Do you have the burning desire to be a devious reporter? Do you crave the thrill of a good story? Are you itching to get your hands on some free passes? If you answered yes, then this mission could be for YOU!

About the Event

This year's Cut & Paste Digital Design Tournament  has made its way through 16 cities and 256 competitors from February – June 2009. 

It now culminates in a battle of the best, champions vs. champions, with the final 2009 tournament event: the first-ever Cut & Paste Global Championship.

Showcasing the talents of 48 competition winners in 2D, 3D, and motion design, from the North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific regions , the championship event will take place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Friday, October 16, 2009.

The Global Championship will present the same three competition formats that Digital Design Tournament 2009 has featured throughout the cities on its global tour: 2D, 3D, and motion design. The Global Championship will be putting sixteen competitors onstage for all three competitions. These competitors, forty-eight in all, represent the winning designers from every city on the 2009 Cut & Paste tour. Arriving with at least one successful competition under their belts, the city champions will take the stage again to quickly create designs against the ticking pressure of the clock and under the watchful eyes of the crowd. And this time, the pride of their countries and hometowns, along with their personal reputations, will be on the line.

When

Friday, October 16th, 2009
Doors open: 7:00pm EST
Show starts: 8:00pm EST

Where

Hammerstein Ballroom @ Manhattan Center Studios
311 W. 34th Street
New York, NY 10001

Who

48 Competitors from 3 Competitions and 16 cities. To take a look at their portfolios and winning work from each city, check out the following links:
2D, 3D, and motion design,

About The Mission

Cut & Paste have been generous enough to donate five free passes to deviantART Premium Members.  However, because we have only have five, we are seeking out devious roving reporters.

Should you choose to accept this mission, you must:

Be a deviantART Premium Member

Be 21 years or older.

Attend the event (getting there is your responsibility but we'll supply the free passes to get in) and represent deviantART in devious style.

Take notes for the journal or news article you will post on deviantART summing up the event for those of us that couldn't attend.

Take lots of pictures to include with your story!


As this event is right around the corner, we will require those interested in accepting this mission to email moonbeam13@deviantart.com AND chix0r@deviantart.com with the following information by MONDAY OCTOBER 12TH, 2009

1. Your Real Name and deviantART Username
2. Why we should select you to be a roving devious reporter!

You will also be required to send us the answer to this deviantART skill-testing question:

1. What animal represents dArama?</b>


We look forward to the results and reading about your experience at this exciting event!!!!

Good luck

In honor of what our world makes us feel as inspiration to capture a photograph or make a beautiful art, no matter if it's real or fantasy.. I THINK TO MYSELF...  WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!!!!


What a wonderful world
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you"

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Wonderful world...
A wonderful world...
A wonderful world...
A wonderful world...

Music & lyrics: George Douglas, George David Weiss

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All are taken of my own faves

Cyprus Photographic Society is organizing the 1st International Online Digital Photo Competition, with prices summing up to 9000 Euro

Regulations

    The competition is open to amateur and professional photographers, worldwide.  
    Subjects (Categories):    
         1. ‘The Environment’
         2. ‘Open’
   
    Each photographer can participate in one or both categories with up to three images for each category, here in after called Works.
    The Works must be in digital format and can be entered into the Competition by registering online through the registration form which can be found here: [link]
    
    The works must be named by the competitors prior to uploading to the competition website in such a way as not to show the identity of the owner in any way. The identity and online profile of the photographers will not be visible in the website at all times except after the announcement of the results and the winners.

      Works entered in the competition must be still photographs (not animated), regardless of the techniques used.

      The works must be in JPEG format, with the larger side being 800 pixels and the smaller side must be no more than 600 pixels and compacted so as not to surpass 500 Kb.

      Works entered must be original produced by the Competitors and be their intellectual property.

      The winning Works and order of popularity will be decided by the public for the 50 most popular works in each category and the top three of each category in order of merit will be decided upon by a panel of Judges.
       You have until the end of August to submit your work, and until the end of September for voting.
      
The most popular work in each category voted by the public will be awarded 500 Euro.

    The photographers whose Works are in the 50 most popular works will be notified and asked to resend their photographs in JPEG format with average compression (level 12 Photoshop), at least 300 dpi or the original RAW format and with size between 5-10 Mb.

      The Panel of Judges will comprise:

          :. One member of FIAP Directory Board

          :. One representative of velvetclassic

          :. Two persons appointed by CPS

          :. One person from a member – country of FIAP


      The prizes are will be awarded as follows:  

THE ENVIRONMENT
1st prize: 2.000 Euro plus plaque    
2nd prize: 1.000 Euro plus plaque
3rd prize:   500 Euro plus plague

OPEN
1st prize: 2.000 Euro plus plaque    
2nd prize: 1.000 Euro plus plaque
3rd prize:   500 Euro plus plague

Good Luck to everybody!
Local secretary of CPS
~tomasNY

:thumb37148489:LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS EVERYWHERE!!!:thumb37148489:
Who can resist the refreshing, sour and exciting taste of a fresh lemon??
I once hear that we mexicans put lemon to almost everything... well it's true Now let me put some lemon taste on DA!

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dicen que los mexicanos le ponemos limon a casi todo... bueno, es hora de agregarle un poco de sabor a DA!!

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Join artists and art enthusiasts alike this weekend in DUMBO for the 13th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival:

"Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists' studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world."



Official Press Release (includes maps, event times, locations, and other useful information.)