THEME “Take something simple and make it beautiful”

Start Date: August 10, 2009

End Date: October 5, 2009

Now right now most of you are probably thinking:
“What the hell? What does that mean ?” Let me explain.

What I want you to do is take something laying around the house, or something small, or something that most people would completely disregard for its inferiority. I want you to take that one thing and show it in a whole new light. Now this thing can be as small as a few grains of sand or as odd as a toilet or as big as a lonely tree. I want you to experiment with your surroundings! If you are still not convinced I will share with you a list of examples:

Shoes, dust, small window, pillow, toilet, toiletry items, kitchen utensils, kitchen tools, clock, finger, headphones, iPod, mP3 player, nail polish, camera, pencil, markers, pen, book, piece of paper, notebook, eye, mouth, lips, keychain, purse, notepad, tile, tie, shoelace, hat, CD, disk, pencil case, picture frame, paper clip, flower petal, grain of sand, fabric, stapler, safety pin, tree, chain, fence, leaf, etc. etc.

^ THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES ^ there are so many more things you can do.

Again, like in my last contest, if you are unsure about your submission just show it to me via note and I will tell you if it’s ok or not. Don’t be afraid of me, I don’t bite! Haha What I want you to gain from this contest is to not be afraid in the future to experiment with your surroundings and to take a picture or paint a picture of something that looks a bit ordinary at first glance. However, I don’t want you to just take a picture of a fork or paint a picture of an apple. I want you to take that fork or take that apple and show it in a completely different way and make it beautiful, meaning make the viewer go “Wow, I never thought of it that way” or “Wow, I never looked at a fork in that way…”

The following mediums are acceptable:

Photography
Digital Art
Traditional art (no ceramics or sculpture sorry )

Still not convinced? Well here are some real examples that truly capture what I want you to do for this contest:

(NOTE THESE ARE NOT ENTRIES, JUST EXAMPLES)



Now, looking at these examples you may be thinking “These are mostly macros…that’s not really my thing…” Au contraire my friend. Your submission doesn’t have to be a macro or a zoomed in shot of something. Just as long as it’s something simple or ordinary and you make it beautiful in some way or another

General Rules

- No artistic nudity, vulgar language of any sort, or anything inappropriate
- Maximum of 2 entries per person
- in order to enter you must me if you haven’t already and send your entry(ies) to me via note. In the subject box write “Contest” or “Take Something Simple contest” or something along those lines. Please include a thumb or a link to your entry in the note.
-once you have uploaded your piece, make sure you have mentioned either me or this contest in your description box
-your piece MUST BE NEW . That is, created on or after August 12, 2009
-There will be three winners as well as an additional honorable mention winner

PRIZES

FIRST
a one month journal feature from me *polskavic51
a one month subscription from =smoochypooprincess
A pencil drawing of the winner’s choice from ~princesspomegranate
journal features from the following … ~ucod =dream-club *Photo--Assignment =popoks *creativeCrater =Dragonda =smoochypooprincess ~PrettyInGreen89 =PhotographyByChilb ~DarkFox14 *NettieR ~wickedly-inspired

SECOND
a one month journal feature from me *polskavic51
journal features from the following … ~ucod =dream-club *Photo--Assignment =popoks *creativeCrater =Dragonda =smoochypooprincess ~PrettyInGreen89 =PhotographyByChilb ~DarkFox14 *NettieR ~wickedly-inspired

THIRD
a one month journal feature from me *polskavic51
journal features from the following … ~ucod =dream-club *Photo--Assignment =popoks *creativeCrater =Dragonda =smoochypooprincess ~PrettyInGreen89 =PhotographyByChilb ~DarkFox14 *NettieR ~wickedly-inspired

I NEED MORE PRIZES PLEASE NOTE ME

The entries can be viewed here: [link]

My updated journals for the contest can be viewed here: [link]

Now GO! Make something beautiful and show it to me! I can’t wait to see what you guys will come up with!

Again, a friendly reminder, if you have ANY questions at all please comment on my page or send me a note. ALSO, if you are interested in possibly being a judge or donating ANYTHING please tell me via note