Updates

So, I've been a little awol lately. "Lately" being a word very loosely used here since my last journal was written in April and my uploads in June / July / August have been... limited. BUT there's a good explanation for all this actually and it comes with good and not so good news.

My boyfriend and I moved appartments - we no longer live in Frankfurt but are back in Karlsruhe (where we met more than 14 years ago). The appartment is wonderful and spacious, but atm also a lot of work. In Germany, you rent an appartment without any furniture, that most times includes the kitchen and it depends on your rental agreement if you have to renovate (paint the walls mostly) when you move in or when you move out. In our case we had to do it for the old appartment before leaving and for the new appartment upon arrival. Thankfully we had hired a moving company to do the actual move for us (pack everything up, incl. furniture, and transport it to Karlsruhe then put all boxes inside the new flat). That was a huge help, but since we are both working full time (and I'm still working in Frankfurt which means a quite long commute for German standards anyway), there is not so much being done in terms of painting walls, setting up furniture and unpacking boxes during the week. So you can imagine how the place still looks

But being back in Karlsruhe is great. It's right next to the Black Forest and the French border and it's pleasantly warm (some might say too much so but I find I missed it a lot). AND I bought a new camera, the Nikon D7200, from an unexpected bonus I got at work Also, we have a mini vacation planned in the Italian Alps in September, where the new camera will hopefully be put to great use

So, the good news is, there should be loads of stock soon - the bad news is I don't know how fast I will be at actually uploading it But as soon as things settle down here, I'm sure I will get plenty of oportunities

In the meantime, I leave you with a collection of my latest faves (a massive collection! I LOVE seeing what you create! ) as well as my latest own artwork (which already uses some new stock):



Also, there are some contests going on where you can win exclusive kuschelirmel stock:

Mask We Wear - Contest


We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.” 


― André Berthiaume


“We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.” 
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind


“The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.” 
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society 


“Nothing is more real than the masks we make to show each other who we are.” 
― Christopher Barzak, The Love We Share Without Knowing



Hello everyone!


We're happy to announce our first contest! 


As you can guess its THEME is...

The Survival Road Contest!GROUP NEWS
Hello!
Our first affiliate contest starts today!
If you're a member of Stewed-Tomatoes and/or ManipulateThis, you can enter the contest from either group;however, you can only have a total of 2 entries in the contest.
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED ON YOUR ENTRY, AN IMPORTANT REMINDER:
I always include this information with our challenges and contests because it is very important to me.
There are more and more pre-cut out stock for us to use now than there were eleven years ago when I started at deviantArt; AND there are a many more stock accounts that have 3D Rendered stock.
FIRST, Make Sure That The Cut Outs Are Legitimate Stock, not photos that the deviant is redistributing illegally. You do not want to contribute to someone's rights being infridged upon.
NEXT, we at ManipulateThis are Traditional Photomanipulators who use photo stock: However, it is okay to use 3D Rendered

hosted by:
manip-db and Stewed-Tomatoes + ManipulateThis

and another one

Texture Making Contest 2016***WINNERS ARE BEING CHOSEN***
ATTENTION, it may take us a few more days than anticipated because there's been some power outage. But don't worry, I'll let you know as soon as possible!!
Welcome to the first contest I am hosting along with my fellow Stock and Resources CV partner, Cassy-Blue! The good news is: Everyone who has a digital camera (phone) and a computer can take part! You don't require to have any texture making skillset whatsoever. It's supposed to be fun and it's all about experimenting and trying something new Oh, and: no theme. We would like to see you go wild with your imagination. But remember, it's a resource so usability is important, too.
The Challenge
We challenge you to create one multifaceted texture resource that consists of at least 2 photo components.
To digitally assemble the texture from your own photo material, you can use any image editing softw

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Jasmin