deviantART: by:markopolio-stock http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:markopolio-stock&section=today deviantART RSS for by:markopolio-stock en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:51:01 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png My Apologies http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/22889224/ http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/22889224/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:28:29 PST .
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My Five Stock Rules


1. Be creative in all aspects of your life.

2. Do what you enjoy, and enjoy what you do.

3. Do your best, and strive to do better.

4. Only send me a note if you want the thing faved.

5. ---This Space Intentionally Left Blank---

FAQ
1. Yes, you can submit your works as prints that use my stocks.
2. Yes, you may use them off-site.
3. Yes, you may --Blank-- Since you're asking nicely.



I'm spending much more time these days on
my ART page. =markopolio :iconmarkopolio:
So, if I...
Fave and run
:hug: Comment
:nod: Comment
NOT Comment
I apologize.
I'm just not here very often these days.
I'm also selling my 3D morphs on Renderosity.
Giving some of them away on ShareCG.

As soon as I get it together,
I'll post some here for you to use.

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- Used with permission - ]]> ~markopolio-stock My New Stock Rules http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/21043512/ http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/21043512/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:29:44 PST .
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My Five Stock Rules


1. Be creative in all aspects of your life.

2. Do what you enjoy, and enjoy what you do.

3. Do your best, and strive to do better.

4. Only send me a note if you want the thing faved.

5. ---This Space Intentionally Left Blank---

FAQ
1. Yes, you can submit your works as prints that use my stocks.
2. Yes, you may use them off-site.
3. Yes, you may --Blank-- Since you're asking nicely.





The Contest Results



The Winner is:
*tearsofrisingstar
Second Place:
*Nathalie-Bennet
Public Choice:
*Mind-Illusi0nZ
Most Improved:
*PoisonGirl-sts



Prizes For The Contest:

First Place -
*BreedStock A one week feature.
~MossCowStock An exclusive 3 piece stock pack.
*lucretia-stock Two exclusive stock packs, your choice.
From Lucretia-Stock Exclusive Packs
*markopolio-stock - A one YEAR subscription.
~virgo-e - A gallery poster, made of elements of your own gallery.
~Rachastock - A week-long feature.
*dauntiemagic - A week-long feature.
*markopolio-stock - A month-long feature of five works of your choice.

Second Place -
*lucretia-stock An exclusive stock pack, your choice.
From Lucretia-Stock Exclusive Packs
*lindowyn-stock - An exclusive stock pack.
*markopolio - A one month subscription.
*dauntiemagic - A personalized stamp.

Most Improved -
*lucretia-stock An exclusive stock pack, your choice.
From Lucretia-Stock Exclusive Packs
*lindowyn-stock - An exclusive stock pack.
*markopolio - A one month subscription.
*dauntiemagic - A personalized literature tag.

First, Second and Most Improved -
*Valedhelven A week-long feature.
*YamiChi - A feature of some sort...
*Sammykaye1sStamps - A personalized avatar.
~monksjuhgipibzby A week-long feature.
=shutupandwhisper - A week-long feature for the winners.
*lil-punk-angel - A week-long feature of 3-5 of your works.


Public Choice:
The piece that gets the best public vote.
* ~markopolio-stock Sept Results - Final Contest Themes http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/20325421/ http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/20325421/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:43:19 PDT .
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My Five Stock Rules


1. Send me a note.

I ignore messages on my front page.
Not that I want to be mean. I just never remember to look.
So you may as well not bother.


...Rules Continued

2. Be creative in all aspects of your life.

3. Do what you enjoy, and enjoy what you do.

4. Do your best, and strive to do better.

5. ---This Space Intentionally Left Blank---

FAQ
1. Yes, you can submit your works as prints that use my stocks.
2. Yes, you may use them off-site. Send me a note with a link.
3. Yes, you may --Blank-- Since you're asking nicely.





The Contest

Here are the particulars. Four themes at a time, you pick whichever one suits you. Never mind which week. Enter all of them, or any. Enter as many times as you like, let's not get enter-crazy though.

Four weeks or more to get your entries in. Good so far? Then just check out the prizes down below!



Themes -
1. Halloween
2. Non-Haloween
3. Scary
4. Not Scary



Deadline:
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008, 12:00 Noon (Eastern Time Zone)



Rules -
1. Send me a note with your contest entry. No note, no entry.
2. Link this contest in your entry, not required, but if there's a tie...
3. You're not likely to win if you do things like submit one picture to more than one contest.
4. Using Google for your stock images is a no no.
I check links, maybe not ALL of them, but you'll never know which one's I will.
5. You can use any stocks you choose. If you use them, give credits.
6. Enter as often as you like, on whichever theme suits you. But let's not get carried away.
7. Any media are accepted.


Prizes For The Contest:

First Place -
*BreedStock A one week feature.
~MossCowStock An exclusive 3 piece stock pack.
*lucretia-stock Two exclusive stock packs, your choice.
From Lucretia-Stock Exclusive Packs
*markopolio-stock - A one YEAR subscription.
=virgo-e - A gallery poster, made of elements of your own gallery.
~Rachastock - A week-long feature.
*dauntiemagic - A week-long feature.
*markopolio-stock - A month-long feature of five works of your choice.

Second Place -
*lucretia-stock An exclusive stock pack, your choice.
From Lucretia-Stock Exclusive Packs
=lindowyn-stock - An exclusive stock pack.
*markopolio - A one month subscription.
*dauntiemagic - A personalized stamp.

Most Improved -
*lucretia-stock An exclusive stock pack, your choice.
From Lucretia-Stock Exclusive Packs
=lindowyn-stock - An exclusive stock pack.
*markopolio - A one month subscription.
*dauntiemagic - A personalized literature tag.

First, Second and Most Improved -
*Valedhelven A week-long feature.
*YamiChi - A feature of some sort...
*Sammykaye1sStamps - A personalized avatar.
~monksjuhgipibzby A week-long feature.
=shutupandwhisper - A week-long feature for the winners.
~lil-punk-angel - A week-long feature of 3-5 of your works.


Public Choice:
The piece that gets the best public vote.
*Valedhelven A week-long feature.
~ ~markopolio-stock Romance Project Update - Sept 25th http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/19791946/ http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/19791946/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:16:35 PDT Look here :spotlight:
[link]

The Update...

:iconjarryplz: Sept. 25th
I sent out today
Seattle, Washington
Loveland, Colorado
Anaheim, California
Oakdale, California

My wife received, in the last few days
Hong Kong And a traditional good luck New Year's Envelope!
Montreal, Canada :hug:
And from Port Moody, BC.. Nancie sent a lovely picture in frame.
I must take a picture, and show you all how beautiful it is!

:icondeathhugplz: Sept. 15th
I'm closing in! The letters that are left to send are all within the continental US.
Some letters have begun arriving! Odd how some few in the same countries haven't arrived to you yet, and others are already back here! Mail systems are really strange. There really was no way to do any kind of coordination.

Arrived!...

England, Yorkshire, and Northampton
Brazil, Belo Horizonte, and Porto Alegre
Belgium, Diksmuide
France, Sceaux
Sweden, Billesholm
Estonia, Harjumaa
And
Croatia, Zagreb - I'd like to thank you Antun, for such a touching letter.
Odd, Elizabetta, also in Zagreb, got hers almost a week earlier, and it still isn't here yet. :shrug:



:iconjarryplz: Sept. 6th
I wrote out the notes, etc. to;
Ontario, Canada - 14
Port Moody, Canada - Stanza 15
I WAS going to mail them, but I met my WIFE in the Post Office!
Oh, just checking the mail!

She got the first letter back yesterday too!
Sceaux, France - Stanza 23
Some that I sent a week earlier haven't even gotten there yet!

I sent the letters to;
Montreal, Canada - 16
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico - 17
Queretaro, Mexico - 18

:iconeyeplz: Aug. 31st
People have started receiving the letters! :w00t: Those of you in the US and Canada... I will be sending them out Tuesday, if everything goes as planned! There was a bit of a snag when my envelopes got wet, and all stuck together. I salvaged some of them. :faint:

Here is my wish to you all.

You'll be a magnet for money.
You'll be a magnet for love.
You'll feel right in your body.
Your spirit will feel content.

:iconbigheartplz: Aug 25th
I mailed the letters to Europe and South America today!

Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Stanza 19
Porto Allegre, Brazil - 20
Northampton, England - 21
Yorkshire, England - 22
Sceaux, France - 23
Dresden, Germany - 24
San Quirico, Italy - 25
Diksmuide, Belgium - 26
Billesholm, Sweden - 27
Jyvaskyla, Finland - 28
Tallinn, Estonia - 29

AND Someone sent me their address in Hong Kong! :w00t:
So I sent a regular love letter there.

I don't mean to insult those of you who have offered to pay the postage, but I've forgotten who needed it. So, even though it may be useless to you, I'm including a US Dollar in each letter. Save it, spend it, since who knows when it will be worth anything again. Your help is worth so much more than that to me. Don't worry, I'm using my still smoking penalty jar. That's where I put a dollar a pack I still smoke. When I quit, I'll use it for something non-smoking fun/healthy. Maybe a retirement investment, or something.

http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/18629320/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:53:35 PDT .
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My Five Stock Rules


1. Send me a note.

I ignore messages on my front page.
Not that I want to be mean. I just never remember to look.
So you may as well not bother.


...Rules Continued

2. Be creative in all aspects of your life.

3. Do what you enjoy, and enjoy what you do.

4. Do your best, and strive to do better.

5. ---This Space Intentionally Left Blank---

FAQ
1. Yes, you can submit your works as prints that use my stocks.
2. Yes, you may use them off-site. Send me a note with a link.
3. Yes, you may --Blank-- Since you're asking nicely.



My Pages Menu


The Contest Journal

Who Is Markopolio? Part 1

My Art, Such As It Is...

My Website...







Thought of the moment


The sound of one hand clapping sounds like laughter, and a slap on the knee.
The space between your ears is the final frontier.

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- Used with permission - ]]> ~markopolio-stock So many new watchers. Let's talk. http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/16682440/ http://markopolio-stock.deviantart.com/journal/16682440/ Sat, 03 May 2008 20:57:38 PDT
Who IS Markopolio?

A man. An old man inside, though I'm only 46 on the outside. Blonde hair, going white, just like my grandfather. Rail-thin, I weigh in at 145 and 6 feet, or two meters and 66 kilos. Just call me stick man.

I'm 24 years sober this coming May. For those of you who know what alcoholism and drug addiction is like... You will also understand that my teeth was the least of my loss. I began my sobriety with nowhere to go but up.

I've recovered from my alcoholism, mostly. The material possessions were easier than the emotional catching up. My wife and I bought our home about a year ago. Small mortgage, and plenty of fixing. But it's a nice house. Old. The emotional hurdles of getting sober are many, and of a great variety. Turns out that there are many other destructive behaviors than just mood-altering chemicals.

My wife said I was an artist at heart, and I should try some of my ideas. So I picked up a pencil and paper and properly sucked. So, I tried woodcarving. Not bad, better. My poetry came too easy, so I thought it must be no good. Which I think to this day. Metal sculpture was a bit of a failure, though not terrible. I got a computer and started doing a bit of photomanipulation, and vintage photo restoration. Which led me to some photography, and then to stocks.

I wanted to do a work of my grandfather, but had very few pictures of him. So I looked into doing him in 3D. Which became my preferred mode of artistic expression. I'm progressing nicely with several aspects. Namely poses, morphs and textures. The actual modeling is very slow going, if I ever get there. I'm trying to learn more as I am able. But with working all day, there just isn't a lot of time left in the evenings.

I'm working my way toward retiring from carpentry. And I'd like to take up 3D work full-time. That's a goal of mine.

I have a talent for finding things. Just ask for what you need. I really can find or produce most anything. It's nice when I can photograph or render it, but I won't make you wait too long on your art before I start doing searches for you.

I want to say more, but this is probably boring you. So TTYL!




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My Five Stock Rules

1. Send me a note.

I ignore messages on my front page.
Not that I want to be mean. I just never remember to look.
So you may as well not bother.


...Rules Continued

2. Be creative in all aspects of your life.

3. Do what you enjoy, and enjoy what you do.

4. Do your best, and strive to do better.

5. ---This Space Intentionally Left Blank---

FAQ
1. Yes, you can submit your works as prints that use my stocks.
2. Yes, you may use them off-site. Send me a note with a link.
3. Yes, you may --Blank-- Since you're asking nicely.


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