Anime Icontext

Clearing up things...

2011-08-25T15:35:33Z

Hey everyone! I wonder if there are still people checking this community. If there are, I would like to sincerely apologize for the Mods disappearing without notice. Life took over and as you might already know, maintaining the community became impossible. However, I am now trying to get back into my usual online duties and interests and I was wondering if there are still people interested in reviving this community?

Honestly, we only had one lonely participant for Week 086 and we've been sort of scraping by on the weeks before that. 20in20 and rumble communities seem to be the trend these days, so a lot of icontests have been closing or disappearing. It truly saddens me to think of the possibility of anime_icontext closing but without any participation, it's only inevitable.

Thus, I would like to ask for people's opinions and suggestions regarding this matter. Would you still want me to continue the community? Would having month-long challenges or perhaps more variety in challenges catch your interest to participate?

I'll keep comments screened just in case you prefer it that way. I hope you'll share with us your views on this. :)

✗ Week 068: Reminder

2011-02-18T08:10:31Z

Aaah it has been awhile for me. Forgive me as I get back into the swing of things!

As it is, only one person has submitted icons so far! ;;

Please submit your icons here by Saturday, February 19.

General Theme: Valentine

Image Theme: Lucky*Star - Tsukasa Hiiragi, Miyuki Takara, Kagami Hiiragi, Konata Izumi

Lyrical Theme: Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars

Week 67 Banners

2011-02-17T03:33:32Z

Banners here for airwaveeight, and rizuka!

Congrats!
Please let me know if you'd like any changes, or if I made a mistake.

✗ Week 067: Winners

2011-02-17T02:18:07Z

I was about to post winners yesterday when I got called by my boss at work. Ehe... orz
But here are our winners for the previous week~ A big congratulations to everyone!♥ (And a very late HAPPY VALENTINE'S, too! :D)

✗ First Place

airwaveeight

✗ Second Place

rizuka

✗ Third Place

cool_spectrum

✗ BEST TEXT

cool_spectrum (Is it all right if I make you banners for these two? ^^;;)

Reminders:
✗ If you won and would like a banner, please comment to this post. If you do not, your banner will not be made.
✗ This week's bannermaker is cool_spectrum.
✗ We also have new themes posted here, so if you have time, please do consider submitting. :) I don't think we can post voting with one lonely participant. :

✗ Week 068: Submissions

2011-02-09T06:12:04Z

A GIGANTIC thank you to sumeragi_sei for keeping this community alive all these months, and an equal thank you to all the participants without whom we wouldn't have a contest! I'm glad to be back and bringing your themes for this week!

General Theme

Valentine

Valentine's Day is next week, so for this week's theme, any text that features words related to the holiday is acceptable. Words like "love", "couple", "chocolate", "roses", "red", "heart", etc. If it makes you think of Valentine's Day, then it works!

Image Theme

Lucky*Star
from left to right: Tsukasa Hiiragi, Miyuki Takara, Kagami Hiiragi, Konata Izumi

Lyrical Theme

Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars

Her eyes, her eyes
make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair
falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday

I know, I know
When I compliment her she won't believe me
And it's so, it's so
Sad to think that she don't see what I see
But every time she asks me "Do I look okay?"
I say

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

Her lips, her lips
I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh, her laugh
she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday

Oh you know, you know, you know
I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for
Then just stay the same
So don't even bother asking if you look okay
'Cause you know I'll say

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

The way you are
The way you are

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

Listen?
Lyrics taken from here.

Reminders:
✗ You are allowed THREE (3) submissions per week to this post.
✗ All icons must feature text; tiny text is allowed on ONE submission per week. Lyrics theme must include THREE CONSECUTIVE LYRICS (words) in the icon. If you use tiny text, please include what the lyrics are.
✗ When submitting, use the following format:
THEME

http://imagesite/icon-by-rashiea.png
SERIES
✗ Do not publicly post your icon(s) until after the week's winners have been posted.
✗ If you have any questions, comment to this post.
✗ Have a suggestion for a theme? Post them here.

The deadline for submissions is Saturday, February 19 tentatively. Let's see how many submissions we can get by then!

✗ Week 067: Voting

2011-02-09T02:56:58Z

I apologize for the lateness. I wanted to post this on the same day I posted voting at another community I mod but my workload just wouldn't allow it. orz
Still, we ended up with 8 beautiful icons to vote for! You guys are AMAZING~~ *__* Thank you so very much to everyone who took the time to submit. m(_ _)m

✗ To vote, comment to this post with the numbers of your three favorite icons in the order of most preferred first, and one more for the Special Category. To give everyone a chance, your SC vote must differ from your other votes. This must be in some way made clear from your other votes.
✗ The SC this week is BEST TEXT.
✗ Please refrain from voting for yourself unless you truly believe your icon is the best. IF this is the case, you may only vote for ONE of your icons.

01	02	03	04

05	06	07	08

series:
#01 - Inuyasha
#02 - Rolan - The Forgotten King
#03 - Bleach
#04 - Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
#05 - Bleach
#06 - Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
#07 - 07-Ghost
#08 - Fruits Basket

Voting ends Friday, February 11th. (or whenever we get enough votes ^^;;)

✗ If you would like to make the banners for this week, please leave a separate comment here (one free of votes, so that a mod can reply back to you).
✗ carnimirie has your next themes~~ :D

✗ Week 066: Winners

2011-02-01T02:20:33Z

Sorry about the lateness. Work has become hectic these past few days (even on weekends). orz
But here are our winners~~ Congratulations and thank you very much to everyone who took the time to submit and/or vote! ♥

✗ First Place

cool_spectrum

✗ Second Place

sumeragi_sei

✗ Best Composition ^^;; Thank you so very much for the votes~~

sumeragi_sei

** No Mod's Choice due to the low number of submissions.

Reminders:
✗ If you won and would like a banner, please comment to this post. If you do not, your banner will not be made.
✗ This week's bannermaker is cool_spectrum.
✗ I think it's better if I extend Week 067 since it might already be too late to post new themes, so if you do have time to spare, please submit an icon or two HERE~ :)

✗ Week 067: Submissions

2011-01-25T23:44:06Z

Here are the new themes for the week~~ Think positive thoughts! :D

General Theme

SONG TITLES

The text in your icon/s should be titles of songs. Please provide a link of the song you're using as proof that it really exists. ;)

Image Theme

Clockwise: Hino Kahoko, Fuyuumi Shoko, Shimizu Keiichi, Yunoki Azuma, Hihara Kazuki, Ousaki Shinobu, Tsukimori Len, Tsuchiura Ryoutaro from La Corda d'Oro

Lyrical Theme

Thank You For The Music by Abba

I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore
If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before
But I have a talent, a wonderful thing
'cause everyone listens when I start to sing
I'm so grateful and proud
All I want is to sing it out loud

So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me

Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk
She says I began to sing long before I could talk
And I've often wondered, how did it all start?
Who found out that nothing can capture a heart
Like a melody can?
Well, whoever it was, I'm a fan

So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me

I've been so lucky, I am the girl with golden hair
I wanna sing it out to everybody
What a joy, what a life, what a chance!

So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me
Listen?
Lyrics taken from here.

Reminders:
✗ You are allowed THREE (3) submissions per week to this post.
✗ All icons must feature text; tiny text is allowed on ONE submission per week. Lyrics theme must include THREE CONSECUTIVE LYRICS (words) in the icon. If you use tiny text, please include what the lyrics are.
✗ When submitting, use the following format:
THEME

http://imagesite/icon-by-rashiea.png
SERIES
✗ Do not publicly post your icon(s) until after the week's winners have been posted.
✗ If you have any questions, comment to this post.
✗ Have a suggestion for a theme? Post them here.

The deadline for submissions is Saturday, January 29th.

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Aaannd~~ don't forget to vote in Week 66 if you still haven't! ;)

✗ Week 066: Voting

2011-01-25T02:40:09Z

I really thought we won't be able to get enough submissions to post voting but you people are amazing! We have 9 fabulous icons to vote for~~ \o/

✗ To vote, comment to this post with the numbers of your two favorite icons in the order of most preferred first, and one more for the Special Category. To give everyone a chance, your SC vote must differ from your other votes. This must be in some way made clear from your other votes.
✗ The SC this week is BEST COMPOSITION. (Text usage, placement, overall design)
✗ Please refrain from voting for yourself unless you truly believe your icon is the best. IF this is the case, you may only vote for ONE of your icons.

01	02	03

04	05	06

07	08	09

series:
#01 - DNAngel
#02 - Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
#03 - Beauty Pop
#04 - Hellsing
#05 - Bakuman
#06 - Trinity Blood
#07 - Bakuman
#08 - Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
#09 - La Corda d'Oro

Voting ends Thursday, January 26th. (or whenever we get enough votes ;;)

✗ If you would like to make the banners for this week, please leave a separate comment here (one free of votes, so that a mod can reply back to you).

✗ Week 066: Reminder

2011-01-23T21:59:41Z

;~~; We still need one more participant to be able to post voting... please do consider submitting an icon or two here if you have the time. I don't want to extend for 3 weeks... orz

General Theme: "Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -- Howard Thurman

Image Theme: Bakuman

Lyrical Theme: My Best Theory by Jimmy Eat World

✗ Week 066: Reminder

2011-01-21T06:07:03Z

Are the themes difficult? :<
I really hope we'd get at least two more participants for Week 066 before the week ends.
I don't want to cancel it so please submit your icons here by Saturday, January 22nd.

General Theme: "Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -- Howard Thurman

Image Theme: Bakuman

Lyrical Theme: My Best Theory by Jimmy Eat World

Week 65 Banners

2011-01-20T02:28:31Z

Banners here for mobiuswolf, kencana_kencana, and rashiea!

Congrats! It was really fun to make all your banners this week!
Please let me know if you need any changes, or if I made a mistake on your banner.

✗ Week 065: Winners

2011-01-19T23:27:26Z

Low turnout of votes but I'm glad we finally have our winners!^^

✗ First Place

mobiuswolf

✗ Second Place

cool_spectrum

✗ Third Place

kencana_kencana

✗ 'Example' Icon

rashiea

Reminders:
✗ If you won and would like a banner, please comment to this post. If you do not, your banner will not be made.
✗ This week's bannermaker is cool_spectrum. I'll make your banner, if that's all right with you? :)
✗ Please consider submitting an icon or two in Week 066 here. We only have 3 lonely icons and that's not enough to post voting... ;___;

✗ Week 066: Submissions

2011-01-12T22:38:38Z

New themes for the year~ I really hope we can get lots of submissions for this week y/y? :D

General Theme

"Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
-- Howard Thurman

You must use at least three consecutive words from the quotation for this theme~

Image Theme

Clockwise: Fukuda Shinta, Aoki Ko, Nakai Takuro, Takagi Akito, and Mashiro Moritaka from Bakuman

Lyrical Theme

My Best Theory by by Jimmy Eat World

It's been a long time, so long
There's only one life I know
But I have my own mind
I'll say so if it seems right
Rush out
I see your warm face with the soft mouth
But it speaks something else
I'll take my chances with the cast down
We can feel the air

Rush out, out from the center
Not like one side is any better
Stand up as they bend reaching
My best theory is already in me

We can feel, we can feel the air
Rush out
So many questions
And the answers come back unanswered
Let's hope the old script gets a new twist
You can feel the air

Rush out, out from the center
Not like one side is any better
Stand up as they bend reaching
My best theory is already in me

In a lonely, real place
Neither plan nor mistake
Love what you have with your time
By dowsing, find my true design
My flag, my appetite?
I feel the air

Rush out, out from the center
Not like one side is any better
Stand up and escape and breach it
My best theory is already in me
Rush out, out from the center
Not like one side is any better
Stand up as they bend reaching
My best theory is already in me
Listen?
Lyrics taken from here.

Reminders:
✗ You are allowed THREE (3) submissions per week to this post.
✗ All icons must feature text; tiny text is allowed on ONE submission per week. Lyrics theme must include THREE CONSECUTIVE LYRICS (words) in the icon. If you use tiny text, please include what the lyrics are.
✗ When submitting, use the following format:
THEME

http://imagesite/icon-by-wildmusings.png
SERIES
✗ Do not publicly post your icon(s) until after the week's winners have been posted.
✗ If you have any questions, comment to this post.
✗ Have a suggestion for a theme? Post them here.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, January 16th.

Also, we could use some more votes for Week 065 here before I can announce winners, so please do vote if you haven't~ ;)

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✗ Week 065: Voting

2011-01-12T02:45:26Z

It wasn't my intention to leave submissions open that long but I'm glad I did! We have 10 gorgeous icons to vote for! Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to submit!♥

✗ To vote, comment to this post with the numbers of your three favorite icons in the order of most preferred first, and one more for the Special Category. Your SC must be in some way made clear from your other votes. For your SC, you can vote for an icon you've already chosen before.
EXAMPLE:
12, 17, 14
17
✗ The SC this week is "Example Icon". (The 'example' icon the community is going to use whenever mods post submissions.)
✗ Please refrain from voting for yourself unless you truly believe your icon is the best. IF this is the case, you may only vote for ONE of your icons.

01	02	03	04	05

06	07	08	09	10

series:
#01 - DNAngel
#02 - Marmalade Boy
#03 - Starry Sky
#04 - Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan
#05 - D.Gray-Man
#06 - BLEACH
#07 - D.Gray-Man
#08 - Aria/Aqua
#09 - DNAngel
#10 - Vampire Knight

Voting ends Friday, January 14th.

✗ If you would like to make the banners for this week, please leave a separate comment here (one free of votes, so that a mod can reply back to you).

✗ Week 065: Submissions

2010-12-27T23:32:54Z

Here are the new themes for the week~~ Advance Happy New Year, everyone! <33

General Theme

'EXAMPLE' ICON

I know we don't really have something we can call a 'community icon' as we change it every time we announce our winners for the week. We do, however, have that 'example' icon we usually use whenever we post submissions. (See that cute Kamui down there?) Just make sure to have our community's name (anime_icontext) in your icon and you're good to go for this theme. ;D

Image Theme

Kurosaki Ichigo, Kuchiki Rukia, Abarai Renji, and Inoue Orihime from BLEACH

Lyrical Theme

Firework - Katy Perry

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind
Wanting to start again

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in

Do you ever feel already buried deep
Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that there's still a chance for you
Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own

You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe your reason why all the doors are closed
So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road

Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em goin "Oh, oh, oh!"

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

Listen?
Lyrics taken from here.

Reminders:
✗ You are allowed THREE (3) submissions per week to this post.
✗ All icons must feature text; tiny text is allowed on ONE submission per week. Lyrics theme must include THREE CONSECUTIVE LYRICS (words) in the icon. If you use tiny text, please include what the lyrics are.
✗ When submitting, use the following format:
THEME

http://imagesite/icon-by-wildmusings.png
SERIES
✗ Do not publicly post your icon(s) until after the week's winners have been posted.
✗ If you have any questions, comment to this post.
✗ Have a suggestion for a theme? Post them here.

The deadline for submissions is Saturday, January 1st.

Week 64 Banners

2010-12-24T19:06:24Z

Banners here for sumeragi_sei, rashiea, and kencana_kencana!

Congrats everyone!
Please let me know if you'd like any changes, or if I made a mistake on your banner.
Merry Christmas!

✗ Week 064: Winners

2010-12-24T05:26:40Z

Here are our winners for this week~~ Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to participate~~ ♥

✗ First Place

cool_spectrum

✗ Second Place

sumeragi_sei

✗ Third Place (TIE)

rashiea

sumeragi_sei

✗ Mod's Choice

kencana_kencana
I really, really likes this icon the moment I saw it! I love the colors and textures used by the icon-maker. The cropping looks pretty interesting, too... *__*

Reminders:
✗ If you won and would like a banner, please comment to this post. If you do not, your banner will not be made.
✗ This week's bannermaker is cool_spectrum. (I'll make your banner, so you don't need to make one for yourself, ne? ;D)
✗ I think everyone's going to be pretty busy this weekend because of Christmas, so new themes will be posted either on Sunday or Monday. ;)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE~~ <33

✗ Week 064: Voting

2010-12-20T22:14:01Z

We have 10 amazing icons for voting! Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit~~ <33

✗ To vote, comment to this post with the numbers of your three favorite icons in the order of most preferred first, ~~and one more for the Special Category.~~ Still no SC for this week. ;__;
✗ Please refrain from voting for yourself unless you truly believe your icon is the best. IF this is the case, you may only vote for ONE of your icons.

01	02	03	04	05

06	07	08	09	10

series:
#01 - Ouran High School Host Club
#02 - Otome Youkai Zakuro
#03 - Ouran High School Host Club
#04 - Kobato
#05 - La Corda d'Oro
#06 - Otome Youkai Zakuro
#07 - Vampire Knight
#08 - Ouran High School Host Club
#09 - xxxHolic
#10 - Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

Voting ends Thursday, December 23rd.

✗ If you would like to make the banners for this week, please leave a separate comment here (one free of votes, so that a mod can reply back to you).

✗ Week 064: Reminder

2010-12-17T04:49:46Z

This is your last reminder for the current week. :) Please submit your icons here by Saturday, December 18th.

General Theme: Provided Font: Winter Flakes by SpoOn Art

Image Theme: Ouran High School Host Club members

Lyrical Theme: Song For A Winter's Night by Gordon Lightfoot

✗ Week 064: Reminder

2010-12-14T02:53:13Z

We currently have 8 wonderful icons but I was hoping we could get more, so I'll extend submissions until this weekend.
If you have some time to spare, please submit an icon or two here by Saturday, December 18th.

General Theme: Provided Font: Winter Flakes by SpoOn Art

Image Theme: Ouran High School Host Club members

Lyrical Theme: Song For A Winter's Night by Gordon Lightfoot

Week 63 Banners

2010-12-10T05:49:33Z

Banners here for cool_spectrum, rashiea, and mobiuswolf!

Congrats!
Please let me know if you'd like any changes, or if I made a mistake on your banner!

✗ Week 063: Winners

2010-12-10T04:24:26Z

We finally have our winners~~ Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to submit and/or vote! <33 Congratulations, everyone!!

✗ First Place

cool_spectrum

✗ Second Place

rashiea

✗ Third Place

mobiuswolf

Reminders:
✗ If you won and would like a banner, please comment to this post. If you do not, your banner will not be made.
✗ This week's bannermaker is cool_spectrum. (I'm planning to do banners for la_corda_itest this weekend. Would you like me to make yours? :D)
✗ We have new themes over here, so if you have some time to spare, please consider submitting~~ ;3

✗ Week 064: Submissions

2010-12-08T04:03:39Z

Here are the new themes~~ I hope we get many submissions this week as well... *crosses fingers*

General Theme

Provided Font: Winter Flakes by SpoOn Art

You must use the provided font in your icon for this theme. You can use other fonts as well if you wish but the provided font must be visible in the icon.

Image Theme

Clockwise: Suoh Tamaki, Fujioka Haruhi, Hitachiin Hikaru, Hitachiin Kaoru, Morinozuka Takashi, Ootori Kyouya, and Haninozuka Mitsukuni

Lyrical Theme

Song For A Winter's Night by Gordon Lightfoot

The lamp is burning low upon my table top
The snow is softly falling
The air is still in the silence of my room
I hear your voice softly calling
If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
On this winter night with you

The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
My glass is almost empty
I read again between the lines upon each page
The words of love you sent me
If I could know within my heart, that you were lonely too
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
On this winter night with you

The fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim
The shades of night are lifting
The morning light steals across my windowpane
Where webs of snow are drifting
If I could only have you near, to breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
And to be once again with you
On this winter night with you
Listen?
Lyrics taken from here.

Reminders:
✗ You are allowed THREE (3) submissions per week to this post.
✗ All icons must feature text; tiny text is allowed on ONE submission per week. Lyrics theme must include THREE CONSECUTIVE LYRICS (words) in the icon. If you use tiny text, please include what the lyrics are.
✗ When submitting, use the following format:
THEME

http://imagesite/icon-by-wildmusings.png
SERIES
✗ Do not publicly post your icon(s) until after the week's winners have been posted.
✗ If you have any questions, comment to this post.
✗ Have a suggestion for a theme? Post them here.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, December 12th.

Week 62 Banners

2010-12-07T04:04:05Z

Banners for cool_spectrum, kencana_kencana & sumeragi_sei.

Please upload to your own server and enjoy~