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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)

monthlyinspo - 5 to 20 icons, 5 on theme - Round 71: Cinema Paradiso Deadline is June 28! (from 2025-05-11)

stocklove_ic - up to 5 themed stock icons in 2 weeks - Challenge 122 (from 2025-05-11)

iconcolors - bi-weekly color palette challenge for up to 3 icons - Round 167: Wet Suit (from 2025-05-05)

characters20in20 - claim a character and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - Round 16 Themes (from 2025-05-04)

your_favourites - icon your favorite of the given theme, up to 4 icons in 2 weeks - Challenge #216 - Role Model (from 2025-04-27)

ic_animated - up to 5 icons in 2 weeks, animated cartoons/comics/games, (lj-imported, participation on both sides) - Round 68: An open eye-Information! (from 2025-04-26)

fandom10in30 - 10 icons in 30 days, one provided theme, fandom claim is optional - Round 58: Taking Sides (from 2025-04-24)

itsabattlefield - monthly battle: make 1-20 icons for a given theme within one month - Monthly Battle : 19 (from 2025-04-23)

disney_20in20 - claim a disney show/movie/character and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - Round 11 themes (from 2025-04-22)

screen_icons - up to 7 themed icons from provided caps in 2 weeks - Challenge 26: Carry It On 2 (from 2025-04-21)

perioddrama_ic - up to 5 icons in 2 weeks, see profile for eligible period fandoms - next round coming up soon

retro_icontest - reviving a different old challenge from LJ every month, 1 icon minimum - Round 26 - somein30 - All Things Random (from 2025-04-19)

iconthat - various themes, up to 5 icons every 2 weeks - Challenge 194: Painterly (from 2025-04-19)

tvmovie20in20 - claim a tv show or movie and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - Round 16 Themes (from 2025-04-18)

celebrity20in20 - claim a celebrity and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - Round 13 Themes (from 2025-04-17)

icontalking - various monthly challenges, 1 icon minimum - Activity #93 - Five is the Limit (from 2025-04-16)

icons10in20 - 10 icons in 20 days (+extension), 10 themes, claims optional - currently no active round, it'll likely be another month or so until the next one

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

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!

Icon Challenge Communities (constantly open)

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.

20icontables - Choose one of many prompt tables and make 20 icons. No rounds/deadlines. NEW!

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 - May: Only Two (from 2025-05-15)

fan_flashworks - all-fandoms flashworks, monthly prompts - Challenge 479: Underwater (from 2025-05-10)

allbingo - monthly challenge, 1+ icon per square - April Monthly Post (from 2025-04-30)

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 - 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 8 Fortune Wheel running until August 2025, sign-ups have just closed.

lands_of_magic - magical, supernatural, sci-fi, horror, and super hero fandoms, currently closed but set to open again in summer/fall 2025

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 May 17, 2025

tinny

Wow, everyone put on their racing gear and made icons as fast as never before!

( 34 blazing fast icons by 6 makers )

Feel free to comment here or on each maker's threads linked next to their name.

Our next activity will be posted on the weekend.

tinny

The mod of anon_icon has asked me to make a promo post. In case you didn't know it existed, there is a community for anonymous talk about icons here:

anon_icon

If you'd rather talk unanonymously, you can do so here in this comm. :) I would like some more concrit and "last icon you made" posts, but they were never really popular here. If anyone else misses them, we can revive them. (Would someone be interested in being responsible for those? Then we can make them independent of the activities I usually post here.)

I'd be happy to see more talking at icontalking. <3

thewizardofoz

Links: Round 16 Sign Ups

Description:

tvmovie20in20 a 20in20 icon community. Here we have challenges based around movies and shows. Each month you will have a new round to create a set of 20 show or movie related icons within 20 days.

Schedule: Round 13 sign ups are open NOW. Deadline to TBD.

thisbluespirit

tinny kindly gave me advance leave to promote this here, so I am:

Description:

20icontables is a new icon community with no deadlines, claims or voting. Simply choose any of our 20 prompt tables and use it to inspire you to make icons! All levels of icon-makers and types of icons welcome.

For further details, see the comm's sticky post: https://20icontables.dreamwidth.org/617.html

Basically, it's a comm full of 20in30 style icon prompt tables permanently up for grabs. New ones will be added periodically, and members can make suggestions for new prompt sets/table themes. No need to claim, unless you wish to - just link to/post the icons when you're done.

I hope people will find it a fun, useful and laid-back addition to the rota of icon communities here on Dreamwidth. ♥

tinny

Icontalking Header #93 Five is the Limit

I'm not sure how practical this challenge is, but I hope it's at least inspiring. :D

The rule for this challenge is to make icons that have at most five layers (on Photoshop or other layer-based tools) and/or only take you at most five minutes to make.

Challenge yourself to both simplicity and speed! :D

Maybe this could be an opportunity to learn how to make photoshop actions or get some cool gimp plugins?

( Some random icons and textures for inspiration )

* Since I have no way to verify this, I'm calling on your honesty: please don't cheat. Only submit icons that took you no more than five minutes to make and/or have no more than five layers. Using actions/scripts to automate and speed up your work is allowed.
* You don't have to limit both time and layers. You can enter icons that took you an hour as long as they only have five layers. Or you can enter an icon with ten layers if you manage to make it in under five minutes. Play around and have fun! <3
* You can make as many icons as you like (if you need a goal, five is a good number :))
* There is no minimum, 1 icon is enough to enter this activity
* Please submit your icons (and URLs!) to this post, all in one comment (if possible)
* Everyone can participate, you don't have to be a member of this community

* I will collect all the icons from the comments and make a result post
* Everyone can leave comments on the inspiration and activity result posts
* There is no voting

Deadline: Saturday, May 10 2025, your end-of-day

tinny

( We only had two participants this time, here are their 11 icons )

Next activity coming up soon.

tinny

If anyone still wants to make a songset for our current round, feel free to post it anytime this week. I'll extend the deadline to next Saturday, the 12th.

We have two sets so far. The more the merrier!

Also:

Check out the amazing Monopoly round at

icons10in20!

Deadline there is April 20th, and you can make 5-20 icons.

Last but not least:

retro_icontest has a round from technique20in20 right now: technique20in20 Round 03.

One icon is enough to enter, but you can also make up to 20. Deadline here is April 19th.

tinny

Music is good for the soul... and I love making song sets. Since we haven't had this activity in five years, lets try our hand at it again!

A song set consists of icons with the lyrics of one song. Lyrics should be continuous within the song from one icon to the next.

example set by

breyzyyin: ("Don't Say A Word" by Ellie Goulding)

example set by

thisbluespirit: ("What About Everything?" by Carbon Leaf)

We have a ton more examples from previous activities. Check them out here:

https://icontalking.dreamwidth.org/31977.html
https://icontalking.dreamwidth.org/45420.html

Rules:

* Every icon should contain at least one word.
* If you can't make a part of the lyrics work:
** not all words have to be readable!
** you can leave out short connecting words (like "and", "that",...)
* You can choose any song, or more than one song if you make more than one set.
* If you want to leave out parts of the lyrics, just make separate sets.

* There is a minimum of 2 icons: the smallest set is a set of two.
* You can make as many icons (and as many sets) as you like.
* Please link the song lyrics, and/or put the parts you used of them in your comment with your icons

* Please submit your icons (and URLs!) to this post, all in one comment (if possible).
* Everyone can participate, you don't have to be a member of this community.
* I will collect all the icons from the comments and make a result post
* Everyone can leave comments on the inspiration and activity result posts
* There is no voting

Deadline: Saturday, April 05 2025, your end-of-day

tinny

Thank you, everyone for participating in our February color challenge!

( We have 21 icons by 4 makers! )

The next activity will be coming up on the weekend (I hope! I'm currently setting up a new computer and have to reinstall everything, things are going a bit slower than I'd like).

tinny

Here's my progression post for 2024!

Icons made in 2024 Graph - 790 total, 175 Zhu Yilong, 24 Other Chinese Actors (12 Tan Jianci, 7 Chen Minghao, 5 Jia Ling), 91 Lost You Forever, 124 Other CDrama (49 Guardian, 34 Dreamlike), 41 Asian BL, 204 Bridgerton, 71 My Lady Jane, 240 Other

Icons made in 2024 Graph - 790 total, 175 Zhu Yilong, 24 Other Chinese Actors (12 Tan Jianci, 7 Chen Minghao, 5 Jia Ling), 91 Lost You Forever, 124 Other CDrama (49 Guardian, 34 Dreamlike), 41 Asian BL, 204 Bridgerton, 71 My Lady Jane, 240 Other

click through to my journal for details

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aurora_amethyst

here @

1wonderment

Finally got around to posting this!

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk
Current Music: silence

tinny

Icontalking Activity #91 February is a blur

I haven't been able to come up with anything unusual for our next challenge, so lets do something traditionally well-liked: a color challenge! All icons must use at least two colors from this color palette.

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palette colors

oops this palette doesn't actually exist anymore, so here are the colors:

#f8e795

#d36f4c

#5c323f

#2d053b

#238194

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Bonus challenge (optional): In addition to the colors, if you like to incorporate a theme as well, icon something inspired by at least one of these themes:

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themes

fast
adrenaline
cool
blur
getaway

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( Inspirational icons and textures under here )

* Icons must use at least two colors from this month's palette
* You may use the bonus themes, but you don't have to.
* You can make as many icons as you like (if you need a goal, five is a good number :))
* There is no minimum, 1 icon is enough to enter this activity
* Please submit your icons (and URLs!) to this post, all in one comment (if possible)
* Everyone can participate, you don't have to be a member of this community

* I will collect all the icons from the comments and make a result post
* Everyone can leave comments on the inspiration and activity result posts
* There is no voting

Deadline: Saturday, March 01 2025, your end-of-day

rosy_nic

I forgot to share this!

Icon Progress 2024

Current Mood: busy

setsuntamew

First time poster but long time icon maker, sharing my first ever icon progression post~

Icon Progression 2024 @

killiansicons

Current Mood: productive
Current Music: YeeeeES! JUKEBOX ♪ Ibara Lecture VS Keito Lecture

silvercat17

I'm planning on doing some tutorials for icons I've done and comic book icons in general. Are there any in specific people would like to see?

Here's the tutorials I'm already planning on doing:

dealing with word balloons (comic icons)
dealing with panel lines (comic icons)
and

All my icons are here: https://silvercat17.dreamwidth.org/tag/icons

Tutorials so far:

Speech Ballons part 1 (removing)
Making readable text

littlemissnovella

Progression Post of 2024 @

lullabycharmed

tinny

Time to look back on 2024 with a focus on iconmaking, to draw some conclusions, and get some feedback! \o/

1) ICON PROGRESSION

Tell us what icons you made last year, select the best/the most extraordinary/the most representative, and tell us about them.

Tell us about your progress, your fandoms, your ideas and techniques. What changed over the course of the year?

If you want, you can make resolutions about your iconmaking: what you would like to do this year, techniques you want to try, goals you want to achieve - for resolutions, also see bestof_icons below.

There are quite a few progression posts made by our members in previous years, where you can look for ideas how to go about it:

=> https://icontalking.dreamwidth.org/tag/progression+post

( more examples and layout code links )

* You can post your progression/resolution posts as new posts directly to this comm
* If you post(ed) a progression post to your journal, you can make a new post here and link to your journal
* If you have more than 5 icons in your post, put them under a cut
* Note: you must be a member of this community to be able to post

Deadline: any time you want! These things take time. Post them to the community any time you like!

2) BESTOF_ICONS

bestof_icons has already opened its doors on DW again this year:

Activities currently in progress:

Remakes

Resolutions

Nominations NOW OPEN

The more the merrier!

3) ICON FEEDBACK/CONCRIT

When this comm was new, there was a concrit/feedback thread on every post, but it wasn't used by many people, so I stopped making them. In case you do miss getting feedback on your icons, there's a concrit/feedback thread in this post again!

Have fun, and be nice!

p.s.

If you'd rather participate in a challenge this month, I'm right now updating our List of current active iconmaking communities. It's a sticky post at the top of this comm, and you can also find a link to it in the comm's sidebar. I update this list about once a month. You're always welcome to let me know if there are new comms I should add to it.

tinny

What a hilarious activity it was, and everyone decorated their icons! Fun! \o/

( 23 festive icons by 6 makers )

Feel free to comment here or on each maker's threads linked next to their name.

Our next activity will be the yearly roundup/review activity, and it'll be coming right up.

tinny

It's baaaaaack!

bestof_icons || activities start December 13

tinny

Santa Hats! Or... any other funny decoration, really. There's this tradition to decorate your user icons with Christmas-y elements in December. I've seen hats, red noses, reindeer antlers, sparkly stars, and falling snow, but there's no limit to the things you might want to add to your icons *for fun*. :D If you're not into Christmas, feel free to use anything else decorative that you find funny!

You can make new icons including these decorations, but you can also take old icons (please only use ones you made yourself, unless you have the permission of the maker) and add decorations to it. Modifying old icons is allowed this round!

( Some example icons and useful resources under here )

* You can make as many icons as you like (if you need a goal, five is a good number :))
* You can reuse icons you've made before and add decorations to them, feel free to post before+after if you want
* There is no minimum, 1 icon is enough to enter this activity
* Please submit your icons (and URLs!) to this post, all in one comment (if possible)
* Everyone can participate, you don't have to be a member of this community

* I will collect all the icons from the comments and make a result post
* Everyone can leave comments on the inspiration and activity result posts
* There is no voting

Deadline: Saturday, December 28th, your end-of-day

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Admin Post: Sticky: Current active iconmaking communities

Activity Results for #93 Five is the Limit

Promos

Tvmovie20in20 • Round 16

New Icon Community: 20icontables

Activity #93 - Five is the Limit

Activity #92 - Song Set - Results

Reminder + Promos

Activity #92 - Song Set

Activity Resullts for #91 February is a Blur

Icon Progression 2024

2024 Icon Progression Post

Activity #91 - February is a Blur

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