Submit: Poetry (Tears, Idle Tears)
The theme for week sixty-three is the poem Tears, Idle Tears by Lord Alfred Tennyson because it's a beautiful poem with flavourful language but meaningful to this icontest/CLAMP's works (and the upcoming season) nonetheless. We also haven't done a poetry challenge in a while.
You may submit one CLAMP icon as long as it features at least three consecutive words from the poem provided. The order counts for the first three words but afterwards you can take a bit more liberty rearranging them so long as you don't misrepresent what the verses mean. You may substitue alternate characters for words when appropriate the most common example being replacing and with &.
You are not allowed to incorporate any external text into your icon, I won't get overly anal about tiny ilegible text used purely as decoration though as much as possible keep it poem related. Speaking of tiny text if the only text on your icon (i.e. the minimum three word requirement) is too small for me to read without squinting kindly provide a translation so I know which part of the lyrics you used. Please check your spelling and wording before submitting, it's easy to make a mistake the first time around.
Tears, Idle Tears
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more.
Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the underworld,
Sad as the last which reddens over one
That sinks with all we love below the verge;
So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns
The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes
The casement slowly grows a glimmering square;
So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.
Dear as remembered kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned
On lips that are for others; deep as love,
Deep as first love, and wild with all regret;
O Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Aside from that everything is up to you when it comes to selecting the perfect verse from the poem and matching it to your chosen series/character imagery. As always, be creative and have some fun.
Please submit your icon by uploading it to an outside host that allows direct linking, then leave a screened comment to this post with your icon's img src, url, series and character names. This information makes my job easier so please follow this example.
Character: Yuuko
Series: XXXholic
URL: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/wildmagic/wmClamp.jpg
Submission Rules
Do's
- You must be a member to participate, one icon per member (excludes multiple accounts)
- The icon must be made by you, this includes not stealing icons or copying tutorials
- Your icon must feature a scene/character from a CLAMP series (anime/manga)
- It must meet LJ requirements (100x100 and 40kb maximum, gif/jpg/png format)
- It should be recently made to fit the theme and kept anonymous/secret throughout
Do Not's
- Do not use/distribute/advertise your submission publicly/reveal your identity
- Doujinshi/Fanart/Cosplay images are not allowed, you must use official art only
- Refrain from using any sexually explicit imagery or overly coarse language
Other's
- Please credit outside sources (i.e. brushes/textures/lights, bases, lyrics/quotes)
- You may provide translations/definitions (i.e. foreign languages, tiny text, large words)
- If you submit the icon/a variation to another current/anonymous icontest, inform both mods
- If you change/edit your submission let me know which icon to replace and which to upload
If something is amiss with your submission I will reply/inform you of it and give you a chance to either resubmit the icon or fix the comment depending. It is at my discretion to disqaulify you for failure to follow these guidelines.
You have until Saturday, September 24th at 8:00 am EST in the morning to submit.
If you have any questions about this challenge or want a comment made public, be sure to make a separate comment without your icon, so I can unscreen it.
Best of luck to you all ^^
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Have a theme to suggest?
Answer this question at the original post. I just need to know whether or not I can reveal your username in connection with an icon submission when asked. I won't give people permission to use your work, I'll just send them to your journal/ijournal to ask you personally for your permission and your rules for credit.
You may submit one CLAMP icon as long as it features at least three consecutive words from the poem provided. The order counts for the first three words but afterwards you can take a bit more liberty rearranging them so long as you don't misrepresent what the verses mean. You may substitue alternate characters for words when appropriate the most common example being replacing and with &.
You are not allowed to incorporate any external text into your icon, I won't get overly anal about tiny ilegible text used purely as decoration though as much as possible keep it poem related. Speaking of tiny text if the only text on your icon (i.e. the minimum three word requirement) is too small for me to read without squinting kindly provide a translation so I know which part of the lyrics you used. Please check your spelling and wording before submitting, it's easy to make a mistake the first time around.
Tears, Idle Tears
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more.
Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the underworld,
Sad as the last which reddens over one
That sinks with all we love below the verge;
So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns
The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes
The casement slowly grows a glimmering square;
So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.
Dear as remembered kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned
On lips that are for others; deep as love,
Deep as first love, and wild with all regret;
O Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Aside from that everything is up to you when it comes to selecting the perfect verse from the poem and matching it to your chosen series/character imagery. As always, be creative and have some fun.
Please submit your icon by uploading it to an outside host that allows direct linking, then leave a screened comment to this post with your icon's img src, url, series and character names. This information makes my job easier so please follow this example.
Character: Yuuko
Series: XXXholic
URL: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/wildmagic/wmClamp.jpg
Submission Rules
Do's
- You must be a member to participate, one icon per member (excludes multiple accounts)
- The icon must be made by you, this includes not stealing icons or copying tutorials
- Your icon must feature a scene/character from a CLAMP series (anime/manga)
- It must meet LJ requirements (100x100 and 40kb maximum, gif/jpg/png format)
- It should be recently made to fit the theme and kept anonymous/secret throughout
Do Not's
- Do not use/distribute/advertise your submission publicly/reveal your identity
- Doujinshi/Fanart/Cosplay images are not allowed, you must use official art only
- Refrain from using any sexually explicit imagery or overly coarse language
Other's
- Please credit outside sources (i.e. brushes/textures/lights, bases, lyrics/quotes)
- You may provide translations/definitions (i.e. foreign languages, tiny text, large words)
- If you submit the icon/a variation to another current/anonymous icontest, inform both mods
- If you change/edit your submission let me know which icon to replace and which to upload
If something is amiss with your submission I will reply/inform you of it and give you a chance to either resubmit the icon or fix the comment depending. It is at my discretion to disqaulify you for failure to follow these guidelines.
You have until Saturday, September 24th at 8:00 am EST in the morning to submit.
If you have any questions about this challenge or want a comment made public, be sure to make a separate comment without your icon, so I can unscreen it.
Best of luck to you all ^^
----------
Have a theme to suggest?
Answer this question at the original post. I just need to know whether or not I can reveal your username in connection with an icon submission when asked. I won't give people permission to use your work, I'll just send them to your journal/ijournal to ask you personally for your permission and your rules for credit.