Icon Appreciation Month - Week 2 Sumary
Current Activities:
- A Battle of Battles: 1 submission for the Themed Battle | 0 submissions for the Capped Battle
- 2012 Icon Appreciation Month Awards
ICON MAKERS/COMMENTERS
Best Icon Chameleon: 12 nominees (8 nominations)
Best Icon Flailer: 16 nominees (11 nominations)
Best Icon Critiquer: 5 nominees (8 nominations)
Most Supportive Icon Maker: 9 nominees (5 nominations)
Best 'Up and Coming' Icon Maker: 13 nominees (9 nominations)
Best Texture Maker: 10 nominations nominees (8 nominations)
Best Tutorial: 7 nominees (6 nominations)
CHALLENGE COMMUNITIES
Best Regular Icon Challenge Community: 2 nominees (3 nominations)*
Best 20in20 Challenge Community: 2 nominees (4 nominations)*
Best Other Challenge Community: 3 nominees (6 nominations)*
Most Inspiring Challenge: 2 nominees (2 nominations)
Best Mod (who works alone): 5 nominees (4 nominations)
Best Mod Team: 3 nominees (3 nominations)
ICONS
Best Single Use of Color in an Icon: 25 nominees (9 nominations)
Best Use of Combined Colors in an Icon: 17 nominees (6 nominations)
Best Vibrant Icon: 24 nominees (6 nominations)
Best Muted Icon: 20 nominees (6 nominations)
Best Black and White Icon: 16 nominees (4 nominations)
Best Close Crop: 24 nominees (8 nominations)
Best Medium Crop: 14 nominees (5 nominations)
Best Use of Negative Space: 14 nominees (5 nominations)
Best Minimalistic Icon: 11 nominees (4 nominations)
Best Complex Icon: 16 nominees (5 nominations)
Best Texture Use: 9 nominees (3 nominations)
Best Text Use: 13 nominees (3 nominations)
Best Emotional Representation: 10 nominees (3 nominations)
Best Lighting in an Icon: 8 nominees (2 nominations)
Most Creative: 11 nominees (3 nominations)
Best Larger LJ Graphic: 3 nominees (1 nomination)
* Please see clarification here in regards to how the nomination of challenge communities work.
Voting will commence at 11:00am November 23rd GMT time, so be sure to have your nominations in before then.
November 23rd in your timezone | Countdown Clock
- Icons Tracking System On: U-t-R Icon Maker Appreciation - celebrate and share the love for some makers who fly under the radar!
- A Guide to Icon Guides: Tutorials FTW - share your favourite old and new tutorials, and help create a masterlist for people to come back to!
- Fonts, Textures and Screencaps, oh my! Resource Appreciation.
- Concave Acclaim: A curve line between concrit and praise - including both a concrit and praise meme.
Coming Up:
- Pimp my Comm: A Community Testimonial post.
- Secrets Exposed: Paying Respect to Secrets Past. We're currently looking for visual secrets, so if you'd like to submit one (anon commenting is on) we'd love to have it!
Monthly Schedule
- A Battle of Battles: 1 submission for the Themed Battle | 0 submissions for the Capped Battle
- 2012 Icon Appreciation Month Awards
ICON MAKERS/COMMENTERS
Best Icon Chameleon: 12 nominees (8 nominations)
Best Icon Flailer: 16 nominees (11 nominations)
Best Icon Critiquer: 5 nominees (8 nominations)
Most Supportive Icon Maker: 9 nominees (5 nominations)
Best 'Up and Coming' Icon Maker: 13 nominees (9 nominations)
Best Texture Maker: 10 nominations nominees (8 nominations)
Best Tutorial: 7 nominees (6 nominations)
CHALLENGE COMMUNITIES
Best Regular Icon Challenge Community: 2 nominees (3 nominations)*
Best 20in20 Challenge Community: 2 nominees (4 nominations)*
Best Other Challenge Community: 3 nominees (6 nominations)*
Most Inspiring Challenge: 2 nominees (2 nominations)
Best Mod (who works alone): 5 nominees (4 nominations)
Best Mod Team: 3 nominees (3 nominations)
ICONS
Best Single Use of Color in an Icon: 25 nominees (9 nominations)
Best Use of Combined Colors in an Icon: 17 nominees (6 nominations)
Best Vibrant Icon: 24 nominees (6 nominations)
Best Muted Icon: 20 nominees (6 nominations)
Best Black and White Icon: 16 nominees (4 nominations)
Best Close Crop: 24 nominees (8 nominations)
Best Medium Crop: 14 nominees (5 nominations)
Best Use of Negative Space: 14 nominees (5 nominations)
Best Minimalistic Icon: 11 nominees (4 nominations)
Best Complex Icon: 16 nominees (5 nominations)
Best Texture Use: 9 nominees (3 nominations)
Best Text Use: 13 nominees (3 nominations)
Best Emotional Representation: 10 nominees (3 nominations)
Best Lighting in an Icon: 8 nominees (2 nominations)
Most Creative: 11 nominees (3 nominations)
Best Larger LJ Graphic: 3 nominees (1 nomination)
* Please see clarification here in regards to how the nomination of challenge communities work.
Voting will commence at 11:00am November 23rd GMT time, so be sure to have your nominations in before then.
November 23rd in your timezone | Countdown Clock
- Icons Tracking System On: U-t-R Icon Maker Appreciation - celebrate and share the love for some makers who fly under the radar!
- A Guide to Icon Guides: Tutorials FTW - share your favourite old and new tutorials, and help create a masterlist for people to come back to!
- Fonts, Textures and Screencaps, oh my! Resource Appreciation.
- Concave Acclaim: A curve line between concrit and praise - including both a concrit and praise meme.
Coming Up:
- Pimp my Comm: A Community Testimonial post.
- Secrets Exposed: Paying Respect to Secrets Past. We're currently looking for visual secrets, so if you'd like to submit one (anon commenting is on) we'd love to have it!
Monthly Schedule