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Akatsuki Icon Awards

Created on 2005-11-07 14:43:02 (#8736673), last updated 2008-12-01

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About

Akatsuki Awards

Welcome to Akatsuki Awards, an icontest community dedicated to the criminal organization Akatsuki in the manga/anime Naruto by Kishimoto Masashi.

Rules

► You may submit up to two (2) icons for each challenge, unless otherwise instructed.
► All icon content must focus on members of the Akatsuki! Former and deceased members are allowed.
► Your icon submissions must have all the details for the challenge Please refer to the individual submission posts for more information.
► Your entries must conform to LiveJournal's image specifications; 100x100 or smaller and 40 kb or smaller, in jpg, gif, or png formats.
► Do not vote for your own icon, no matter the circumstances. If you do so, your vote will be discarded.
► Icons must be newly made for the current challenge and must not displayed anywhere else on the Internet, in any context, other than the icontest, until after the contest is over and the results have been announced; doing so will cause for disqualification. This also means we do not allow cross-submission.
► Reusing old icons with new text for this icontest is not allowed. This means your icon was not made specifically for the particular challenge. Requiring that you make your icons specifically for the current challenge has been a long-standing rule.
► Do not create multiple fake accounts to cheat. I check IP addresses and account status.
► You may use doujinshi or fanart if you link back to the author/artist in your submission comment.
► If I find you breaking or abusing the rules, your icons may be disqualified and you may even be banned from the community WITHOUT NOTICE.

By participating in this icontest, you thereby implicitly state that you have read all of these rules and that you agree with and will abide by them. If you need any clarification, please contact me and ask.

Submission

On Sunday evening (or thereabouts), xenylamine will post a theme for the week in the community. Icons related to the theme may be submitted from that time on, up until the deadline on the following Sunday. Comments to the submission post will be screened, so please reply normally, and not anonymously. Your submission should contain the following information:

Icon submission
URL of submission [please make sure the URLs work!]
Character name(s)

EXAMPLE:

http://i7.tinypic.com/61od7xh.png
Deidara

Submission Times:
Sunday [~10:00 PM EST/EDT] - Sunday [10:00 PM EST/EDT]

If you would like to suggest a theme, please do so here.

Please be sure that your image hosting will work until the deadline, so that I can use your submission. Also please note that livejournal's image hosting is not proper image hosting, and I won't accept icons that are hosted on livejournal.

Voting

Voting will take place from Saturday to Monday. xenylamine will post a voting post on Sunday evening, after the deadline has passed. Members of the community will comment on the post, saying which three icons they like the best. The icons will be numbered, so you only have to state the numbers of the icons you like, in order of preference. Your first choice will receive three points, your second choice two, and your third choice one. A special category may be added to the voting, depending on submission volume. A vote for an icon in the special category will earn one point. Comments will be screened so your vote will not be seen by anyone other than the mods and yourself. Please do your best to follow any specific rules in the voting post.

Special Categories

The following are the definitions for the special categories. Be sure you know what you're voting for!

Most Creative; The icon demonstrates the most creativity and originality of design through its image, layout, text, and visual effects.

Best Emotion; The icon displays emotion the most effectively, evoking strong feeling through well-chosen image and/or text.

Best Interpretation; The icon reflects the most effective adaption and use of the theme through both its image and text.

Best Color; The icon demonstrates effective use of color, standing out from the other icons for that quality.

Best Cropping; The icon's image has been cropped in a way that is well-chosen for both visual interest and communicating the icon's message.

Best Text; The icon has the best text content; the words' actual meaning matches the icon well.

Best Typography; The icon has the best treatment of text (the physical appearance of the words on the icon) regardless of text content. Good text placement also plays a role in good typography.

Results will be posted on Tuesday evening.

Voting times:
Sunday [~10:00 PM EST/EDT] - Tuesday [~9:00 PM EST/EDT]

Winners

Challenge #001 [Uchiha Itachi]
Challenge #002 [Wind]
Challenge #003 [Picture]
Challenge #004 [Lyrical; "Flaw" by Amendment]
Challenge #005 [Exhaustion]
Challenge #006 [Shadows]
Challenge #007 [Winter/Holiday]
Challenge #008 [Kisame]
Challenge #009 [Picture]
Challenge #010 [Lyrical; "Like A Stone" by Audioslave]
Challenge #011 [Sadness]
Challenge #012 [Force of Nature]
Challenge #013 [Water]
Challenge #014 [Zetsu]
Challenge #015 [Picture]
Challenge #016 [Fire]
Challenge #017 [Confusion]
Challenge #018 [Green / Lyrical; "Photograph" by Nickelback]
Challenge #019 [Family / Lyrical; "Dramatic Neo Anniversary" by Pierrot]
Challenge #020 [Animal Sounds]
Challenge #021 [Joy / Lyrical; "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club]
Challenge #022 [Images; Itachi]
Challenge #023 [Images; Sasori, Deidara]
Challenge #024 [Images; Itachi, Kisame]
Challenge #025 [Images; Tobi]
Challenge #026 [Paint]
Challenge #027 [Images; Hidan, Kakuzu, Zetsu]
Challenge #028 [Images; 317 Color Spread]
Challenge #029 [Advent]
Challenge #030 [New]
Challenge #031 ["House of Wolves" by My Chemical Romance]
Challenge #032 [Textless]
Challenge #033 [Desire]
Challenge #034 ["Black Black Heart" by David Usher]
Challenge #035 [Monochrome]
Challenge #036 [Opposites]
Challenge #037 ["2:1" by Elastica]
Challenge #038 [Free-For-All]
Challenge #039 [Textures]
Challenge #040 ["Flawed Design" by Stabilo]
Challenge #041 [Red]
Challenge #042 [Change]
Challenge #043 ["I'm Your Villain" by Franz Ferdinand]
Challenge #044 [Limit]
Challenge #045 [Revenge]
Challenge #046 ["Nervous Breakdown" by abingdon boys school]
Challenge #047 [Tiny Text]
Challenge #048 [Betrayal]
Challenge #049 [Tobi]
Challenge #050 [Ego]
Challenge #051 ["Five Minutes to Midnight" by Boys Like Girls]
Challenge #052 [Deidara]
Challenge #053 [Broken]
Challenge #054 [The Elements]
Challenge #055 [Mistake]
Challenge #056 ["So Long, Astoria" by the Ataris]
Challenge #057 [Partners]
Challenge #058 ["Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin]
Challenge #059 [Book Titles]
Challenge #060 [Song Titles]
Challenge #061 [Battle]
Challenge #062 ["Every You, Every Me" by Placebo]
Challenge #063 [Smile]
Challenge #064 [Shadows]
Challenge #065 ["Wonderful You" by the Dandy Warhols]
Challenge #066 [Dead]
Challenge #067 [Black & White]
Challenge #068 [Konan]
Challenge #069 ["Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band]
Challenge #070 [Faith]
Challenge #071 [Holiday]
Challenge #072 ["TWINS (Knock Out)" by Super Junior]
Challenge #073 ["Dive to Blue" by L'arc~en~Ciel]
Challenge #074 [Conceal]
Challenge #075 [Sky]
Challenge #076 ["Ryoujoku no Ame" by Dir en grey]
Challenge #077 [Dark]
Challenge #078 [Favorite Color]
Challenge #079 ["Never Say Goodbye" by Bon Jovi]
Challenge #080 [Kisame]
Challenge #081 [Nostalgia]
Challenge #082 ["swallow" by 12012]
Challenge #083 [Typography-less]
Challenge #084 [Peace]
Challenge #085 ["Spring Nicht" by Tokio Hotel]
Challenge #086 [Crazy]
Challenge #087 ["Too Late: Frozen" by Type O Negative]
Challenge #088 [Downfall]
Challenge #089 [Confused]
Challenge #090 ["Burn" by the Cure]
Challenge #091 [Random]
Challenge #092 ["The Sinner in Me" by Depeche Mode]
Challenge #093 [Crime]
Challenge #094 [Shape]
Challenge #095 ["DISABLED COMPLEXES" by Dir en grey]
Challenge #096 [Free]
Challenge #097 [Tiny Text]
Challenge #098 [Provided Image]
Challenge #099 [New Akatsuki Members]
Challenge #100 [Metal/"Animal I Have Become" by Three Days Grace]
Challenge #101 [Black and White/"Thank You For the Venom" by MCR ]
Challenge #102 [Hidan/"Wicked Ways" by Garbage]
Challenge #103 [Halloween/Light Textures]
Challenge #104 [Fiction/"Truth" by Arashi]
Challenge #105 [TBA]
Challenge #106 [TBA]

Affiliates

► adventawards // final fantasy vii: advent children icontest
► airgear_awards // air gear icontest
► akatsuki_stamp // akatsuki rating/stamp
► animal_icontest // animal icontest
► animangawards // anime & manga icontest
► anime_itest // anime icontest
► arrancar_awards // arrancar (bleach) icontest
► banner_rewards // the banner maker rewards program
► bishoujo_awards // bishoujo (females) icontest
► bleach_icontest // bleach icontest
► bleachorus // lyrical bleach icontest
► bssm_battle // bishoujo senshi sailor moon itournament
► dattebayo_still // static naruto icontest
► disneyawards // disney icontest
► ff12_awards // final fantasy xii icontest
► ff7_awards // final fantasy vii icontest
► ffx_x2_awards // final fantasy x & x2 icontest
► hogwarts_battle // harry potter battle-style last icon maker standing
► icontested // open fandom icontest
► ino_icontest // yamanaka ino icontest
► itachi_icontest // uchiha itachi icontest
► japan_abc // alphabetical japanese icontest
► japanawards // japanese icontest
► je_battle // johnny's entertainment battle-style lims
► kismet_icontest // static random-themed icontest
► kkm_itest // kyou kara maou! icontest
► orochiagenda // narutoverse roleplay community
► pretear_awards // shin shirayuki densetsu hime prétear icontest
► rockmusiclims // rock music lims
► seed_icontest // gundam seed icontest
► shinigami_lims // bleach last icon maker standing
► shinobi_awards // naruto shinobi icontest
► shinobi_stills // static naruto shinobi icontest
► subliminalicon // icon journal of xenylamine
► uchihaprodigy // uchiha itachi shrine
► vk_awards // vampire knight icontest
► wd_awards // disney icontest
► wizard_icontest // harry potter icontest

If you would like to affiliate, please comment here.

Staff

Mod;
► xenylamine

Banner-makers;
► ephistanai
► hoshi3
► illeatchu
► mrs_dorian
► senbonzakura77

Banner makers: Banners should be 100x300 or 100x250 and should include the icon that won, the icon maker's name, the award name, the week number of the challenge (theme name is optional), and 'akatsuki awards' somewhere on the icon. Also, please do not cover the icon itself at all on the banner to maintain the integrity of the winning icon. When you post, please use an lj-cut and the 'banners' tag. Thank you!

If you would like to be a banner-maker, please click here to apply.

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