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To kick off the latest phase of our
Talent Empowerment ProgramTM, we are holding a nationwide Empowering Talent SearchTM
looking for the topfive totenundiscoveredPhoto Artists in the country to lead the way as examples of what artists can accomplish with the right education and support.
We're opening this up to ONLY1,000 artists nationwide!
We're only running this until the 8th of December, so get in Now!
Our winners will receive:
International
Publicity through our global Alliance network
Educational Training
and Support: Learn how to make a living from your art, whether you
want to start a business or simply have others sell your art so you
can spend your time doing what you love.
Opportunities
to partner with our organization/affiliates to promote your art
Possible surprise bonuses, such as cash prizes
Everyone Wins Something! - ALL Participants Will Receive:
A FREE evaluation of their work
A FREE Class
The Simple Process:
Submit
a High Quality photo/image of or link to your best single
piece of Photo Art (Step 1), along with the Entry Fee (Step 2) at the bottom of this page.
If
you are selected to be a finalist, (100 or less will be selected); we will contact youbeforeJanuary 8th
for a link to your other portfolio selections. (see details below)
Requirements:
Entry
Fee:
The cost is only
$20 to enter! We want this to be an equal
opportunity program and
don't believe a lack of money should hold anyone back.
Qualifications
and Terms:
By
Un-discoveredwe mean that the
artist must be making less than
$10,000/year
from his/her art.
Photo
Art means art made from one
or more photos, including digital editing/FX.
Art
is creative expression.
We don't care how you made it (as long as no one was harmed of course), we care that it looks good AND
conveys something
positive.
We
do mean Creative!
This means that you can't just go outside and take a photo of your
friend standing at attention, turn it blue, and submit it as art.
Anyone with a free photo editing program can do that! That's NOT
creative expression!
Be
different, express yourself. If you photograph a model, and he/she
looks bored to death, you need to learn what art really is: not
just to you, but to the person who wants to buy art!
For examples, visit our Talent Empowerment Group TM here and review our Favorites page, specifically the "Featured" and "Photo or Digital Art" Collections.
Positive:
uplifting, inspiring, impressive, enjoyable, lovely to look at...
that means nothing that is dark, dreary and looks like it came
out of a horror movie
that also means nothing bland, dull, stale and insignificant
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", not your mind.
If
you don't know
in your heart if your art qualifies and is worth selling, ask
people if they enjoy it and would like to buy it. Post it online
and get feedback. Not only will you get people's perspective, but
you might find a buyer! If only the rest of life could be so easy,
eh? :)
Submission
and Portfolio:
You
are required to submit either a JPG/PNG format photo/image or link
to such for the first submission, and if you are selected as a
finalist we will want to see a Portfolio of 5 (no more) of your
best pieces of art. Your portfolio can have more than that, but
specifically send us links to only the top 5.
We recommend
that you scan in the piece or send us a digital image from the
original. If you only have the printed forms, then you will have
to take a photo.
These photos/images must be
high quality, as color
accurate (true to real life) as you can manage, well lit and
detailed. This means include the entire piece in the photo/image
and make sure it is taken close enough to clearly see
the details of the work
as if we were there, also making sure that any lighting you use
does not interfere with viewing the detail of the piece.
If
it is large and including the entire piece in one photo/image does
not give enough detail, we suggest taking a series of shots of
sections which together cover the entire piece, and include them
with one showing the full work.
(Scroll Down To Submit an Entry)
Where
there's a will, there's a way
- Common
Issues and Their Solutions:
Don't
have, or know where to create, an Online Portfolio?
We use and recommend DeviantArt.com
and Facebook.
If
you are a real artist, you should have multiple examples of your
work. Post High Quality
photos/digital copies of your art on a portfolio online. You or
someone you know should be able to accomplish this quickly and
easily.
Pros
and Cons:
Facebook
is fastest for creating a portfolio. With FB you can bulk upload
multiple images at once. DA only allows one at a time.
DeviantArt
requires that you give details about each piece, while on FB it is
optional.
FB
allows you to share what you do with anyone anywhere who has an
account, which tens of millions of people globally do.
With
DA you can sell your art right from your profile! On FB you can
share photos of what you do but you have to sell from another
site.
Bonus:
you can use these sites to not only display, but also sell your
art!
Don't
know how?
If you were
born and raised in a time when computers were not widely used and
consequently never learned to deal with computers: there are
professionals, such as photographers, who should be able to help
you. You probably also have plenty of relatives, friends or local
high school/college students who are studying or have already
learned these things, who would be happy to help you. Ask around,
ask other local/online professional photographers and artists if
they can either help or recommend someone.
The right
(experienced) person can help you do this very quickly and easily,
and at worst (taking pictures with a camera and uploading them on a
dial-up internet connection) it should only take half-an-hour Maximum.
Don't
have the money? Find a sponsor!
Where
there is a will, there is a way. If you don't have the money and
you're a good artist, it shouldn't be a problem for you to find
someone (or a business/organization) who likes your art and would be
willing to sponsor you.
Who enjoys your work? Ask them to
sponsor you or offer to trade/discount them a piece of art for the
money to enter this talent search. Haven't shown anyone your work?
Get on a social web site, post a photo of your work and ask for
sponsors. Take your best piece with you to a local business and ask
them to sponsor you. Offer to write a public thank-you latter and
submit it to the local paper (and follow through on that offer if it
is accepted).
If your work is good, you will find someone
willing to help. If you don't believe in yourself enough to do what
it takes, you're not ready for the success you desire and we suggest
contacting us for Personal Empowerment Coaching.
Know
of a good artist you would like to see successfully
making a good living doing what they love? Sponsor
them!
We
have heard from many people that so-and-so is an awesome artist and
we should check him/her out. We don't have the funding to afford the
time to hunt down your favorite artist and see whether or not you're
just saying that because he/she is a friend, relative or lover.
If
you believe in this artist, sponsor them!
Get them to send us a photo of their work, and we will finally have
the money to afford the time to check out your artist without having
to hunt the person down and convince them that their art is worth
someone looking at, and then see if their work is unique and quality
enough to be worth considering for our program (assuming they are
even interested and trainable enough to work with to help create an
income with their art).