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ENTER OR WINCONTEST BEGINS AT 12:00:00 AM (PT)ON DECEMBER 8, 2011 AND ENDS AT 11:59:59 PM (PT) ON

JANUARY 9, 2012 (THE "PROMOTION PERIOD").1. HOW TO ENTER: Membership towww.deviantart.com (the "Contest

Site") is required to enter the Contest. Membership to www.deviantart.com

is free. If Entrant is alreadya registered member, Entrant is not

automaticallyentered into the Contest. Entrant must be at least 13years

old as of December 8, 2011. Contest is void where prohibited bylaw.

Entrant must follow the instructions on Contest Site and submit the

completed entryof a piece of artwork advertising one of the seven deadly

sins listed at the Contest Site created using at least three stock images

made available in the galleries at stockproject.deviantart.com. The Work

must use the provided template so that the finished workcan be adapted

for use in the format of a billboard and in the format of a small poster for

paste-up. The template is provided for download at the Contest Site.

The completed entry ("Work"):

i.

must use at least three images made available in the galleriesat stockproject.deviantart.com;

ii. must advertise one of the following seven deadly sins and prominentlydisplay within the Work the name of the sin selected by the Entrant forhis or her Work: [lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride];

iii. must conform to the Template provided for download at the Contest Site;file must be a minimum of 2100 pixels x 720 pixels at 300 dpi

iv. may otherwise originate in any medium;v. may use, alter or change the medium of the images made available

at stockproject.deviantart.com;

vi. may include any additional original material made by Entrant ;vii. may not contain stock images obtained from other members ofdeviantART or other companies, however, licensed fonts, stock brushes

and textures are acceptable;

viii. must provide in the description section when you upload your entry a listof the stock images you used in the Work; and


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ix. deviantArt and Fotolia logos may be placed on the winning works whenpublished

The Work must be submitted to the Contest Galleryfound on the Contest

Site in the form of a PNG or JPG file. Onlyonline entries will be accepted.No hardcopies of the entrywill be accepted. Do not submit original files.

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY11:59:59 PM (PT) January9, 2012. No

illegible, incomplete, forged or altered entries will be accepted. Entrants

mayenter as manyWorks as theylike however duplicate entries are not

allowed.

o Works will not be returned.o The Work (i) must be the exclusive original work of the entrant (other

than permitted stock sources) and made for the Contest; (ii) must be inkeeping with the image of deviantART and Fotolia; (iii) may not be

libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, unlawful or

plagiarized, as determined by the deviantART and/or Fotolia in its sole

discretion; (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, profane, obscene,excessively violent, racially, ethnically or sexually objectionable or

similarly offensive in any way, as determined by deviantART and/or

Fotolia in its sole discretion; (v) may not defame or invade publicity

rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe

upon any person's personal or property rights or any other third party

rights, or involve in the making of the Work physical harm to any personor animal; (vi) may not contain commercial/corporate advertising,

including but not limited to corporate logos, brand names, and slogans;

(vii) may not include any viruses, worms, corrupt files, Trojan horses, orother forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise

the Contest Site and/or the proper conduct of the Contest; (viii) may not

use any distinguishing artist marks or watermarks (such as anyprominent signature or symbol representing the artist); and (ix) if found

to be in violation of these rules will be disqualified and therefore

removed from the Contest Site Gallery.o By submitting the Work, Entrant represents that (i) (s)he has the

unrestricted right to submit the Work; (ii) all persons whose name or

likeness appears in the Work (other than likenesses of people found inimages acquired through stockproject.deviantart.com for the purposes of

this Contest) have unconditionally consented in writing to their

appearance in the Work and unconditionally granted entrant in writing

the right to submit the Work subject to these Official Rules, a copy of


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which consent and grant will be furnished to the Sponsor upon request;

and (iii) the Work does not infringe upon any third party's proprietary orother rights. Entrant may use licensed fonts, brushes and textures in the

Work.

o All Works submitted will remain the exclusive property of the Entrant,provided that:

i. All images used in the Work acquired throughstockproject.deviantart.com are used under the Terms and

Conditions found at stockproject.deviantart.com;

ii. during the Promotion Period, and for a period of one yearthereafter, eligible Works submitted to the Contest may be posted

at the Contest Site or otherwise displayed in selections made bydeviantART and/or Fotolia, and in any form and media on or off

the deviantART site, but only in connection with promotion of the

Contest and/or with reference to the Contest;iii. during the ten (10) year period immediately following the

Promotion Period (the "Display Period"), the Sponsor, and/or

Fotolia may (but will not be obligated to) display prize winningWorks in any form and media in connection with the promotion of

their respective businesses;

iv. Entrant acknowledges that deviantART and Fotolia may change,crop or otherwise alter any prize winning Work for the purposes

of its use and/or display including the placement of their

respective logos an/or company names on the Work;

v.

Sponsor, and/or Fotolia may otherwise use prize winning Worksin such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the

relevant entrant may approve in writing (such approval not to beunreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); and

vi. Entrant may not authorize or permit any prize winning Work to beused to promote any product or service of any party other thanEntrant, the Sponsor and/or Fotolia during the Display Period.

SELECTION OF WINNERS: Potential winners will be selected on or

about Fridaythe 13th of January, 2011, from all eligible and qualified entries.

Seven Finalists, one each for each sin, will be selected byfull-time deviantART

Staff on the basis of excellence in design; excellence in conveying the intended

message as an advertisement; excellence in execution. One Grand Winner will be

selected from the seven Finalists bythe Chairman of Fotolia Inc, Oleg Tschelzoff.

Onlyone entryper entrant maybe chosen as a Finalist. The judges' decisions are

final on all matters relating to the Contest. In the event of a tie in anyportion of


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the judging process, the judges themselves will resolve the tie to the appropriate

number of semi-finalists or ranked winners as applicable. Judging of the winners

will be based on excellence in design, excellence in conveying the intended

message as an advertisement, excellence in execution in whatever degree the

judges believe to be appropriate in reaching a decision.

PRIZES: There will be six (6) Finalist Prize Packages, one (1) Grand Prize

Winner Package. One (1) Grand-Prize Winner will receive: a trip for the winner

(and a parent or legal guardian if under the age of eighteen (18)) to attend a

devMEET in San Francisco, CA. at a date to be determined in the first two weeks

of February, 2012; $1500 USD, $50 USD ofcredits at stockproject.fotolia.com,

iPad 2 - 16 GB Wi-Fi, 8,000 deviantART Points, dA Pro Digital Artist Backpack,

deviantWEAR T-shirt of winner's choice (depending on availability),

deviantWEAR Hoodie of winner's choice (depending on availability), a Fella anda Llama Plushie, a One year Premium Membership to deviantART. Approximate

Retail Value ("ARV"): $4,777.00 USD. Actual value mayvarybased on airfare

fluctuations anddistance between departure anddestination.

The six (6) remaining Finalists will each receive: $700 USD, $25 USD of

credits at stockproject.fotolia.com, iPod Shuffle - Grey2 GB, 800

deviantART Points, deviantWEAR T-shirt of winner's choice (depending on

availability), Fella or Llama Plushie of winner's choice (depending onavailability), Oneyear Premium Membership to deviantART (Total

Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of each Finalist Prize Package: $859.00

USD).

Grand-Prize winning entrant acknowledges that the trip package is for the

purpose of viewing the completed billboard of the Grand- Prize winning

Work and accordinglyentrant will make his or herself available to Sponsor

during his or her stayin San Francisco for publicityand to attend a

devMEET. Entrant will be solelyresponsible for anyvisa or other special

travel documents required if the entrant is travelling from outside the

United States.deviantART cannot provide assistance with respect to visas

or government required travel documents. Trip package includes round

trip coach-class airfare to San Francisco, CA for one (1). If the Grand-Prize

winning entrant is a minor he or she must be accompanied bya parent or


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guardian and the prize will also include round trip coach-class airfare to

San Francisco, CA for the accompanying parent or guardian.

Transportation is from a major airport near Winner's home (as determined

bySponsor in its sole discretion) and the trip package includes two (2)

nights accommodations at a hotel determined bySponsor in its sole

discretion (single room, double occupancy). Winner must travel within one

month of the announcement of the prize winners or trip package will be

forfeited. Trip subject to availabilityand blackout dates. Travel must be

round trip. Sponsor will determine airline and flight itineraryin its sole

discretion. No refund or compensation will be made in the event of the

cancellation or delayof anyflight. Travel and accommodations are subject

to availability. Travel is subject to the terms andconditions of these Official

Rules, and those of the Sponsor's airline carrier ofchoice as detailed in thepassenger ticket contract. All expenses and incidental travel costs not

expresslystated in the package description above, including but not limited

to, ground transportation, meals, incidentals, passenger tariffs or duties,

surcharges, airport fees, service charges or facilitycharges, personal

charges at lodging, securityfees, taxes or other expenses are the

responsibilitysolelyof winner. If winner is a minor in his/her state or

countryof residence, travel companion must be winner's parent/legal

guardian, and must travel on same itineraryand at the same time as thewinner. Winner and travel companion must execute liabilityreleases prior

to issuance of travel documents. Travel restrictions, conditions and

limitations mayapply. If in the judgment of Sponsor air travel is not

requireddue to winner's proximityto prize location, ground transportation

will be substituted for round trip air travel at Sponsor's sole discretion.

Sponsor will not replace anylost, mutilated, or stolen tickets, travel

vouchers or certificates. Grand- Prize winner will not receive the cash value

of the trip in lieu of traveling.

(Total combined Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of all Prize Packages:

$12,332.00 USD).

Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received and nature

of Work. All prizes will be awarded (assuming sufficient number of entries).


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Sponsor reserves right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. No

other substitution or transfer of prizes permitted. Sponsor responsible only

for prize delivery; not responsible for prize utility, qualityor otherwise.

Taxes and fees, if any, are the sole responsibilityof prize winners. Sponsor

will not replace anylost, mutilated or damaged prizes.

ELIGIBILITY: Contest open to deviantART members who are at least

thirteen (13)years old as of December 8, 2011, except employees and volunteers

(and their immediate families and members of the same household) of Sponsor

and/or Fotolia, their affiliates, agents, judges and advertising and promotion

agencies. There is no charge for deviantART membership.

VERIFICATION OF WINNERS AND DELIVERY OF

PRIZES: Potential winners who are under the age of majorityin theirjurisdiction of residence and their parent or legal guardian will, and other

potential winners may, be required to sign an affidavit of eligibilityand liability

release and, where permitted, a publicityrelease. Prize maybe forfeited if

affidavit or releases are not returned within 14 days after mailing to potential

winner or if prize notification letter or prize is returned as undeliverable. Winner

agrees to Sponsor's use of his/her name, address, likeness, and/or prize

information for promotional purposes in anymedium without additional

compensation to the extent permitted bylaw.GENERAL: This Contest is void where prohibited or restricted bylaw and

is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. This

Contest will be governed bythe internal laws of the State of California, USA. Any

and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Contest must be

brought in a court ofcompetent jurisdiction within the State of California.

Sponsor and judges not responsible for late, lost, stolen, damaged, garbled,

incomplete, misaddressed, postage due, incorrect or misdirected entries, mail or

communications, for errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, or

delays in operations or transmission of information, in each case whether arising

bywayof technical or other failures or malfunctions ofcomputer hardware,

software, communications devices, or transmission lines or data corruption, theft,

destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entrymaterials, loss or

otherwise. Sponsor and judges not responsible for electroniccommunications


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which are undeliverable as a result of anyform of active or passive filtering of any

kind, or insufficient space in entrant's e-mail account to receive e-mail messages.

Sponsor disclaims anyliabilityfor damage to anycomputer system resulting from

participation in, or accessing, posting, uploading or downloading information in

connection with, this Contest, and reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to

modify, cancel, terminate or suspend this Contest should anyvirus, bug,

technical failures, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond

Sponsor's reasonable control corrupt or affect the administration, security,

fairness or proper conduct of the Contest. In the event of anysuch cancellation,

termination or suspension, a notice will be posted on the Contest Site and the

winners will be selected from among all eligible entries received prior to such

time. Sponsor reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualifyanyentrant

from this Contest or anyother promotion conducted now or in the future bySponsor or anyof its affiliates if the entrant's fraud or misconduct adversely

affects the integrityof the Contest. Byparticipating in this Contest, each entrant

accepts the conditions stated in these Official Rules, agrees to be bound bythe

decisions of the judges and warrants that s/he is eligible to participate in this

Contest. Byaccepting a prize, winner agrees to release Sponsor, Fotolia Inc., its

directors, employees, officers, and agents, including without limitation, their

advertising and promotion agencies, from anyand all liability, loss or damages

arising from or in connection with the awarding, receipt, and/or use or misuse ofthe prize or participation in anyprize-related activities.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO

DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE

LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST IS AVIOLATION OF

CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE

MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES

FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT

PERMITTED BY LAW.WINNERS LIST: To obtain winner's list, go towww.deviantart.com.

Winners list will be available after selection and verification of winners.

SPONSOR:deviantART, Inc., 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #788, Hollywood,

CA90028


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QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CONTEST? Gotowww.deviantart.com.

deviantART, Inc. 2011

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