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• Challenges have arrived ...
  by RedBubble

  Hello! We’ve been working on our challenge software for several months now and today we’re taking the wraps off. You can see an examp…

  Hello! We’ve been working on our challenge software for several months now and today we’re taking the wraps off. You can see an example of the challenge software here and you can see a summary of all challenges on RedBubble here. The thinking behind challenges is that they should be fun, a way for you to discover new work and a catalyst for action. The challenge software will be available to any group that would like it – just e-mail Jo and she’ll make it happen. We’ve also been working on RedBubble books behind the scenes – and today Paul is releasing the first RedBubble book. The book can be purchased here. The thinking behind this limited release is for us to test the quality (which we’re very happy with) and logistics before we hit the go button on books more generally. The timing on the site wide release of books is yet to be locked down – it really depends on how long other things take and how quickly I can hire some more people to help us build the website faster. On that front – Xavier and Peter are moving to San Francisco in two weeks. We’ll be looking to hire a few folks to keep us company … at the moment we’re looking to hire an Office Manager and a range of technical folks (Front End Developer and Back End Developer) so we can build faster. If you’re living in San Francisco and would like to know more drop Peter an e-mail and I can send you the job descriptions. Ciao, Peter

• 100 and a challenge ...
  by Natalie Tyler

  I’ve managed (by some miracle) to crack the 100 t-shirt sales mark. I know that there are loads of people on RB that probably do that in …

  I’ve managed (by some miracle) to crack the 100 t-shirt sales mark. I know that there are loads of people on RB that probably do that in a month (I’m looking at you and your CCTV Government t-shirt Ross Robinson!) but if you’d told me I’d be able to do that a year ago, I’d have thought you were one of those crazy internet people who doesn’t spend enough time in the real world. To mark the occasion I’ve decided to throw out a little t-shirt design challenge with a difference. The main difference being that this one has a prize. I had all these crazy ideas about prizes. Helvetica DVDs, free t-shirts, gorgeous books on illustration and typography, free CDs etc. then I thought, you know what … this is going to cost a shedload to post from the UK and it’s coming up to Christmas … I reckon people would just prefer the cash. So pay attention cos this is how it’s going to go down. Important stuff first. The Prize/Incentive A guaranteed sale. Not very exciting right? Well it’s a bit more exciting if you put an 800% mark up on it. Now, I’ll most likely go for a girly fitted tee so by my calculations, that means you’ll earn yourself about £75.00 (approx $160.00 USD) from one shirt sale. Which is better than a kick in the face with a golf shoe. Upload your shirt at the normal price and if you’re the chosen one, I’ll let you know and we can arrange a time where you can bump the price up and I can make my pur-chase … The Theme The theme for this little challenge is Reveal Yourself. Now, before you get the digital camera out and start nuding up I should clarify. I’m looking for a design that features something revealing about your personality – not your anatomy. It could be designed in a style you love, feature a subject matter you’re passionate about, demonstrate your sense of humour or tell a story from your past. It’s open to wide interpretation. The Fine Print It must be uber cool as I’ve got to wear it and I need all the cred I can get New designs only Enter as many times as you like Post your designs in the comments below The challenge will close midnight (GMT) Sunday 21st of September, 2008 Bonus points will awarded for spending extra time in the tee community over the next few weeks, leaving comments and encouraging others Tag your work revealyourself (this bit is important) The final choice is up to me and I’ll pick the design I love the most Please pass this on to any t-shirt designers you think may be keen. It’s just a small incentive to encourage some new, killer t-shirt designs and a way of saying thanks to everyone who has bmailed, encouraged me, commented on my stuff and bought shirts since my first upload 10 months ago. I can’t begin to thank you enough :) Cheers, / Nat

• RedBubble Thursday Release Notes
  by RedBubble

  This week has been a relatively short one in RedBubble land due to a public holiday, and various staff out of the office. However we sti…

  This week has been a relatively short one in RedBubble land due to a public holiday, and various staff out of the office. However we still have a few new things now up on the site. The old ‘overview’ page in mybubble is now gone, and replaced with the new-look activity monitor. We have added some new activity types here from the ongoing challenges beta which will help you stay on top of what challenges are happening within your groups. The list of all your groups can still be found via the groups tab in ‘mybubble’. The challenges beta has been expanded to more groups. Challenges can now be found in Challenge Cafe, Painters in Modern Times, Melbourne & Victoria, / Promote Each Other, A Photographer’s Craft, and Short Stories. Also a reminder from last week that calendars have all now been updated to a new 2009 design. So if you haven’t already, you can get cracking and make some new funky calendars from your art in mybubble/calendars. - John

• Site wide challenges on Redbubble
  by RedBubble

  Hello! Today we have released the functionality for “site-wide” challenges and we’ve opened challenges to all groups. You can see a s…

  Hello! Today we have released the functionality for “site-wide” challenges and we’ve opened challenges to all groups. You can see a summary of all challenges on this page and it’s great to see such a diversity of challenges popping up. The thinking with site wide challenges is that this will allow us to create challenges outside of a group which anyone can enter. Initially we are going to be using this functionality to create the next RedBubble publication “The City”. Unlike the previous publications, In the Moment, Gaia and Compassion (the last of which is due for release relatively shortly), “The City” will be on a more streamlined process. Entries will be open for two weeks then one weeks voting and straight to publication. We will have a process to incorporate writing into the publication (to be explained over the coming week). The idea behind this streamlined process is to increase the frequency and accessibility of the publications. We will also make them available at a significantly lower price than the previous publications – to maximise the potential distribution. The purpose behind the publications is to showcase the art and writing on RedBubble. We’ll operate them on a cost recovery basis and use them to market the artists on RedBubble. Obviously for the artists and writers that are published they are a great validation of the quality of their work (and its relevance to the topic). We hope by increasing the frequency of publication to be able to showcase more of the work on RedBubble and to cover more themes. So get your work ready for “The City” – which we aiming to kick off next Thursday. Ciao for this week, Peter PS – The other odds and ends we released this week include more tweeks to the BubbleSite (including the ability to select a cover image for sets) and a whole bunch of technical stuff to keep the website up and going – we’ve had 30% growth over the last month which has strained our resources somewhat.

• RedBubble Thursday Release Notes
  by RedBubble

  Did you know there are 1.6 million inventions under active patent in the United States? / Did you know RedBubble makes you smarter? Thi…

  Did you know there are 1.6 million inventions under active patent in the United States? / Did you know RedBubble makes you smarter? This week on the bubble we’ve made a few tweaks to mybubble, adding back in some of the links that went missing when we lost the overview page and generally making it a bit friendlier. If you’re participating in any of the beta challenges you’ll notice some more changes – the biggest of which is that there is now separate entry and voting periods to make things a bit fairer. Justin has been working hard this week figuring out a final end point for challenges so that hopefully we’ll be able to release them site wide soon. And in case you missed it earlier in the week, there’s now a pretty T-Shirt Mosaic that looks like an iron for you to play with. In fact I might go and do just that now. - Xavier

• Tees, People, England and Moustaches
  by RedBubble

  There is so much crazyfreakycool stuff happening around here at the moment anyone would think it was Christmas already. Actually anyone w…

  There is so much crazyfreakycool stuff happening around here at the moment anyone would think it was Christmas already. Actually anyone who has been into any shop since August would think it was Christmas already. Firstly, calling all t-shirt mentalists, do you want your clothes hung in a store next to Carnaby Street, London? Does Amy Winehouse need to go into hibernation? Of course, so go and check out this mentalist tee comp we just launched over here, you’ll be too excited to sit down. Secondly, anyone hanging around the t-shirt section in the last six months would have had to be clinically dead to have not noticed the infectious rise of one Natalie ‘I’ve got at least a million new challenges up my sleeve’ Tyler, who has more impact on the clothing world of RedBubble than the Earl of Sandwich had on convenience food. So without further ado I’d like to officially welcome her into the RedBubble fold. Good work Nat. She’ll be doing lots of community based bits and pieces and also some good healthy idea generating and marketing and probably a whole bunch of other stuff that she hasn’t bargained for at all. And while we’re on the subject on new staff, I’d like to introduce you to Rhana Griffin who you’ll probably have noticed around the place being super helpful and energetic, so super helpful in fact we thought we’d make it official, so now Rhana will be focusing on our customer service, a role she’s already been assisting admirably with, and has now made it a full time objective, nicely done. / / And finally, the sharp ones among you will have noticed that Nat is based in London, the sharper of you may have also noticed that a few months ago I moved my bombshell of a desk at the Melbourne RB office to that very same London, and it’s about now I’d like to stir up the interests of all of you who are perfectly capable of dealing with 362 days of rubbish weather, extraordinarily full trains and very expensive cornish pasties, and direct your attention here. The official home of RedBubble UK, where Nat and myself can keep you all abreast of future challenges, meet-ups and general English shenanigans, in the cold. That’s about all the excitement I can handle right now. / / Originally from here

• RedBubble Thursday Release Notes
  by RedBubble

  Hello Bubbleers. Has it been two weeks already? We’ve been hard at work on many wonderful things which are just gonna take some time, b…

  Hello Bubbleers. Has it been two weeks already? We’ve been hard at work on many wonderful things which are just gonna take some time, but we do have some goodies that were ready to release today. Drum roll please… New Framed Print Previews Over the next few hours we’ll rolling out new product previews for our framed prints. They look amazing if I do say so myself, but it’ll take a few hours for them to spread out over the entire site, so here’s an example from the beautiful portfolio of TalBright: New Tee Previews They’re not quite as amazing as the frames admittedly, but we’re also rolling out new tee previews over the next few hours, with pretty accurate illustrations of each style, more room for bigger previews, etc. We were also “this close” to having an accurate preview of each garment size as well, but they’ll have to wait a little bit. Here’s an example of a Girly Short Sleeve design by dkcazaly: You might notice some weird stretching of designs while we roll these out, but it’ll be worth it! The reason behind this change is that we want to do some pretty interesting stuff with the tees, like printing on the back, or positioning the design in the bottom corner, etc, and a nice flat realistic illustration of the garment will make this much much easier. Beta Testing Challenges The Challenge Café group is graciously helping us over the next few weeks by testing out the new challenge functionality. I’ll post some more about challenges in the next day or so once we’re set-up. They’re not-quite-done, but there’s some pretty cool stuff in there, like the new “work selector” which lets you enter a work into the challenge from the challenge page in the group rather than from inside MyBubble (which we’ll obviously be rolling out to other places, like groups, ASAP). Order By Phone in Australia We’re also experimenting with the idea of “order by phone”, starting with Australia. Copyright IPTC Data We’re also in the process of rolling out copyright notices embedded in the IPTC meta data of the images. It’ll take a few hours to spread out across the site, but every main, zoom and product preview image (all the big ones) will soon contain the copyright data. There’s no setting or preference, we just do it. There’s a swag of bug fixes and little things too, so enjoy! — Justin

• The City
  by RedBubble

  Today we released our first new site-wide challenge The City. This is…

  Today we released our first new site-wide challenge The City. This is the latest RedBubble publication where we aim to showcase the best visual and written work on the Web. A TShirt Competition is also on the way. “The City” is open to all works that explore the complex, vibrant world of concrete, glass and humanity that are urban environments all over the world. The best works will be selected for publication in “The City” to come out in November and available for sale through RedBubble. We publish these books regularly as a way for the RedBubble community to showcase their work in a professionally presented and designed book working with a copy editor. It’s one way RedBubble provides opportunities for professional development for its members. Visual works are entered directly into this challenge. from works in your portfolio and then voted on. The top works will be selected for publication. To enter written works go the group RedBubble The City and follow directions. Written works will be shortlisted and voted on by a group of judges. The top written and visual work will receive $US 250 in cash each and a $US 250 RedBubble voucher. Each of the published works will receive a $US 40 voucher to purchase work on RedBubble. We will be increasing the frequency of publication to be able to showcase more of the work on RedBubble and to cover more themes. So expect an announcement soon about what the next publication will be. We are aiming to make the publications, collectible (but affordable) which will mean relatively limited editions and consistent formatting. “Compassion” the most recent publication will be out soon.

• Challenge: Get yourself in the newspaper
  by Jo O'Brien

  Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get yourself, your event or your work into your local paper The short article an…

  Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get yourself, your event or your work into your local paper The short article and photo below was featured in my local paper last January at the time I had a group exhibition running with some friends. It took me literally 10 minutes on a lunch break to accomplish. I’ve done this many times for other artists, events, myself, school things… Getting a bit of coverage in a local paper can have a huge impact on how many people turn up to your event, or sign up for your class, or look you up on the net. What’s more, it’s actually quite easy to achieve Start with some well taken, interesting photos of you, the event organiser, the people behind the work, and maybe one of the work itself. Have a think. What about this person or event or work is interesting, different, exciting, would make people read the article twice? (If there isn’t anything interesting to write, stop at this step, go outside and do something interesting first.) Jot down 1-5 sentences that capture the tone and uniqueness of the person or event and make sure you include important details like names, dates, and contact details. Check your spelling, and read it aloud to make sure it runs smoothly. Stop going over it 50 billion times. It really doesn’t matter that much if you use ‘a’ or ‘the’ Send it to your local paper, a blog owner, or a magazine and include 1-3 of the best photos. Three things could happen: 1. They’ll go “sweet, this guy just did my job for me” and will publish it as is / 2. Someone will call you wanting to chat or email or ask for other photos and will flesh it out into a longer article / 3. You’ll hear nothing, and it will disappear into the abyss This whole process can take as little as 10 minutes if you already have suitable photos, so set your alarm for a bit early tomorrow and get up and do it. What have you got to lose?

• Challenge 8 - WINNER
  by Challenge Master

  Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Challenge. The work submitted for Challenge 8 was all outstanding. More importantly, you…

  Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Challenge. The work submitted for Challenge 8 was all outstanding. More importantly, your participation and collboration with Kathleens Art – Action Without violence group, will help to raise awareness about this barbaric trade in Whales. / The winning piece is / / Sail With Sea Wolfs by Cliff / / / / The runner up position goes to / / Harpoonscope by geoffeep / / / / Congratulations to both of you, and to all who took part in this awesome challenge

• Sydney Group: Melbourne Challenges You!
  by Jo O'Brien

  Yes Sydney group – we’re talking to you. / / / I heard from a little birdy…

  Yes Sydney group – we’re talking to you. / / / I heard from a little birdy that you are very confident that Manly will beat Melbourne Storm at the rugby this Sunday. Well, we think you’re wrong. Melbourne is vastly awesomer at rugby and probably even has spunkier players. (not that I’ve ever watched a game) But since you are so convinced, we challenge you to a friendly group wager The group who’s team wins the rugby, can kidnap a group host from the losing side for 2 weeks and make them do all sorts of hosting chores. You could make them run challenges about how great your city is, or make them organise a meet up from another state, or make them responsible for doing 100% of the featuring, or make them blog in the forums every. single. day. Yes, you will have a slave host to serve your group while you sip martinis and read Australian Womens’ Weekly. and… To make this a serious wager – the winning group can also send one of their hosts to invade the losing side and make sure the loss is sorely felt! So, feeling confident still? Do we have a deal? it’s entirely possible that almost every detail in this post is made up, and that we talked about this yesterday, but the wager still stands!

• Redbubble Friday Release Notes
  by RedBubble

  We have been busy plugging away at a number of things over this last week (and a day). Much of this has been for work that is still ongo…

  We have been busy plugging away at a number of things over this last week (and a day). Much of this has been for work that is still ongoing, but we do have a few small enhancements and under-the-hood changes out on the site now. We have made some small fixes and enhancements to the ongoing challenges beta over at The Challenge Café group. There have been a few test challenges complete already, and there are two more test ones currently running (Water and Black and White Photography). Please get involved if you are interested! We hope to enable challenges across all groups within the next few weeks. Work on the Redubble Private Sites has progressed well, and we will be starting some beta testing of that over the coming week. Otherwise there have been some further small enhancements to some of the product previews that you will start to see over the coming days, and we have made some significant systems changes that will allow us in the near future, to make your Activity Monitor an even more exciting place. Though for now, things should look exactly as they did. Enjoy! - John

• Challenge 2 - Movement - Winner
  by Challenge Master

  Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Challenge, all the work submitted was superb and picking the top 12 pieces of work was a…

  Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Challenge, all the work submitted was superb and picking the top 12 pieces of work was a very tough job indeed for both the moderators and last weeks finalists. / / The winner of Challenge 2 – MOVEMENT is / / Redtempa / With The Traveller / / The runner up for this week is Roughdiamond / / / With Absolute Joy / / Once again, Well done everyone, who took part. Voting was extremely close this week, and it almost came to a tied 3 win with Naomi Frost coming in a very close third with / / Splash!! / /

• Challenge 7 - WINNER
  by Challenge Master

  This challenge was judged by the very talented Paul Vanzella / / Thank you Paul for taking time to…

  This challenge was judged by the very talented Paul Vanzella / / Thank you Paul for taking time to do this for us. / / Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Challenge. The work submitted for this challenge was of such high quality that Paul’s first words when given the submissions to judge were – What a tough competition to judge!. / The winning piece is / / The Bleeding Tree by Birgitta / / Paul gave this reason for choosing this piece as the winning entry / / I’ve chosen “Bleeding Tree” as the winner – it’s pure aesthetic / quality pushed through immensely along with the title…. / The overall appeal of the image is impressive as it tells a story / as well as having extreme visual impact. There is nothing more naked than / a landscape without its forest. I just love the colour space / which the image resides. The pure golds just work so well and the / intricate tonal qualities make the image for me. Love the way your eye / moves seamlessly from the foreground right into the image and the / severed trunk reminds us of the nakedness of our land if these majestic trees / are cut down. Sensational piece of work! / / / / The runner up position goes to / / Interior & Furniture Design By … by Paul Tupman / / Paul’s reason for choosing this as the runner up piece is / / I love this image so much as it shows the naked stage of a building, / bare bones, before all the trimmings and thought process. / And, what a visual masterpiece this is…. from the way the light falls / to the raw colour palette and composition… an almost haphazzard composition / that works so well with all the elements interacting perfectly with each other. / A very unique piece of work where less is more and a stripped back interior / can provide an extremely engaging image. Love this! / / Congratulations to both of you, and to all who took part in this awesome challenge

• For Anyone Interested
  by Angi Baker

  Just thought I would let everyone know that the Inspired Art Group has a wonderful challenge up right now… So if you would like to join…

  Just thought I would let everyone know that the Inspired Art Group has a wonderful challenge up right now… So if you would like to join we would love to see your inspirational work… SEE CHALLENGE HERE

• DIGITAL ARTISTS' FRONT COVER CHALLENGE FRONT PAGE FEATURE OPPORTUNITY ON OUR HARDCOVER PUBLICATION THE WORLD IS WELCOME TO THE CHALLENGE
  by Alateia

  I AM WORKING WITH MY GROUPIES OF THE MELBOURNE SHOOTERS GALLERY & EVENTS AT THE MOMENT TO PUT…

  I AM WORKING WITH MY GROUPIES OF THE MELBOURNE SHOOTERS GALLERY & EVENTS AT THE MOMENT TO PUT TOGETHER A REALLY COOL HARDCOVER PUBLICATION. HERE IS SOME INFO / YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & TAKE UP THIS CHALLENGE THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES YOU MAKE AND THE DATE IS LEFT OPEN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BUT GET IN QUICK. * THE LAST PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTION THAT I STAGED FOR THE GROUP CALLED ‘THE ANGELS’ PRODUCED SOME AMAZING IMAGES, HIGHLY UNIQUE. THEY WERE SHOT WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MATERIAL FOR DIGITAL ARTISTRY. THE CHALLENGE IS FOR DIGITAL ARTISTS TO TAKE YOUR PIC OF ANY OF THE SAMPLE IMAGES BELOW, HAVE A PLAY AND SEE IF YOU CAN TRANSFORM THEM INTO REAL ANGELS WITH WINGS AND THINGS… oh, i f you don’t have a spare pair of wings floating around try something sureal, mythological, futuristic…... . THREE OF THE BEST WILL BE OFFERED THE ENTIRE COLLECTION TO CHOSE FROM AND PROVIDED WITH THE HIGH RES IMAGE TO WORK WITH. SOME CLUES….....? / imagery to represent / ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS all due credits of course. / HERE ARE THE IMAGES GOING INTO JIUCY, GLOSSY PAGES My weaknesses: / Classical mythology, purple, blue, red, gold, fantasy, sureal, scifi, paris, 1920- 1950, favourite times 60’s & 70’s, favourite gods, demi gods, bacchus, pan, diana, athena, neptune, hercules, hermes, adonis, icarus, oh did i say ICARUS? favourite moveis, the 13the element, dead man, elizabeth, 300, favourite music, french, mademoiselle K, manu chau, donavan, favourite designers: jean paul gautier, de la renta, jimmy choo, kanzai yamamoto, favourite art: japanese woodblock, kabuki, manga, marquesian tattoo, favourite cultures: japanese, italian, polynesian have fun… but before you do…........READ THE FOLLWING AND DO NOT ENTER IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO ABIDE BY THIS CONDITION. IMPORTANT NOTE: TO PROTECT THE AUTHORS OF THESE IMAGES PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING:* / . / (THE AUTHORS OF THESE IMAGES HAVE GRANTED THEIR APPROVAL FOR DIGITAL MANIPULATIONS OF THEIR IMAGES SOLELY FOR THIS CHALLENGE ALONE. _SAMPLES OF YOUR WORK MUST BE FOR THIS PURPOSE ONLY AND ANY WORK YOU DO ON THEIR IMAGES MUST ONLY BE FOR THIS CHALLENGE AS SAMPLES AND NOT TO BE USED OR EMPLOYED, PUBLISHED, DISPLAYED ANYWHERE ELSE APART FROM THIS JOURNAL ENTRY. / IF YOU ARE SELCTED FOR THE FINAL IMAGE A FORMAL AGREEMENT WILL BE DRAWN UP TO EMBRACE SHARED IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDITS. / ‘fallen angel’ courtesy of Missy Miss / / / Over the next day or so i will post some more up. I have permission from the photographers to offer their images up for this project, they are also very excited to see what you can do with them. ............go for it. !! / take out the aparatus and background and turn them into amazing Arc Angels would be cool….. i like mist and mystical, rich tones and intensity. THE MORE CAPTIVATING THE BETTER. COVER IMAGE BABY!!! / #3by me#4by me. CHECK THIS OUT GUYS* i have been given permission to post this bubble up…... Aloramyst wrote you a BubbleMail about 3 hours ago: Alateia, I would like to offer up my entire Redbubble portfolio which contains over 1500 pieces of artwork for collaborations for digital artists for your Digital Artist’s Front Cover Challenge. They may manipulate any of the images to be a part of this challenge only. I have an abundance of artwork ranging from magical, fractal, nature shots an more. I would luv to see what others can do with them in combination with your provided models. Here is a link to my portfolio if you’re interested in making it available to others. I THINK THATS A WONDERFUL IDEA, HAVE A LOOK THROUGH HER COLLECTION… SOME AMAZING ZTUFF…......ooooo this is getting FUN!! TAKE A SNEAK PEEK AT THE COLLECTION / the password is … crusifix

• Second Place in North Carolina Challenge!
  by Patricia Montgomery

  / DRAGON VIEW This image placed 2nd in the …

  / DRAGON VIEW This image placed 2nd in the challenge, Fall in North Carolina for the All of North Carolina group. As a part of the challenge results, the image is also featured on the group’s home page. I want to thank everyone who voted for Dragon View. I am honored to have placed in the challenge and appreciate each vote so much!! Patricia / The Happy Twirler!

• WOOO HOO'ING for this week!
  by Squealia

  All Pets Great & Small have very kindly featured my t-shirt image “I am as cut…

  All Pets Great & Small have very kindly featured my t-shirt image I am as cute and lovable as a Cav, thanking the moderators so much. Boredom Competitions on the 24/7 have very kindly featured my creation Laden with Homework, thanking them very much. Jerame very kindly made me a featured member of Everyday Women, (‘coz he felt sorry for me!) I won the T-Shirt Challenge with my tee I am as cute and lovable as a Cav thanking very much all those of you that voted for my t-shirt. Thanking everyone for their support.

• Challenge winning and features.
  by Eyal Nahmias

  Thank you all RB artists who voted for first place my Aymara Man image …

  Thank you all RB artists who voted for first place my Aymara Man image in the recent Speak to Me Challenge hosted by the THE WAIST UP – Portraiture Photography group Fully loaded featured in the Live, Love, Dream group Avilla Beach” was featured in the California Sound Group “Scarlet Macaw” featured in the Parrots and Cockatoos of the World “Confrontation / Conflict” featured in the AMERICA’s National Parks and WILDLIFE Habitat group “Rosh Hanikra Grottoes” featured in the Nature’s Wonders Group “Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA” was featured in The Professionals Group Thank you RB artists, moderators and viewers for the support and vote of confidence.

• Two Little Hummers in Top 10 Challenge!
  by Glenna Walker

  “Two Little Hummers” made it in the top 10 of the Monthly Avatar #2 Challenge in the Hummingbirds of the World group: !http://images-3…

  “Two Little Hummers” made it in the top 10 of the Monthly Avatar #2 Challenge in the Hummingbirds of the World group: Avatar #2 Challenge Thanks to all that voted for “Two Little Hummers”, I really appreciate it! Huggz, / Glenna

• Top 5 finish in the Speak to Me" Challenge - Waist up Portraiture Group
  by Dean Mullin

  Well my first entry to a challenge in RB did rather well a 4th place with over 200 entries. So well done to the Old lady selling peaches …

  Well my first entry to a challenge in RB did rather well a 4th place with over 200 entries. So well done to the Old lady selling peaches B&W picture that took at that position. Looking at all the entries made me really happy she did so well – there were some amazing portraits in there so yippeeeee also on a side note! yes the Sigma 70mm f2.8 macro lens has turned up and I’m attempting to learn how to use the thing – but geez it ain’t easy using one of those lenses. First impressions? Don’t know yet…. seems quite slow to get a focus and can lose it quickly than go in and out to find it again – but once it does find a good lock, it’ll track very nicely and smoothly in and out as you move the camera. Also what’s with the frickin tiny DOF?! :o) my god moving one mm can ruin the focus. So I’m experimenting with the thing and taking a lot of very out of focus, blurry photos as things blow in the wind or I move. Somehow I thought the images would be sharper in the camera at 100% crop. Some of the photo’s I’ve seen on here using that lens are pin sharp.. perhaps it’s the camera? maybe not up to it?! I will persevere and find something interesting to photograph other than curly shells and end up PP’ing to make it better thanks for reading everyone – have a good day / dean

• In Top Ten Challence with *A field full Red Tulips* in RED challenge Nature's Wonders group
  by ienemien

  It feels great to see my A field full Red Tulips in TOP TEN challenge RED in the Nature’s Wonders group I like to thank all …

  It feels great to see my A field full Red Tulips in TOP TEN challenge RED in the Nature’s Wonders group I like to thank all the members who vote for me…. THANK YOU!! Warm greetings from Ien.

• Challenge 4 - WINNER
  by Challenge Master

  Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Challenge. / The winning piece is / / Capture & Release by Lea Hawkins / !http:...

  Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Challenge. / The winning piece is / / Capture & Release by Lea Hawkins / / / The runner up position goes to / / Centrifuge by Birgitta / / / / Congratulations to both of you

• 'Santa Claus Christmas Card' 3rd in Prize Challenges!! group
  by Christine Till @ CT-Graphics

  Santa Claus Christmas Card made third in the Wina aCard Hamper with your best christmas image! challenge...

  Santa Claus Christmas Card made third in the Wina aCard Hamper with your best christmas image! challenge of the Prize Challenges!! group Santa Claus Christmas Card Thanks to all who voted for my Christmas Card and Thanks to the group hosts for their great support. Congratulations to MarekM who won the challenge with ‘Tale’, all the other artists who scored and to everyone who participated.