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Welcome to The-Imaginarium Photomanipulation competition. This journal describes the rules for the contest. Please read it carefully.
Our theme, Adventurer: In search of lost creatures, is a great theme for you to create your own adventure, there are several creatures that have not yet been discovered, so what are you waiting to start a great adventure? and be the first to discover a creature never seen before.
At your entry you should show an adventurer and a creature, use your creativity and impress everyone.
 As always our Big contests, the competitors' entries are divided by levels, such as Advanced and Intermediate/Beginner. In this way everyone can participate and have a fair chance to win.
 What will be judged is ABILITY and not your experience TIME, then no matter how many years or months you use Photoshop, in a contest what is judged is your ENTRY, so what you ha

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Hi, everyone!
So, it's time for another photomanip contest!
The theme of this one is the zodiac. It is one often used; however, rather than just focusing on the star zodiac (Aries, Capricorn, Aquarius, etc.), I thought it would be interesting to incorporate other types of zodiacs. I have found pages that give information on some of the more well-known ones (however, you are welcome to dig as deep as you'd like and go further than the ones shown below):
Astrological zodiac: http://www.whats-your-sign.com/zodiac-signs-and-meanings.html
Chinese: http://www.whats-your-sign.com/Chinese-zodiac-signs.html
Celtic Tree: http://www.whats-your-sign.com/celtic-tree-astrology.html
Egyptian zodiac: http://www.astrologyoftheancients.com/egyptian-astrology/
You are welcome to incorporate more than one zodiac into your entry (in fact, you're encouraged to!).
For example, I'm an Aquarius, born in the Y

January Theme: New Beginning
How are you guys in the New Year? I hope you've had a great time this New Year's Eve and are looking forward to new challenges and surprises! Everything is beginning once more; did you make any resolutions? And at last, this brings me to this month's theme - New Beginning!
What can you portray? Let's think about it - is a beginning of a new season? Is a brave hero beginning an adventure? Is a wanderer setting off on the road to the unknown? Is a child being born? Or maybe someone is being raised from the dead? Or dying? Is someone in the process of creating a new, wonderful world?
As you can see, there is really a myriad of ways to interpret January's theme - be creative! Surprise us with your vision, open a new and wondrous chapter and have fun while creating the potential winner of this months challenge.
Don't forget to credit all stock used and use only legitimate stock!
Only ONE entry per person per month.
To enter,

I have a lot of inquires about using stock for book covers as well as other commercial works. Inquiries come from a number of different sources including: publishing companies, designers, and sometimes from the authors themselves. Here is some of the things I have noticed about a lot of these messages that are more damaging then helpful, and un professional. Please understand that this isn't about anyone in general nor do I feel anyone is being rude or disrespectful purposefully. I thought it would be helpful for the people inquiring and for other stock artists on DA. 


One of the biggest things I see is asking if the price listed is correct, and then giving a much lower number that you have paid for other stock. 
  -If I or any other stock provider has set a price it's because that is the price they feel comfortable offering. It's     usually lower then they should offer, and telling them inadvertently it's too high is deva