Because Jas is love, I now have more icons storage for my livejournal. And that motivates me to: 1) blog more 2) more icons
But I'm running low on inspiration even though I have so many topics and I want many graphicians on PPT to help me out because you all are fabulous, so, I decided to hold my first ever contest (-has never done that before-) and this is, obviously, for livejournal icons. I sincerely hope that quite a lot of you would join because that'd make a very, very happy and hyper-active jaye, like when she has sugar :] (although some people say that's scary IRL, but who cares, right? Sugar is love too
).
Requirements:
1- Maximum size: 100x100
2-
little animation; less is more :]
3- I'm pretty flexible of what goes in my LJ icon, but there are certain things that I don't like that will be listed. Please, please, if you found images that you think are awesome or that it would be great to make an icon out with, please do so :]
Here are the things I adore -colour codes them-:
Red is love
Green is like
I don't mind orange
Anime/Manga:
Helling - Especially Alucard/Integra
Azumanga Daioh - Especially Chiyo, Sakaki, Sakaki's mountain Cat. Nekoconneko (two white cats on top of each other :3)NO KIMURA. He scares me. A lot.
GTO - Anime/Live Action, whichever tickles your fancy
HunterxHunter - Especially HISOKA! (:P) Killua, Gon, Leorio and Kurapica
Tokyo Underground
Jungle wa Hale nochi Guu
Fullmetal Alchemist--especially Roy 3
Rurouni Kenshin
Naruto
Bleach
Pretty Face
One Piece
(Any other anime character you think looks cool
)
Fruits
Apples
Oranges
Kiwi
Strawberries
Cherries
Lemon
starfruit
(Feel free to use other fruits as well ^^)
Scenary
sunrise
sunset
Ocean
Tropics
Landscapes
Waterfalls
Rain
Snow
seasonal
Fantasy
Tarot - The major Arcana(because I can't think of another space to put it, it lives under this title for now)
Unicorns
Griffins
Dragons
Angels/Devil/Faeries
....Just something that's mystical/fantasy-ish
**If you're going to use something from ElfWood or DeviantART, make sure you have the artists' permission first**
Animals
KITTIES!
Cats
Dogs
Puppies
Baby animals ^w^
Tiger
Lion
Liger (if you can find one 'tis a cross between a lion and a tiger)
Polar bears
small birds
any other cute animals you come across
Others
CHOCOLATE
COOKIES
Leaves
Seasons (I like all of them )
Zen Micro (XD I have a white one)
Anything that looks elegant
Abstract
Scented Candles
Seashells
Rocks. Can be pretty cool.
fire
water
ice
*moods/emotions
Final Fantasy - I like the characters in it, like how they're drawn. Bear in mind I know absolutely nothing about this game or any of its characters. The graphics are fab
Photographs, stock photos
Music
Delta Goodrem-*esp mistaken identity and Innocent Eyes
Michelle Branch
*
Evanescence
Lillix
Piano
Guitar (acoustic/electric)
Chinese instruments
Violin
Cello
Flute
Drums
Dislikes (Things that I don't really want here)
Weebls (sorry there)
Happy Tree Friends - if I see *any* Happy Tree Friends set I will skin them alive. This cartoon traumatizes me.
Cartoons of the topics above unless it really looks nice. For example, no cartoon devil/angel unless you think it will go well.
Unnecessary transparency. If you need to do transparent sets (no animation) use .png filetype (png-24). .gif loses quality
MONKIES. If there is one animal I have to dislike, it has to be monkies or any animal related to them, i.e. gorrilas, orangutans etc. Sorry if I offended anyone >_<
Yay! Let's get making :] Wait, the most important part:
Prizes:
Amount will not be changed and if there are tied places...we'll think of that later.
1st: 20K
2nd: 12K
3rd: 8K
(sorry for launching something big and not give out big prizes ><)
If you don't play neopets anymore, we can negotiate about the prize.
If you don't win, please don't feel bad; I will get around to using every one of the LJ icons because they don't necessarily need to be just used for LJ :] Another thing, if you feel like making something else with those images, please feel free to! But only LJ icons will get a place.
I do encourage everyone to participate, it doesn't matter if you're good at graphics or not, give it a try :] You do not necessarily need to make the topics above/topics in red to win!
This will be edited if I need to add/delete anything.
So what are you waiting for? Go, go, go!
Deadline: January 28th. Subject to be changed; if you can't make the deadline, drop me a PM.
Edit: more topics from now shall bemarked with a *