The works chosen into the featured folder from the previous two week:

Our contest ends in 4 days!

TALES OF TREES contest - CLOSED!THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED NOW. THE VOTING BLOG WILL BE UP SOON.



This is a new, joint contest of :icontreelovers: and :icontreephotographers:


Deadline: August 31st
Medium: We will have two categories, judged separately.
1. Art - digital, traditional, literature, artisan crafts, photomanipulation using more stock images: submit to the contest folder in :icontreelovers: - http://treelovers.deviantart.com/gallery/44042089

2. Photography - photography and photomanipulation without altering the subject of the photo (use of filters): submit to the contest folder in :icontreephotographers: - http://treephotographers.deviantart.com/gallery/44042308

Submission limit: You can submit up to 2 artworks in each category (4 artworks together). You need to be a member of the group hosting the category where you are going to submit. (:devtreelo
(Contest entries are not featured in this journal.)

This is a feature of our members' submissions this week.

Every member can nominate THREE pictures from these into the to featured folder! Just comment below with your choice! (link is helpful as well). Two or three votes are needed for a picture to get featured next week, depending on the number of votes.

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Mature Content

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And don't forget about our project! Spread the word, if you can!

Art for Trees - project:iconspringtree-1plz::iconspringtree-2plz::iconspringtree-3plz::iconspringtree-4plz::iconspringtree-4pl5:
"When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago. The second best time? Today."
- Chinese proverb
2014: This is the 3rd year of the project. There are many people supporting it, featuring it in their journal and offering art. BUT... There have been NO trees planted for it in the last year (I don't count mine). So, instead of talking about it, how about getting up and actually planting a tree, if you are able to? There is a lot of wonderful art waiting for you as a reward!
Trees are important, valuable and necessary to our very existence. It's not too hard to believe that, without trees we humans would not exist on this beautiful planet. Trees are the largest and longest living organisms on earth. To grow tall the tree has become a miracle of engineering and a complex chemical factory. It is able to take water and