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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

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

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
Y

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

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/

Create Your Own Fantasy Photomanipulation ContestThe contest is over and the winners have been announced! You can check out the winning entries here:

Create Your Own Fantasy Photomanipulation Contest

Sponsored By: :iconthe-stock-directory: and *somadjinn

Featured By:
:iconmanips-central: :iconart-collaborations: :icon3every30days: :iconfantasy-paradise: :iconozarks-artists: :iconstock-for-premades: :iconall-art-all-artists: :iconveiwless-in-deviant: :iconeerie-and-enchanting: :iconsilentfuneral: :iconpshoudini: :iconwhats-the-piont: :iconimanipulate: :iconi-love-manipulations: :iconrealm-of-fantasy: :iconfantasy-empire: :iconsharpenededge: :iconanothercontestgroup: :icondeviantsgallery: :iconphotomanipulatorsx3: :

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

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

Contest hosted by:
:icons

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

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

Magical Character Contest Is now Closed.Contest Closed
Hi to All
The Magical Character contest is now Closed.
Thank you to all that participated in our Contest and Good Luck to all of you. Judging will take to the end of the Week and the Winners will be announced by Monday the following week. Here is our link to how our Judging takes place: http://fav.me/d3lkeix If you would like to check out the fantastic entries: http://digital-art-fantasy.deviantart.com/gallery/37218999
THE MAGICAL CHARACTER CONTEST
This is our New Contest for May- June 2012 and it's all about Magical Characters (Examples: Witches, Elf's, Fairy's, Warlocks, ) that's all there is to it. Must be a new piece.- Check out the examples further down. :iconarrowdownplz:
. Particpate & Create and most important have fun.
Start Date
Start date is the 18/05/2012
End date is the 30/06/2012
The Rules
Please read the rules below before submitting!

Must be a member of DAF

New Contest Information -Caught in DreamlandCaught in Dreamland Contest
Hi to All
Things You Need to Know
:iconstarbulletplz: To make it a little more fairer We have decided to have Three Different Categories in this Contest. All prizes stay the same for each Category. All Categories will still be entered into the one folder, at the end of the contest I will separate them,so they can be judged in the correct category.

The Categories are.
1: Digital & Traditional Art
2: Photo-manipulation & 3D Renders & mixed media.
3: Anime Manga
If I have missed your category. Please let me know.
Caught in Dreamland is about your dreams are they Pure Fantasy are they Dark, Full of Adventures or Mythical Creatures- Are you a Hero or a Villain are your dreams surreal or do you wake up in a cold sweat. We want You To Show us your Dream World.
Must be a New Piece and check out our examples futher down
Participate- Create- Inspire- Have Fun.
Things You Need to

PM Wonders Weekly Feature #4Hello!
Here are the great artworks of this week, please go fave and comment on their art to spread the love. Also don't forget to fave this journal to reach more people.

:iconmv1plz::iconmv2plz::iconmv3plz::iconmv4plz::iconmv5plz::iconmv6plz::iconmv7plz:
*rules
Each week I go around photomanipulation galleries to choose 20 stunning piece of artwork from our fellow deviants. There are a few (very reasonable) rules to be featured but it is actually based on originality and technical exuction of the idea conveyed.
You can nominate your art (don't be shy) or your fellow deviant's art to be featured in this journal. Featuring in journals help artists get more exposure, possib

Interview with FrozenStarRoInterview with :iconfrozenstarro:

First goes first: Andreea, tell us a bit about yourself please.

Hi. I am Andreea Cernestean, also known as FrozenStar or FrozenStarRo on Deviantart. I'm 24 years old, residing in Romania, proud owner of a white rabbit and self-taught digital artist.

Can you describe your artistic evolution since you joined dA?

I've learned and grown a lot alongside other talented artists. I wasn't even really committed to or interested in art back when I first joined Deviantart. I simply enjoyed dabbling with Photoshop in my after-school hours. It was through Deviantart and notable artists like !bitchinblack, `AlexandraVBach or !flordelys that I learned just how much one can do with a tool like Photoshop. And I just said to myself "this is what I want to do. I wanted to created art through photomanipulation like

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Collaboration Contest: Dark Halloween (UPDATE!!)

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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

.

The Rules

You must note the group #TheArtOfManipulation no later than September 4, 2012. Title the note "Collab Contest" and
let us know that you want to participate and provide us with your time zone.

We will classify your level (beginner, intermediate, expert) and assign teams. We'll let particpants know who their
partner is by September 7, 2012

The actual contest will run from September 8 to October 31, 2012. Entries must be submitted no later than
November 1, 2012!

Only one entry per team and the entry must be a photomanipulation.

The theme for the contest is "Dark Halloween". Some blood and guts are fine, but no extreme violence/gore, rape, or racist entries will be accepted.

At least 3 stock images must be used and all stock must be properly credited for your entry to be valid.
If you're not sure how to credit stock you can refer to this tutorial [link] .

The technical details of the collaboration are up to the individual teams, however each teammate must
contribute substantially to the work.

Have fun, work together, and learn something new!

Ten finalists will be chosen by a `kuschelirmel, ^SanguineVamp, and `J-u-d-a-s (thank you all for agreeing to be our judges

) .
The winners will then be decided by a poll which will take place from November 8 to November 22, 2012.

The winners will be announced on November 26, 2012. There will be prizes given to the first, second, and third place
winners.

Prizes

*points will be split between teammates*

1st place

1,200 points from *ky-sta

500 points from =mippieArt

Entry submitted to our "Featured Folder"

Commission or Tutorial Request from =michelle--renee

Exclusive stock pack from =kuschelirmel-stock, =thefantasim and *Wesley-Souza

Journal features from =michelle--renee, =mippieArt, =nikkidoodlesx3,*Gaias-Whispers, and =kuschelirmel-stock

2nd place

450 points from *ky-sta

300 points from =mippieArt

Exclusive stock pack from =kuschelirmel-stock and *Wesley-Souza

Journal features from =michelle--renee, =mippieArt, =nikkidoodlesx3, *Gaias-Whispers, and =kuschelirmel-stock

3rd place

350 points from *ky-sta

200 points from =mippieArt

Exclusive stock pack from =kuschelirmel-stock and *Wesley-Souza

Journal features from =michelle--renee, =mippieArt, =nikkidoodlesx3, *Gaias-Whispers, and =kuschelirmel-stock

We are still taking donations towards prizes! Acceptable donations are points (sent to =Ashe-Art, =michelle--renee or *StarlitNox with a note that the points are for the collab contest), exclusive stock packs, llamas, and features. Any donation you can give will be greatly appreciated and each donator will have a work placed in our "Featured Folder", and will also be featured in a special "Donator Feature" journal that will be posted when the voting begins!

We'd like to give a special thanks to the following people for their generous donations

,

and to our affiliates who have agreed to help promote our contest:

#Sellers-Showcase #FotoManipulationz #PhotoManipulatorsx3 #majesticARTS #DD-Factory #best-textures ~ManipLovers#Special-Groups #Discovery-music #MaximumWeird #MarvelousManips #Manips-Central

If you are a group that has featured our contest and you are NOT listed, please note us so that we can add you to the list of promotional partners

We need point donations towards renewing our SuperGroup status! Every little bit counts! Please help us continue to learn and grow together by donating whatever you can to ~DonatetoTAOM. All donators will be featured on the front page at ~DonatetoTAOM and #TheArtOfManipulation
Current bank: 1240 SuperGroup renewal: 4796

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