Challenge 17: Textless.

For this challenge you can use the images you want -either Pixar films or short films- but the icons must not contain readable text -tiny text is fine-. Have fun!

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. Textures, brushes are allowed.
4. Text, animation and blending are not allowed.
5. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
6. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Deadline: Sunday, July 13th 20th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 07 entries by 3 members.

Challenge 16: Wall-E.

Tomorrow is the big day. Yes, tomorrow is Wall-E's release so we needed to have another challenge for this film that is going to be as great as all the other Pixar films. This time there are no restrictions, feel free to use any tools you want to, just remember: Have fun! :D

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, brushes, text, etc. are allowed.
5. Animation and blending are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

Deadline: Friday, July 4th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 11 entries by 3 members.

Challenge 15: One Man Band.

It's time for another Pixar Short Film challenge. This time the theme is One Man Band. You can use all the elements you like but text. Tiny text is fine but no readable text is allowed, ok?

If you haven't seen the short film, watch it HERE.

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, brushes, etc. are allowed.
5. Animation, blending and text are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

Screencaps from Craftymonkie.com.

Deadline: Friday, June 6nd 13th 20th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 04 entries by 2 members.

P.S.: This is the final challenge of what I want to call the first stage of pixar_icontest, so it would be amazing if we get a good number of entries. From next week something new is going to happen -and yes, it has to do with your suggestion, netbug009 ;)- so stay tuned :).

Challenge 14: Beyond the Sea.

For this challenge there are three restrictions: first, you must use images from Finding Nemo; second, the images can be of any characters as long as they are in the sea -that means parts of the fish tank are not allowed-; and third, your icons must contain at least three consecutive words of Robbie Williams' song "Beyond the Sea" -HERE is the video if you want to listen to the song and HEREthe lyrics-. Have fun!

If you haven't seen the short film, watch it HERE.

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation and blending are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

HERE you can find more screencaps.

Deadline: Monday, May 12th May 19th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 09 entries by 3 members.

Challenge 13: Boundin'.

Another Pixar Short Film challenge. This time the theme is Boundin'. I hope this time we get more entries as it is a visually beautiful short film and there are many ideas that can give you some inspiration for your icons ;).

If you haven't seen the short film, watch it HERE.

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation and blending are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

Screencaps from Craftymonkie.com.

Deadline: Friday, April 25th Friday, May 2nd '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 13 entries by 5 members.

Challenge 12: Edna Mode.

I thought you might like a different type of challenge every week just to make things more interesting so this week the topic of the challenge is The Incredibles' character Edna Mode. Your icons can contain other characters but Edna must be the main topic of them.

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation and blending are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

Deadline: Wednesday, April 16th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 10 entries by 3 members.

Challenge 11: For the Birds.

The "free" challenges didn't work very well so I'll try something different for this challenge: Pixar short films! That means for this challenge the topic will be: For the Birds.

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation and blending are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

Deadline: Monday, April 7th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 18 entries by 5 members.

Challenge 10: Male Main Characters.

Theme: Wonder Boys.
For this challenge, your icons must contain only male main characters of the film you like. This means you can use pics of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Flik, Sulley, Mike, Marlin, Bob Parr, Lightning McQueen, Remy or Linguini. The icons can't contain other characters. Have fun!

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation and blending are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

Deadline: Tuesday, March 18th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 08 entries by 2 members.

Challenge 9: Wall-E.

Theme: Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class.
Wall-E won't be released until June 27, 2008 but I thought it would be interesting to make a challenge for Pixar's upcoming film so here we are. You're free to use any image, capture of trailer, etc as long as it contains Wall-E. Have fun!

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation and blending are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

Deadline: Wednesday, March 12th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 15 entries by 5 members.

Challenge 8: Free choice.

Theme: Pixar.
So we finished with Pixar's filmography! To celebrate it I thought it would be good to make a free choice challenge, that means you can choose any image of any character of any Pixar film. Cool, isn't it? Have fun!

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
4. Animation and blending are not allowed.
5. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
6. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Deadline: Monday, March 3rd '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 07 entries by 2 members.

Challenge 7: Toy Story and Toy Story 2.

Theme: Cowboy & Cowgirl.
So it's time to put on your boots. For this challenge your icons must be center either in Woody or Jessie. If you wish, you can include both characters in an icon but they are the only characters who must appear. As this challenge is for both Toy Story movies, you can use caps of Woody in the first film. Have fun!

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation and blending are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

HERE you can find more screencaps of both films.

Deadline: Monday, February 25th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 11 entries by 3 members.

Challenge 6: A Bug's Life.

Theme: P.T. Flea's circus troupe.
I know Toy Story 2 was released before A Bug's Life but I thought it would be better to make a single challenge for Toy Story series, I hope you don't mind. Anyway, this week challenge will be centered in The P.T. Flea's circus troupe. In your icons you must feature any character of the circus -if you wish, you can include all of them, a couple or a single character-. Flik doesn't count unless you include other circus' characters. Have fun!

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation and blending are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

I didn't find any site with screencaps. The only place where I was able to find some was HERE but you must download zip files and each set of pics is 100 MB.

Deadline: Monday, February 18th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 18 entries by 5 members.

Challenge 5: Monsters, Inc.

Theme: Boo.
It's time to make icons with one of my favourite Pixar's movies: Monsters, Inc. This time you must center your icons in Boo. If you wish, you can include another characters in your icon but, the main topic must be Boo. Have fun!

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can use your own images
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation and blending are not allowed.
6. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
7. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

HERE you can find more screencaps.

Deadline: Monday, February 11th '08 at 22:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 11 entries by 3 members.

Challenge 4: Finding Nemo.

Theme: Marlin & Dory.
For this challenge you must center your icon in characters Marlin and Dory -yes, they both must appear in the icon-. You can use the screencaps I'm giving you or you can find your own images ;).

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation, blending and other images are not allowed.
6. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

HERE you can find more screencaps.

Deadline: Monday, February 4th '08 at 15:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 19 entries by 6 members.

Challenge 3: The Incredibles.

Theme: The Parr Family.
As you can see, we are going backwards in Pixar's filmography. That means it's time for some The Incredibles screencaps. You can center your icons in the character you prefer or in the whole family.

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation, blending and other images are not allowed.
6. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

Deadline: Monday, January 28th '08 at 23:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 14 entries by 5 members.

Challenge 2: Cars.

Theme: Lightning McQueen.
My favourite first scene of all Pixar's movies is the first race in Cars. Because of this, this week here you have four screencaps of Lightning McQueen. Ka-chow!

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation, blending and other images are not allowed.
6. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

Deadline: Monday, January 21st '08 at 23:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 22 entries by 6 members.

Challenge 1: Ratatouille.

Theme: Remy and Linguini.
For this first challenge, you have four screencaps of Ratatouille, you can center your icon in the character you prefer. Have fun!

Rules:
1. You may submit up to FOUR icon which must be 100x100, 40 k - lj standards.
2. Submit your icon to this post (comments are screened).
3. You may change the icon all the times as many times as you want, just delete the previous comment.
4. Textures, texts, brushes are allowed.
5. Animation, blending and other images are not allowed.
6. If you have any question, feel free to ask in this post.

Click the pictures to see the HQ pics.

Screencaps by vol4itca.

Deadline: Friday, January 11st '08 at 23:00, Mexico City time.
Entered: 19 entries by 6 members.