Sorry to some of you for these being sooo late, but, you know, July has been a pretty busy month XD.

Anyways, I have banners for:
eviltera, lazypenguine, oxygene, sal_the_baka, and amayasuki

( Under here )

Sorry this is late, but as you all know, it was wholly out of my control. u_u

Here are the results for Round #001 Challenge #06!

( Challenge #001;06 Eliminations )


( Challenge #001;06 People's Choice )


( Challenge #001;06 Mods' Choice )


( Challenge #001;06 Results Tally )

If you would like to know the critiques your icon received, respond to this post with your icon number and I will reply to your comment with the critiques, both positive and negative. Comments with critiques will be screened so that no one will be able to see them, but they will be emailed to you as a LJ comment reply from me. If you are not e-mailed your critiques, please let me know and I will e-mail them to you directly. All critiques will remain strictly anonymous. Please do not ask to know who voted for your icon, because we will not tell you. Please note that some of the critiques are harsh, so do not ask for your critiques if you will not be able to handle it.

There are 12 icon makers remaining in Round #001. Only the icon makers that survived Challenge #06 may submit an icon for Challenge #07, but any icon maker who was eliminated in this or any previous round may enter the Comeback Challenge for a chance to rejoin the round in Challenge #08!

Thank you everyone for your participation and effort!

Please do not forget to cast your vote for Challenge #06! We need every vote we can get to make this as fair as possible. You need not be a contestant in the round in order to vote!

Please remember to carefully and objectively consider all of the icons before making your choices. Also, please make your critiques as detailed as possible. Critiques are, ideally, to help icon makers improve. The more detailed you are in your critiques, the more helpful you are.

You can find the icons and voting guidelines here.

The voting post will close at 7:00 PM (-4:00 GMT) tomorrow, Tuesday July 24th. Results will go up as soon as possible after that, followed by the Challenge #07 submission post.

Also, remember that if you are eliminated (but not disqualified), you will have an opportunity to rejoin the round with the Comeback Challenge that we will post concurrently with Challenge #07, the next challenge. The top two icon makers of the Comeback Challenge (by popular vote) will be invited to rejoin the round in the following Challenge.

Voting has begun for Round #001; Challenge #06! We have 9 icons out of a potential 16.

Byes used; eviltera, hikaru__sama, sal_the_baka, stellazeee, wind_borne
Disqualified (no byes left); atroquinine, mscellym
Withdrawn; N/A


♫ You must vote for 3 icons of lesser quality to be eliminated, and for 2 icons that are your favorites. Please evaluate the elimination icons based on overall technique and aesthetic quality, not personal preference (such as favorite color, or the icon maker you think made the icon). We reserve the right to void any vote we feel is unfair or petty. You do not have to give a reason for your favorite icon choices (though it is encouraged), but you must give reasons for your elimination icons.

♫ We encourage you to be as detailed as possible in your icon elimination critiques. Many participants here are looking to improve, and since we will allow participants to see their comments once results are posted, your opinion will help any aspiring icon maker. All votes are screened, so please be as honest and objective as possible. No icon maker will ever know who voted for or against them, and all icon critiques will remain completely anonymous.

♫ Do not vote for your own icon, do not feel obligated to vote for your friends' icons, and do not get your friends to vote for you. Keep things as objective as possible. Please look very carefully at each icon while you are voting, and please double-check your votes to make sure you've used the correct numbers in your voting comment. Votes are not weighted, so order does not matter.

♫ Here is an example vote for you to follow (3 eliminations, 2 favorites);

   Eliminations;
   #108 - Icon is a little blurry and hard to see.
   #109 - The image is sliced awkwardly and the image looks disjointed.
   #110 - There is too much empty space that makes the icon look incomplete.
   Favorites;
   #111 - I love the cropping.
   #112 - The color enhances the subject perfectly.

   Please be considerably more detailed than this, however. You must write at least two lines for each comment in order for your vote to be considered. Your comments for negative votes must constructive and non-insulting, and remember that negative votes are NOT to be based on personal preference. If you need additional assistance with voting, please see our comprehensive voting tutorial.

♫ ANYONE MAY VOTE. You do not have to be a contestant to vote! We encourage as many people to vote as possible so that the results are as fair as possible.

♫ Voting for Challenge #06 will end Tuesday, July 24th at 7:00 PM EDT (-4:00 GMT).


( Icons under the cut. )


If you have any questions, you may ask them here.

Good luck to the participants!

You have approximately 8 hours remaining!

The following people have not yet submitted an icon for this challenge (or they have not indicated that they will be using a bye):

atroquinine *
eviltera
mscellym *
wind_borne

* = No remaining byes; you must submit an icon to this challenge or you will be disqualified from the round.

Please submit your icon to the submission post by the deadline, Sunday July 22nd at 8:00 PM EDT. You may use a bye for this challenge. If you would like to use a bye, please comment to the submission post that you would like to do so. If you do not submit an icon for this challenge, a bye will be automatically used. If you do not submit and do not have available byes, you will be disqualified. If you are disqualified, you will be unable to participate in the Comeback Challenge (which is next week!).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

This is your 48-hour reminder!

The following people have not yet submitted an icon for this challenge (or they have not indicated that they will be using a bye):

atroquinine *
eviltera
mscellym *
wind_borne

* = No remaining byes; you must submit an icon to this challenge or you will be disqualified from the round.

Please submit your icon to the submission post by the deadline, Sunday July 22nd at 8:00 PM EDT. You may use a bye for this challenge. If you would like to use a bye, please comment to the submission post that you would like to do so. If you do not submit an icon for this challenge, a bye will be automatically used. If you do not submit and do not have available byes, you will be disqualified. If you are disqualified, you will be unable to participate in the Comeback Challenge (which is next week!).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

ROUND #001 CHALLENGE #06: ABINGDON BOYS SCHOOL

( Images under the cut. )

Please note;

♫ You may only submit an icon for Challenge #06 if you survived Challenge #05. If you were eliminated, fear not! Stick around for voting... we will be having a Comeback Challenge NEXT WEEK, running concurrently with Challenge #07.

♫ You may submit one (1) icon using any part of the images provided in this post. Your icon cannot contain images other than the ones provided in this post. However, you can use stock images, brushes, and textures. Please be sure your icon contains all necessary details for the challenge.

♫ Your icon must conform to LiveJournal standards; 100x100 and 40 kb or less.

♫ Do not promote your icon, and do not post, display, or otherwise use your icon anywhere on the Internet until after that particular challenge is over and the results have been posted, or you will be disqualified from the round. This includes telling your friends about your icon.

♫ If you would like to use a bye (skip) for this challenge, please comment to this post saying so. You can check your remaining byes here.

♫ The following people have zero byes remaining and must submit to avoid being disqualified from the round: atroquinine, oxygene, lazypenguine, missykitty0115, mscellym, reverse_beauty, zombieflu.

♫ To submit, reply normally to this screened post with the image and URL of your icon. If for any reason you need to resubmit, please delete your prior submission comment before posting a new one. You may resubmit as many times as you'd like until the deadline.

♫ The deadline for this challenge is Sunday July 22nd at 8:00 PM EDT (-4:00 GMT).

Good luck!