Submit: Unspoken Bond
The theme for week seventy is Unspoken Bond. That's just my fancy way of saying that you may submit one CLAMP icon but it must meet two requirements: first of all it must be wordless and second of all it must feature a pairing (two or more characters) on it.
It's up to you to choose what sort of pairing to use, it doesn't have to be an OTP because I wanted to widen the field of exploration. This means that while you can use an actual written or implied couple, you can also use family, friends, allies and anything else along these lines. As long as there is a bond shown between the two or more featured characters, rather than them randomly being placed together.
In order to count as wordless, you are not allowed to have any text whatsoever: be it a sentence, word, letter or puncutation/numerical symbol. This includes text you have added graphically, text that was already part of the original image, text in other languages and decorative type such as those text based brushes, background text strings or tinytext. Dingbats are allowed as long as they are clearly decorative shapes and do not resemble letterforms.
Oh and you can't use any animation simply because I don't want people using it to compensate for being unable to use text.
This is a technical challenge so there are more guidelines than usual but it could be challenging to see how you approach the theme, select your characters/imagery and work with the graphics alone. As always do be creative and have some fun while you're at it.
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, November 26th 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.
It's up to you to choose what sort of pairing to use, it doesn't have to be an OTP because I wanted to widen the field of exploration. This means that while you can use an actual written or implied couple, you can also use family, friends, allies and anything else along these lines. As long as there is a bond shown between the two or more featured characters, rather than them randomly being placed together.
In order to count as wordless, you are not allowed to have any text whatsoever: be it a sentence, word, letter or puncutation/numerical symbol. This includes text you have added graphically, text that was already part of the original image, text in other languages and decorative type such as those text based brushes, background text strings or tinytext. Dingbats are allowed as long as they are clearly decorative shapes and do not resemble letterforms.
Oh and you can't use any animation simply because I don't want people using it to compensate for being unable to use text.
This is a technical challenge so there are more guidelines than usual but it could be challenging to see how you approach the theme, select your characters/imagery and work with the graphics alone. As always do be creative and have some fun while you're at it.
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, November 26th 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.