***SOTN 5+ Twenty-Fifth Edition - Members Excellence Award Thread. Post your image here if it has 5 or more Shock of the New awards. Members award the image above yours or more! .......................................................................................................... SOTN EXCELLENCE AWARD! <img src="https:/...

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The May 2023 theme will be ~ B&W SHOCK ~ Please submit entries that show B&W SHOCK. Show us your best B&W SHOCK works. Voting commences June 30th. Your image should be Photoshop experimental and MUST convey a B&W SHOCK theme. Follow the rules for the group. Please NAME your ~ B&W SHOCK ~ Title your art we l...

***SOTN 5+ Twenty-Fourth Edition - Members Excellence Award Thread. Now open. [ ADMIN AWARD ]*** Post your image here if it has 1 invite + 4 awards. An SOTN Administrator will award you the SOTN EXCELLENCE AWARD! ***Awarded by Shock of the New Admin/Moderators: +++++++++++++++...

The March 2021 theme will be ~ DENIM BLUES ~ Please submit entries that show DENIM BLUES. All kinds of Denim blues, from palest Stonewash to deepest Indigo. ********!!! YOUR ENTRIES MUST BE AT LEAST 60-70% BLUE !!!******** Show us your best DENIM BLUES works. Voting commences on 1st April 2021 or 100 images met. ...

The February 2021 theme will be ~ ART FROM TRASH ~ Shock of the New Challenge # 76.0 ~ SOTN ~ Trash Art ~ Please submit entries that show New Art made From Trash. This challenge might be...well...challenging, but its sure to push your creative boundaries and yield some fantastic work of art that is made from photos of trash. Each entry ...

The January 2021 theme will be ~ NEW ABSTRACTS ~ Please submit entries that show NEW ABSTRACTS. All manner of subjective, NEWLY CREATED ABSTRACT artworks Show us your best NEW ABSTRACTS works. Voting commences on 1st February 2021 or 100 images met. Your image should be Photoshop experimental and MUST convey a NE...

The topic for this challenge is "CIRCLES"!!! Your entry must be visually noted as a Circle-oriented work, not just a texture! It may NOT be a single, "Bullseye-type" of image. This challenge will run from July 15, 2020, through August 15, 2020, or until 100 entries have been accepted. Please enter images only if you intend to vote! Removi...

The April 2020 theme will be ~ GEOMETRIC SHAPES ~ Please submit entries that show GEOMETRIC SHAPES. Rectangle, Circle, Nonagon, Octagon, Heptagon, Hexagon, Triangle, Scalene triangle, Right triangle, Parallelogram, Rhombus, Square, Pentagon, Oval, Star etc. Angles and corners and edges and wedges. This theme lends itself well to urban imagery, but also ...

The March 2020 theme will be ~ TEXTURE ~ Please submit entries that show noticeable texture treatment. Grungey, rough, fabric / textile, wood, metal, brick / wall, paper etc. All kinds of interesting textures. Show us your best TEXTURE works. Voting commencing April 1st 2020 or 100 images met. Your image should be Photoshop experime...

New Challenge! ~ B&W Shock ~ SOTN Shock of the New Challenge # 71.0 ~ SOTN ~ B&W Shock ~ Images must be BLACK and WHITE and follow the group's expectations, being digitally manipulated to reveal treatment! No straight-out-of-the-camera shots! No SL work! No children, no pets, please. All entries must have been uploaded s...

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The December theme will be ~ FROSTBITE ~ Images must have predominantly COLD WINTERY COLOURS like WHITE, BEIGE, LIGHT BROWNS, BLUES, GREYS, SILVER, LIGHT FROSTY GREENS, BLACK or any combination of these. NO predominantly WARM COLOURS like Reds, Oranges and Bright Pinks. Works containing predominantly warm colours will be removed. A speck here and there is ok...

The November theme will be ~ PINK RED DARK ~ Images must have predominantly DARK colours like BROWN, BLACK, NAVY BLUE, DARK PURPLE, DARK FOREST GREEN with added elements of PINK AND/OR RED. Show us your best PINK RED DARK works. Voting commencing November 30th or 100 images met. Your image should be Photoshop experimental and MUST c...

This Mid-Month Challenge begins on September 14, and ends when 100 entries have been posted, or on October 14, 2019 at midnight EST, whichever one comes first! The subject to be interpreted in a new work of Art is...Card Games, Board Games, and Computer Games. Only work uploaded in 2019 can be accepted. It must NOT be Straight-Ou...

Shock of the New Challenge # 67.0 ~ SOTN ~ GLOW and GLEAM ~ For this contest, we want artworks with a lot of GLOW and GLEAM. All works must have an overall GLOWING GLEAMING look. Most types of subject matter will be accepted EXCEPT the following: NO CHILDREN! NO SOOC or SL! NO POLITICAL or RELIGIOUS subject matter! *****ONLY ENTRIES FROM ...

PLEASE READ the rules for this challenge: This challenge is all about making ART with images that deal with the activities concerning all sorts of CONSTRUCTION. It may involve the actual sites where construction is happening; It may include the equipment, the markers (like traffic cones), the signs; It may be part of a monument...

Wonderful Head Gear! Shock of the New Challenge # 65.0 ~ SOTN ~ Hats, Caps and More ~ PLEASE READ these rules: This challenge is about making ART with a hat, such as a plain, old baseball cap, a babushka, a rain hat, a high hat, a tammy, a bonnet, or any other kind of imaginable head gear. The "hat" must be the...

***For this contest please submit ABSTRACT works. There may be one or two recognizable elements in the image, but the majority of the work must be ABSTRACT. ***Recognizable elements should ideally be distorted using any of the various apps like Mirrorlab, Chromalab etc and iPhone apps that distort images. ***Entries that are manipulated works but still...

For this contest please submit works in the Futuristic / Sci-Fi / Cyberpunk style. Futuristic Cities, Transport, People + Daily Life in a Very Futuristic World...Also, Robots and Androids, Alien / Fantasy Futuristic Planets, Animals, Scenes and People, Space Ships etc. All entries must be current work, uploaded in 2019, with post-p...