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DREAMORCHID

I've been absent for nine weeks, oh what a nine weeks it was.... *huffs.* Actually besides the illness, car-wreck, and more illness it's also been the luckiest nine weeks.  Maybe I'm just counter balancing bad luck with good luck *shrugs.*  

The Bad - Caught some type of flue nine weeks ago and then about 10 days into it that turned into Pneumonia well doc said it would last about 6-8 weeks till I felt back to normal.  In the meantime two weeks ago on a Friday I barely missed death's door in a car wreck that involved 6 cars with two fatal deaths. I have no clue how my car/me came out of it with out a scratch on us; we're talking I was plum smack in the middle of the whole thing and weaved my way through wreckage before coming to a stop on the side of the road.   Then you think that wasn't enough right when my Pneumonia is clearing up and I think yeah I can go outside do even a photo shoot ( I didn't use OFF) and I caught West Nile Virus.  Texas is having a serious outbreak on it.  Let me tell you when they say your neck is going to hurt and you're going to get a headache they're not lieing.

The Good - First my husband is from Sweden and he's on his third year with me, he officially has a green card now as of two months ago before he was on temporary visa.  He also has gotten three pay raises in the last three years working at Apple.  I'm so proud of him.  We've been trying for kids for years but no luck out of the blue my good friend needed someone to take care of her daughter and low behold I adopted I new girl into my life.  She's 17, bright, straight A student in all her AP classes, few teenager out burst, and looks like a super model.  We're so proud of her.  I'm slowly finishing up my OZ Collection and will be show casing it at Austin's Comic Con.  :D  Plus I started my new job... now that the illness is almost behind me life is looking great.


Hocus Pocus, Bubble and Brew.... It's witching time!!



Other Contest I'm Helping With or Judging

fav.me/d57qco9 A "fat" female super hero
fav.me/d578669 Paint my OC
fav.me/d57iawj Horror Walk the Halls

GROUPS

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STAMPS

My First Stamp by CoNfUsEd-ThInKeR Nikon D90 Stamp by CroWelsh Photoshop cs3 Stamp by klakier666   Be Unique Stamp by GoodiesForYou Gypsy- Stamp by FireLilyAS :thumb106934762: girl gamers stamp by thechaosproject Dark Samus Stamp by NegaZero Brawl: Metroid Fan Stamp by WolfTwilight Alice by renatalmar I Love Chocolate by roseminuet Create Your Dream v2 Stamp by barefootphotos Photographer v3 Stamp by barefootphotos Bokeh Stamp by barefootphotos I luff chocolate by prosaix MARVEL Avengers Group Circle Stamp by TwilightProwler Cake Stamp by Kezzi-Rose

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DREAMORCHID

I must admit this was a hard choice for all of us here at DreamOrchid and we were impressed by a lot of the works turned in.  We did come to a decision on the first three with a feature to the ones that came very close.  These three were picked because we felt they not only exhibited an amazing skill set within their medium but incorporated exactly what we asked for.  First and second place winners were down to the wire.  They both painted beautiful pieces we loved and they both exhibited a character which is looking down upon a scene.  Also if you want check out DreamOrchid's Facebook page and give us a like www.facebook.com/pages/DreamOr…

First Place: The Slumbering Tyrant   16,000 points
MoulinBleu We found this to be a breath taking piece incorporating the things that define art as a whole: lightening, perception, scale, and color.  Victor Maury is only 20 years old and has been a member of Deviant Art for two years.  He only has 1,590 page views which we found shocking.  Please give this young man a visit to his gallery and lets welcome him into our art community because I feel when he sets his foot print on the world he'll paint us a plethora of imagination.

Second Place:  Hellkite Monarch Hellkite Monarch by Somnicide 8,000 points
Somnicide Strangely I met Evan Monteiro through gaming a year ago in another art contest for Tera Online.  He came off as modest and very kind.  It was a pleasure to show his work to my colleagues at DreamOrchid.  I was pleased that he not only provided one piece painted to excellence but three to enter in this contest.  All three incorporated what we asked for a person looking upon a scene.  One he entered has already received a daily deviation . The winning piece we picked out we felt added just a touch of more childhood inspiration of magic to it.  It just makes you remember a time when you were growing up and scouting about or rock climbing hopping to have a glimpse of something new.  

Third Place: Magic Guard magic guard by ptitvinc 4,000 points
ptitvinc We chose this piece because of its dynamic display of action within a scene on top of his artistic skill.  Please check out Vincent's gallery because he has a way of painting the perfect scene and pulling the audience right in.

Winners should contact me about how you wish to receive payment.  The easiest will be paying you here through the point system but I can do Paypal.  Again thank you for all the entries.  Listed below are the runner ups and here is the gallery to see all the entries. dreamorchid78.deviantart.com/f…

Prizes

1st PLACE:
Dreamorchid78 will pay out $200 or 16,000 points
DraconaVampira2 Semi-Realism drawings of up to 3 characters each, and 1 Full Body fully shaded with detailed background of 1 character. (3 pictures all together)

2nd PLACE:
Dreamorchid78 will pay out $100 or 8,000 points
DraconaVampira A Full body fully shaded with detailed background of up to 2 characters, and 1 Half body fully shaded with detailed background. (2 pictures together)

3rd PLACE:
Dreamorchid78 will pay out $50 or 4,000 points
DraconaVampira A Full body fully shaded with detailed background of 1 character and a fully shaded chibi.  


Runner UP (in no order)
:thumb309377605: The Bringer of good News by ChristianGerth war of the elements by scorpy-roy Kredik Shaw by Somnicide :thumb315409223: :thumb315274223: Dragon Valley by Sunima Children Of The Night by d3fect

Mature Content

Too far by Callibanda
:thumb315622212: The hunt by elbardo



Other Contest I'm Helping With or Judging

fav.me/d57qco9 A "fat" female super hero
fav.me/d578669 Paint my OC
fav.me/d57iawj Horror Walk the Halls

GROUPS

:iconbelle-art: :iconeliteartists: :iconavaloncommunity: :iconworld-imaginary: :icondigitalmixedmedia: :icondigital-artists: :icondigital-art-club: :iconbestcollection: :icondigital-photo: :iconnikon-photographers: :iconbeautiful-photos: :iconunknowntalents: :iconimanipulate: :iconselftaughtartist: :iconda-morgue:

STAMPS

My First Stamp by CoNfUsEd-ThInKeR Nikon D90 Stamp by CroWelsh Photoshop cs3 Stamp by klakier666   Be Unique Stamp by GoodiesForYou Gypsy- Stamp by FireLilyAS :thumb106934762: girl gamers stamp by thechaosproject Dark Samus Stamp by NegaZero Brawl: Metroid Fan Stamp by WolfTwilight Alice by renatalmar I Love Chocolate by roseminuet Create Your Dream v2 Stamp by barefootphotos Photographer v3 Stamp by barefootphotos Bokeh Stamp by barefootphotos I luff chocolate by prosaix MARVEL Avengers Group Circle Stamp by TwilightProwler Cake Stamp by Kezzi-Rose

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DREAMORCHID

Two hours and thirty minutes left and the contest if over, start wrapping the artwork up and get it in before midnight pacific coast time tonight. :la: JULY 18TH.  It might take me a week to pick the winners out there has been some amazing entries.

I warn you do not send plagiarism stuff and try to pass it off as your own or I will try to get you banned. If you make money off of your stolen artwork I will contact the artist and they will deal with you. Specially if it's a gaming company and the previous owner is someone I know. I advised all of you not to use game art. When I said I game and I'm an avid fantasy collector I was not lieing. Also I haven't played every game out their like Skyrim (I know shun the none believer) so again do not enter art that looks like you copied it from in-game content are you will be disqualified. If I don't know it some fan might and point it out.

Artist name is ShikharSrivastava  is a  thief if you haven't heard.  Pretty much we keep finding out new places he's stolen art from and calling his own.  Most of these we have caught he's taken down.  He has so far tried Dryness Tree, Warhammer Online official fanart, Shirley Dawson beautiful painting www.shirleydawson.com/photo_ga…, and at first was claiming to have taken a photo that is nearly 100 years old (he's now edit his speech to put that he did not take the photo, what a shocker.)  Artwork as far as I know are stolen that he still has up: a famous painting by Lola Ades or known to some as Lola Ader ( here it is  going on ebay cgi.ebay.fr/Tableau-Huile-Bouq… and this is what he put up fav.me/d2q18oo ).  Also the snowman from shutterstock is also not his.

So a little bit of my time.  A couple of weeks a had a cancer scare, which it turned out to be a benign tumor but still makes you see the world very different. I've had cancer before but it never gets old when you hear you might have it again.  Still recovering from the removal of it (some pain) so I've been a little slow in updating my DEV art account.  Also something new I've become an awesome moderator of the group :iconda-morgue: so just a little shout out for them. Makes my next collection project of stuff is like 12 ways to die, you know one for each month.  Also don't forget to  like the official DreamOrchid face book page (www.facebook.com/pages/DreamOr…). :la: With all this said I'm back with a bang; If you don't know why I'm doing the contest check out my previous journal Back with a Bang. Send submissions by note to me and if you want to add to the prizes let me know by note as well :D. AGAIN deadline is July 18th so it's just around the corner :la:  I'm looking forward to picking out some of the winners and holy cow we have a lot of good submissions.

CONTEST

The contest can be from line art to a painting (digital or traditional). You can enter up to three pictures. While you don't have to pick from the list (since they're just suggestions), the drawing must fit a fantasy scenario, person or creature.  A hint will be to try to incorporate a scene along with a fantasy character.   You can do either evil or good.  Also this MUST be original design and artwork (we're avid art fans of fantasy and know a lot of work out there so don't plagiarizer someone).  Also we will disqualify any thing that looks exactly like a dark elf from WOW, Lineage II, or any other game.  I really would like to see originality in this and I'm excited to see what people can come up with.  If it looks like Peter Pan and Tinkerbell that's not being original. All work also must be yours.  Yes you can have a collaboration with another artist as long as they're listed too.  The deadline will be July 18th.   We don't mind  less then conservative outfits but please keep nudity down.  Entries also have to be new entries on Deviant Art.  When you submit your art please link this contest in your description of it and send me a note on it so I can add it to the feature area and fav.

Example scenes:
A bustling street in a dwarven town
An elf archer stalking its prey
An orcish blacksmith at work
A lizardman caravan
A dark elven alchemist at work
A feline hybrid human at play in a field of tall grass
A heard of Pegasus grazing
A human attempting to train a dragon
A bar brawl with a Minotaur
A human militia fighting a troll
A shady pub where dark dealings happen
A castle siege
An elven castle in the distance as a stranger looks upon on it.
A female warrior in full plate armor being cheered on by the crowd from winning the battle.
A church scene with a priest proceeding over an arrange marriage between a human and an elf.
Dark castles with black dragons flying above.
A fairy village with a fairy returning home.
A sea battle with pirates and sea creatures.
A Mermaid discovering a human (mermaid does not have to fit the usual mermaid look)

Of course, these are just suggestions and you can take it any direction you want.
A twist could be to draw a character, and then what that character is looking at.  We also LOVE cities,  architecture, landscapes, and fantasy woods.


1st PLACE:
Dreamorchid78 will pay out $200 or 16,000 points
DraconaVampira2 Semi-Realism drawings of up to 3 characters each, and 1 Full Body fully shaded with detailed background of 1 character. (3 pictures all together)

2nd PLACE:
Dreamorchid78 will pay out $100 or 8,000 points
DraconaVampira A Full body fully shaded with detailed background of up to 2 characters, and 1 Half body fully shaded with detailed background. (2 pictures together)

3rd PLACE:
Dreamorchid78 will pay out $50 or 4,000 points
DraconaVampira A Full body fully shaded with detailed background of 1 character and a fully shaded chibi.  


SUBMISSIONS
:thumb309377605: There's nothing to Fear by UndeadKitty13 Hellkite Monarch by Somnicide This Is How The World Ends by Ospreyghost13 But Fear itself by UndeadKitty13 Blue by cziburaszka war of the elements by scorpy-roy The Bringer of good News by ChristianGerth Werewolf succumbs at last... by anghorkheng Light for my Love by Melanie-H-H Black Angel by Eledhwen-Arts magic guard by ptitvinc Turf War by Frrruuussstraation :thumb307050139: :thumb310011432: Dragon Valley by Sunima The hunt by elbardo :thumb314763056:

Mature Content

Too far by Callibanda
Summoning by CristianaLeone :thumb314984930: :thumb314865011: Undead Protector by d3fect Children Of The Night by d3fect Heart of the Forest by Anarielhime Dalinar the Blackthorn by Somnicide Sand storm by Mospineq :thumb308912542: :thumb308908626: :thumb309885099:

Mature Content

Exodus by Leonardo-Lambrecht
:thumb305362546: The Adventure Begins by KKylimos Slow Ride by ValentinaRDEste Sunrise by Mospineq :thumb312492017: :thumb313204391: :thumb313285651: :thumb312404641: Firefly by ReaperLady Raven Witchcraft by Anarielhime Spirit of Earth by Toa-Lagara Fugue: The Fire by CristianaLeone Hunting in the ruins by 3ntin Dragon Ruins by Anarielhime Hunted by MichaelHoweArts For the contest by Pechenbko Prevented by samueltd :thumb310054755: Wind Valley by Odomi2 Run Through my Woods. by collie-rado

Mature Content

Mermaid by Sophia-M
:thumb305745857: :thumb307079175:

Mature Content

Confession by Leonardo-Lambrecht
:thumb314809342: :thumb314692718: Mythical Lobuck by AmethystCreatures :thumb308152922: :thumb308192570: The arrest of Sorchei by VirginieCarquin Leil : Saving Her Soul - EXPANDED and REPAINTED - by IoannisCleary Coming of The Dragon by speakerhead89 Dream Alone by Melanie-H-H Elf woman, released arrow. Full scene by Vilenchik :thumb307987590: :thumb308025757: :thumb308042468: :thumb309538450: Water Nymph by laeti-k Gekko knight by Obliviousnight ...Not With A Bang.... by Ospreyghost13 Soul Eater by TriZiana Crystal Cavedweller by Waift Blue loki is blue by mightybonzai :thumb310828456: :thumb309680794: Map of Thuldrekkin by tayleaf The Witch's Sacrifice by JStedman CE: Territorial Battle by DraconaVampira Fairy Lake by collie-rado



FEATURE TIME
Will be updated soon.
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GROUPS

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STAMPS

My First Stamp by CoNfUsEd-ThInKeR Nikon D90 Stamp by CroWelsh Photoshop cs3 Stamp by klakier666   Be Unique Stamp by GoodiesForYou Gypsy- Stamp by FireLilyAS :thumb106934762: girl gamers stamp by thechaosproject Dark Samus Stamp by NegaZero Brawl: Metroid Fan Stamp by WolfTwilight Alice by renatalmar I Love Chocolate by roseminuet Create Your Dream v2 Stamp by barefootphotos Photographer v3 Stamp by barefootphotos Bokeh Stamp by barefootphotos I luff chocolate by prosaix MARVEL Avengers Group Circle Stamp by TwilightProwler Cake Stamp by Kezzi-Rose

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DREAMORCHID

fav.me/d534voe Updated journal on the contest.  Midnight tonight pacific coast time, start wrapping them up if you want in. :la:

I joined Deviant Art I few years back bright eyed and hopeful.  I tried to show case some talent I felt I had and over a period gained a handful of friends.  Like most folks in the last several years the hard times came  and  with that I slowly faded away from this friendly art community.  With some help from friends we reopen DreamOrchid's doors with a new website (www.dreamorchid.com), official DreamOrchid face book page (www.facebook.com/pages/DreamOr…), and even a twitter account.  Please feel free to like us if you wish.  With all this said I'm back with a bang.  I decided since I hit 20k views and with the renewal of a subscription to throw a contest.  If anyone wishes to donate prizes to the list please send me a note and I'll add your prizes.  Yes you can donate prizes and still enter.  DreamOrchid's team members will be the judges of your beautiful pieces of work.  

CONTEST

The contest can be from line art to a painting (digital or traditional). You can enter up to three pictures. While you don't have to pick from the list (since they're just suggestions), the drawing must fit a fantasy scenario, person or creature.  A hint will be to try to incorporate a scene along with a fantasy character.   You can do either evil or good.  Also this MUST be original design and artwork (we're avid art fans of fantasy and know a lot of work out there so don't plagiarizer someone).  Also we will disqualify any thing that looks exactly like a dark elf from WOW, Lineage II, or any other game.  I really would like to see originality in this and I'm excited to see what people can come up with.  If it looks like Peter Pan and Tinkerbell that's not being original. All work also must be yours.  Yes you can have a collaboration with another artist as long as they're listed too.  The deadline will be July 18th.   We don't mind  less then conservative outfits but please keep nudity down.  Entries also have to be new entries on Deviant Art.  When you submit your art please link this contest in your description of it and send me a note on it so I can add it to the feature area and fav.

Example scenes:
A bustling street in a dwarven town
An elf archer stalking its prey
An orcish blacksmith at work
A lizardman caravan
A dark elven alchemist at work
A feline hybrid human at play in a field of tall grass
A heard of Pegasus grazing
A human attempting to train a dragon
A bar brawl with a Minotaur
A human militia fighting a troll
A shady pub where dark dealings happen
A castle siege
An elven castle in the distance as a stranger looks upon on it.
A female warrior in full plate armor being cheered on by the crowd from winning the battle.
A church scene with a priest proceeding over an arrange marriage between a human and an elf.
Dark castles with black dragons flying above.
A fairy village with a fairy returning home.
A sea battle with pirates and sea creatures.
A Mermaid discovering a human (mermaid does not have to fit the usual mermaid look)

Of course, these are just suggestions and you can take it any direction you want.
A twist could be to draw a character, and then what that character is looking at.  We also LOVE cities,  architecture, landscapes, and fantasy woods.


1st PLACE:
Dreamorchid78 will pay out $200 or 16,000 points
DraconaVampira2 Semi-Realism drawings of up to 3 characters each, and 1 Full Body fully shaded with detailed background of 1 character. (3 pictures all together)

2nd PLACE:
Dreamorchid78 will pay out $100 or 8,000 points
DraconaVampira A Full body fully shaded with detailed background of up to 2 characters, and 1 Half body fully shaded with detailed background. (2 pictures together)

3rd PLACE:
Dreamorchid78 will pay out $50 or 4,000 points
DraconaVampira A Full body fully shaded with detailed background of 1 character and a fully shaded chibi.  


SUBMISSIONS
There's nothing to Fear by UndeadKitty13 This Is How The World Ends by Ospreyghost13 But Fear itself by UndeadKitty13 The Bringer of good News by ChristianGerth :thumb305362546: The Adventure Begins by KKylimos :thumb305745857:


As to my friends I'm sorry for the long absence and I look forward to hearing from all of you.  I hope you check out my gallery while you stop in, new website, and my company's facebook page.  :D


FEATURE TIME

Featuring the lovely AlexandraKreipl while I wait on submissions to start coming in.
. Demon Princess . by AlexandraKreipl .Twillight Priestess. by AlexandraKreipl Fairy Gossip by AlexandraKreipl Bloodelf by AlexandraKreipl :thumb79370598: . Lament . by AlexandraKreipl


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STAMPS

My First Stamp by CoNfUsEd-ThInKeR Nikon D90 Stamp by CroWelsh Photoshop cs3 Stamp by klakier666   Be Unique Stamp by GoodiesForYou Gypsy- Stamp by FireLilyAS :thumb106934762: girl gamers stamp by thechaosproject Dark Samus Stamp by NegaZero Brawl: Metroid Fan Stamp by WolfTwilight Alice by renatalmar I Love Chocolate by roseminuet Create Your Dream v2 Stamp by barefootphotos Photographer v3 Stamp by barefootphotos Bokeh Stamp by barefootphotos I luff chocolate by prosaix MARVEL Avengers Group Circle Stamp by TwilightProwler Cake Stamp by Kezzi-Rose

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DREAMORCHID

Well with my new whole foods diet I've been indulging on some tasty organic dark chocolate.  My advise is stick to dark chocolate around 70% anything less is not health beneficial to it's ratio of pro/con.  Anything more then 70% is just a tad to bitter for Judy (sister) and me.  I find the chocolate mixed with ginger to be the tastiest and Judy prefers the baked in bananas bits. YUMMIE. :hungry:

Health Benefits of Dark and Tasty CHOCOLATE!! : They are loaded in Flavonoids and Antioxidants.  Flavonoids are found in almost all dark vegetables and colorful fruit.  Chocolate has eight times as many Flavonoids as strawberries (SHUT UP.)
:wtf: :worship: What this means to you is being young, protecting your heart, keeping blood pressure under control, and it keeps those darn hormones running smoothly.  Not only is it beneficial health wise it also helps your mood chocolate has serotonin in it which helps the dark cloud of depression go away.  It also stimulates endorphin which is a pleasure sensor.  It also contains a lot of healthy stimulants that maybe more beneficial and less harmful then coffee or soda.  You should eat a small bar of it every day (I split one with my sis because it's a pretty big bar and it says two servings on the back).  I recommend taking your time eating the chocolate to taste every bite.  Eating more then a serving may have more cons (too much sugar) and plus I look forward to it every day.  What ever you do don't wash it down with milk, research is claiming if you drink milk with it you won't absorb any of the Antioxidants which makes this baby a must have in any diet. :+favlove:  Again try to by organic, the dark chocolate should be clearly marked with it's % on the front wrapper, and say it with me "give the finger to anything that has CORN SYRUP in it!"

www.chocolatespa.com/ HOTEL HERSHEY!!


FEATURE TIME

My feature goes out to everything amazing about chocolate.  Some of the photos may not be pure chocolate photos but you get the gist.  
:thumb44366533: dark chocolate by TE2YA Chocolate by PapaNinja Chocolate Mousse by BluestOfBirds Chocolate Love by DanielaLucas  :thumb89217712: :thumb77962247: chocolate. by Liittle-Angel Hot chocolate by drinkpoison Chocolate by Manveru Chocolate. by ohshrubbery :thumb156378291: :thumb155534229:


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STAMPS

My First Stamp by CoNfUsEd-ThInKeR Nikon D90 Stamp by CroWelsh Photoshop cs3 Stamp by klakier666 :thumb148275399: Be Unique Stamp by GoodiesForYou Gypsy- Stamp by FireLilyAS :thumb106934762: girl gamers stamp by thechaosproject Dark Samus Stamp by NegaZero Brawl: Metroid Fan Stamp by WolfTwilight Alice by renatalmar I Love Chocolate by roseminuet

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