Current icon challenges on LJ

[seraphina_snape]

nextpicture - pass-it-on icon challenge
itsabattlefield - make icons for quick (1), small (5), and big battles (20) [open battles]

LIMS: Last Icon Maker Standing
movieslims - 1 icon per week, movies, provided caps [Round 29 (finale voting)]

Monthly: 20 icons in 20 days:
themeofthemonth - not a 20in20, but a monthly challenge of 10-15 icons [Round 5: colors, deadline: Feb 29]
makiiing10in30 enter up to 10 icons [Round 9 sign-ups, deadline Feb 29]
monthlyinspo enter 10 icons for a monthly prompt [Round 31: box of chocolates, deadline Mar 1]
narnia20in20 Round 18, deadline Mar 13
disney_20in20 irregular - challenges based around Disney movies and shows [closed as of Feb 2020]

Misc Icontests, ordered by challenge length:

Weekly:
color_inspired up to 5 icons - Color themes [challenge 182, deadline Feb 23]
h50icontest up to 7 icons - anonymous - from 20 provided Hawaii 5-0 caps [challenge 257, deadline Mar 2]
icon_games - Challenge 01, Round 02: Lothlorien, deadline until there are enough entries [has not been updated in a while]
mcshep_icontest up to 6 icons - screencaps provided [challenge 636, deadline Feb 24]
merlinstills up to 5 icons - Themes [on hiatus]
sga_icontest up to 6 icons - given screencaps [challenge 636, deadline Feb 24]
tv_movie_icons up to 3 icons - 9 given screencaps from 3 movies/shows [has not updated since October]

Bi-weekly:
actress_ic up to 4 icons - Actresses + given theme [challenge 210, deadline Feb 24]
basic_icontest up to 4 icons - Stock icons from provided bases [challenge 328, deadline Feb 24]
birthday_celebs current challenge 3 weeks long! - up to 3 icons - Celebrities by birthday [current challenges | on hiatus]
capicontest up to 6 icons - Choose from 20 given caps from capspiration [challenge 94, deadline Feb 23]
celeb_it up to 5 icons - Celebrities not in character + given theme [challenge 76, deadline Feb 28]
comeholdmyheart a jane austen and elizabeth gaskell icontest community [challenge 42, deadline Feb 14]
dwstills Doctor Who icon challenge (requirements vary) [challenge 88 RESULTS]
elitesimplicity up to 3 icons - Themes - Simple icons [challenge 261, Feb 23]
food_stillness 4 OR 8 icons - anonymous - Foody themes [challenge 366, deadline Mar 6]
ic_animated up to 5 icons - Themes [round 21, deadline Feb 21]
perioddrama_ic up to 5 icons - Themes [challenge 26 VOTING, deadline Feb 23]
total_icontest up to 5 icons - anonymous - Word prompts [challenge 403, deadline Feb 28]
tvshowsic up to 4 icons - anonymous - Themes determined by polls (tv shows) [challenge 249, deadline Mar 1]
twilight_con up to 5 icons - anonymous - provided Twilight caps (but own caps are allowed) [challenge 436, deadline Feb 29 + challenge 437, deadline Mar 7]
whitecollaric up to 5 icons - special category voting [challenge 161 tie breaker voting]
your_favourites up to 4 icons - Themes, Icon your favorites [challenge 90, deadline Mar 8]

Landcomms

gameofcards a multi-fandom, anything goes kinda landcomm - started a new round Feb 2019
landofart a team community specifically focused on graphics only
superhero_land everything around Superheroes (movies, tv shows etc.)
lighthouse_the new (July 2019) multi-fandom land comm with a slightly different approach

Lately gone inactive:
( i keep these for at least half a year )

Last edited: February 23, 2020

Current active iconmaking communities

[seraphina_snape]

Communities for sharing and finding icons

icons
animeicons - icons from anime
comicbook_icons - icons from comic book sources
dwrp_icons - avatar icons for role playing
fandom_icons
iconic
allstockicons - for any stock icons
graphics - for all graphics, including icons
icon_library - icons from books and about reading books
smallbatchicons - only 5 icons at a time
walker_graphics - The Walking Dead icons and graphics
xmen_icons - X-Men icons
sg_art - all kinds of Stargate fanart

Communities for (icon) resources

dwresources: resources for RP, including icons and screencaps for icon making
resourcelove
icon_resources
capshare

Icon Challenge Communities
icontalking Activity 34: two's company (results)

100fandomicons - make 100 icons in 100 fandoms sign-up post (pick your own deadline of 6, 12, 18 or 24 months)
allstockicons - monthly theme - March 2020: up and away (deadline March 31st)
disney20in20 20 Disney/Pixar icons in 20 days [Round 13 Tie-Breaker Voting]
dwstills - Doctor Who icons - imported copy of the lj comm, participants can enter through dw
fandom10in30 - 10 icons in 30 days, one provided theme, fandom claim is optional - challenge 26 - tv tropes, [deadline April 2nd]
fandom_itest - up to 3 icons, various fandoms [CHALLENGE 09: STAR TREK PICARD, deadline March 14th]
hp_iconchallenge - make up to 3 Harry Potter-related icons in two weeks (has not been updated since January)
ic_animated - up to five icons per round [Round 21: winners]
iconbattles Create your own battles and join other people's (current battles: sticky post)
iconcolors weekly color palette challenge for up to 3 icons [Challenge 38: holi festival, deadline March 15th]
icons10in20 running irregularly - 10 icons in 20 days, 10 themes, claim a show/movie/character [Round 14 winners]
iconthat up to 3 icons every two weeks [117 - aliens & robots VOTING]
nexticon pass-it-on icon challenge


Multi-Medium Challenges open for icons

allbingo - monthly bingo challenge comm open for icons (and fic and other media) [food fest bingo, March 1 - 31]
fan_flashworks - an all-fandoms multi-media flashworks community, challenge 293: circle (deadline: March 20th)
genprompt_bingo - semi-annual bingo challenge comm open for icons, 3 icons per square [sticky post with all the challenge info]
hc_bingo - semi-annual bingo challenge comm open for icons, 10 icons per square [Amnesty Challenges: March, deadline April 1st]
monthlysupergo - various monthly challenges open for icons [March prompt tables]
tic_tac_woe - apocalyptic challenge comm open for icons [info post here | claim a bingo card here]
trope_bingo - semi-annual bingo challenge comm open for icons, 5 icons per square [round 14 sign-ups]
who_allsorts - claim 3/6/9/12/15/20 prompts and make Doctor Who fanworks (incl. icons) [guidelines and prompt tables]
ladiesbingo - bingo challenge about relationships between women (Round 7 sign-ups)


Land Comms (what is a land comm?)

lands_of_magic - magical, supernatural, sci-fi, horror, and super hero fandoms, round four started February 1st 2019
starfleet_hq - Star Trek (all kinds), round three started February 1st 2019



Other challenge finder communities

icontalking - Our sister community on LJ - Join here!
fandomcalendar - Bingos, exchanges, prompt fests, most of which allow icons
ipromo - Icon promo community, you can promote your own icon comm there

Last updated: March 13th 2020

New Admin

[tinny]

As you have probably already noticed, seraphina_snape is now an admin in this community, too.

She is taking over the responsibility of keeping the challenge lists up to date, which I'd sadly been neglecting lately. She also has great ideas for icon discussion talk posts. I am very much looking forward to them!

Welcome, and thank you, seraphina_snape!

The current monthly activity - remakes - is still ongoing, and you can also still post your progression posts whenever you like (there is no deadline for them, and there are already three of them posted).

The new activity for February will be posted next Sunday.