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Commission
sharq asked me to do some Photoshop work for a book he's writing about Macro photography. I'm going to manipulate one or two macro photos of his and write a short description of what I did. He sent me the pictures (wonderful gorgeous pics I might add ) and I started fiddling... and the first result can be seen here:
Thing is, I got carried away with the text and now it's unsuitable for the  book LOL
But I'll put it up as a print soon because I must say I'm very pleased with how this came out... words normally don't flow out of me like that either... but this time they did
And as I spent more time tweaking the text than anything else, I put it in Visual Poetry... go figure


I would like to remind you that I follow certain rules when choosing DDs and if you want to suggest any to me, it might avoid disappointment if you read them first...

• photomanipulations ONLY
  ^{If I get suggestions for anything else, I will not touch them no matter how great they are. There's a list of gallery directors and their ressorts on the right side of my journal page to help you find the right adress. Also, if it's been put in the photomanips category but is not a manip, I will not DD it either, just relocate it.}
• last DD must be longer than 6 months ago, preferrably no previous DDs awarded
  ^{While I pick deviation that I personally like and/or think to be technically cool, the fact remains that DDs give the artist receiving one a certain exposure. For the sake of fairness and to allow the artist to actually develop (and not get a DD for "the same thing twice"), I have this minimum of 6 months written down. I know you've got no way of checking that at the moment, but I do, and if you know the deviant you're suggesting just had a DD, don't bother suggesting him/her...}
• Stock sources have to be listed
  ^{I will not DD a piece - no matter how wonderful it is - if I cannot be reasonably certain that no copyrighted material has been used! It's not too much to ask to state in the description somewhere that you used your own images, it doesn't diminish the value of your deviation. But it helps me and the community here in making a statement - the statement being that copyrighted material is prohibited and that crediting stockers is not just a courtesy, but in most cases it is a condition under which stockers let you use their pics in the first place.}
• Don't suggest yourself!
  ^{I hope I do not need to explain that particular point, do I?}
• Please send me a note with the link to the piece you want to see featured
  ^{If you would like to include a write-up (like those that appear under the DDs) you're welcome to - if it sounds good, I'll use it. But please don't write an essay on why that deviant deserves a DD - I pick DDs for the artistic merit I see within a piece, not for any other reason like "she's such a sweet person", "he has helped me tons" or whatever else you could think of...}

In the end, I will only pick what I like after all other issues are settled.
I try to vary, I try to be objective, but if your suggestion meets all criteria above and does not get featured, don't be sad or disappointed, just send me another suggestion and we'll take it from there anew


It's official: exceeds have released their second artPack titled HOLY.
I might add I find it even better than the first (and that was hard to top off!)


The corresponding news article can be found here: Exceeds releases second ArtPack titled HOLY +heart it if you like it.

Btw, the layout for the pack itself was done by nighty while I adapted said layout and turned it into some nifty css - might be my best yet
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