[admin post] Admin Post: Current icon challenges on LJ

Jul. 3rd, 2020 06:04 pm
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[livejournal.com profile] novindalf will no longer be updating the challenges list on LJ. So this is just a snapshot of how the LJ comm landscape looked in January 2022 now. Several comms have moved to DW in April 2022, I hope you can find some interesting ones here.

As far as I can tell, the ones still active now (in November 2022) are:

[livejournal.com profile] basic_icontest
[livejournal.com profile] food_stillness
[livejournal.com profile] total_icontest
[livejournal.com profile] tvshowsic

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Last updated by the admin of [livejournal.com profile] icontalking on: 2nd January, 16:00 UTC

Battles, LIMS, Rumbles & Land Comms
movieslims R37 (The Witcher & You) C7 - 31st December - no activity since July
K-Pop Battle sign-ups & theme suggestions

20in20s (& similar):
iconspirations - open indefinitely
monthlyinspo R34 (two of a kind) - 23rd January - has since moved to dw [community profile] monthlyinspo
somein30 R14 (Character Strengths) - 31st January - has since moved to dw [community profile] somein30

Weekly/Fortnightly Icontests:
nexticon - on hiatus - similar community on dw is [community profile] nexticon
capicontest C139 (Resolutions) - 2nd January - has since moved to dw [community profile] capicontest
stocklove_ic C37 ('Tis the Season) - 2nd January - has since moved to dw [community profile] stocklove_ic
tvshowsic C296 (Fake Background) - 2nd January
your_favourites C135 (Lesbian Couple) - 2nd January - has since moved to dw [community profile] your_favourites
food_stillness C411 (Free Choice Sets) - 3rd January
dwstills C98 (Whoville) - 5th January - has since moved to dw [community profile] dwstills

oddlyspecificon C38 (Redo) - 7th January - on hiatus
twilight_con C492 (School Cafeteria) - 8th January - no activity since May
color_inspired C243 (Walking Away) - 9th January - has been closed, similar comm on dw is [community profile] iconcolors
ic_animated C42 (Winter) - 9th January - no activity since July
basic_icontest C372 (Frost) - 10th January
perioddrama_ic C49 (Florals) - 13th January - no activity since May
total_icontest C445 (Four) - 14th January
your_favourites C136 (Season) - 16th January - has since moved to dw [community profile] your_favourites

Other Graphics Comms/Challenges:
historamedy365 no activity since October 2022
nextpicture no activity since August 2022



Original post here: Icontalking Current Icontest Challenges (comm membership required)

This DW post last updated on: November 26, 2022
tinny: Something Else holding up its colorful drawing - "be different" (Default)
[personal profile] tinny
Communities for sharing and finding icons

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

Communities for (icon) resources

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

Icon Challenge Communities (periodic) (newest first)

[community profile] monthlyinspo - 5 to 20 icons, 5 on theme - Round 71: Cinema Paradiso Deadline is June 28! (from 2025-05-11)
[community profile] stocklove_ic - up to 5 themed stock icons in 2 weeks - Challenge 122 (from 2025-05-11)
[community profile] iconcolors - bi-weekly color palette challenge for up to 3 icons - Round 167: Wet Suit (from 2025-05-05)
[community profile] characters20in20 - claim a character and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - Round 16 Themes (from 2025-05-04)
[community profile] your_favourites - icon your favorite of the given theme, up to 4 icons in 2 weeks - Challenge #216 - Role Model (from 2025-04-27)
[community profile] 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)
[community profile] fandom10in30 - 10 icons in 30 days, one provided theme, fandom claim is optional - Round 58: Taking Sides (from 2025-04-24)
[community profile] itsabattlefield - monthly battle: make 1-20 icons for a given theme within one month - Monthly Battle : 19 (from 2025-04-23)
[community profile] disney_20in20 - claim a disney show/movie/character and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - Round 11 themes (from 2025-04-22)
[community profile] screen_icons - up to 7 themed icons from provided caps in 2 weeks - Challenge 26: Carry It On 2 (from 2025-04-21)
[community profile] perioddrama_ic - up to 5 icons in 2 weeks, see profile for eligible period fandoms - next round coming up soon
[community profile] retro_icontest - reviving a different old challenge from LJ every month, 1 icon minimum - Round 26 - somein30 - All Things Random (from 2025-04-19)
[community profile] iconthat - various themes, up to 5 icons every 2 weeks - Challenge 194: Painterly (from 2025-04-19)
[community profile] tvmovie20in20 - claim a tv show or movie and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - Round 16 Themes (from 2025-04-18)
[community profile] celebrity20in20 - claim a celebrity and make 20 icons in 20 days, voting mandatory - Round 13 Themes (from 2025-04-17)
[community profile] icontalking - various monthly challenges, 1 icon minimum - Activity #93 - Five is the Limit (from 2025-04-16)
[community profile] 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
[community profile] 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
[community profile] 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.
[community profile] 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)

[community profile] 100fandomicons - Make 100 icons in 100 fandoms, pick your own deadline of 6, 12, 18 or 24 months [sign-up post]
[community profile] 10variations - Make 10 icons from one image. Choose one of two theme sets.
[community profile] 20icontables - Choose one of many prompt tables and make 20 icons. No rounds/deadlines. NEW!
[community profile] dailyicons - Claim a theme and make 10/25/50/100 icons in 1/3/6/12 months for daily prompts within 48 hours
[community profile] hannibalinsp - Let the inspiration posts inspire you to make Hannibal icons. No limit or deadline, all Hannibal canons welcome.
[community profile] lgbtrainbow - pass-it-on challenge through the colors of the rainbow, only canonical LGBTQ+ characters, regular voting (optional)
[community profile] 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)

[community profile] sweetandshort - short fanworks (incl. icons) for monthly/weekly prompts and a mini bingo - May: Only Two (from 2025-05-15)
[community profile] fan_flashworks - all-fandoms flashworks, monthly prompts - Challenge 479: Underwater (from 2025-05-10)
[community profile] allbingo - monthly challenge, 1+ icon per square - April Monthly Post (from 2025-04-30)
[profile] femmeslashfete - weekly prompts, femmeslash pairings only, collect badges, 1 icon minimum, [admin tag | prompt masterlist]
[community profile] fffc - weekly, collect badges, 1 icon minimum, more for special challenges [challenge tag]

Multi-Medium Challenges open for icons (constantly open)

[community profile] 100ships - 100 different relationships, 1 icon per square, no time limit [sticky post with prompts table]
[community profile] 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]
[community profile] hc_bingo - semi-annual hurt/comfort, 10 icons per square [challenge tag | rules]
[community profile] ladiesbingo - fanworks about relationships between women, running September-May, 10 icons per square [comm info | sign ups]
[community profile] tic_tac_woe - apocalyptic bingos info post | claim a bingo card
[community profile] 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?)

[community profile] 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.
[community profile] land_of_art - has moved to dreamwidth! Long rounds with permanent signup possible. Two teams compete in challenges to create art of all kinds from any source. Apply for a team here.
[community profile] lands_of_magic - magical, supernatural, sci-fi, horror, and super hero fandoms, currently closed but set to open again in summer/fall 2025
[community profile] superhero_land - mirrored from lj, many superhero fandoms allowed, permanent sign up post


Other challenge finder communities

[community profile] fandomcalendar - Bingos, exchanges, prompt fests, most of which allow icons
[community profile] 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!

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