Stock & Resources
The Challenge
Imagine a world where the soft glow of the magnolia blossoms illuminates the sidewalk. The reaching branches of the tree cast their light over the street, reflected in the gathering puddles of a spring rain. A garden nearby is a riot of colors against the deep shadows of the night. The harsh artificial street lights that we know today are gone. What would your world look like? Is it a world where the need for fossil fuel has been eliminated, or have the scientists bio-engineered the earth into a beautiful apocalypse?
The idea of bio-luminescent plant illumination is a real project in progress by three scientists in San Francisco, California. These scientists are engineering marine bio-luminous bacterial DNA into plants to make them glow. You can read more about their project here: Glowing Plants: Street Lights of the Future?
The Mediums
- Stock & Resources: Create a stock image according to the theme of the contest. Your entry must be relevant to a bio-luminescent world or elements.
- Digital Media: Photomanipulations/Mixed Media: You must use at least two stock photos from dA Stock Providers in the artwork (All other digital galleries: as a reference and inspiration.) Please be sure to properly credit and notify your stock providers to be eligible for this contest.
- Traditional Media: Create a setting relevant to your medium where the trees and plants are bio-luminescent.
- Considering that this contest is open to our youngest members, submissions containing nudity, sexual themes, or extreme violence/gore will not be accepted.
The Deadline
Contest Begins: September 15th, 2014 12:00 A.M. PST
Contest Ends: October 15th, 2014 11:59 P.M. PST
When your entry is finished:
Submit your entry to in the contest folder: The Illuminated World Contest Entries
One Entry Per Person will be accepted.
The Prizes
Grand Prize
1 Year Premium Subscription from communityrelations
1,000 from communityrelations
500 from Cinnamoncandy-Stock
200 from Elandria
200 from PirateLotus-Stock
50 from The-Stock-Directory
50 from RockStocks
5 Exclusive Stock Packs from CelticStrm-Stock
2 Exclusive Stock Packs from PirateLotus-Stock
1 Exclusive Stock Pack from CD-STOCK
Exclusive Stock from Cassy-Blue
Exclusive Stock and a Llama from EveLivesey
Exclusive Stock, Llama, Watch, and Exclusive Premade BG from Mandies-Stock
Exclusive Stock and a Llama from Null-Entity
Exclusive Stock from YBsilon-Stock
Exclusive Premade Background from annewipf
Special Stock Request from Danika-Stock
Animation commission, (headshot of a character doing something simple) from ShoyzzFanArt
Llama from SavageFrog
Feature and Llama from The-Lost-Hope
First Prize: Stock:
6 Month Premium Subscription from communityrelations
500 from communityrelations
200 from Elandria
100 from PirateLotus-Stock
50 from The-Stock-Directory
3 Exclusive Stock Packs from CelticStrm-Stock
1 Exclusive Stock Pack from PirateLotus-Stock
1 Exclusive Stock Pack from RockStocks
1 Exclusive Stock Pack from CD-STOCK
Exclusive Stock from Cassy-Blue
Exclusive Stock and a Llama from EveLivesey
Exclusive Stock, Llama, Watch, and Exclusive Premade BG from Mandies-Stock
Exclusive Stock and a Llama from Null-Entity
Exclusive Stock from YBsilon-Stock
Exclusive Premade Background from annewipf
Digital linear (cell-shading), one character, no background from ShoyzzFanArt
Llama from The-Lost-Hope
Llama from SavageFrog
First Prize: Digital:
6 Month Premium Subscription from communityrelations
500 from communityrelations
200 from Elandria
100 from PirateLotus-Stock
50 from The-Stock-Directory
3 Exclusive Stock Packs from CelticStrm-Stock
1 Exclusive Stock Pack from PirateLotus-Stock
1 Exclusive Stock Pack from RockStocks
1 Exclusive Stock Pack from CD-STOCK
Exclusive Stock from Cassy-Blue
Exclusive Stock from and a Llama EveLivesey
Exclusive Stock, Llama, Watch, and Exclusive Premade BG from Mandies-Stock
Exclusive Stock and a Llama from Null-Entity
Exclusive Stock from YBsilon-Stock
Exclusive Premade Background from annewipf
Colored sketch (cell-shading), one character, no background from ShoyzzFanArt
Llama from The-Lost-Hope
Llama from SavageFrog
First Prize: Traditional:
6 Month Premium Subscription from communityrelations
500 from communityrelations
200 from Elandria
100 from PirateLotus-Stock
50 from The-Stock-Directory
3 Exclusive Stock Packs from CelticStrm-Stock
1 Exclusive Stock Pack from PirateLotus-Stock
1 Exclusive Stock Pack from RockStocks
1 Exclusive Stock Pack from CD-STOCK
Exclusive Stock from Cassy-Blue
Exclusive Stock from and a Llama EveLivesey
Exclusive Stock, Llama, Watch, and Exclusive Premade BG from Mandies-Stock
Exclusive Stock and a Llama from Null-Entity
Exclusive Stock from YBsilon-Stock
Exclusive Premade Background from annewipf
Colored sketch (cell-shading), one character, no background from ShoyzzFanArt
Llama from The-Lost-Hope
Llama from SavageFrog
The Winners Will Be Featured By:
CelticStrm-Stock, Cassy-Blue, A-Wakefield, Mandies-Stock annewipf