Admin Post: Current active iconmaking communities

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Communities for sharing and finding icons

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

Communities for (icon) resources

capshare - find and share caps here
capspiration - daily caps to inspire you
cdramacaps - find and share cdrama (and other Asian drama) caps here
dwresources - resources for RP, including icons and screencaps for icon making
icontalking - we have a regular ask the maker activity with guides and tutorials
icon_resources - find and share textures here
resourcelove - find and share textures here (less active than icon_resources atm)
smallbatchicons - has a tag for tips and tutorials

Icon Challenge Communities (periodic) (newest first)

tvmovie20in20 - claim a tv show or movie and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory round 16 sign-up post
monthlyinspo - 5 to 20 icons, 5 must be inspired by the monthly theme - Round 70: Texted (from 2025-04-05)
iconcolors - bi-weekly color palette challenge for up to 3 icons - Round 164: Bi Pride (from 2025-03-24)
stocklove_ic - up to 5 themed stock icons in 2 weeks - Challenge 119 (from 2025-03-23)
icons10in20 - 10 icons in 20 days (+extension), 10 themes, claims optional - Round 40-Themes & Signups! (from 2025-03-21)
perioddrama_ic - up to 5 icons in 2 weeks, see profile for eligible period fandoms - Challenge Seventy Six: To the side-Challenge rules! (from 2025-03-20)
itsabattlefield - monthly battle: make 1-20 icons for a given theme within one month - Monthly Battle : 18 - Provided Screencaps (from 2025-03-23)
your_favourites - icon your favorite of the given theme, up to 4 icons in 2 weeks - Challenge #214 - Walk of Fame (from 2025-03-16)
iconthat - various themes, up to 5 icons every 2 weeks - Challenge 193: Emotion Capture (from 2025-03-16)
retro_icontest - reviving a different old challenge from LJ every month, 1 icon minimum - Round #25 - Technique20in20 03 (from 2025-03-15)
ic_animated - up to 5 icons in 2 weeks, animated cartoons/comics/games, (lj-imported, participation on both sides) - Round 66-Pi Day-Information! (from 2025-03-14)
icontalking - various monthly challenges, 1 icon minimum - Activity #92 - Song Set (from 2025-03-11)
fandom10in30 - 10 icons in 30 days, one provided theme, fandom claim is optional - Round 57: Enemies to Lovers (from 2025-03-09)
characters20in20 - claim a character and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - Round 15 Themes (from 2025-03-06)
screen_icons - up to 7 themed icons from provided caps in 2 weeks - next challenge coming up soon
disney_20in20 - claim a disney show/movie/character and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - round 11 coming up soon
celebrity20in20 - claim a celebrity and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - round 13 coming up soon

fandom_itest - up to 3 icons, various fandoms, irregularly run by volunteers - currently no active round, you can run one, look at the info post here.
iconbattles - various types of battles, irregularly run by volunteers - why not run one yourself? Choose any theme you like and go for it!
queermedia_ic - provided caps of canonically queer characters, 4 icons in 2 weeks, run by volunteers - currently no active round, you can run one, look at the info post here.

Icon Challenge Communities (constantly open)

20icontables - ⭐ NEW! ⭐ - pick a table and make 20 icons in your own time! sticky post: https://20icontables.dreamwidth.org/617.html
100fandomicons - Make 100 icons in 100 fandoms, pick your own deadline of 6, 12, 18 or 24 months [sign-up post]
10variations - Make 10 icons from one image. Choose one of two theme sets.
dailyicons - Claim a theme and make 10/25/50/100 icons in 1/3/6/12 months for daily prompts within 48 hours
hannibalinsp - Let the inspiration posts inspire you to make Hannibal icons. No limit or deadline, all Hannibal canons welcome.
lgbtrainbow - pass-it-on challenge through the colors of the rainbow, only canonical LGBTQ+ characters, regular voting (optional)
nexticon - pass-it-on challenge: pick a theme from the last icon and make a new icon, voting (optional) in regular intervals

Multi-Medium Challenges open for icons (periodic) (newest first)

sweetandshort - short fanworks (incl. icons) for monthly/weekly prompts and a mini bingo - April: 10 out of 20 (from 2025-04-01)
fan_flashworks - all-fandoms flashworks, monthly prompts - Challenge 475: Mystery (from 2025-04-01)
allbingo - monthly challenge, 1+ icon per square - March Monthly Post (from 2025-03-31)
femmeslashfete - weekly prompts, femmeslash pairings only, collect badges, 1 icon minimum, [admin tag | prompt masterlist]
fffc - weekly, collect badges, 1 icon minimum, more for special challenges [challenge tag]

Multi-Medium Challenges open for icons (constantly open)

100ships - 100 different relationships, 1 icon per square, no time limit [sticky post with prompts table]
genprompt_bingo - semi-annual, 3 icons per square [sticky post with comm info]
graphic and design april drift - *NEW* pick a challenge and make graphics/icons for it until December 2025 [challenge post]
hc_bingo - semi-annual hurt/comfort, 10 icons per square [challenge tag | rules]
ladiesbingo - fanworks about relationships between women, running September-May, 10 icons per square [comm info | sign ups]
tic_tac_woe - apocalyptic bingos info post | claim a bingo card
who_allsorts - claim 3/6/9/12/15/20 prompts and make Doctor Who fanworks [guidelines and prompt tables]

Land Comms (what is a land comm?)

fandom_empire - multi-medium comm, round=4 months, 1-3 icons/banners/wallpapers per week, round 7 Fandom Rush running until April 2025, sign-up for the next round in May
lands_of_magic - magical, supernatural, sci-fi, horror, and super hero fandoms, permanent sign up post
superhero_land - mirrored from lj, many superhero fandoms allowed, permanent sign up post


Other challenge finder communities

fandomcalendar - Bingos, exchanges, prompt fests, most of which allow icons
ipromo - Icon promo community, you can promote your own icon comm there



If you know of challenges we don't have on this list, please let us know in comments!

last updated April 06, 2025 (selective manual update on April 25)