Hi everyone!

My computer has now done what it's been threatening to do for awhile (even after it was 'fixed' recently) and has completely packed up. I do have a shiny new laptop though (which I'm very excited about) and will be working steadily over the next few days to get everything up and running again.

So, please take this as a short break - I should be back on Wednesday PM NZ time. In the meantime you can still enter Challenge #98, Special Challenge #4 and keep voting at LIMS Round 6, Challenge 5.

Take care,
Natalie.

• Challenge #98 closes in a little over 24 hours - you still have plenty of time to icon your favourite Disney villain! Icons are due Friday 10 PM PST.

• Special Challenge #4 is still open - you can icon a select Disney titular character, don't worry, there's plenty to choose from! Icons are May 14.

Thanks once again to all the voters (we had a record voting turnout, you guys are awesome!). Congratulations to all the winners, there were so many deserving entries!

( challenge #97 winners )

Community notes:
♥ Challenge #98 can be found here - icons are due Friday evening.

Here are the banners for Challenge #96 winners. I have the psds saved so let me know if you want anything changed. Sorry about the wait!

( Congratulations again! )

Absolutely wonderful icons this week, Gaston would approve :) Please spare a minute or two to cast your vote.

( LIMS Round 6 - challenge 5 - voting )

Rules:
- You may submit up to 3 icons by Friday, May 9, 10:00pm PST.
- You may not include any text or animation in your icons. Symbols such as !, @, *, ? and similar are not allowed. Tiny (unreadable) text is fine.
- textures/brushes etc are fine.
- blending is allowed.
- You must post your icons in a comment to this entry.
- You must post the icon itself & the URL to the icon.

Characters: villains! suggested by evidencias
This week we pay homage to those dastardly characters - the villains. Any Disney bad guy is acceptable, the only requirement is that the focus must be on them (other characters may be present, but the focus should be on the villain). Remember, be creative, and have fun!

If you're unsure if your icon qualifies just ask. I've included a selection of caps behind the cut to get the idea, though you're welcome to find your own.

( Pictures behind the cut... )

Thanks to everyone who managed to get icons in this week, we have an amazing response! Please take a minute or to to cast your vote :)

Note: someone submitted 3 icons anonymously (one of the icons is #7) can you please let me know your LJ user name in a comment to this post.

- Vote for a total of 5 icons - your 3 favorite icons, and for the 2 icons that you think best fit the special categories.
- Votes are not weighted and should look something like this:

05, 19, 22
Most original: 61
Best interpretation of theme: 33

- Voting ends Monday 28 April at 10:00 PM PST
- Do NOT vote for yourself
- good luck everyone!

( Challenge #97 voting - please vote )

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a fantastic week and not suffering the weather I currently am :)

♥ Challenge #97 icons are due toight (Friday evening PM PST), so you still have some time to get in some icons if you'd like to.

♥ Special Challenge #4 has just been posted. Icons are due May 14.

♥ LIMS round 6 - challenge #5 closes Sunday evening. I still need icons from the following people:

orange_serenity*, broken_eraser*, mallowpuff*, gettingdrastic, woodeneternity*, absolutelybatty, carmineador*, _virsaviya_, evening_road, poisonedwriter, miss_aprils, devils_sucubus, chimera_x, tonimichelle25, riekchen*, deadly_lemonade, dallowayward, constantlonging, ewanfan1, orangeka, wirsindaurelie, treehugger_love*, nopamuk*, _myimaginary_, cleansweep7, smelltheflowers*, michechan*, valiy*, miocantante, thedreamygirl, naybob
* - no skips left


Oh,.... and we have a new affiliate d_princesstills which is just starting up, run by filmowe so I'm sure it will be fantastic and something that many of you would like to join. Also, princessesicons is having a 100 icon sign-up if you're interested. Sign-ups are here.

Thanks to everyone who submitted caps for this challeng, we have a fantastic selection of titular characters for you to choose from. As usual, the challenge will remain open for two weeks, and then voting will last for one week. Be creative, and remember to have fun ♥


Rules:
- You may submit up to 4 icons by May 14, 10:00pm PST.
- You may submit one icon only with readable text. All other icons submitted may not include any readable text (tiny text is fine) - symbols such as !, @, *, ? and similar are not allowed.
- textures/brushes etc are fine.
- animation is allowed.
- you may only use the screencaps supplied.
- blending is allowed.
- your icon must focus on the titular character.
- you must keep your icon anonymous until after the results have been released.
- You must post your icons in a comment to this entry.
- You must post the icon itself & the URL to the icon.

( pictures behind the cut... )

... there's no man in town as admired as you, you're everyone's favourite guy... GASTON!

( Rules & screencaps below the cut... )

Congrats to all the winners this week, it was a tough vote with so many wonderful entries :)

( challenge #96 winners )

Community notes:
♥ Challenge #97 can be found here - icons are due Friday evening.

Hi everyone,

We have several new affiliates that are worth looking at:

lims_hp - a Harry Potter LIMs community
disney_designs - a Disney challenge community
d_couplesstills - a romantic Disney couples challenge

And just a reminder that Challenge #97 is open, and entries are due Friday evening.

Here are the banners for Special Challenge #03. As usual I have the psds saved so let me know if you want anything changed, or let me know if I've missed you out and I'll make one for you asap :)

( Congratulations again! )

Rules:
- You may submit up to 3 icons by Friday, May 2, 10:00pm PST.
- You may not include any text or animation in your icons. Symbols such as !, @, *, ? and similar are not allowed. Tiny (unreadable) text is fine.
- textures/brushes etc are fine.
- blending is allowed.
- You must post your icons in a comment to this entry.
- You must post the icon itself & the URL to the icon.

A colour challenge: Green suggested by evester
This week we start our first colour challenge and since it was Earth Day not long ago I thought we'd start with Green. For this challenge, the rules are simple - your icon must feature (and have the primary focus) on something green. This can be the colour of someone's clothing, tail (in the case of Ariel), the setting (i.e. a forest) - as long as there is a focus on something green in your icon you're fine. Remember, be creative, and have fun!

If you're unsure if your icon qualifies just ask. I've included a selection of caps behind the cut to get the idea, though you're welcome to find your own.

( Pictures behind the cut... )

Thanks to everyone who managed to get their icons in. These icons are absolutely stunning, I'm amazed at what you've managed to do with such simple caps. Please spare a minute or two to cast your vote :)

( LIMS Round 6 - challenge 4 - voting )

Such stunning icons this week, I'm so glad you had fun with this theme :)

- Vote for a total of 6 icons - your 3 favorite icons, and for the 3 icons that you think best fit the special categories.
- Votes are not weighted and should look something like this:

05, 19, 22
Best cropping: 61
Best use of tiny text: 54
Best interpretation of theme: 33

- Voting ends Monday 28 April at 10:00 PM PST
- Do NOT vote for yourself
- good luck everyone!

( Challenge #96 voting - please vote )

For our fourth special challenge we will be focusing on titular characters. This is a focus on the titular characters so additional characters may not be present .

A titular character is the character featured in the title of the movie (i.e. Cinderella in Cinderella, Lilo or Stitch in Lilo & Stitch, Simba or Mufasa in The Lion King and so on). Let me know if you have any questions or aren't sure if your chosen character fits.

Submission guide:
♥ you may submit up to 2 caps
♥ any Disney movie/scene is accepted. Pixar and liveaction films are welcomed.
♥ please post a link to the cap you've chosen in a comment to this post. If the cap is not yours, please let me know so I can give proper credit.
♥ any questions, just ask. All comments will be screened.

♥ submission deadline: 30 April 10PM PST

Current caps: 17

Once again, a huge thanks to all the participants and voters this round, you're all wonderful! Congratulations to the winners, there were so many lovely icons I know it was hard to just choose a couple.

( special challenge 3 - winners )

I want to thank each and every one of you that partipated in this project and I'm so impressed with each icon submitted - they're all stunning and amazingly creative. I hope you all had as much fun making the icons as I did in receiving them, and that with the success of this project we can do something similar later in the year.

Now... on to the icons! Click on the link to view all 100 icons. Be sure to let the icon makers know how much you like and appreciate their work and to credit the icon maker if you plan to use the icon.


Click here to view the icons