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</pre>Ballistic Publishing invites you to submit your work to
Exotique 8: The World's Best CG Characters

The 8th book in the series will showcase the best digital character creations produced for film, television, games and personal endeavor.

EXOTIQUE 8 will showcase the world's most stunning CG characters. We are looking for all types of character work from humans to fantastic creatures.

If your work is selected for publication in EXOTIQUE 8 you will receive a complimentary copy of the book and will also get international exposure by having your work included in the premier collection of digital character art.

There is no cost or limit to the number of entries you can enter for EXOTIQUE 8.

Entry Deadline:
30 August, 2013 Midnight GMT





Guidelines


 For guidelines, click here

FAQs


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Submission Guidelines


Nudity is acceptable but should be presented artistically and respectfully. (As a guide we request characters be presented as they might be found in a fashion magazine).

Artwork must be submitted before 30 August, 2013. Further submission guidelines and electronic upload instructions must be read before submitting work: Read Guidelines >>

Art the way it’s meant to be seen


Like all Ballistic Publishing books, the artists and art in EXOTIQUE 8 take center stage. Every image is carefully color-corrected to ensure that it’s as vibrant and detailed as the artist’s original vision. Each layout is assembled to show off the artwork at its best with sympathetic styles and color palettes, and when the artwork demands a full-spread or full-page, it is given its rightful space.

Publishing Details

EXOTIQUE 8 will be released worldwide in Decenber 2013. To avoid problems due to the rush of last minute entries, we ask that artists with existing works submit them as quickly as possible. We look forward to seeing your work featured in EXOTIQUE 8!







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Free and unappreciated.

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 9:14 PM


Today I got told that my apps should be free as deviantART is free. After hearing this dozens if not hundreds of times since I first started creating iOS apps for deviantART in my free time, I've finally gotten to the stage in my mind where I feel that I need to address this problem.

My deviantART apps all originate from my own personal need for them. dAmnMobile, I wanted to chat on dAmn via my iPhone then my iPad when I eventually got one. dA Messages, I wanted to check my messages in a better user interface than the mobile site provided at that stage. dA Uploader, I wanted to upload to my Sta.sh quickly with a simple UI. The side effect of me wanting these personally is that you received them as well.

The concept in people's mind that third party apps should be free as the website is needs to be corrected. My personal apps are either paid apps or apps with in-app purchases for a reason, that reason is that I like to be able to earn a little bit of money from my side projects. I put my own personal time into these apps, not any time that I am already paid for. Asking for my work for free, is like asking a graphic designer to design a website for free, you shouldn't do it. I work hard on my products and people that ask why it isn't free slowly grind me down to the point where I ask myself if my work is appreciated at all.

A lot of third party projects are available for use with deviantART but the creators are never thanked for their efforts and personal free time that they put into these projects.

For example, have you thanked the developers behind superdAmn recently? How about the #BotLab developers for their endless work on the bots that help run hundreds of chats on dAmn? Or maybe =baronbeandip for his work on Android apps? Why not go thank them now, they will appreciate it a lot and it will give them more of a reason to actually continue working on these projects in their own time.

I am of the belief that everything you do should be done to make a dent upon the universe. My deviantART related apps are created solely to improve other's experience while using deviantART on their iOS devices. Improving the experience of deviantART on mobile is one of my attempts to create my own small dent in the universe but without thanks and just criticism it slowly makes me question why I continue to work on these projects.

So please, go thank the developers of your favourite projects for their tireless work or even give thanks to the #dt team for their work of creating deviantART as it is today. It will help show them that they are appreciated and will only take a moment of your time.

I leave you with but one thought, what are you doing to put your dent upon the universe?


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~REMUSJOHN May 9, 2013  New member Hobbyist Digital Artist
AWESOMEST GROUP HERE!!!
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Hai :3 *skips away*
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Mood: Content =redfoxj Apr 15, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Wow. The front page is the most helpful one I came across. And I don't have iOS.
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The song of our people? :noes:
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