This contest is all about bringing nature and technology into one photomanip or digital mixed media piece.

How you do that is completely up to you. You can show technology overpowering nature and the whole ecological desasters that would follow just as you can show a harmonious side-by-side of technology and nature. You can take it a step further and venture into science fiction, with cybernetic implants (yes, humans are part of nature for all I know ) and robots on green fields or whatever you can think of. You can keep it more abstract or depict a scene.

The only thing I HAVE to see in the end is that both technology AND nature are somehow represented.






The entry...

• ...has to be created for this contest and submitted to deviantArt after April 27th 2008
• ...has to incorporate both Technology AND Nature in any fashion imaginable, humans are part of nature
• ...can be a Photomanipulation or Digital Mixed Media piece
• ...has to use one piece of stock from *kuschelirmel-stock's gallery, so that it is clearly noticable in the end. This means that slapping a texture over everything and saying "this was the required piece of stock" will not cut it - also, css journals and tutorials are off-limits as they are not stock for manips
• ...has to be sent via note to my stock account (please, don't note my main account or I'm likely to forget or the note might get lost) by the end of June 27th.
• You can submit multiple entries, but it is recommended you choose just one - your best
• We will be judging on technical aspects like good cutting and blending as well as originality and creativity.

It should go without saying that you have to credit your stock sources properly - if you don't know what I mean by "properly", please read the following news article.


to be announced


_{This list will probably grow a little over time, but don't expect it to get miles long as I am not very fond of having two million prizes lined up.}

First Place:

• 6 months subscription sponsored by `kuschelirmel
• One exclusive, custom made journal css - designed and coded by `kuschelirmel to the specifications of the winner for his/her exclusive use*
• A 4x6'' print from =emeraldsugar's store sponsored by her
• 1 exclusive stock or texture pack from *kuschelirmel-stock's scraps
• 1 exclusive stock pack from *ro-stock

Second Place:

• 3 months subscription sponsored by $chix0r
• 20x30 non canvas print of your choice sponsored by $trowlandson
• 1 exclusive stock or texture pack from *kuschelirmel-stock's scraps
• 1 exclusive stock pack from ~kiarajoy-stock
• 1 exclusive stock pack from *ro-stock

Third Place:

• 1 months subscription sponsored by ^cosmosue
• 1 exclusive stock or texture pack from *kuschelirmel-stock's scraps
• 1 exclusive stock pack from ~kiarajoy-stock
• 1 exclusive stock pack from *ro-stock

And journal features at

• `kuschelirmel & *kuschelirmel-stock, =kiarajoy & ~kiarajoy-stock, =MultiCultureFruit, ^znow-white, *Dhuaine and =emeraldsugar

_{* the winner can either give me some art of his he wants included or give me a theme to work with - I cannot promise that the css will be ready fast as university has to take precedence. It does speed things up though if you are thorough when answering the note with questions that I will send you.}

These features are just what I've found on a quick search - they are mainly sci-fi manips and not all of them have both elements (Nature + Technology) all that prominently in them. There surely are a dozen more ways to interpret this theme - these are just meant as a first inspiration and not as an "I want to see this kind of stuff exclusively"