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I have always found people to be fascinating, and I have a particular interest in expressions and eyes. The eyes tend to be the focal point in a lot of my work, and typically dictate the image. Aside from this, it’s the collaborative effort that I enjoy in portraiture. When you take images of animals and nature, there is only so much control you have with the subject - a lot of it is luck

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Rules

Entries must be NEW i.e created on or after 1st October 2012

Entries must be Abstract Photography - minimal manipulation

You do need to be a group member to participate!

Promotion of our contest is much appreciated - but not a necessity!
Prizes
1st Place: 6 month subscription and 200 Points
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End: 30th October 2012
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Halloweenie Contest!

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 7:25 AM

(best name evar. Really.)

Welcome to the Halloween season! We're celebrating with a cross over contest! The Artistic Nude, Fetish, Glamour and Pinup Galleries are all getting together! Pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns and scarecrows, bats and ghosties galore! You can be silly and cute or creepy and dark, just keep it Halloweeny!

Dates:

Starts: Now!

Ends: October 31^st, 2012

How to enter
Submit to the official contest gallery here! You can see all the current entries here.

Rules

One entry per person, per gallery. Aka, you can submit one art nude, one fetish, one glamour, and one pinup. However, you will only be able to win once!

All entries must fit into one of the following four galleries: Artistic Nude photography, Fetish photography, Glamour photography, or Pinup photography. You MUST mention in your artist comments which gallery you are submitting for. Submissions that don't clearly state what gallery they are for, or that don't fit into any of the galleries will be removed.

Submissions must be from 2012.

Submissions must incorporate the idea of Halloween. Obviously, this is pretty open to interpretation, but this will be at the discretion of ^Nyx-Valentine and ^DistortedSmile

Entries can be entered into BOTH this contest, and #PeopleAndPortraits Seasonal contest. Please be sure it fits into the rules for both!

Please follow all of dA's rules and policies regarding Mature Content, found here.

Prizes!

There will be one winner for each gallery, and two honorable mentions for each!

Gallery winners:

1 Year Subscription to DeviantART
500 DeviantART Points
1 dA lanyard
1 dA keychain
Llama OR Fella Plushie

Honorable mentions:

3 month subscription to DeviantART
100 Points

Some Halloween fun to get you inspired!

Get creating!

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*Eltoras Oct 30, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

I'm in! >.<

^Nyx-Valentine Oct 30, 2012

The contest is open for all photography submissions through tomorrow

*Eltoras Oct 30, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Okay, thank you >.<

~Free-SpiritedFish Oct 29, 2012

did you get my submission? if not, here it is [link]

^Nyx-Valentine Oct 29, 2012

All entries to this contest need to follow the contest rules - IE, be submitted to the Halloweenie contest gallery, and have the gallery they are for mentioned in the comments.

~gellopadua Oct 31, 2012

did you get mine?

^Nyx-Valentine Oct 31, 2012

If it is not submitted to the "Halloweenie" contest gallery, then no, it is not part of the contest.

~Free-SpiritedFish Oct 29, 2012

did you get it yet? for some reason its not in the gallery

`Arichy Oct 27, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I'm in!

~FrozenDex Oct 26, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Excuse me is this for Photography contest ?

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