Manip Mastery Overview:

Welcome to the fourth Manip Mastery Match, wrapping up 2024 as the final M³ challenge! This contest is designed for all of our talented artists on HP. Whether you're a seasoned professional or a passionate hobbyist, this contest is your chance to showcase your skills, creativity, and imagination.

Submission Guidelines:

° This is anonymous. Please send your entry to me in a message - I will then upload it with a watermark as an entry to the thread. 
° Your submission must include at least one animal as the main subject.
° The animal must be transformed according to the theme, through photo manipulation, using at least one background and one animal photo manipulated through a digital media. 
° Entries must be original works created specifically for this contest.
° Submission Limit: Each participant may submit only one entry.
° There has to be at least two entries for the vote to happen. Otherwise, the months challenge will be closed.
° All of HPs Credit rules must be followed. Please use the font Verdana, to make it all similar. Learn more about the stock rules here: https://horsephenomena.com/credithelp.php

December Theme:

By popular request in the forms: Auroras!
Is the animal of your choice enjoying the aurora, is it a mythical create spreading the aurora over the midnight sky, or is it MADE of aurora?
Let your imagination run wild! (Please, I'm eager to see what you all come up with!)

Voting:

The winner will as usuall be decided by vote. Things to consider when voting:

° Creativity: How unique and imaginative is your concept? Does it stand out?
° Technical Skill: How well-executed is the manipulation? Are the elements seamlessly blended?
° Theme Adherence: Does the piece effectively capture the essence of this month's theme, while maintaining the animal as the focal point?

Prizes:

The person who receives the most votes will receive 100 mil HPD!

Timeline:

° Contest Start Date: 1st of December
° Submission Deadline: 25th of December
° Voting Period: 26th of 31th of December
° Winners Announced: 31th of December
Good luck, and may the best artist win!

After the Challenge is over:

But Freia, what happens to the manips, do you keep them?
NO! The photo manipulation is yours to keep, sell or throw away as you wish. I do NOT keep the rights of any manipulations you create - this is simply for fun!
Questions? Feel free to ask in this thread or contact me directly via private message.
Let's make some magic!

Bumperoo! 

I cannot wait to see the entries! 

Yup -- I have something in the works already that needs finished

Ooooh...I'm looking forward to trying this, but even more so to see what everyone else comes up with!! 

Amazing theme this month! Can't wait to see the entries!

I can't wait to see all the lovely entries for this month!

This one seems empty this month 😩

December is an active month, where we have received FOUR entries so far! So exciting! Without further ado, please see...:

Entry 1:

Full view: https://i.imgur.com/yyxpuca.png

Entry 2:

Full view: https://i.imgur.com/3R3oHjl.png

Entry 3:

Full view: https://i.imgur.com/jOPQX4J.png

Entry 4:

Full view: https://i.imgur.com/HMbs165.jpeg

Psst: I tried something new, by adjusting the max size of all images to 1000px width. Is this awful? Should I upload the original sizes? Let me know! 

Bump!

These are all so lovely!!

okay, I *MIGHT* have time for this !!

There's still time to enter! :D 

Beautiful entries so far!!!

Agreed, truly beautiful!
Two days left!

STUNNING ENTRIES 😍

We have a last minute entry, please see... Entry nr 5!

Full view: https://i.imgur.com/ooe1w0y.png

Okay but that last entry though, wow! 😍

So sad i didn't get something done for this!

The flu and the holidays took the best out of me, so the voting is opening a bit late - my apologies! If I get less votes than I normally do on average, I will extend the voting period, but for now, voting still ends on 31st of December. 
So get voting!

VOTE!

Hope you're feeling better! D:

Voted! :D