Welcome to the Digital Art Of The Day, Contest!
TODAY'S THEME IS: Artists Choice.

No winner of Digital Art Of The Day: 9/27/2013!


New Hours of Operation: 12am MM/PACIFIC Time - 12am MM/PACIFIC Time. MON-WED-FRI!
Voting does not start until: 6pm MM/PACIFIC Time. EACH CONTEST DAY!


Digital Art Of The Day rules.
1. One entry per person per contest.
2. One vote per person per contest.
3. No bumping your entry.
4. No vote stacking or asking for other MM members to vote for you.
5. Voting starts at 6 pm the day of contest, it closes at the posting of the new contest. However entries start as soon as post is up.
6. No voting for an image you participated in creating.
7. To vote, quote the entry you wish to vote for and type "Vote".
8. Mature images (18+) are allowed, but must be linked and noted; nudity, bondage, violence, drug use, etc. as per MM site wide image rules!
9. Photo Artwork must be digital art.
10. Unlike some contests you may post a story to go along with your work.
11. If you enter, you are expected to vote. It's common courtesy!
12. No re-entering a picture that has already won.
13. You should post with your entry what medium (software used) and how you processed the artwork (example : Photo, new background, Painted etc, or Oil painted, photoshop etc.). If you do not post how you processed it (steps taken) and the medium, you may be disqualified.
14. You must include an actual PHOTO of a person that YOU participated in creating (as  photographer or digital artist ).  No 3d characters as the main focus.
15. Contest Hosts have the right to enter their own images and vote in all DAOTD contest!
16. Disqualified Participants will be notified with suspected violation within that days contest. A DQ is for that contest only and does not constitute banishment!


THE EXPLANATION OF HOW THE IMAGE IS PROCESSED IS A VITAL PART OF THIS CONTEST!

ACCEPTED ENTRIES:
1. Photomanipulation (ie. Changed as if adding object, extracting, new background, elements etc.) Describe in detail.
2. Painting Digitally(oil or anything else.)
3. A photo that has the same elements but is then rendered into a different photo, for example adding a third person, a castle and changing colors and hand painting it.
4. Drawing in photoshop, painter etc...Describe in detail.
5. Stock Images are allowed as sub-components, but must be noted. Please be prepared to provide a link to license and usage rights, if requested to do so by Contest Host or other contestants!

NOT ACCEPTED ENTRIES:
1. Photos right out of camera.
2. Photos only changed in color, saturation or corrections.
3. Retouches (skin changes, smoothing and blurring, removal of blemishes and changing the overall color of background, clothes etc....)
4. Simple copy and paste onto background.
5. Images created using copyrighted imagery from another individual, company, etc.  No game screen shots.
If anyone submits images in violation of these rules you may be disqualify from the contest.

Questions, comments, concerns may be directed to your DAOTD contest host: Dave, or unlike other contests we allow open discussions within the contest forum below.

Thanks very much and continue creating Art. Vote and by all means, have fun!

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CONTEST RUNS FROM 12AM MM TIME TO 12AM MM/PACIFIC TIME; MON, WED AND FRI.
VOTING STARTS AT 6pm MM/PACIFIC TIME, EACH CONTEST DAY!
Voter's Clock here http://www.griffinbikini.com/mm/mmtime.html , provided by Ellen Griffin Photos.

"The arrival "



Added female and male model to background , also added the "sub" , added shadows and adjusted tones and colors. Background birds were also added .

Model shot in studio on black fabric. . .  My first try at using a beauty dish. My assistant is getting tired of me dressing her up all the time. 
Edited in PS face for the correct look
Four images I took from four different states make the background
Moon at night cell phone - Plymouth Falls WI
Statue In cemetery - Ohio
Abandoned Building - Milton VA
Blue sky with clouds - Pensacola Florida

I used portions of all the images that worked for the background
Then an overlay of frost
Brushes, erase here and there, merge, layer, merge, layer blah blah
Another image of color and shading on top of all that and opacity dropped.  Them off to Lightroom for the final edit which I usually do about ten of and pick from there.  This is a Holga edit with a color overpay.

One day I'm gonna actually learn what I'm doing and then I'll be happy with my art.

Title:Rosa and her Puppy, I shot Rosa on a white backdrop, pasted her into a background which I created from a composite that was composed of 5 photos. Add adjustment layers to blend. A friend drew the dragon in poser. I repainted it entirely and painfully dodged and burned all of the dragon texture, then added adjustment layers to blend..

NOTE: I'm not sure if this comply's with Rule #14. I do not look at the dragon as the "Main Character". However if enough people disagree, please say so and I will withdraw as noncompliance with rule #14...