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When Angels Fly Contest: ClosedI'm going to close the contest at 10:30 AM Central Time just to give everyone a chance to do last minute touches

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

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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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 ^SanguineVamp 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

Ruby challenge winners - congratulations!Hi, it's been a pleasure seeing all of the beautiful artwork coming in. Here are the winners, congratulations guys! -
First place
:iconLubna-Ad: wins - 3 month premium membership, 300 points and 1 large stock pack http://cathleentarawhiti.deviantart.com/gallery/37862918

Second place
:iconNantosuellta: wins - 1 month premium membership, 100 points and 1 small/med stock pack http://cathleentarawhiti.deviantart.com/gallery/25396766

Third place
:iconThomasCologne: wins - 1 month premium membership and 1 small/med stock pack http://cathleentarawhiti.deviantart.com/gallery/25396766

Extra prize out of all of the other entries - my choice
:iconAmethystana: wins - 3 month premium membership, 300 points and 1 large stock pack http://cathleentarawhiti.deviantart.com/gallery/37862918

Red riding hood challenge starting tomorrow...

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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

The Dark Descent| 4 days left! Win a Premium!R U L E S

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

2 per person; but only 1 will win.

New pieces only (After November 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
The Dark Descent was the most voted. Suggested by ~TheRainGirl
You can choose to define the theme how you want it. But please write a few sentences to explain the concept of your piece and how it relates to "The Dark Descent".

You must submit to the contest folder: http://photomanipulatorsx3.deviantart.com/gallery/38554587
D E A D L I N E
I am accepting entries starting today (November 1st)
The deadline for this contest will be November 30th December 3

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

Fairy Contest (CLOSED):iconmh1plz::iconmh2plz::iconmh3plz::iconmh4plz::iconmh5plz:
I have found a lot of wonderful things and your patience and work are very impressed. I say thank you to all of you for your participation and you interest in our contest. It was a true pleasure to discover all new participation and it brings always in my day a new joy. You have found creativity and imagination in yourself and I'm very happy that you have shared that with us.
But I have to choose winners, so I have watched on the similarities with the original model (me ) and/or the originality to create an universe in harmony with my conception of the fairy things in relation with the nature.

:iconmh1plz::iconmh2plz::iconmh3plz::iconmh4plz::iconmh5plz:
1st :iconBlacklight-candy:
:iconkawaiistarloveplz: Pearly Dew :iconkawaiistarloveplz:

:iconblossom-lullabies:: This one is very special to me. The first thing tha

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 =Vam-pyre
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

The other side of Me - CONTEST WINNERS

:iconsupernatural-art: :iconhighqualityart: :iconpsychoartistunited:
DEADLINE
from 23th June to 31th August
Its the darkness in your soul, the breath behind you ..
It's a thief in the night to come and grab you..
It can creep up inside you and consume you.
A disease of the mind, it controls you.
Is it good, bad or lunatic?
Wiht this words of random lyrics, i give you the theme for this contest

Show me your other self, the one that you usualy hide, the one that talks to you inside your mind, the one you wish to be, or the one you created yourself.
So many options to portraid, everybody is welcome to join us! Fan art is welcome, be shure to use Legal resources if manipulated, and of course originality is always your best choice. All type of art except Literature.
PS: dont submitt them to this groups, i will request them for you to the right folders

RULES

Blue and red - contest
I've been thinking a lot about some idea for this contest.
And I decided to make the theme "BLUE AND RED", which are my favorite colors!
To participate, I accept only "PHOTOMANIPULATION", "PAINTING" and "PHOTOGRAPHY".
Sorry for not including all gear types, do not want to be unfair to you, but I only judge what I have more knowledge.
To participate here are some simple rules:
* Will start today and end on December 7th! The result will be out on 09 December;
* Only new artwork specifically for this contest;
* Good quality, nothing done anyway, I want to see a good technique, need not be perfect, but it is done with a certain quality;
* Send out as a note here on DA. Put in the description of his art that participating in a Contest and put the link to my DA;
Whoever wins, the prize is 600 points, one more feature in my journal.
Example of my art with these two colors:

If you have questions, they can ask me.
Good Luck! :iconbummy1: :iconbummy2: :iconbu

Manip Challenges #003I wanted to do this last weekend, but ended up doing everything but this

But here they finally are: our third edition of the Manip Challenges!

I hope there will be as much participation as last time (though I have to admit, reaching over 30 entries in the middle of the vacation period might be a bit optimistic - I suppose you've been spoiling me so far

) In any case, it's about having a challenge and not about breaking any participation records, so let's just get it on

I can't wait to see all your gorgeous entries!

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 p

CLOSED - Sun and Moon ContestThis contest is now closed - winners and honourable mentions will be annouced in a week. Good luck to all who entered!
Deviants are encouraged to be creative; as long as the comments explain how the piece links back to one or both of the theme topics (Sun and/or Moon) it will be accepted.
See this journal for examples using a different theme http://fantasymuse.deviantart.com/journal/?offset=1 or the bottom of this journal featuring some amazing Sun and Moon deviations to inspire you
There are two categories that you can enter under: Digital Art and Stock. You may enter both categories once.
Each category will have a first, second and third place, as well as 5 honourable mentions from either category. If you wish to donate anything as a prize, please let me know via comment on this journal or via note. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated, and donators will be featured in a special "Donators Feature" at the end of the contest.
Opening Date: 12th August, 2012
Closing D

Fire and Ice Contest - For MAJOR PrizesContest Theme

The theme of the contest, as you can see, is Fire and Ice, or more specifically because this is a winged contest: Angel of Fire; Angel of Ice;
You may participate in this contest in one of the following themes:

Theme of Fire
Create an angel of fire using photomanipulation.

Theme of Ice
Create an angel of ice using photomanipulation

Theme of Fire an Ice
Create two complimentary images one for fire and one for ice.
OR Create a single image depicting both an angel of fire and an angel of ice.
Contest Begins: September 17, 2012
Contest Ends: December 15, 2012
Enter by commenting on this journal with a clickable link to your entry
Contest Rules
Any image not meeting these will be disqualified without notice.
1. Your entry must contain one set of my wings,

Jolly Winter - Frozen Contest! WINNERS
- Website - Commissions OPEN - Blog Index - Shadowness - Tutorials - Thumblr - My Daily Deviations - Resources RULES - Dark Portafolio

Contest hosted by:
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Seven Virtues Contest

Journal Entry: Fri Jul 6, 2012, 6:31 PM

In 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

100 points and a feature from

2nd place
200 points from me and a feature
50 points and a journal feature from

50 points and a feature from

3rd place
100 points from me and a feature
50 points and a journal feature from

50 points and a feature from

honorable mentions will all get journal features from myself

prize list will be updated accordingly as they are added

I would like to get some judges and some prize donators, so if your interested please let me know!

some inspiration