May, 2018 Shift Art Photoshop Challenge is Closed!
The theme: Kids Making Art!
This month the theme is about celebrating the influence of art in the lives of children. Below you’ll find the images to use this month and you’ll notice there are no images of children’s faces. This is not an oversight, but rather a privacy safeguard. The images are from pixabay.com and are presented as public domain, but there is no iron-clad guarantee that the poster actually has model releases etc. So, let’s not use any faces or images that can identify a child, even if you have permission, model release etc. I look forward to seeing what you create!
Reverse Sponsor: The Dreaming Zebra Foundation
This month we’ll be supporting The Dreaming Zebra Foundation which is a non-profit that enables children to express themselves through art, regardless of their circumstances. This is a truly outstanding organization and I hope you will join me in supporting their cause. To get this started, Shift Art pledges to donate $1 per qualified entry in this month’s challenge!
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First Runner(s) Up Prize:
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Second runners up will receive a texture pack of their choice from Caroline Julia Moore Fine Art Textures & Elements (if you have recently purchased the Complete CJM Bundle, then you will receive the next Collection to be released soon)! Caroline has provided three textures for this challenge, all available in the download below. The elements provided by Caroline are from her Rainy Afternoon Collection. Visit Caroline Julia Moore Fine Art Textures & Elements.
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The rules:
Below you will find the rules as well as the images to be used in your composition. Entries will be judged by Andrei Tallent, Caroline Julia Moore, and Gail Edwards!
Challenge rules:
- All entrants must be Shift Art members. Join for free here.
- Entries must be received by midnight on May 15, 2018 U.S. Pacific Time (UTM-8).
- You must use a minimum of three (3) of the images provided.
- One of the images you use (from the images provided) must be the main subject of your work. – Note: this is the most frequently overlooked rule – please follow it to enter the challenge.
- Special rule: You must incorporate at least one of the files from the CJM Fine Art Textures & Elements assets pack (included in the download packet).
- New rule: In the interest of fairness, previous featured artists are now excluded from participating in the member challenge.
- You may use any of your own assets/images as long as they are under public domain, or if you have full commercial rights to them. This includes textures and overlays. See our article on finding images for ideas of where to find images. This month, please refrain from using any images that would in any way reveal the identity of a child.
- Only one entry per person per challenge.
All images included on this page, and in the zip file for this challenge, were found Pixabay and are dedicated to the public domain.
This challenge is open.
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Images included as assets for this challenge: