icon rating//challenge community

I confess I was almost going to forget the subject...

elevation — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:35:57 GMT

Wow, okay, here this goes. I'm still a little confused with the whole userpics/icon journal thing, so I'm gonna go with grade my icon journal over at i_gration. I don't post there a whole lot anymore because I like to post things in sets now, and most of them are halfway done. [/ramble]

Community is promoted here.

Samples:

My animated icons:

My cutout icons:

My text icons:

My free choice icons:

I confess I have no life!

firedawn — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:00:10 GMT

Please grade my userpics!

I'm terrible with animated icons but I've tried to improve and hopefully these are better than before...
My animated icons:

My cutout icons:

Note: I just recently learned that cutouts do not work for PNGs in IE.... so I apologize. I don't really have time to resave those in gif right now.. but if there is any doubt as to what they're supposed to look like, I will certainly do so at request.

My text icons:

My free choice icons:

As for resources, I don't remember the specific brushes, bases, and gradients, and so on... but there's a full list of all my resources here.

i confess that i'm back from outer space

publicxenemy — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 03:11:31 GMT

Um. Hi. I'm reapplying to have my icon journal publicxenemy graded?

Sources: cdg, dearest, insomniacx and colorfilter

My animated icons:

My cutout icons:

My text icons:

My free choice icons:

Note: I also remembered that the one with the black and white kirito and blue and red cross contained a song title that out of context, read 'swastika,' so I changed it to avoid offending anyone. Apologies.
Apologies for the Tetsu. I'm doing a challenge, so he's.. turning up a lot.

Hello! ^^

chopstickicons — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:00:10 GMT

I confess that I like to make icons. ~~and eat cheese~~

Hm, I've lurked here for quite a while, but I was kind of reluctant to apply. If it's not too much trouble, I would like my icon journal chopstickicons rated. Resources are here. >_>

My Animated Icons (Eh, I hardly every do animations so I hope they don't look too bad..)
1. 2. 3. 4.

My Cutout Icons (Oh noes! >_<)

1.2.3.4.

My Text Icons
1. 2. 3. 4.

My Freechoice Icons
1. 2. 3. 4.

Um.. thanks for your time! :]

I must confess I adore icons =)

theatresphynx — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:21:54 GMT

Applying to have my userpics graded please. I've made most of them myself, but if i didn't make it, I've credited who did. All brush credits are found in the links/credit section of my info.

My animated icons:
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My cutout icons:
****

My text icons:
****

My free choice icons:
****

I confess to having never submitted my icons for rating before!

springhazsprung — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:02:28 GMT

I followed _alostdream here..so thought I'd maybe give it a go. I've never done this before, so I'll probably have done something wrong. I'm applying from my personal journal, but my icon journal is azayka_ni. Anyway..

My credits for brushes etc are here.
(I'm sorry most of these are anime, I was going to enter some Roswell ones, but then realised that I entered them into an icontest and the challenge isn't over yet..)

Animated: (Animated icons are really not my strong point at all...so sorry about these)

Cutout: (Same for cutouts, I never make them, so these are probably not close to the standard you expect..in fact I kinda made some of these just to apply)

Text:

Free Choice:

I confess that I'm actually terrified about doing this...

waka_laka — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:41:18 GMT

...damn you springhazsprung, I blame you entirely! *coughs*

H'okai, am I supposed to put a nifty lil intro here? Well, I'm Katie. I like making icons. ^_^ I have an icon journal (killabarbie),and, um, OH! I linked to here from my personal journal! see?

All the icons in my userpics are made by me as well...I guess that's about it...

My animated icons:

My cutout icons:

My text icons:

My free choice icons:

My cut out icons suck, I'm well aware of that...

I confess, I am applying...again (obviously)

fatesong — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 03:50:38 GMT

All icon posts can be found at my journal.

My banners for icontests can be found here.

My animated icons:

My cutout icons:

My text icons:

My free choice icons:

I also put the link to this community in my userinfo, if that counts for anything o_o

I confess that I've never been rated before.

_alostdream — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:48:43 GMT

I found this community about a month ago... wanted to submit my application... totally forgot... and somehow I ended up back here.

That's basically my life's story X_x

I'm submitting here 'cause sometimes it seems that my icon making ways seem to change. One day my icons look pretty good, the next it looks like crap and a day later they're pretty I-can-live-with-that. Basically, I need suggestions and stuff.

Animated:
1. 2. 3. 4.

Comments: I might as well tell you all now... Animated icons are the first things I've ever learned to make in Photoshop. Seriously, I get photoshop one day and a week later all I knew how to do were animations. Didn't even get started on brushes until the week after... So these are some of the first icons I've ever made. I've stopped doing animations and mini-movies because they are time-consuming. *Suddenly realized that all her animations are mini-movies*

Cutout:

Comments: These are all mini-movies too... probably because I started doing cutouts the same time I started animation. I stopped doing cutouts because I can't do any interesting ones. (These icons belong in my batch of 'first icons ever made')

Text:
1. 2. 3. 4.

Comments: I usually have some trouble with text. (These icons may not be my best selection...)

Free:
1. 2. 3. 4.

Credits: All my credits are at my userinfo

I mentioned this community at my journal

I confess that I didn't come here out of my own will.

takki — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:23:51 GMT

Mmkay. But even so, I'm here, yes? I request for my iconjournal, iconsmex to be rated. Mmmyea. It hasn't been updated for a long time, but it exists.

I also linked back to iconfession @ here ^^

Animation: [pretty experimental. I'm not an animation person XD]
1. 2. 3. 4.

Cut-outs: [not my specialty either. I tried, honestly!]

1. 2. 3. 4.

Text:
1. 2. 3. 4.

Free Choice: [3 & 4 are a pair, just to let you know ^^]
1. 2. 3. 4.

I also do notice my lack of variety. I mean, sure, if you know animanga, I have LOOOTS of different types. I generally dont' do so well with human-form ;_; (It's the same in my art coursework, actually. Strange how that works out!).

All resources can be found under iconsmex's userinfo, because I'm lazy and I don't have a proper resource post o_o;;.

Thanks for taking your time...to...uh, do this? :)! Much apprieciated!

I 'confess' to rating my icon journal! community. thing.

dreamon234 — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:26:32 GMT

Rating my icon journal :-)

hehe . . hi. *waves*. Sorry, i'm a little nervous. To be honest, i'm here because i think my work lacks something. But i'm not sure. I've been making icons for nearly a year now, and people tell me my icons are amazing, but . . idk. I think its my program. I love psp9, but, i think i should get Photoshop soon . . . so many more capabilities ..

anyways. I also came because i wanted to see what i needed BEFORE i 'officially' opened up my brand new icon community, __seraphine . I've been working really hard on it. I've been putting up tutorials, working on the info . . you name it. Unfortunately, due to this i have only one page of about 200 icons in it. So you can look there . .but let me warn you: the first impression of the page will be weird. Its literally a time line. And i still have more icons to add, which i'll be doing tonight . . doing too much at once . ..

Edit: Guys . . i have only one rating . . just thought i'd let you know since from here it looks like i have 3, and i didn't know if that had anything to do wiht it. *hugs rater*

oh. one more thing. YES I HAVE TOO MANY TEEN TITANS!! lmao. thats what i started with .. so i have BILLIONS . . . believe me theres more icons of other fandoms on my computer .. . uploading tonight :-)

My animated icons:
[][][][]

My cutout icons:
I despise these things . .. so i never make them . . but i used to . .. these are WAY old . .hope i did this part right . . .(they're all animated. I hope thats okay. if not, i'll make a quick batch and switch them)

[]

My text icons:
[][][][]

My free choice icons:
[][][][]

yep . .thats it . . . sorry if i talked too much .. stupid nervousness ..serdrdlihhhdrgyozsd.

EDIT: I almsot forgot the resources! Silly me. Copied from my old icon lj.
kurogane&absolutetrouble&paperdolldesign&meleada&harmonious&unobstructed&julia_thorn&dearest&shiin&colorfilter&i_consent

I do confess, is all!

epicureal — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:12:44 GMT

I'm applying once more to have my icon journal, minakon_icon, rated~!

My animated icons:
1. 2. 3. 4.

My cutouts (which are utter fail T.T):
1. 2. 3. 4.

My texty icons:
1. 2. 3. 4.

My free choice icons~:
1. 2. 3. 4.

Please rate away, and give any advice on improving my icons~!

I confess that I should be doing homework.

akaich0u — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 05:20:23 GMT

I've been lurking around this place for a while but actually just got the courage to apply ^^;; I don't have a seperate icon journal yet, so all my graphics are posted on this one. I do make icons quite often, however ^_^

Animation[Really not my thing -_-;;]

Cut-out

Text

Free Choice

Thanks for your time!

I confess...something.

colorfilter — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 20:10:06 GMT

I request to have my graphic journal, colorfilter, rated.

I applied here once a long time ago when I first started making icons and completely forgot about this community until a friend mentioned seeing me on the rejected list yesterday. ^^; I came back to look at how sad my icons were but either the app wasn't linked correctly or it's gone. o_O; I decided to give it another go since I've been annoyed with my icons lately and would love some honest feedback. Thanks in advance for your time!

Animations: = not my thing. :\ My animations are very old and experimental so um...yea. I'm sure it's obvious. ^^;
1. 2. 3. 4.

Cut-outs: -_-;

1. 2. 3. 4.

Text: The last one has a beige border so it's not very visible against white.
1. 2. 3. 4.

Free Choice:
1. 2. 3. 4.

Resources I may have used can be found here, though I often use my own stuff as well.

I confess that I wish I knew what I was doing.

publicxenemy — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:55:29 GMT

Hi. I'm applying to have my icon journal publicxenemy graded. I'll leave all posts open, so I guess you can see how I've progressed -- though I don't recommend going back too far. Sources: cdg (who is a goddess), dearest, insomniacx and colorfilter

My animated icons:

My cutout icons:

My text icons:

My free choice icons: (I threw in some textless because there is no option for them above) ^^;

I confess, I've done this before...

kiniro_ryu — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:04:40 GMT

I'm applying to have my icon journal, iconic_venom graded. Most of the icons that are there are old, but they're better then my usericons.

I've plugged this community in the links section of japan_icontest's userinfo.

Animation (These aren't overly good in my opinion)
1- 2- 3- 4-

Cut Out (These are all old... I haven't made a cut out in ages because I've grown to strongly dislike them)
1- 2- 3- 4-

Text
1- 2- 3- 4-

Free Choice
1- 2- 3- 4-

I confess that I procrastinate waay too much

hindsight — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:43:01 GMT

So uh. Submitting deadpool to be rated... again. 8D;; Not really expecting to be accepted, since I haven't really improved or am original. 8D;; Just trying to get some more tips on improving my icons. Also, like before, you can also look in my photobucket account for the newer icons. 8D;;

Animated

Cutout
SO MUCH HATE FOR CUTOUT ICONS. D: ::FLAIL::

Text

Free Choice

New Application

allistra — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:46:45 GMT

Looking for a rating on my icons and I guess my icon community, ashen_memories. Open membership, 14 additional icon examples on the user info page. My resources are also listed on my info page.

My Animated Icons:

1. 2. 3. 4.

My CutOut Icons:

1. 2. 3. 4.
My Text Icons:

1. 2. 3. 4.

My Free Choice Icons:

1. 2. 3. 4.

I confess I'm a little nervous but that's okay.

regen — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:32:24 GMT

After some thought I decided to give this baby a try, so I'd like to have my icon journal rated. I use a lot of brushes and textures made by others and I also use some of my own; my resource post can be found here. Anywho, I'm interested in any feedback you might have since I'm hoping to improve. Have fun, umm, grading! ^^;;

Animated [I don't generally make animated icons and it definitely shows. As for the mini-movie icon, I had to dig it out of my old Photobucket album since I haven't made one in like, a year or whenever the "mini-movie icon fad" was going around.]

*dies*

Cut-out [I basically had to make these examples for this application because I can't remember the last time I made one of these. I prefer using white as opposed to transparency and these were a bit of a challenge. I know they're not great, so ~~tear them to bits~~ feedback is appreciated. >>;;]

Text

Free Choice

I confess my icons suck

exhero — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 20:27:52 GMT

I forgot I joined this community.. ^^; I hope this not count againt me. :(

Posting to have my icon journal papermoon_icons graded. I'm still trying to find my own style and my text sucks. So some pointers will be very nice.

My animated icons:

My cutout icons:

My text icons:

My free choice icons:

I must confess I still love Digimon <3

minoticons — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:02:04 GMT

Application <3

Applying to have my icon journal minoticons graded. I'm still getting the hang of iconing.. so constructive critism is very much welcomed! what you like, don't like, should be more of, less of, etc <3

All the brushes I use are credited in the posts of my journal <3

My animated icons:
Ugh. I haven't made animated icons for a long time, I was still using paint when I made these, so they're chippy and pretty bad ^^ but they're the only ones I have. They're very... boxy.

01. 02.
03. 04.

My cutout icons:
I slowed down on making these as well, because all of my friends kept telling me they weren't "in" when it came to icons :P I like them.

01. 02.
03. 04

My text icons:
01. 02.
03. 04.

My free choice icons:
01. 02.
03. 04.

I confess my love for red colorschemes...

helgarr — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:05:26 GMT

Applying to have my icon journal arasaka graded! I just updated yesterday, so you can see all my newest icons there.

This is my second applications, my first one is here.
My animated icons are a little bland, but I'm still improving! ^^
And I did not put borders on my cut-outs. That was a decision I'm willing to make even though it may hurt me.

My animated icons:
May contain spoilers for the Fullmetal Alchemist series

My cutout icons:

My text icons:

My free choice icons:

I confess I will try again

fatesong — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:37:29 GMT

This is totally making me late to my conference which determines if I go to the next grade o_o

Most recent batch:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/deathdestroyme/39973.html#cutid1

Still don't make cutouts...Don't make animations much either...I actually haven't been making icons much o_o

My Animated Icons(haven't done much animation either):

My CutOut Icons:

My Text Icons:

My Free-For-All Icons:

I might not make it in but atleast I'm improving o_o

I confess that I'm applying yet again.

crazydiamond_ — Mon, 23 May 2005 18:44:59 GMT

Please view my icon journal, deadlyduo (shared community, mine are listed under crazydiamond_ and hardlyfatal).

Since my last application, I've taken your advice to heart and worked to improve the problems indicated in comments to my last application; namely, text and decoration. I'm hoping this application shows some improvement in those areas.

Thanks so much for your time and help! I really appreciate it. ETA: All my resources are shown on deadlyduo's user info page.

My animated icons:

My cut-out icons:

My text icons:

My free choice icons:

I confess, I've done this before!

souppy — Thu, 19 May 2005 19:36:28 GMT

So, I'm back x_x Yah. Hello. Nice to see you all again-again. Um...applying to have my icon journal, i_spoof rated...aaaand...that's it. Okay!

My animated icons:

My cutout icons:

My text icons:

My free choice icons:

Again, my credit and sources can be found at the bottom of this page. I've also posted a link to this in saiyuki_awards and ky_awards under the "Communities of Interest" catergory. And I've mentioned it in my actual journal about 1 million+ times :D

So, luff meeeee DX