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The Challenge
Even though X-Files is no longer showing new episodes (though there is the promise of a second movie, yay!), it doesn't mean that people who love the show can't still have fun with it by making as many graphics as possible and posting them for people to enjoy. The idea is to take a given episode's worth of caps and to make as many things as you want (without incorporating images from other episodes). Members will have a week to do this, and new challenges, along with a fresh list of resources, will be announced each week. The idea is to experiement with your art, make new things (icons, wallpapers, f/o banners, vids, fan art, you name it, you can make it!), learn from others, but most importantly, have fun doing it!

This is no contest. No voting will be done, no awards will be given, except for the Mod's Favs, in which anyone who submits more than one thing in their post for a given episode will receive a banner for the icon/graphic that moderator likaed best out of their submissions. And as always, your work can be nominated by yourself or your peers over at great comms such as fandom_awards.

But the point is this: HAVE FUN!! Be creative!!! You can post for sharing or just display purposes only. It's up to you. But join in, and enjoy the challenge!

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The Rules
1) All icons, wallpapers, graphics, and vids must pertain to the current episodic challenge. This means you can't incorporate images from other eps or promotional pictures into your work, even if we've already covered that episode. (But you can always post stuff from old challenges, along with current challenge posts. As long as images from different episodes don't mix together in a single piece of art, you're all set!)

2) Comment, comment, comment!!! We all love to know our work is appreciated, even if people don't take our stuff. So always comment any time you feel moved to say anything (but be nice about it), even if you want to offer suggestions.

3) Credit: give credit where credit is due. Let people know where you got your caps, your brushes, your fonts. And if you take anything, be sure to follow the poster's rules for their art. This means no stealing. Stealing is bad, and you will be kicked out for doing so.

4) If you're posting, please indicate in your post your rules. Be specific, so that there's no confusion. If your stuff's display only, let us know. If it's up for grabs, let us know. Customizable? You got it: let us know.

5) When posting, please include the name of the episode within the subject heading, so people know what they're looking at.

6) Personal journals: You want to link to your journal? Great!! But please, follow these rules: a) give us some sort of teaser, let us know what we're looking at. b) indicate in your link that we're going to your journal, and if it's friends-only, this must also be indicated in the link. Oh, and one more thing: please link directly to the post itself, rather than just your journal. See, when you first post the icons, people will see that entry at the top, but as time goes on, anyone going through old posts won't see those icons at the top of your LJ, cause you know, it's an old post.

7) LJ-Cuts: Please use an LJ-cut if you post more than three icons, and if you have graphics bigger than a thumbnail preview, use a cut here as well. This is to make the comm more modem-friendly. Also, if there's a chance your work contains questionable material (language, character-bashing, slash, lude text, whatever), please also indicate this in the cut as well. There's a variety of ages roaming these halls, and we want to offend as few as people as possible.

8) See something you really like, but aren't sure how to do it for yourself? Try a couple things: 1) ask the artist. Chances are, they can give you lots of tips. 2) Check out the comms how_to_frost and icon_tutorial. Both have extensive tutorials, especially in their memory sections, and are worth their weight in gold.

9) Hotlinking is bad. Don't do it. EVER. If you need to display graphics of any kind, get yourself an account at PhotoBucket. They're easy, and best of all, free. And yes, this holds true if you want to nominate something. Some people have to pay for their bandwidth, and we don't want to cost them money, even if it is to show off their lovely work.

10) Confused about these rules? Just ask the moderator. She'll be happy to clarify anything you need.

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Resources
On LJ: 100x100_brushes, how_to_frost, icon_tutorial, cap_it

On the web:
The X-Files DVD Screen Grab Archive
X-Files DVD Screen Captures
ROAD Runners
X Files Challenge Community Album This album is for members only; to get the password, you must be logged in and go to this post.

Do you have screencaps you wanna share with the comm? Please read and comment to this post.

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Moderated by: crystal_lily and _onebreath

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