Current active iconmaking communities

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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