CONTEST WINNERS! by *syccas-stock on deviantART

I've managed to make up my mind but it wasn't easy. In the end I had to go for two second places, I couldn't help it. Both entrants get their just reward, I'll obviously sponsor two subscriptions and I've talked to ~snappapple and ^PirateLotus-Stock, you each receive the exclusive stock pack and the commission.
I've also added those entries who made it to my personal closer selection. But now… for the winners:

1st place

*Callibanda's Lobisome is an extremely impressive beast, painted with an amazing sense of dynamic and emotion. His style is unique and you can tell that this guy knows what he's doing – I didn't even mind that he "only" used my stock for inspiration

2nd place

AND

and

So yeah, I just couldn't decide, I couldn't!
Both pieces are wonderfully executed and very different from each other. I love the beautiful light and intimate atmosphere of =Pretty-Angel's Incantations and *paperfaith's White Snake is just a beautiful example of great manipulation skills – lots of different elements but they all work great together, bringing a very modern touch to a century-old-myth.

3rd place

It's a wonderful painting, very calm and peaceful in its atmosphere, and I've always had a soft spot for gigantic, world-carrying turtles

I blame Pratchett.

And here's my personal selection of honorable mentions:

To see all entries, please have a look here: [link]

Prizes:
To all winners, please let me know if you would like to receive your subscription-price as is or the equivalent in dA-points.

1st place
1-year-subscription to dA (or equivalent in points)
exclusive stock, created as per request (within my possibilities) – 20 images
two exclusive stock packs by

commissioned 1 chara full body OR 2 chara 3/4 body OR up to 3 chibis by

commissioned digital painting by

journal features by:

2nd place - BOTH winners receive
6-month-subscription to dA (or equivalent in points)
exclusive stock, created as per request (within my possibilities) – 10 images
one exclusive stock pack by

commissioned 1 chara full body OR up to 2 chibis by

journal features by:

3rd place
3-month-subscription to dA (or equivalent in points)
exclusive stock, created as per request (within my possibilities) – 5 images
one exclusive stock pack by

commissioned 1 chibi by

journal features by:

STOCK RULES

The two most important ones:
CREDIT & NOTIFY

Additional rules and FAQ:

If you want to use pieces created with this stock outside dA that's usually fine - I'd be grateful, though, if you could tell me beforehand what you're going to use it for and I'd like to see the finished product, if possible. For commercial use please contact me first! (I'll most likely give you permission anyway but if you use my model stock I may have to check back with the model, especially when it comes to manips and their faces are still clearly distinguishable)
EXCEPTION: The Apassionata photos are NOT to be used in ANY commercial way!

Concerning packs: Click on the preview image to see a bigger preview image. Click "download" to get all the single images (in a big version) in one rar-pack. If there are links in the descriptions you have the option to only get single photos of the pack, these single pics are located in my scraps. I will also reupload the single photos of my latest packs to make browsing easier.

Don't repost my stock images as photography and don't use them to create your own stock images, if you want to do something like that (pixel doll bases, for example) ask me at first and we can talk about it. This stock was uploaded to directly aid artists in a creative process, please treat it as such.

If you feel the need to be rude about my models and/or about the bad quality of my older stock-packs you can save me and everyone else a not-so-nice conversation by keeping it to yourself. I realise several photos of my early days are grainy and sometimes even badly focused (believe it or not, I did not drop from the sky being as awesome as I am today

) but while manipulators may cringe in pain, artists seeking for pose reference can work well with grainy stock pics (there's enough evidence in my fav-section). So, I will keep them up for now.

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