CRPM News Network December 2015

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Hello fellow Photomanip-lovers! :wave:


We are back with our now regular installment of the CRPM newsletter! Plenty of stuff has been going on the photomanip community in the past month, but we also have a few extra features collected for you in this newsletter. We hope you enjoy the read! :movingon:

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Stock Treasures


This small spotlight comes with help from the awesome Cassy-Blue, who forwarded some spectacular, overlooked stocks to me. Don't miss these!


Monthly Spotlight


In this part we want to highlight one of our outstanding members of the photomanip community. I want to congratulate our first featured member 1simplemanips1! She is a fairly new and aspiring member of our community and was nominated by
:iconlolita-artz:

for the way she creates beautiful and complex scenes, her creativity and unique style, and also for how she shares her world and imagination with us to make us dream.


Here is a small selection of her beautiful works: :gallery: 


You would like to nominate someone for the next feature? Let us know! :highfive:


Ongoing photomanip contests


This list includes contests that allow for photomanipulation entries and are still open for submissions. Some of them are closing soon, so hurry up! :fingerscrossed:
Again, don't forget our own monthly challenge, this time themed "Snow"! fav.me/d9isr24 8-)

Deadline December
A special Christmas present - ContestContest by PendragonArts-GEA
A Special Christmas Present CONTEST!
I have a son who is now 28. He lives alone and has both Autism and Schizophrenia. He is both sad, lonely, and is forced to live a very isolated life. No one really understands the pain of being mentally ill and not able to fit in with society and even other people in general, unless you, yourself are, have a direct connection or relationship with someone that carries this themselves. Remember those who are alone for various reason or who have a hard time getting through the holidays each year for various reasons as you create and during the coming holiday season. Bless you!
10 years ago, when we were able to still live together, he dabbled for hours creating his various sketchings. He doesn't draw any more and I found a few of them that I held onto over the years and would like to help make his imagination come alive and make this Christmas special for him. He loves the mecha genre an (10th) Contest Ancient China
We would like to invite you to join a photomanipulation contest "Ancient China".
Start date: 06 November, 2015. - deadline 10th December, 2015.
Rules:
Create an image of the ancient Chinese people (men or women), or several characters. Let's delve into the mysterious and delicious world of oriental culture! Create an image of the standard model (especially undressed). You'll need to completely change the model, dress her into suitable clothes and place into a suitable background.
Number of entries is unlimited.
- You are free to choose your own stock. However, ALL stocks used must be legitimate. We will not accept images that have used images from search engines such
as Google, or from sites like tumblr, flickr, Pinterest, etc. Your stock must come from a legitimate stock site.
- Drawing is allowed within reasonable limits.
- Using filters and plug-ins
Unacceptable in your artwork:
- Premade backgrounds, someone else's artwork, as well as their parts and all that is par (10th) :thumb570391903: (15th) Xmas Contest - Greeting cArtsHello people!
This year the contest "Christmas Special" is special not only because it is Christmassy but also for two other reasons; It is organized in collaboration with the team of aRts-Creation and is meant to help others with our and your art.
:secretsanta: 
Christmas is a time of joy for many people, and it is the moment when we give more to do to make happy our loved ones and our friends looking for the right gift to give a smile. We want to extend this gift to other people that you have surely directly or indirectly among your affections, I speak of the people who are fighting every day against an evil that destroys mercilessly, cancer, an illness that now everyone knows, because it is almost in all families.
Now what does all this with a contest? Well I'll tell you!
i got a letter 
The theme is to create a greeting card for Christmas, also simple, with only Merry Christmas for exa (18th) WINNERS: Challenge #15 - Crime:spotlight-left:  15th Challenge Winners  :spotlight-right:
Congratulations to *drumroll*

by DaineSalamin1

by joannapasek
Thank you for all the participants with your gorgeous entries! Happy Holidays! :heart:
:spotlight-left:Our 15th Challenge is all about Crime  !!!   :spotlight-right:
Oops! Does it sounds ugly because it's December now and we don't want negative things luring around? Nope, it will be all up to you guys. You already knew what crime really means but for this challenge, we want to see your wacky, dramatic, serious or odd interpretations of crime. You can incorporate it with latest holidays or season you have in your country! Think outside the box! Make it a meaningful one!
To Join:
:bulletyellow: Must be a member of our group DeviantsGallery
:bulletyellow: Leave us a comment in this journal with a link to your creation or deviation.
:bulletyellow: Please mention this challenge in the description of (18th) Victorian Holiday ChallengeGreetings Castle Dwellers.,,
"Victorian Holiday" (in case you couldn't quite read the title ;)
It's THAT time of year again for many of us in the Castle. Leaves are off the trees, the scenery becomes stark blacks, grays and whites. Many celebrate Christmas, Chanukah and the changing of the season. It seems a grand time for getting out our models in Victorian and/or Steampunk costumes, don't you think? So, this challenge will be about TWO things: Victorian/Steampunk imagery and models. AND, a wintry scene or "vibe." Easy, yes? Details below:
Hello Artists of the Castle...
:bulletred: The requirement for this challenge will be to show us a manip that includes at least one model wearing either Victorian or Steampunk clothing. If you choose Victorian you are not limited to "wealthy" looking people. Dickens' shared many characters who were NOT wealthy in his book "A Christmas Carol." You MAY use a 3D image, but consider that the more artistic effort that goes into your artwork-the more like (20th) Winter Wonders ChallengeGreetings Artists of the Castle..
It's THAT time of year again for many of us in the Castle. Leaves are off the trees, the scenery becomes stark blacks, grays and whites. Many celebrate Christmas, Chanukah and the changing of the season. This challenge will be all about creating art that invokes wonder, awe and magic in the season of Winter. (My apologies to those of you who are in the heat of Summer, etc. ;p)
:bulletred: The requirements for this challenge will be to show us art that includes at least one model AND surround her/him with elements and/or scenery that is in keeping with Winter/wonder. You MAY use a 3D image, but consider that the more artistic effort that goes into your artwork-the more likely you are to be a winner in the challenge.  The idea can be a design type of image OR a scenic one but it MUST be indicative of the Winter season. The model(s) should be the focus in either design or scenic.
:bulletred: the theme does NOT necessarily need to be "sweetness and li (20th) Congratulations - Book cover challenge - SamCongratulations to the following artists for winning the polls. You will have you artwork made ready to sell as book covers and will be displayed on my page here www.facebook.com/pages/Cathlee…
Poll 1 https://cathleentarawhiti.deviantart.com/journal/poll/5602285/
Winner
Poll 2 https://cathleentarawhiti.deviantart.com/journal/poll/5605850/
Winner
Poll 3 https://cathleentarawhiti.deviantart.com/journal/poll/5609215/
Winner
I have also chosen these artworks to make into book covers -
       
 
Hi, I'm very fortunate to have many author friends on my Facebook page so, to benefit u (21st) Santa's home - contest (CLOSED)

Reindeer Divider
It's time for a new contest!
The days are getting colder and slowly we are all getting into the christmas spirit - so I thought it's time to announce a new contest!
This time the theme is:
"Santa's home":
Where does Santa live?
Does he live alone, or is he married and lives with his wife?
Maybe with his reindeers or christmas elves?
Does he live in a cozy cottage or in a modern villa?
How does he prepare for christmas eve?
How does he like to spend his free time?
Maybe he isn't the friendly old man we think he is?
Show me how YOU imagine the place where Santa lives!
christmas wave
The simple rules
Holidays your entry must be a photomanipulation Holidays
Holidays your entry must be a new work created for the contest  Holidays
 (31st) December Challenge and November WinnerDecember Theme: Snow
Continuing with the weather themes, this month - let it snow!  A Christmasy Jaunty  Holidays are approaching quickly, gifts are being bought and packed, and the ground outside will soon be covered in white fluff. Therefore, your works this month need to have some of the magic of winter - 'cause even if you don't like the cold, you've got to admit that a quiet, snow-covered countryside is an extremely picturesque sight.  :merry christmas: 
Don't forget to credit all stock used and use only legitimate stock!
Only ONE entry per person per month. :)
To enter, turn in your deviation to the "December Challenge" gallery folder (Don't get this confused with the folder for regular art submissions, or we'll move challenge folders to Favorites instead of Gallery.)
Your entry must (31st)

Deadline January
Unused Stock Contest- CONTEST CLOSEDStock Gallery
Stock Rules
Art Account
Get free CSS like this
Unused Stock Contest
Contest is now CLOSED
Thank you to everyone that entered!  Judges will convene and decide a winner shortly!
All entries can be seen at: https://piratelotus-stock.deviantart.com/favourites/67389133/Unused-Stock-Contest
Who wants a contest?
Well, I haven't done a contest in a while, so it's about time :)  This one is going to be about using stock that has previously not been used!  This will g (20th) King Kong and I contest (closed)
With  12,900 :points:
Welcome to my second contest
3 years ago, I held my first contest Draw Tom Ripley Contest in 2012 with total 39,600 :points:  That event still makes me poor but very pleased until now. =P 
In 2015, I am quite lucky in art. I won lots of points from many contests throughout the year.
Now I'm ready to hold a contest again and share 12,900 :points: to other artists.
This event is called...
KING KONG AND I
CONTEST
Yes, the theme of this contest is about King Kong and a woman.
I believe that almost all of you have seen King Kong movies at least once from 1933, 1976 or 2005 version.
 So, this event is like 10 year anniversary for the last time we saw King Kong.
 (31st)

Deadline February
VanHelsingInc Contest Update - For CancelationGreetings, Dearly Beloved Van Helsing Fans!
This is an update to the previous contest journals.
It's with a heavy heart that I have to inform you that the contest will be cancelled if we don't get at least 10 (ten) entries by the closing date, which is the 15th March 2016.
The three entries will receive a consolation prize of 50 :points: each for their effort.
Thank you for taking part in the contest.




Create a Photo Manipulated Deviation or Traditional Drawing, showcasing the awesomeness that is Van Helsing.
Contest starts today 22nd November 2015 and end on  15th of March, 2016.
The winner will be announced on 30th of March 2016.

Rules:
Deviations MUST be either a traditional drawing or a photo-manipulations- whether that be a set of blended or rendered stock images or a filtering on a photo.
Must be submitted to the Photo-Manipulation Competition (2015) (1st)

Other recent news articles and features


We have collected a ton of articles and features from the past month. Take your pick of the features below - but first I would like to highlight the monthly interviews conducted by the group The-Imaginarium, which is an awesome group for photomanipulators since they offer tons of activities for members including contests, member features, polls and news. You can check out the first two interviews here:
Member of the Month - Interview with Mihaela VEvery month we select one member to be exposed on the homepage of the group and we will do a special feature and a short interview.
Mihaela V
Special Feature and Interview with the incredible Mihaela-V 

1. Can you give us a little insight as to what goes on in your mind when you create your pieces? Where do your ideas stem from?
I'm mostly inspired by my favourite movies, music and books. For example the Middle Earth movies, the recently released Crimson Peak and gothic literature like the works of E. A. Poe, Wuthering Heights, etc.
I also like creating my own characters, thinking about what their stories could be and what would they be doing. This also helps with building the world or scene around the characters.


2. Which of your pieces are you most fond of and can you tell us a little about them?
One of my pieces that I`m most fond of Member of the Month - Interview with ErikShoemakerEvery month we select one member to be exposed on the homepage of the group and we will do a special feature and a short interview.
ErikShoemaker
Special Feature and Interview with the incredible ErikShoemaker.Erik is an awe inspiring digital artist with a very unique style based in Germany.Read on and get inspired!

1. Can you give us a little insight as to what goes on in your mind when you create your pieces? Where do your ideas stem from?
Usually I get my ideas from other media, such as movies, books, games, and music. As you can probably tell from my gallery I love all kinds of fantasy and scifi related stuff. Lately I have been reading the Dune series by Frank Herbert, which has been very inspiring. In terms of games, I enjoy fantasy RPGs a lot, like the Witcher or Dragon Age.
Sometimes I create artworks for artgroups I am member of, which often have themed exhibitions. Most of the time I have only a very rough idea in my mind, though

Also, don't miss out on the December Photomanip DD-Roundup:
Photomanip DD Round-Up November 2015:iconerikshoemaker: Features by ErikShoemaker
            Home, sweet home by sasha-fantom Sea Queen by Ohara2007 :thumb513656679: Darkwood by DariaEndresen Born To Die by Ahmed-Fares94 :thumb499408624: I thought of you a thousand times by AnjaMillen Prisoner of capitalism by SheerHeart False Universes. Chaotic. by KatjaFaith Cautiverio by parckless 
:iconaeirmid: Features by Aeirmid
Lamia: The Murderer by Secretadmires The Liliths Realm by Pri-Santos Mournful Song by Carlos-Quevedo Haunted Forest by kuschelirmel
Want to suggest a Photomanip DD?
Send me a note (ErikShoemaker) with a thumbnail of your suggestio

Again, if you would like your feature to be included in one of our future news articles, please let us know. :thumbsup:







Stock sites, Tutorials and Photomanip Groups


You can find updated lists of these things compiled in the following journal entry. For the sake of clarity they won't be posted here again:
Stock sites, tutorials and Photomanip groupsExamples of good stock sites
Please note that this list is meant to give an overview of available stock sites that we would recommend to use, but it is in no way meant to be complete, and we do not take responsibility for the legitimacy of every photo uploaded on these websites. We recommend that you check the rules of every stock photo you download there and the specific Terms of Use (ToU) of the website.
The following list is divided into several subsections, paid and free stocks, and attribution required or not required.***
What does attribution mean exactly? It basically says that you're obliged to credit the stock provider whenever you use their stock in your work.
Stocks for purchase
http://www.shutterstock.com/
http://www.dreamstime.com
https://fotolia.com/
http://www.bigstockphoto.com/
http://www.istockphoto.com/
http://123rf.com
http://canstockphoto.com
http://depositphotos.com
https://www.dollarphotoclub.com/



As always we are happy to hear your comments and critique regarding this article!  Any input and information is welcome so we can include it in the next installment.

ErikShoemaker
on behalf of your CRPM News Network team. :salute:

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