A weekly Britcom icontest community

Challenge #25 - The Meaning of Life

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:09:26 GMT

I figured we hadn't done Python in a while, so our challenge for this week is The Meaning of Life!

- You may use only these images in making your icons.
- You are free to blend or animate the images if you wish.
- Likewise, the use of text, brushes, textures, gradients, etc. is permitted, even encouraged!
- You may submit up to three icons.
- Icons must meet LJ's standards - 100x100 pixels and 40 KB or less, .gif, .jpg, or .png.
- Icons must be freshly made, not old ones.
- Do not display your icons elsewhere until the voting for this challenge is complete.
- Submit your icons in a comment to this entry (comments are screened). Make sure to include both the image and URL (see the userinfo for an example).
- If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll try to answer ASAP.
- HAVE FUN! :)

The deadline for submissions will be Monday, September 1st at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter), because I'm going to be away on vacation for the next couple of weeks, so I figured I'd give everyone a bit longer to complete this challenge :) Have fun!

Challenge #24 - The Brittas Empire: Winners

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:04:23 GMT

Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to everyone who entered and/or voted :)

First place

miss_jaffacake

Second place

queen_fiend

Third place

bibliophile1887

The next challenge will be up momentarily! Banners will be a couple of weeks, however, as I'm leaving on vacation this afternoon - but they will be up as soon as possible after I get back :)

Reminder!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:00:09 GMT

Don't forget to vote for Challenge #24 - The Brittas Empire! Voting will end at 11PM EST on Wednesday, August 13th (The Timezone Converter).

Challenge #24 - The Brittas Empire: Voting

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:17:53 GMT

Thanks to all those who entered this challenge, and good luck :)

- Please vote in a comment to this entry (comments are screened), and use the following format so it will be easier for me to total the votes:
1st - [icon number]
2nd - [icon number]
3rd - [icon number]

- Don't vote for your own icon(s) or ask others to vote for you!
- You don't need to have submitted an icon in order to vote, but if you submitted an icon, you should vote!
- Voting will end at 11PM EST on Wednesday, August 13th (The Timezone Converter).

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4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11

Reminder!

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:59:40 GMT

You have until tomorrow, Friday, August 8th at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter) to get your icons in for Challenge 24 - The Brittas Empire :)

Extension

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:13:54 GMT

As we only have two people entered in Challenge 24, I'm going to extend it for another few days. The new deadline will be Friday, August 8th at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter).

Reminder!

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:08:53 GMT

Don't forget to enter Challenge 24 - The Brittas Empire! Come on, it's got the ever-wonderful Chris Barrie in it :) The deadline for submissions is Sunday, August 3rd at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter).

Challenge #23 - Banners

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:10:38 GMT

Congratulations again to the winners! Please let me know when you've picked your banner(s) up :)

Challenge 24 - The Brittas Empire

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:09:48 GMT

On the suggestion of queen_fiend, who also supplied the caps, our challenge for this week is The Brittas Empire! Have fun, and good luck :)

- You may use only these images in making your icons.
- You are free to blend or animate the images if you wish.
- Likewise, the use of text, brushes, textures, gradients, etc. is permitted, even encouraged!
- You may submit up to three icons.
- Icons must meet LJ's standards - 100x100 pixels and 40 KB or less, .gif, .jpg, or .png.
- Icons must be freshly made, not old ones.
- Do not display your icons elsewhere until the voting for this challenge is complete.
- Submit your icons in a comment to this entry (comments are screened). Make sure to include both the image and URL (see the userinfo for an example).
- If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll try to answer ASAP.
- HAVE FUN! :)

The deadline for submissions will be Sunday, August 3rd at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter). Let's see some great entries :)

Challenge #23 - Hot Fuzz: Winners

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:01:33 GMT

Congratulations to our winners for Challenge #23!

First place

excelisdecays

Second place

willowcanne

Third place

excelisdecays

I'll post the next challenge tomorrow, and get to the banners as soon as I have a few minutes free :) Thanks again to all our participants!

Challenge #23 - Hot Fuzz: Voting

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:11:15 GMT

Thanks to everyone who submitted icons, they're great :) Good luck to all of you!

- Please vote in a comment to this entry (comments are screened), and use the following format so it will be easier for me to total the votes:
1st - [icon number]
2nd - [icon number]
3rd - [icon number]

- Don't vote for your own icon(s) or ask others to vote for you!
- You don't need to have submitted an icon in order to vote, but if you submitted an icon, you should vote!
- Voting will end at 11PM EST on Saturday, July 26th (The Timezone Converter).

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4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11	12
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Reminder!

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:48:05 GMT

Sorry for not posting another reminder earlier, it must have slipped my mind. Don't forget to submit your icons for Challenge #23 - Hot Fuzz by Monday, July 21st at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter)! We currently have 13 entries, and I'd love for us to get up to 15 at least, so I can award a Mod's Choice as well as the usual top three :)

Challenge 22 - Banners

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:20:57 GMT

Here are the banners for Challenge 22! Congratulations again to the winners :) Let me know when you've picked yours up.

And don't forget to enter Challenge #23 - Hot Fuzz! The deadline for submissions is Monday, July 21st at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter)

Challenge #23 - Hot Fuzz

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:22:14 GMT

It was hard to narrow it down to just these caps, but I tried to pick some that were interesting and a bit challenging :) Have fun!

(caps by megalion with many thanks!)

- You may use only these images in making your icons.
- You are free to blend or animate the images if you wish.
- Likewise, the use of text, brushes, textures, gradients, etc. is permitted, even encouraged!
- You may submit up to three icons.
- Icons must meet LJ's standards - 100x100 pixels and 40 KB or less, .gif, .jpg, or .png.
- Icons must be freshly made, not old ones.
- Do not display your icons elsewhere until the voting for this challenge is complete.
- Submit your icons in a comment to this entry (comments are screened). Make sure to include both the image and URL (see the userinfo for an example).
- If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll try to answer ASAP.
- HAVE FUN! :)

The deadline for submissions is Monday, July 21st at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter). Good luck, everyone!

Challenge #22 - Flashback challenge: Winners

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:26:04 GMT

Congratulations to our winners! We had enough entries for me to pick a Mod's Choice as well, yay! :)

First place

miss_jaffacake

Second place

bibliophile1887

Third place

miss_jaffacake

Mod's Choice

hot_as_a_stove
I like the intense blue colouring and the text is perfect for the image.

Congratulations again! The next challenge and the banners will be posted soon :) Thanks to everyone who participated!

Reminder!

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:31:58 GMT

Don't forget to vote in Challenge #22 :) Voting ends at 11PM EST on Saturday, July 12th (The Timezone Converter).

Challenge #22 - Flashback challenge: Voting

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:07:18 GMT

Thank you all for such a great turn-out :) It's always great when we have enough entries that I can pick a Mod's Choice as well as giving out the other awards! Good luck to all of you.

- Please vote in a comment to this entry (comments are screened), and use the following format so it will be easier for me to total the votes:
1st - [icon number]
2nd - [icon number]
3rd - [icon number]

- Don't vote for your own icon(s) or ask others to vote for you!
- You don't need to have submitted an icon in order to vote, but if you submitted an icon, you should vote!
- Voting will end in seven days' time, at 11PM EST on Saturday, July 12th (The Timezone Converter).

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4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11	12
13	14	15
16	17

Reminder!

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:39:05 GMT

We currently have 11 icons submitted for Challenge #22 - Flashback challenge! You have until Friday, July 4th at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter) to get yours in - it would be great to have a few more!

Challenge 20 and 21: Banners

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:30:34 GMT

Now that I have a working computer again, I finally got caught up on banners! Please let me know once you've picked yours up, or if there are any problems :)

Challenge #20 - Red Dwarf

Challenge #21 - Black Books

Don't forget to enter Challenge #22, our flashback challenge! We currently have three entries, but you still have lots of time to submit your icons :) The deadline for submissions is Friday, July 4th at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter).

And finally, bladdericontest is still looking for a few more people to sign up before starting its LIMS challenges. If you're interested, go here for more information and to sign up :)

Challenge #22 - Flashback challenge!

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:56:07 GMT

Because of my continuing computer difficulties, I figured I'd make it easy on myself this week and have a flashback challenge! For this challenge you may submit icons using the caps/constraints from any of our previous challenges. Maybe you missed a really awesome challenge because you were too busy or your computer died, or just because it was one that we did before you joined us - well, now's your chance! You can make icons from three different challenges, or all from the same one if you wish. All of our previous challenges are here, tagged 'challenge' for your convenience ;)

- You may use only images previously posted to this community for earlier challenges in making your icons.
- You are free to blend or animate the images if you wish.
- Likewise, the use of text, brushes, textures, gradients, etc. is permitted, even encouraged!
- You may submit up to three icons.
- Icons must meet LJ's standards - 100x100 pixels and 40 KB or less, .gif, .jpg, or .png.
- Icons must be freshly made, not old ones.
- Do not display your icons elsewhere until the voting for this challenge is complete.
- Submit your icons in a comment to this entry (comments are screened). Make sure to include both the image and URL (see the userinfo for an example).
- If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll try to answer ASAP.
- HAVE FUN! :)

The deadline for submissions is Friday, July 4th at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter). Good luck, everyone!

Challenge #21 - Black Books: Winners

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:43:45 GMT

Sorry for the delay in posting this, and congratulations to all the winners! Nice work :)

First place

willowcanne

Second place

rissa333

Third place

albaestranya

I don't have computer access right now except via my husband's laptop, so the banners for last week, alas, are still delayed. Hopefully I can get my computer sorted out soon. If anyone was interested in volunteering to make some banners for Challenge #20 and/or #21, that would be a great help! Just drop me a comment here if you're willing :)

The next challenge will be posted shortly. Thanks again to everyone who participated :)

Challenge #21 - Black Books: Voting

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:10:41 GMT

Thanks to everyone who entered this week, the icons all look great :)

- Please vote in a comment to this entry (comments are screened), and use the following format so it will be easier for me to total the votes:
1st - [icon number]
2nd - [icon number]
3rd - [icon number]

- Don't vote for your own icon(s) or ask others to vote for you!
- You don't need to have submitted an icon in order to vote, but if you submitted an icon, you should vote!
- Voting will end in seven days' time, at 11PM EST on Sunday, June 22nd (The Timezone Converter).

1	2	3
4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11

Sorry to be late with the banners for Challenge #20, I'm in the middle of moving house and haven't had a chance to get to them yet. Hopefully in a few days when we're moved into our new place, I'll be able to finish them :)

Also, bladdericontest is still signing up participants for its third LIMS contest. If you like making Blackadder icons, go here for more information and to sign up :)

Reminder; Blackadder LIMS sign-ups

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:06:31 GMT

We currently have 6 entries for Challenge #21 - Black Books, and you've still got almost a week to submit your icons :) The deadline for submissions is Saturday, June 14th at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter).

Also, bladdericontest is currently signing up participants for its third LIMS contest. If you like making Blackadder icons, go here for more information and to sign up :)

Challenge #21 - Black Books

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:43:49 GMT

As suggested by rissa333 :) Here are some caps from Episode 3x01: Manny Come Home, with guest star Simon Pegg!

(caps by _jems_, with thanks!)

- You may use only these images in making your icons.
- You are free to blend or animate the images if you wish.
- Likewise, the use of text, brushes, textures, gradients, etc. is permitted, even encouraged!
- You may submit up to three icons.
- Icons must meet LJ's standards - 100x100 pixels and 40 KB or less, .gif, .jpg, or .png.
- Icons must be freshly made, not old ones.
- Do not display your icons elsewhere until the voting for this challenge is complete.
- Submit your icons in a comment to this entry (comments are screened). Make sure to include both the image and URL (see the userinfo for an example).
- If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll try to answer ASAP.
- HAVE FUN! :)

The deadline for submissions is Saturday, June 14th at 11pm US EST (The Timezone Converter). Good luck, everyone!

Challenge #20 - Red Dwarf: Winners

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:57:07 GMT

Congratulations to all the winners - it was obviously hard for everyone to pick this week, and the results were quite close :)

First place

excelisdecays

Second place

robes_of_earth

Third place (tie)
and
excelisdecays and freezingcold

Mod's choice

miss_jaffacake
I like the cropping and the text works perfectly :)

Banners and the next challenge will be posted as soon as possible. Thanks again to everyone who participated this round, it was great :)