Congrats, chibi_radish!

( One for you and one for me )

I guess these are my last banners? *sniffle* EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SUBMIT TO WEEK 230!!

I'm probably going to be pretty busy next week so I wanted to get these finished. ^^;
Banners for idril_lalaith, and itcomesinlove.

( banners already?! D8 )

Here are the winners ...

( whole entire world )

Congrats to all who entered. Incidentally, the banner maker on-call this week is etherealxlolita. Would someone be willing to cover her banner, please?

Our last theme is up and I'd really like to end things with as many icons as we can get. When the winners for Good Night are posted next Sunday, I will post an announcement with what to expect from this community in the future. Link to submit to the final theme is [HERE].

- Orca

This week's theme is "Good Night".

It's been a fantastic past four years, but now we've reached the end. Time to say "good night". Your last themed icon for this community must have the words "good night" visible. Interpret it as you will, it's up to you as long as you use those words. Let's have a good turn-out for our last theme!

Remember:
* A minimum total of 5 icons must be submitted for voting to go forward.
* A minimum total of 10 icons must be submitted for all voting categories to be included.

Submit to this post
[x] with your username (typed out, please), icon, and icon URL; an example is available to view on the [userinfo]
[x] by Friday, July 17th @ 9 PM EST. Need to know what time this is? Check out the [World Clock] and refer to either New York or Miami; both are EST.

- Orca

We have exactly 5 icons. No categories :-( Please vote for your favorite three.

( Vote for three icons )

Don't forget to enter our very last theme, "Good Night" at [this link].

- Orca

Between the holiday and Internet issues, I've been kept away. Regardless, we only had 3 icons for "Lyrical" anyway, so the new deadline is this coming Friday @ 9 PM EST.

Submit to [this link].

Because of all these extensions, our last theme will be posted after voting goes up.

- Orca

Sorry for the extreme delay. Here are the winners:

( Betrayed )

Congrats to you all. Banner maker on-call is chacusha.

Don't forget to enter this week's theme "Lyrical" at [this link].

And remember, after Week 230, kh_iconawards will be going into an indefinite hiatus/retirement. I will announce what you can expect after that point at that time.

- Orca

This week's theme is "Lyrical".

Your icon must feature at least three consecutive lyrics from any song of your choice. Include with your entry the name of the song you're using them from. Other than that, be creative and have fun!

Remember:
* A minimum total of 5 icons must be submitted for voting to go forward.
* A minimum total of 10 icons must be submitted for all voting categories to be included.

Submit to this post
[x] with your username (typed out, please), icon, and icon URL; an example is available to view on the [userinfo]
[x] by Friday, July 3rd @ 9 PM EST. Need to know what time this is? Check out the [World Clock] and refer to either New York or Miami; both are EST.

♥ Have an idea? [Suggest a theme!]

- Orca

We have five icons. Please vote for your favorite three. There will be no categories.

( Vote for Three )

New theme up in a moment.

- Orca

I neglected to post a reminder about this week's theme "Close-up". We only have 2 entries so far, and so we'll go ahead and extend this into Week 227. New deadline is Friday, June 26th @ 11 PM EST.

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Also, I've come to a hard decision. For quite some time, I've flirted with the idea of closing this community--well over a year or more, to be honest. The interest just isn't there anymore and frankly, I'd rather end the community in good graces the way it was from the beginning, rather than resort to tactics just to raise numbers. I've tried so many things to encourage more participation, and regardless of scheduling, the hard fact is in reality not many people are making KH icons anymore. It doesn't appear that new titles have inspired any new blood, either.

This community requires a great personal commitment that I have made for over 4 years. I've expressed before that if the interest isn't there, it makes all my time seem less worth it. Frankly I cannot conceive of anything else I can possibly do differently, other than perhaps change some of the principles I have valued for this contest. Honestly, I'd really rather not do that.

After the completion of Week 230, kh_iconawards will officially be retired. It really pains me to finally end it, but I feel it's for the best. If there is enough interest--and I mean by members PM'ing me or leaving me comments on my icon journal--I will consider re-instating this contest. As for someone else taking over, forgive me, but I feel it better just to retire this community. This has been my project, my brainchild, for so long, I can't see anyone else being in charge. I don't mean to sound vain, and it's no offense to any of the extremely talented artists of this community.

After a while, I may consider re-designing this community into something a little less demanding, but still recognize some of the artists that many have come to respect and admire here. A few years ago, a community existed for "elite" icon makers, where the mod had to invite/approve you to post. I may turn kh_iconawards into something like that, only for KH icons. Maybe not as haughty as "elite", but still respecting those of you who set the bar for above-average KH icons.

Feel free to comment with your thoughts, but my decision has been made. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you--particularly those who have been members since the beginning--for making this icon contest one of the highlights of my Internet days since 2005.

- Orca