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10variations (9202871)

10 variations icon challenge
...can you make 10 different icons from one image?

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10 different icons from one image - can you do it?

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If you want to submit a claim, please join the community. If you just want to keep updated with the icon posts, you can friend the community. Simply reply to the claims list with the picture you want to claim, and we'll approve your claim asap.

Once you have been approved, you have ten days to post your icon set. Please make sure that every icon meets its restrictions as set forth in the challenge rules. If you are unsure about a rule, please do not hesitate to ask one of the mods. At the moment you can choose between two sets of rules.

Once you have posted your set, you can (but don't have to) collect a banner that you can post in your journal or userinfo to show others that you've completed the challenge. You are now free to claim a new image.

You have to choose one image. The goal of the challenge is to make 10 different icons from the same image. The original image has to be recognizeable in every icon. The icons will have to differ from each other visibly in cropping or style. (That is the rule of thumb so you cannot go and make ten different icons by making one and then only change the color, text or y'know, small things.) Aside from that, there are some restrictions that apply to each icon.

01. In the first icon you have to use the original image unresized.
02. In the second icon you have to rotate the original image.
03. In the third icon you have to desaturate the original image (unless it's already b/w).
04. In the fourth icon you have to mirror the original image either horizontally or vertically.
05. In the fifth icon you have to use the original image at least twice noticeably.
06. In the sixth icon you have to alter the color of the original image (b/w images have to be colored in, color images may be desaturated).
07. In the seventh icon you have to be able to see the whole original image.
08. In the eighth icon you have to use at least one texture or stock image.
09. In the ninth icon you have to use only the original image (use no text, brushes, gradients or other images). Adjustment layers and layer effects are allowed.
10. In the tenth icon you have to make the two sides of the icon differ in length (ie no square). The ICON people, NOT the picture in the icon!

We now have an additional set of rules, for those bored of the standard ones!

All icons must meet the usual LJ icon restrictions.

The image you select:

must be at least 250 pixels x 120 pixels (that's longer side x smaller side, recommended is more than 200x300 pixels)

if the longer side of it is larger than 2000 pixels you may resize it to 1500 pixels

can be black & white or color

should not be altered before you start iconing, except for maybe adjusting the contrast/saturation and resizing it as stated above

can be a piece of fanart if the artist has explicitly granted permission

You have 10 days to make the icons. All of them must be new and created specifically for this challenge.

the community

This community is here for you to claim your pics, post your completed icon sets and look at the sets others have done. It is run by your three friendly mods

nebulein,

theaeblackthorn, and

littleamirgirl. Some of us you'll find operating under the nick

10varimods. If you have any questions or concerns please check the FAQ. If you don't find your question answered there, feel free to leave a comment at the post.

The community is moderated, so please make sure you have joined the community when you submit a claim for the first time. Once that claim will be approved we will grant you posting access so you will be able to post your icons in the community. After that you keeping your posting rights, but still have to get your next claim approved before you should post your next set of icons, if you choose to do so. All post are public, so you do not have to be a member of the community to read the icon posts. Feel free to join or friend the community whenever you like. :)
If you want to snag icons you've seen here, credit is required unless the icon maker clearly states otherwise in his/her post. In addition, please do not hotlink any of the icons and pictures you find here. Comments are very appreciated to let the icon maker know that you like their work. Please remain friendly at all times, no bashing of persons or icons will be tolerated.

If you want to link to this community, please upload this banner to your own webspace and link back to

10variations:

To request a claim:

comment here with a link to your image (uploaded to an image hosting service [ie imageshack] or personal server) and a description of the image

join the community.

wait to be assigned a category & granted posting access.

once you have been granted access you have 10 days to complete your set of icons and post it in the community

When posting the icons you are asked to use the following format:

Please make the subject of your post Category: Sub-category: Subject
You have been assigned these when your claim was approved. For posting examples check out the other posts in this community. Please also include the following claim information in your post outside of any cuts.

All icons must be posted together in one post. Please use real LJ-cuts with either the first two icons outside of the cut, or a thumbnail of the original image. This allows us to organize all the icon posts easily. Feel free to tag your entries with the appropriate tags. Each post should have two tags: one for the claim category and one for the rule set you've chosen. Once the entry has been approved, we will add it to the community's memories.

the end

Once you have posted your completed set of icons, you can collect your banner with the following information:

You will then receive a banner for your claim. Feel free to apply again with a different image, there's no limit!

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