your skills, not for someone else's.Your entry has to be a photomanipulation or a digital mixed media piece with a good deal of photomanipulation in it.Please specify in your artist's comment that this is an antry for #Photomanipulated's Manip Challenges #002!Your entry has to be uploaded to

dA Updates (must read!) + MiniContestOkay, first off, I'm a little overwhelmed at the moment. The reason is that my latest stock submission, Herbstspaziergang IV

has apparently shot to dA's front page yesterday and got faves over 800 times since

Soooo, in honour of that (and in the hopes of many great manips/drawings/uses in general) I'm having a
Mini Contest - Herbstspaziergang
Task: Use at least ONE of the images below to create a manip or drawing.
The image must be used in a way so I don't have to go searching for it with a looking glass

All stock must be credited properly (see article about copyright here http://fav.me/d4qx5zh ) and I dare you not to use premades or cut-outs (you can if you want to, but I do want to see YOUR skills, not those of the stock providers! Also, please read this article http://fav.me/d5e00gi on the subject of stock for premades especially.)
Deadline: 24.11

The Raven and the Dove - Contest start Today !!!Hello all

:iconDigital-wings-art:
You voted and the theme for our new contest is:
The Raven and the Dove
UPDATE:

New deadline: Sunday 12th of August

Here are the rules

1. Create something that fits to the theme The Raven and the Dove
You can use Stock pictures with a Raven and a Dove or you can try to be more abstract, like having a male model with black clothes and a female model in a white dress.
Or even both or something completly different. There are no limits to your imagination!
Think about the theme and try to create something out of the ordinary and surprise me

Please write a short comment in your description what is your idea behind your work.
This is especially very important when the Raven and the Dove are not visible on first view.
2. Your work must contain a Winged Element.

"Winged Element" what does that mean?
It means, that there has to be at least one element in the picture with wi

Contest reminder: 'When Darkness Falls'Darkness falls across the land . . .
The midnight hour is close at hand . . .
Creatures crawl in search of blood . . .
To terrorize your neighborhood!
- Michael Jackson, Thriller
You decide what happens when darkness falls!
Is it macabre? Is it fantasy? Is it emotional?
It is up to you.
Welcome to our 2012 Photomanipulation Contest, "When Darkness Falls."
This contest is being held by ^Aeirmid and ~The-Sacred-Space.
We are grateful to Community Relations for backing this contest.
Any photomanipulator can join, and all are welcome.

Your task is to complete the sentence:
When darkness falls, _____
using a photomanipulation!
[In other words: Show us what happens when Darkness falls!]
You can interpret the sentence to mean anything you want.
It doesn't have to be dark or horror/macabre,
but it must be very clear that

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Journal Entry: Sat Aug 18, 2012, 2:36 PM

Congratulations, here are the winners chosen through the finalist poll here [link]

First place -

wins - 3 month premium membership, 300 points, 1 large stock pack [link] and one premium content stock image [link]

Second place -

wins - 1 month premium membership, 100 points, 1 small/med stock pack [link] and one premium content stock image [link]

Third place -

wins - 1 month premium membership and 1 small/med stock pack [link]

Extra prize out of all of the other entries - my choice -

wins - 3 month premium membership, 300 points and 1 large stock pack [link] and one premium content stock image [link]

Pick your favourite image to manipulate or paint and submit it by leaving a link here in the comments before 20 September 2012 New Zealand time (four weeks). Limit - 3 entries.

Prizes:

1st - 3 month premium membership, 300 points, 1 large stock pack [link] and one premium content stock image [link]

2nd - 1 month premium membership, 100 points, 1 small/med stock pack [link] and one premium content stock image [link]

3rd - 1 month premium membership and 1 small/med stock pack [link]

Extra prize out of all of the other entries - my choice - 3 month premium membership, 300 points and 1 large stock pack [link] and one premium content stock image [link]

The winners will be chosen by you through the polling system. Have fun

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Semi-finalists poll 1 [link]

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Semi-finalists poll 3 [link]

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=LewiARTs Sep 27, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wonderful entries

congrats to everyone

~FallenAngelArmy Sep 27, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

congrats *thumbs up*

*krissybdesigns Sep 27, 2012 Professional General Artist

YAY!!! Thank you! I really enjoyed this contest

Cathleen thank you for doing these! You have such great stock so its more than a pleasure to manipulate!

Have a great day!
Kris

=CathleenTarawhiti Sep 27, 2012 Professional Photographer

Thanks Kris

~ayiana-belgium Sep 27, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Congratz to all the winners and the people that have sent a deviation to this contest! Well done to all!

=SweediesArt Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Congrats to all and Thank you very much to all my voters and to Cathleen for amazing prizes. I'm glad and honored and so very very grateful

=CathleenTarawhiti Sep 27, 2012 Professional Photographer

My pleasure

=WriteGirl Sep 26, 2012 Professional General Artist

Wow! I've gone more than not (work related) and just signed on to such a nice surprise! Thank you! I'm honored, especially to have won second place amidst so many beautiful entries.

=Lhianne Sep 26, 2012

Wonderful entries for this challenge

and congrats to the winners

~MTCarpenter Sep 26, 2012 Professional General Artist

Congratulations to the winners. But I have to say, all the entries were very well done.

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