I restored the shire_icontest Hall of Fame entry that was ruined by Photobucket's new TOS with new Postimage links so all the icons are back, and I finally updated with all of the first place icons so far.

Also as you've just seen me post, the IotY Hall of Fame is now complete.

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FYI my long inactive community lotr_love which was meant to be a daily picture ( Read more... )

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Just prepping for the next challenge here. :) I'll have it up before February. Let's hope! ;)

The Colbert Report (December 11, 2014)
Interview segment with Smaug the Dragon from The Hobbit trilogy, this is not the full episode.
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Next Challenge Poll:
If I collect all the pictures/screencaps I can find of Stephen Colbert's Middle-earth character photo shoot, the Hobbit week interviews from the previous movie, the interview with Smaug on The Colbert Report would you like a challenge based on this theme for the last challenge of the year? It's a bit pop culture meets Middle- ( Read more... )

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) teaser trailer #1
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Originally posted by dreamflower02 at International Tolkien Reading Day
Tuesday March 25 is International Tolkien Reading Day. Every year we celebrate by asking people to choose and read a favorite passage from any of Tolkien's writings ( Read more... )

As you know after challenge 26, shire_icontest will be on a break (except for voting & picking 'The Icon of the Year') until January but the fun doesn't have to stop, over at our new affiliate there's a team icon battle going on & sign-ups are still open!

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Since last year's challenge "Return of the Creepy" was so much fun for me us. I'm going to do another spooky scenes challenge for Halloween this year ( Read more... )

Everyone is invited to join landofart a challenge community for all kinds of graphics.


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