Welcome to airgear_awards, an icontest community dedicated to Oh! Great's manga Air Gear. This community, created by gooziewoozie and moderated by dieselocelot (formerly known as spiralsword), welcomes any and all Air Gear fans and icon-makers alike! As this is simply a summary of the rules, be sure to view the userinfo and perhaps join?



.>> Contests follow a Sunday-Monday-Sunday schedule; that is, new themes and voting are put up every Sunday night at 2 PM EST/10PM GMT, and results are posted Monday evening some time after 2 PM EST.


.>> We run three themes per contest: General Theme with word prompts, Lyrical Theme, and Image Theme. Have a theme to suggest? Post it here!


.>> Icons are required to fit LiveJournal userpic requirements, which are as follows:
º 100x100 pixels or less
º No more than 40kb
º Must be a .jpg, .gif, or .png


.>> You may submit up to 3 icons per week. When submitting, please include the icon's URL and of course, the name of the Theme it represents.


.>> When voting, be sure to read the voting rules. Depending on the number of submissions, placings will vary; however, there will always be a place for First and Special Category. Special categories are as follows:


Best Adaption: The icon reflecting the theme best through both the chosen image and text.

Best Caption: The icon that has the best text content. This means the words' actual meaning matches the icon well. This can be well-chosen lyrics, a good phrase, or even a single, effective word. Don't confuse this with Best Typography!

Best Color: The icon that stands out from the rest color-wise. It has the most effective use of color, whether it's faded, vivid, monotone, or duotone, etc.

Best Typography: The icon with the best treatment of text regardless of text content. This applies to the physical appearance of the words on the icon and can include good use of dingbats. Good text placement also plays a role in good typography. Don't confuse this with Best Caption!
Most Creative: The icon showing most originality among others through its overall visual effects.

Most Emotional: The icon emitting the greatest emotional impact on the viewer compared to the other icons. The image and/or text is very well chosen and evokes any strong feeling, whether it is happy or sad or anything inbetween.

Mod's Choice: This icon is picked by the issuing moderator. Literally, it's the mod's favorite icon.

ºAll the past winning entries can be viewed at The Hall of Fame

ºAll entries (both winning, and non-ranking) can be viewed via the community memories, paticularly in the individual Voting Posts.

ºTo use an icon, it is essential that you ask permission from the original creator before taking it. We will provide details of who made upon request for information, so just post a request. Don't forget you MUST give proper credit in your userpic's keywords or comments.


You can also participate by Suggesting Themes.

We are currently recruiting Banner Makers for all future winning icons. If you're interested then please read the info & sign-up!!


And this is where we put the Awards! into airgear_awards!

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Layout v.2 Airscape features Ikki from Trick: 001. Graphics were conceived in Adobe Photoshop 7.0 by gooziewoozie with the coding and layout base created by bulletscarnage.