So! For those of you who may not have been paying attention lately, today (August 7th) is deviantART's 12th birthday! To celebrate, we held a Stock Challenge chat session earlier today. Now, it's time to MANIP THAT STOCK!


MANIP CHALLENGE RULES

The idea, once again, is that we are creating a “fractured” fairytale in which we will be twisting a well-known story into something completely different. Can you take the story and put your own alternative spin on it?


THE THEME

“Fractured” (Twisted) “Beauty and the Beast”

The moment it all went wrong.  The night an “old beggar woman” was turned away from a warm hearth and a curse that backfired and twisted the world in a way nobody - not even the old beggar was ever expecting.....

A beast who turned out to be a beauty... or a beauty who was really a beast. Your challenge is to illustrate a scene, or artwork on the “twisted” fairytale.


THE RULES

1. You will be given 3 days to perform this challenge. (72 hours)

2. This challenge ends at 1 PM PST (deviantART time) on Friday, August 10th. Please submit your challenge results to The-Sacred-Space in the Birthday Manip Challenge folder: the-sacred-space.deviantart.co…

3. Only 1 entry per person which must be submitted to the digital art/photomanipulation category.

4. Entries must include “This is a contest entry for the 12th birthday Manip challenge” in the artist's comments to be valid.

5. You must credit ALL stock sources with DIRECT LINKS to the image(s) you used.

6. You must use at least 12 images from the stock challenge session - listed below. That is, you should use 2 stock images from each category.  You may use the images in whole or in part, and you may also use other stock as you deem necessary. [For those of you who started early, we hope you used the correct stock images, because only the ones below will count!!]

7. The usual admonitions apply: do not create hate-based deviations, and use a mature filter when appropriate.

8. Judges will be : Aeirmid, Elandria, & Dan-Heffer


THE PRIZES

1st Place

2,000 points
6 month premium membership
Exclusive stock pack from ^Elandria
Stock pack from syccas-stock
Features from  ^Elandria, ^SanguineVamp, & ^Dan-Heffer, #DesigningDivas, #StockandResources, #Dreamers-of-Avalon, & #The-Sacred-Space

2 Runners Up

1,000 points each
3 month premium membership each
Features from  ^Elandria, ^SanguineVamp, & ^Dan-Heffer, #DesigningDivas, #StockandResources, #Dreamers-of-Avalon, & #The-Sacred-Space


THE REQUIRED STOCK

Remember - you must use 12 images in whole or in part: 2 from each set.


CHALLENGE 1

Found by MercGribern


SUBSTITUTION for fire that you can't download:


CHALLENGE 2

Found by faestock



CHALLENGE 3

Found by phoenixleo

Mature Content

CHALLENGE 4

Found by carpenoctem410
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Mature Content

CHALLENGE 5

Found by MaliciaRoseNoire
:thumb306405032:


CHALLENGE 6

Found by MorriganArt

Mature Content

Each of these challenge winners will receive 50 points and a one-month premium subscription!


So, go forth and be manipulative! We can't wait to see what you come up with!!