Picture Frames
For this theme you must use a picture frame somewhere in your icon. You could use one as a border or as the central focal point, it doesn't matter go nuts! You can find stock images of picture frames (or mirror frames) through goggle or photo websites like flicker. These textures would also fit the theme nicely.

Favorite Colour
What's your favorite colour? For this theme your fav must be used as the dominant colour scheme of your icon! The icon doesn't have to be monochromatic but it can be if you want. :)

Remember you may submit up to TWO icons and you may use any combination of themes you wish - two icons, one from each theme; two icons from one theme; or icons combining the two themes are all acceptable.


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Submissions will close Saturday, December 13th, at 11:00 PM EST-4.

Also don't forget to vote for week 55 right here!

Holy crap, I'm so sorry! I totally forgot about this, I've been super busy. Anyway, here's Week 55 - I'll probably extend it so you guys can get your entries in.

TRAGEDY
For this theme, you must depict something sad or tragic. This theme is pretty much open to interpretation - it can be a solemn person or a person with a bad past, as long as there's something depressing involved.

LYRICAL - STAND MY GROUND
If you choose to do this theme, your icon must use at least 3 consecutive words from the song "Stand My Ground" by Within Temptation.

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If you have any questions about the validity of either of your submissions or any general questions about the themes, please leave them here.

Remember you may submit up to TWO icons and you can mix and match themes as you like, as long as you use at least one!

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Archers
This is a really easy theme, your icon must feature a character that is an archer. Another non-archer may be present in the icon as long as the bow user is the main focus.

Text Ban
Another really easy theme! No text may be present on your icon(s). Tiny text is also not allowed.

Remember you may submit up to TWO icons and you may use any combination of themes you wish - two icons, one from each theme; two icons from one theme; or icons combining the two themes are all acceptable.


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Submissions will close Saturday, November 8th, at 11:00 PM EST-4.

Also don't forget to vote for week 53 right here!

Black and White
For this theme you have to use black and white as your main colour scheme. Gray scale counts for this one. There may be some color in your icons from a texture (light or otherwise) but keep the main focus of the icon black and white.

Borders
There are a lot of different ways you can use borders in your icons. You may choose to border the entire icon or just have a border on one side of the icon. Some examples are under the cut.

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Remember you may submit up to TWO icons and you may use any combination of themes you wish - two icons, one from each theme; two icons from one theme; or icons combining the two themes are all acceptable.


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Submissions will close Saturday, October 4th, at 11:00 PM EST-4.

Also don't forget to vote for week 50 right here!

Crossover
For this theme you have to use some creative muscle. You must crossover two Fire Emblem games. For example I could chose to do this by placing one character from Fire Emblem 5 and one character from Fire Emblem 9 in the same icon. FE 9 and FE 10 characters will be considered the same so you cannot cross those two games together.

Lyrical- No Bravery
For the second theme you must use these provided lyrics. You must use two consecutive words and no other words may be added.
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Remember you may submit up to TWO icons and you may use any combination of themes you wish - two icons, one from each theme; two icons from one theme; or icons combining the two themes are all acceptable.


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Submissions will close Saturday, August 30, at 11:00 PM EST-4.

Also don't forget to vote for week 48 right here!

Favorite Character
This one is pretty simple right? :D Just make an icon featuring your favorite character!

Texture Ban
For the second theme you must not use any textures on your icon! Color fill and adjustment layers only.

Remember you may submit up to TWO icons and you may use any combination of themes you wish - two icons, one from each theme; two icons from one theme; or icons combining the two themes are all acceptable.


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Submissions will close Saturday, August 9, at 11:00 PM EST-4.

Also don't forget to vote for week 46 right here!

Power
Since my power keeps going out because of a storm, I thought this theme was appropriate. xD; Anyway you can interpret this as you wish, you could show someone being strong or through light textures making your icon look electrically charged! Whatever, just make it work.

Symbol
For the second theme you must have a symbol somewhere in your icon. Any "!,@,#,$,%...etc" will work as well as other symbols such as hearts. We

Remember you may submit up to TWO icons and you may use any combination of themes you wish - two icons, one from each theme; two icons from one theme; or icons combining the two themes are all acceptable.


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Submissions will close Saturday, July 26, at 11:00 PM EST-4.

Also don't forget to vote for week 45 right here!

Trendy
For this theme I want you to make a "trendy" icon. A good place to see some trends would be icon_tutorial.
Some things that are hot right now are as follows (you are not limited to using only these things):
- The bird
- Notebook textures
- Pea fonts
- Scribble textures
- Bright colours
- Picture frames

Two's Company
For this theme your icon must feature two characters. No more and no less. You may blend images together if you wish.

Remember you may submit up to TWO icons and you may use any combination of themes you wish - two icons, one from each theme; two icons from one theme; or icons combining the two themes are all acceptable.


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Submissions will close Saturday, July 12, at 11:00 PM EST-4.

Also don't forget to vote for week 43 right here!