Final Fantasy Party

Voting: Challenge 14

gabranth — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:04:30 GMT

Voting: Challenge 13

I am really sorry for not being the best mod ever on this challenge, including missing the boat on a question and not posting a reminder, but I just want to get this contest done, and I think everyone can agree that it's been going on long enough. I'm not postponing this round any more than it already is, so I'm putting up voting now. We have 10 icons to vote from this round.

Rules-

·- Please vote according to each poll. There will be instructions with each box, so be sure to enter the correct number.

·- General comments/critiques are optional, but definitely appreciated by the iconists.

·- Anyone can vote, you don't have to be a contestant. :)

·- Do not vote for your own icon & please try to vote as fairly as possible.

·- Voting ends Tuesday, February 3rd at 10 PM EST/7 PM PST.

NORMAL ICONS

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9

GAMBLE ICONS
AUTO-WIN
Only 1 submission.

View Poll: Voting: Challenge 14

Results: Challenge 13

gabranth — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:47:57 GMT

Results: Challenge 13

SORRYSORRYSORRYSORRYSORRY X 1 BILLION. I've been so busy this past week - I completely forgot about this place in the hustle of RL. SORRY!

First Place (+33 points) - 300 gil
Icon	By

Second Place (+31 points) - 200 gil
Icon	By

Third Place (+22 points) - 100 gil
Icon	By

Mod's Choice - 100 gil
Icon	By

Becca says: I think this icon is awesome :D Kind of a unique interpretation of trendy (fffound texture) and I think it was executed extremely well.

Gamble Winner - 700 gil
Icon	By

1. 6
2. 31
3. 9
4. 33
5. 22
6. 10
7. 18
8. 3

1. 8
2. 4
3. 0
4. 9
5. 2

Challenge 14: What's My Name?

gabranth — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:24:15 GMT

Challenge 14: What's My Name?

Ever have that problem where you meet someone at a party and you're supposed to know their name, but you don't? I saw a reality television show where they connected names with images - so this week, you will have provided images in order to familiarize yourself with FF7 characters! You may pick any of these images to make your icon, and there are no other limitations.
Yuffie, Reno, Cloud & Tifa, Zack.

Are you up for a little gamble? If you so choose (meaning it is not mandatory), you may adhere to slight stricter guidelines for this challenge. If you want to take a gamble, your provided image is here, and you can only use this image. If you make an icon that fits these specifications, you are put into a different voting table and are eligible for 700 gil. There will only be one winner of 700 gil, and if you make the gamble icon, you are not eligible for standard placing. Will you take the risk?

♥ You must be a member to participate
♥ Icons must be no larger than 100x100 and 40kb.
♥ Do not use fanart or doujinshi - officially released images only.
♥ All icons must be completely your own - no bases or stealing, and you should not follow tutorials exactly for this icon. Brushes/textures/etc. from others are allowed.
♥ Content must fall under a PG-13 header.
♥ Icons should be made specifically for this challenge.
♥ Only one icon should be submitted.

Animation is allowed for this challenge, just as long as the overall idea of the icon does not violate the theme.

Icons should not be displayed or advertised anywhere prior to voting. After results, you may display your icon in your teams to get more feedback, but at no other location should these icons be shown until after aliases are revealed. EDIT 10/6: You may post your icons somewhere else afterwards ONLY IF you did not place.

How to submit:

URL: http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/77450890/16142051
GAMBLE?: ________
CHARACTER: _________
To clarify, Character is your character, the one you signed up with, not the character in your icon. YOU MUST INCLUDE THIS! MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST.

Icons must be submitted by Saturday, January 31st at 10:00 PM EST.

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No Big Freeze icontests this week, but be sure to keep participating in our affiliate icontests! There may be some perks coming up (especially since our contest is closing out...)

Please continue to vote for the current challenge!

Voting: Challenge 13

gabranth — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:34:11 GMT

Voting: Challenge 13

Thanks to everyone who submitted before and after my reminder! We have 13 fantastic icons this week, so it'll make voting really tough!

Rules-

·- Please vote according to each poll. There will be instructions with each box, so be sure to enter the correct number.

·- General comments/critiques are optional, but definitely appreciated by the iconists.

·- Anyone can vote, you don't have to be a contestant. :)

·- Do not vote for your own icon & please try to vote as fairly as possible.

·- Voting ends Tuesday, January 27th at 10 PM EST/7 PM PST.

NORMAL ICONS

1	2	3	4

5	6	7	8

GAMBLE ICONS

1	2	3	4	5

View Poll: Voting: Challenge 13

Extension

gabranth — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:34:40 GMT

Because there are only 9 icons (nine? Really?) I'm extending this theme for an additional day. Your icons will now be due Sunday at 9:00 PM EST. We need more icons.

SUBMIT HERE

Reminder

gabranth — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:16:41 GMT

You have about a day and a half to submit to the latest challenge - trendy icons. So far we have 5 gorgeous icons, but I would like lots more before tomorrow night.

SUBMIT HERE

Challenge 13: Doing the Latest Rag

gabranth — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:57:52 GMT

Challenge 13: Doing the Latest Rag

What's the latest fad in your city? Whether it's fashion, music, or even the party entertainment, most everything is fad-dependent. Your icon this week must utilize an icon trend and make it pretty. For good examples, check out icon_tutorial. Trends can be anything - light blobs, grunge textures, the bird, magenta icons, blending, that checkered texture that's everywhere. If it's being abused right now, you can use it!

Are you up for a little gamble? If you so choose (meaning it is not mandatory), you may adhere to slight stricter guidelines for this challenge. If you want to take a gamble, your trendy icon must be an icon of a character that placed in the last challenge (meaning Irvine, Agrias, Quistis, Seifer or Rosa). If you make an icon that fits these specifications, you are put into a different voting table and are eligible for 700 gil. There will only be one winner of 700 gil, and if you make the gamble icon, you are not eligible for standard placing. Will you take the risk?

♥ You must be a member to participate
♥ Icons must be no larger than 100x100 and 40kb.
♥ Do not use fanart or doujinshi - officially released images only.
♥ All icons must be completely your own - no bases or stealing, and you should not follow tutorials exactly for this icon. Brushes/textures/etc. from others are allowed.
♥ Content must fall under a PG-13 header.
♥ Icons should be made specifically for this challenge.
♥ Only one icon should be submitted.

Animation is allowed for this challenge, just as long as the overall idea of the icon does not violate the theme.

Icons should not be displayed or advertised anywhere prior to voting. After results, you may display your icon in your teams to get more feedback, but at no other location should these icons be shown until after aliases are revealed. EDIT 10/6: You may post your icons somewhere else afterwards ONLY IF you did not place.

How to submit:

URL: http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/77450890/16142051
GAMBLE?: ________
CHARACTER: _________
To clarify, Character is your character, the one you signed up with, not the character in your icon. YOU MUST INCLUDE THIS! MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST.

Icons must be submitted by Saturday, January 24th at 10:00 PM EST.

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No Big Freeze icontests this week, but be sure to keep participating in our affiliate icontests! There may be some perks coming up (especially since our contest is closing out...)

Results: Challenge 12

gabranth — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:25:29 GMT

Results: Challenge 12

Thanks for the good voting turnout this week!

First Place (+41 points) - 300 gil
Icon	By

Second Place (+30 points) - 200 gil
Icon	By

Third Place (+18 points) - 100 gil
Icon	By

Mod's Choice - 100 gil
Icon	By

Becca says: I adore this icon sfm. I love the glow around Terra and the way the provided texture just feels natural in the background. Excellent work! ♥

Gamble Winner - 700 gil
Icon	By

1. 6
2. 17
3. 30
4. 2
5. 3
6. 41
7. 5
8. 18

1. 2
2. 2
3. 0
4. 8
5. 2
6. 6

Voting: Challenge 12

gabranth — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:55:36 GMT

Voting: Challenge 12

Okay, so I'm going to switch the schedule back to what it was because that seems to work best for me and for everyone. Secondly, we have 14 amazing icons this week - thanks so much for the participation guys! :D

Rules-

·- Please vote according to each poll. There will be instructions with each box, so be sure to enter the correct number.

·- General comments/critiques are optional, but definitely appreciated by the iconists.

·- Anyone can vote, you don't have to be a contestant. :)

·- Do not vote for your own icon & please try to vote as fairly as possible.

·- Voting ends Monday, January 19th at 10 PM EST/7 PM PST.

NORMAL ICONS

1	2	3	4

5	6	7	8

GAMBLE ICONS

1	2	3	4

5	6

View Poll: Voting: Challenge 12

Reminder~

gabranth — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:44:37 GMT

We only have 3 icons so far, and icons are due tomorrow. Please get them in!

SUBMIT

Results: Challenge 11

gabranth — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:05:51 GMT

Results: Challenge 11

Nice job voting this week guys!

First Place (+22 points) - 300 gil
Icon	By

Second Place (+20 points) - 200 gil
Icon	By

Third Place (+15 points) - 100 gil
Icon	By

Mod's Choice - 100 gil
Icon	By

Becca says: I love the coloring of this icon - it's extremely colorful without looking tacky or unnatural. Very pretty ♥

Gamble Winner - 700 gil
Icon	By

Because Reno is Team Blue's Team Leader, each member will receive 70 gil!

1. 20
2. 22
3. 5
4. 10
5. 0
6. 9
7. 8
8. 11
9. 14
10. 0
11. 4
12. 15

13. 1
14. 9
15. 2
16. 2
17. 6

Now that we're on a roll again, please go SUBMIT darlings! :D

Challenge 12: My Best Friend

gabranth — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:19:08 GMT

Keep voting dears! :D I want to keep this moving, so I'm putting up the next submission post now.

Challenge 12: My Best Friend

During the best and worst moments of a party, you look to your best friend to either bail you out or to go crazy right next to you. This week, you have to pick a character, any character, who you would most like to be best friends with and icon them in a flattering, positive way (no depressing icons, but they can be beautiful/funny/happy/positive!). Pretty easy and open-ended, there are no limitations! But your icon can only feature one character.

Are you up for a little gamble? If you so choose (meaning it is not mandatory), you may adhere to slight stricter guidelines for this challenge. If you want to take a gamble, your icon of your best friend must use this texture by white_lilie, and ONLY that texture. You can use other techniques, but no other textures. If you make an icon that fits these specifications, you are put into a different voting table and are eligible for 700 gil. There will only be one winner of 700 gil, and if you make the gamble icon, you are not eligible for standard placing. Will you take the risk?

♥ You must be a member to participate
♥ Icons must be no larger than 100x100 and 40kb.
♥ Do not use fanart or doujinshi - officially released images only.
♥ All icons must be completely your own - no bases or stealing, and you should not follow tutorials exactly for this icon. Brushes/textures/etc. from others are allowed.
♥ Content must fall under a PG-13 header.
♥ Icons should be made specifically for this challenge.
♥ Only one icon should be submitted.

Animation is allowed for this challenge, just as long as the overall idea of the icon does not violate the theme.

Icons should not be displayed or advertised anywhere prior to voting. After results, you may display your icon in your teams to get more feedback, but at no other location should these icons be shown until after aliases are revealed. EDIT 10/6: You may post your icons somewhere else afterwards ONLY IF you did not place.

How to submit:

URL: http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/77450890/16142051
GAMBLE?: ________
CHARACTER: _________
To clarify, Character is your character, the one you signed up with, not the character in your icon. YOU MUST INCLUDE THIS! MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST.

Icons must be submitted by Friday, January 16th at 10:00 PM EST.

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No Big Freeze icontests this week, but be sure to keep participating in our affiliate icontests! There may be some perks coming up (especially since our contest is closing out...)

Voting: Challege 11

gabranth — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:54:31 GMT

Voting: Challenge 11

Sorry for being late with this - my internet has been on and off for the past couple days and it's really frustrating to be in the middle of something and have the computer and/or internet go bye-bye. Anyway, we have 17 amazing icons this week, so it's really exciting!

Rules-

·- Please vote according to each poll. There will be instructions with each box, so be sure to enter the correct number.

·- General comments/critiques are optional, but definitely appreciated by the iconists.

·- Anyone can vote, you don't have to be a contestant. :)

·- Do not vote for your own icon & please try to vote as fairly as possible.

·- Voting ends Tuesday, January 13th at 10 PM EST/7 PM PST.

NORMAL ICONS

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10	11	12

GAMBLE ICONS

13	14	15

16	17

View Poll: Voting: Challenge 11

Reminder

gabranth — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:27:03 GMT

I don't want to have to extend this challenge because I don't want to make this contest any longer than it has already been. Please consider submitting this week. We have 2 icons for the normal table and 2 for the gamble - your odds of winning are extremely high!

SUBMIT HERE

Challenge 11: Super-Special Events

gabranth — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:20:00 GMT

So the vote ended up being 17-7 in favor of continuing this competition, and I'm really grateful that so many people are still interested in this comm. ♥ I promise - five more weeks and we're done. No more interruptions!

Challenge 11: Super-Special Events

Everyone knows the biggest shindigs occur with three different types of milestones in the course of a lifetime - weddings, babies, and funerals. Your icon this week must feature a scene related to weddings, babies or funerals/death.

Are you up for a little gamble? There's a secondary aspect to this challenge. If you so choose (meaning it is not mandatory), you may adhere to slightly stricter guidelines for this challenge. If you want to take a gamble, your icon of weddings, babies and funerals must be entirely black and white with only one visible color. It must have one color other than black/white. If you make an icon that fits these specifications, you are put into a different voting table and are eligible for 700 gil. There will only be one winner of 700 gil, and if you make the gamble icon, you are not eligible for standard placing. Will you take the risk?

♥ You must be a member to participate
♥ Icons must be no larger than 100x100 and 40kb.
♥ Do not use fanart or doujinshi - officially released images only.
♥ All icons must be completely your own - no bases or stealing, and you should not follow tutorials exactly for this icon. Brushes/textures/etc. from others are allowed.
♥ Content must fall under a PG-13 header.
♥ Icons should be made specifically for this challenge.
♥ Only one icon should be submitted.

Animation is allowed for this challenge, just as long as the overall idea of the icon does not violate the theme.

Icons should not be displayed or advertised anywhere prior to voting. After results, you may display your icon in your teams to get more feedback, but at no other location should these icons be shown until after aliases are revealed. EDIT 10/6: You may post your icons somewhere else afterwards ONLY IF you did not place.

How to submit:

URL: http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/77450890/16142051
MOOD: ________
CHARACTER: _________
To clarify, Character is your character, the one you signed up with, not the character in your icon. YOU MUST INCLUDE THIS! MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST.

Icons must be submitted by Friday, January 9th at 10:00 PM EST.

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No Big Freeze icontests this week, but be sure to keep participating in our affiliate icontests! There may be some perks coming up.

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I believe gil totals are complete and accurate. Please check your total and make sure it fits with your own calculations.

Poll Reminder

gabranth — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:19:53 GMT

Just a reminder that the poll as to what will happen to this round will close in two days. Go HERE to cast your vote.

Crossroads

gabranth — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:01:02 GMT

I am extremely sorry for the probable death of this community. Life interfered in a serious way, and I had no idea that I would lose interest and patience for this community in such an extreme way. I honestly have not had the time or the energy for the running of this community in the past month and a half, and I'm sorry for postponing this contest because of my problems.

We have three options for the fate of this community, so I'm putting it to a poll. I have the time now to continue, and I have five more challenges planned for the remainder of this round, so that this icontest can resume as planned and finish within the first week or so of February. Another option is to do a big blow-out final challenge to determine the winner - the values of gil earned would equate with five weeks of work, but you are only responsible for one more round of play. The last option is to end the contest now, meaning that current gil totals (after I tabulate them) would be the final results.

View Poll: The fate of FF Party

I will close the poll on January 4th, at which point I will either post a new challenge with explanations as to the completion of the icontest, or the final results. Thanks for your time.

Results: Challenge 10

gabranth — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:31:16 GMT

Results: Challenge 10

Lots of votes, only two comments ): Sad mod is sad.
But the icons were all lovely this week, and the winners won by a landslide.

First Place (+36 points) - 300 gil
Icon	By

Second Place (+29 points) - 200 gil
Icon	By

Third Place (+19 points) - 100 gil
Icon	By

Mod's Choice - 100 gil
Icon	By

Becca says: I love how well you cut out Yuna - it looks great and so smooth! The colors look pretty and I think you managed to make an attractive, simple icon :3

1. 0
2. +2
3. +10
4. +29
5. +1
6. +4
7. +36
8. 0
9. +3
10. 0
11. +8
12. +1
13. 0
14. +19
15. +9

Hey, I lied, you guys get the next few days off. Don't worry about LJ - go out and have some fun and eat good food. The next challenge will be up on Saturday. Happy Thanksgiving! ♥

Voting: Challenge 10

gabranth — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:57:57 GMT

Voting: Challenge 10

We have 15 icons to vote from this week. I'm so proud of you all for coming out of the woodwork after my long absence! ♥

Rules-

·- Please vote according to each poll. There will be instructions with each box, so be sure to enter the correct number.

·- General comments/critiques are optional, but definitely appreciated by the iconists.

·- Anyone can vote, you don't have to be a contestant. :)

·- Do not vote for your own icon & please try to vote as fairly as possible.

·- Voting ends Tuesday, November 25th at 10 PM EST/7 PM PST.

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

11	12	13	14	15

Lonely
Sleepy
Disappointed/Depressed

Predatory
Annoyed
Thoughtful

Happy
Flirty
Hopeful

Mischievous
Numb
Enthralled

Enthralled
Nostalgic
Working/Busy

View Poll: Voting: Challenge 10

The next challenge will probably be up tomorrow so that we can stay on-task. Details will be coming soon - it'll be a two-week challenge, so don't worry my fellow Americans - turkey day festitivities will not be spoiled. Also, feel free to calculate in your ff_oscars nomination gil when figuring if you can buy an Ultimate Weapon. I will get to update both of those tomorrow when six hours of sleep before school is not looming ominously over my head :3

Update 11/20

gabranth — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:39:12 GMT

This is just a midweek reminder that you have until Saturday to get your icons in :] We have 5 right now, but I'm being a little lax this week because we have to climb back into the routine.

SUBMIT RAWR~

In other news, I miss the Team involvement D: I would love to see stuff going on at each of the communities to kind of get people excited again - I'm going to be coming out with a team-type challenge soon, so it's important that everyone plays!

Update 11/16

gabranth — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:40:22 GMT

I just discovered a new Final Fantasy icontest run by our very own deria_hime! It's called ff_jeopardy and it has a totally cool premise - answer FF trivia, get gil, win big! It's a non-eliminating LIMS style (a little like the system here) and it looks to be a lot of fun. I'm already signed up ;D

Sign Up Soon for Round 1!

Challenge 10: Change of Mood

gabranth — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:10:54 GMT

SUBMISSION IS CLOSED

I am so sorry for the delay. Life decided to come and get me, and that coupled with NaNoWriMo and my birthday made it nearly impossible to get to this community. The good news is that all my big commitments are done for now! So this community should be able to continue happily during the last third - we're more than halfway done! Deal is still up for the themes suggestions - I still might pick from the ones suggested, so just because I didn't pick it this week doesn't mean I won't. The suggestions are very good too, so keep on giving me ideas! :D

At a party, the mood is really important - you don't want the party to die because someone is having an emo fit, and the best way to kick up a party is to get everyone hyper and excited. This week, pick a mood from the LJ moods and icon it. You can show the mood through text or the facial expressions of a character - it's totally up to you!

♥ You must be a member to participate
♥ Icons must be no larger than 100x100 and 40kb.
♥ Do not use fanart or doujinshi - officially released images only.
♥ All icons must be completely your own - no bases or stealing, and you should not follow tutorials exactly for this icon. Brushes/textures/etc. from others are allowed.
♥ Content must fall under a PG-13 header.
♥ Icons should be made specifically for this challenge.
♥ Only one icon should be submitted.

Animation is allowed for this challenge, just as long as the overall idea of the icon does not violate the theme.

Icons should not be displayed or advertised anywhere prior to voting. After results, you may display your icon in your teams to get more feedback, but at no other location should these icons be shown until after aliases are revealed. EDIT 10/6: You may post your icons somewhere else afterwards ONLY IF you did not place.

How to submit:

URL: http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/77450890/16142051
MOOD: ________
CHARACTER: _________
To clarify, Character is your character, the one you signed up with, not the character in your icon. YOU MUST INCLUDE THIS! MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST.

Icons must be submitted by Saturday, November 22nd at 10:00 PM EST.

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As a gift, your Big Freeze icontest this week will be...
ff_oscars

That's right, 500 gil to everyone who nominates or has nominated at ff_oscars during this week or a previous week! Be forewarned - if a nomination post is subpar, gunshou can dictate exactly how much gil you should get.

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Gil totals are up! They are 100% accurate and the new Ultimate Weapons post is up, so check it out! Many more people are eligible this time around, and you can't win without a weapon!

Ultimate Weapons: Buying Opportunity

gabranth — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:01:05 GMT

Ultimate Weapons: Buying Opportunity

This is your second opportunity to buy Ultimate Weapons. These will put you automatically at the top of the game, so you want to buy them if you can!

The price for one Ultimate Weapon is 1100 gil. If you have already purchased an Ultimate Weapon, the introductory fee of 100 gil is waived (since you already paid it the first time around) and now weapons will only cost 1000 gil.

In order to be eligible for purchasing a Weapon, you must have placed in a challenge. That means 1st-3rd. Special categories and Mod's Choice DO NOT COUNT.

Please fill out this form and post it - comments will be screened. When I check it out, I'll update your profiles with your weapons. Good luck!

To clarify, the "Link to Placing Post" section is where you should put the link to the results post that shows that you placed that week. If you do not fill out this form correctly, I will not accept it and you will not get your Ultimate Weapon. All character profiles are updated as of now, so your current gil totals are what we're going on. If you have any debate on the gil count, you can bring it up to me on this post, make your case, and I'll check it out.

Good luck!

Buying will close at the end of challenge 10. That's after results are posted, so that winners of Challenge 10 have the opportuniy to buy a weapon :D

Results: Challenge 9

gabranth — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:27:24 GMT

Results: Challenge 9

Got a few more votes, so here we go with the results! Everyone got at least one vote this week, so congratulations! All the submitted icons were fantastic!

First Place (+20 points) - 300 gil
Icon	By

Second Place (+18 points) - 200 gil
Icon	By

Third Place (+16 points) - 100 gil
Icon	By

Mod's Choice - 100 gil
Icon	By

Becca says: This icon is fantastic! I love that all the textures you used made this icon look very old, and it matched the frame texture perfectly. The image was handled well in the frame also. It's lovely, and nothing could have been added or taken away :D ♥

1. +11
2. +13
3. +3
4. +1
5. +18
6. +5
7. +4
8. +5
9. +6
10. +2
11. +11
12. +6
13. +16
14. +11
15. +12
16. +8
17. +20
18. +1
19. +2

I'm going to get a pre-submission post up here for the next challenge, and I will finally get gil totals up.

Update 10/30

gabranth — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:18:01 GMT

Because there's really no rush - next theme will be up on Monday - and because we don't have quite as many votes as I'm used to (or comments), I'm keeping voting open for another 24 hours. Please vote, and leave comments. Comments are really helpful, and we've been getting less and less. It would be great if I could get at least 8-10 more comments/critiques by tomorrow.

Happy Halloween!