For "THE AMERICAN: Undercover Photography" Contest, you were challenged to explore your neighborhood and snap a spontaneous photograph that reveals a deeper story within the image. Now that the contest is over, we are very happy to say that the devious would-be spies in our community completely wowed us yet again.

We'd like to give a huge "Thank you!" to renowned portrait photographer and director of THE AMERICAN Anton Corbijn for choosing the final three winners from the wonderful 25 Semi-Finalists. It was a difficult task and we are so excited that he accepted the challenge.

Let's find out which deviants are getting their hands on a totally sweet Nikon camera and more!

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by ~c33j0y

~c33j0y will receive:

Nikon D90 with 18-105mm VR Lens
deviantART Camera Bag
8,000 deviantART Points
One Year Premium Membership
to deviantART

Great use of focal length to capture dreamlike reality in wonderful colours.
- Anton Corbijn

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by *Rezzan

*Rezzan will receive:

Nikon D5000 Digital SLR Camera Kit with
18-55mm VR & 55-200mm VR Lens
6,000 deviantART Points
One Year Premium Membership
to deviantART

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by ~blink-click

~blink-click will receive:

Nikon D3000 Digital SLR Camera Kit with
18-55mm & 55-200mm Lens
4,000 deviantART Points
One Year Premium Membership
to deviantART

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Dodge Dart Inspired By You ContestSix artists will have their amazing works of art displayed in a pop-up gallery at the Dodge-Chrysler Headquarters and score cash, iPads, and other awesome prizing. View photos of the Dodge Dart and create art that reflects some element of the car's style and inspiration! Whatever your approach, the art should come from the car.

Six artists will have their amazing artworks displayed in a pop-up gallery at the Dodge-Chrysler Headquarters and score cash, iPads and other awesome prizes. There are two separate categories for entering: digital and traditional. The top three from each will be the winner

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Here's the mash-up: The Vans Warped Tour, Cancer Education, Four Killer Bands, A Kick-Ass Skateboard Company – and – The Artists of deviantART!
Create a skate deck design for one of the four bands that will be shredding up the stage at this Summer's Vans Warped Tour and support the work of Boarding for Breast Cancer!
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Fotolia 4: Stockpocalypse Challenge

The winning entry will be published as a full page advertisement for Fotolia in
HOW Magazine with credit to the artist.
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Something's happened. Whether it was a catastrophic earthquake, a nasty alien invasion, or an accidental push of the Big Red Button, the world, as we know it, has come to an end. But what happens in the aftermath? Fotolia's

Seven Deadly Sins Contest Tweet

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It's your chance to sell your favorite deadly sin.

Does that scrumptious cupcake tempt you to gluttony? Maybe road rage on the freeway brings out your wrath? The deviantART #StockProject and Fotolia are challenging you to choose a side and either entice the city into further temptation or inspire them to stand fast against their inner vices.

Using stock from #StockProject create a billboard to advertise or warn people against your favorite sin.

Seven sinful or angelic deviants will have their artwork displayed around the city. There will be one winner per sin and

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Now, the MAMA filmmakers in conjunction with deviantART invite you to bring your scariest childhood memory to life! Is it u

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In Tim Burton's latest film, Dark Shadows, Johnny Depp plays the dashing, charismatic vampire Barnabas Collins, a relic of the Victorian age who is freed from two centuries of entombment to find his family, fortune and beloved Collinwood Manor in ruins. To save his family, Barnabas must learn to make sense of the modern world ‚Äì and there's nothing like a total image makeover to shake off the dust a

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Chaos Panda by $chix0r

We're throwing one panda, one light, one pie up against the incredibly successful Fotolia One Cat, One Fruit, and One Clock Contest. Let's see if our new completely crazed random selection can pull in more than the 10,000 entries we received last time.

Here's the big twist: This time, we're challenging you to use the theme of "plans gone wrong" in
your image.

You must use one each of the specific pandas, lights, and pies provided in the asset pack and create an image showing "plans gone wrong." Your entry can originate in any medium! These are stock pictures. You can trace them, draw them, photomanipu

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In our RIFT, Create a Colossus Contest,
we asked you to design the biggest and baddest
boss you could imagine! After sorting through
thousands of fearful monsters, the judges have
whittled down the entries and selected the
final three winners.

Earth Colossus
by *Chase-SC2

$1,500 Cash Prize (USD)
Wacom Intuos4 Medium Tablet
8,000 deviantART Points

dA PRO Digital Artist's Backpack
deviantWEAR Hoodie of the Winner's Choice*
1 Year Premium Membership to deviantART

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It was a close race, but difficult for the ot

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*bjornik won:

Wacom Intuos 4, Medium
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The Darkness II Contest Tweet

Draw a page for the 100th Issue of The Darkness comic!
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In the new game, "The Darkness II" by 2k Games, it's been two years since Jackie Estacado took his revenge on those who killed his girlfriend and became the Don of a New York crime family. A strange and terrible power called The Darkness has remained locked tightly inside him, but now it's ready to come out once again.

Let your own inner demons out to play and join Jackie in his brutal internal battle against The Darkness by drawing a three-panel comic using the script created by Top Cow writers.

Become a pro by winning and have your three-panel

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02 Prizes/
03 Rules & Judging

HOW DO YOU DRINK DR PEPPER CONTEST

Dr Pepper can be painted into so many experiences in our lives.
Do you charge up with Dr Pepper while playing video games with
friends? Perhaps you refresh yourself with Dr Pepper during your
lunch break. Do you have fond memories of drinking Dr Pepper and
sharing laughs on the porch with your grandparents?

We want to see: How do you drink Dr Pepper?

Show us how you drink Dr Pepper using any medium of visual art, other than photography or three-dimensional media.
The winner will be turned into a

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Gears of War 3 Gears United/Artists United Contest.
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creative team finally locked their sights on three winners for ultimate victory.

The 1st place winner drew their way to the top, securing a cool $10,000 and a battle-ready
Xbox 360 Gears of War 3 Limited Edition Console Bundle. 2nd and 3rd will also get cash, consoles,
points and more. T

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by ~iron-maiden-art
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~Dyun Sep 17, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Wow, this contest had so many twists and turns! I'm very surprised to discover the new winners! While the other two pictures were nice, I think these new winning photos are far more interesting. I thought that the 2nd place photo definitely deserved a prize, and was shocked to find in the beginning that it had not won anything at all. What a pleasant turn of events. Though I made the semi-finals and didn't make the top three, I can definitely live with this result, and feel that these two photos are deserving. Congratulations. Judges, thank you for righting a wrong. I just wish it had been handled better, because the two who were disqualified took two spots away from the semi-finals, which means two qualified photos from two additional people could have take their place in the judging. This contest was botched beyond belief.

I hope we learned from these mistakes!

*JobobArikan Sep 17, 2010

The winners were unbelievable!

~Not-of-this-age Sep 16, 2010

This was as badly handled as the movie itself(saw it yesterday, don't bother).
You'd think they'd check the exif data before they announced the winners. But anyway, congrats to the old and the new winners and to all who entered. I've enjoyed spending time through the contest submission gallery and in the end this is what it's all about, making good art that people can delight in. Cheers!

*jackcrowder Sep 15, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

I'm a tad confused. That's not the original 2nd and 3rd place winners. Especially since those had quotes from the Director/Photographer attached. Did I miss the explanation as to why winners 2 & 3 were replaced?

=EricForFriends Sep 17, 2010 Professional Photographer

For various reasons, Nrs 2 and 3 overlooked or misunderstood the condition about the time frame in which the pictures had to be taken. Being told about this after their win, they withdrew their entries from the contest.

~holbrook Sep 15, 2010 Professional General Artist

1 week later and 2 out of 3 winners change without giving us the reason or so much as informing us that it happened?

well, at least this "spy" contest finally seems to have some qualities of espionage and sabotage.

if anyone does have the cliff's notes to this classified info though, my curiosity would be most pleased.

*ancientDOMAIN Sep 15, 2010 Filmographer

I wrote a short explaination on my profile

~holbrook Sep 15, 2010 Professional General Artist

cheers.

i wouldn't have thought 'that' would basically be the same cause for both of you getting replaced. you'd have figured da would do their scrutinizing on eligibility during the semifinals rather than after announcing winners.

thanks for the info though, and sorry to see things blew up in people's faces like this~

*FishPanda Sep 15, 2010 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Congratulations to the winners! Very deserving wins

Have fun with your new shiny cameras!

`RezzanAtakol Sep 15, 2010

I need a glass red wine.I m in shock

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