TALES OF TREES contest - CLOSED!

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THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED NOW. THE VOTING BLOG WILL BE UP SOON.


This is a new, joint contest of :icontreelovers: and :icontreephotographers:


Deadline: August 31st


Medium: We will have two categories, judged separately.

1. Art - digital, traditional, literature, artisan crafts, photomanipulation using more stock images: submit to the contest folder in :icontreelovers: - treelovers.deviantart.com/gall…

2. Photography - photography and photomanipulation without altering the subject of the photo (use of filters): submit to the contest folder in :icontreephotographers: - treephotographers.deviantart.c…


Submission limit: You can submit up to 2 artworks in each category (4 artworks together). You need to be a member of the group hosting the category where you are going to submit. (TreeLovers for art, Treephotographers for photography).


The sumbissions should be new, posted to devianArt in June 2013 or later. Please state in the comments that you are submitting the work into this contest and link back to the contest journal.


Topic: TALES OF TREES

Trees can achieve a great age, standing in one place and looking down at the land and people living there, witnessing everything that happens there for centuries. It is natural that a tree got an important place in many stories: myths and legends, fairy-tales, local legends about a particular tree... This contest is about trees, but it should be a tree with a tale that you depict in your art. The tale can be an old legend about the World Tree Yggdrasil, Tree of Knowledge from the Bible, or dryads from the Greek mythology. It can be a fairy-tale, like those you can find in this collection. It can be a true story about an old tree that someone famous planted, or hid in its hollow before pursuers. It can be a new story that you invented, but a tree should have a main role in it. And how to depict it?


In the Art category: You can paint, draw, sculpt or write about any of the above mentioned examples. The tale you are depicting should be obvious in the artwork, but if it's not so, it should be written in the artist's comments. We are not looking just for a depiction of the trees from myths and stories, the story should be happening in the picture, if possible.

Examples:

:thumb339256175: living tree by AnnWeaver What do you think you're doing, you fool? by Juliano-Pereira

May I stay here? by joannapasek :thumb375486393: Tree of Innocence by VisAnastasis



In the Photography category: Again we do not want just a photo of a tree, but a photo telling a story about a tree. You can take a photo of an old tree that is famous for something that happened under it, and write the tale in the artist's comments, but we would rather like to see you stage and replay the story in the photo, or invent a new one. There can be someone interacting with the tree, or some things arranged in a way that it looks like something happened there - it's just on your imagination how creative you'll get.

Examples:

  checking for shelter by maximila Ungoliant kills the Trees by MirachRavaia :thumb334228119:

 :thumb170585021: metamorphose by LailaPregizer I Am  A Tree Protector by JeanFrancois


Judging: Both categories will be judged separately by members' voting, and the first three places will be announced. The voting will be by comments on a voting journal, which we will post after the deadline of the contest.


Prizes: 

If you are willing to donate a prize, please contact us!


1st place in both categories:

- 3 month PM or 636 poins
- a hand-painted t-shirt mirachravaia.deviantart.com/ga… OR polymer clay figure mirachravaia.deviantart.com/ga… from MirachRavaia
- complex Level Tribal Drawing by arielyiningloh elfarine.deviantart.com/galler…


2nd place in both categories:

- 1 month PM or 396 points
- art or poetry request from MirachRavaia
- mid-Level Tribal Drawing by arielyiningloh elfarine.deviantart.com/galler…


3rd place in both categories:

- 1 month PM or 396 points
- art or poetry request from MirachRavaia
- simple Level Tribal Drawing by arielyiningloh elfarine.deviantart.com/galler…


All winners:

- a feature by :icontreelovers: :icontreephotographers: :icontrees-with-character: :iconmirachravaia: :iconclu-art: :iconroses-to-ashes: :iconplant-fantasy: :iconnameda:
- a llama from :iconnameda:
- more points to be divided between the winners:
                    - 50 points from :iconoffermoord:


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puzzledpixel's avatar
i just submitted something. it's being reviewed. hope i make it:)