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magic challenge - results

2012-02-08T03:53:19Z

HALL OF PRETTY

TUM-DUM-DUM-DUUUMMMMMMM!

	FIRST wildpages	SECOND erzsebet	THIRD feel_the_fire	FOURTH phaust_
PRIZE a 10-20 icon set by fouroux

		FIRST deternot	SECOND naginis	THIRD wildpages	FOURTH spittingfish
PRIZE participation in the next magicmachine activity

		FIRST wildpages	SECOND deternot	THIRD wildpages	FOURTH beyondbones
PRIZE a 10-20 icon set by ohgollygeedamn

		FIRST wildpages	SECOND naginis	THIRD sheeplover0104	FOURTH fuuurs
PRIZE a fanmix by delorentoes

		FIRST longerthanwedo	SECOND alfiri	THIRD sheeplover0104	FOURTH alfiri
PRIZE a texture pack by raiindust

		FIRST fancifull	SECOND fancifull	THIRD likealight	FOURTH innocent_lexys
PRIZE tasting selection: winner picks what they want from the participant makers (up to 20 icons & textures)

		FIRST fancifull	SECOND biliki	THIRD longerthanwedo	FOURTH lumsx
PRIZE a LiveJournal layout by endearest

		FIRST sesperia	SECOND digitaldesigner	THIRD charmingthrone	FOURTH wildpages
PRIZE a texture pack by mm3butterfly

		FIRST juanxyo	SECOND spg_spn_girls	THIRD wildpages	FOURTH likealight
PRIZE a 10-20 icon set by hopeitallaway

		FIRST _veronique	SECOND naginis	THIRD juanxyo	FOURTH dust_and_glory
PRIZE a fanmix by bussbuss

		FIRST lumsx	SECOND (tie) alfiri	SECOND (tie) fancifull	THIRD neke
PRIZE wallpapers by rahelcs

		FIRST fancifull	SECOND juanxyo	THIRD alfiri	FOURTH fancifull
PRIZE a 10-20 icon set by blue_emotion

CONGRATULATIONS!

- Because sharing is caring, I'd like to humbly ask of those who won multiple first places (fancifull & wildpages! Extra congrats, ladies!) to pick which prize they want. The others will go to second place (or third, and so on, if those have already gotten something too). Please answer in the comments or send me a PM :) The quicker you pick, the quicker everyone gets theirs!
- Winner of the 6th challenge: Please send your selection through a comment or a PM as well, so the makers can start working right away! :D
- Prizes will be posted by the respective makers at magicmachine as soon as they finish them, so please keep checking the community for updates! :)
- If you downloaded the .zip file offered at the introduction post, the password is "everythingismagic"

- Each vote was counted once, the order was used only for tie-breaking.
- Entries and votes will now be unscreened. Feel free to report any mistake you find.
- Comments, concerns, suggestions and cupcakes are all welcome!

Thank you all SO MUCH for participating and enabling the crazy and congrats to EVERYONE: The entries were absolutely gorgeous, you all outdid yourselves and the voting was really tight. Everyone's a winner!
And (SADLYYYY) we reach the end of this Magic Challenge. I hope you all felt inspired by the themes, enjoyed making your icons and, most of all, had lots of fun!

magic challenge - challenge #12

2012-01-31T02:36:56Z

CHALLENGE #12

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.
06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days (until the 4th)
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.

Keep voting for challenges 9, 10 & 11! Voting for the other challenges are closed (we're counting those votes right now!).

Anything else please ask and it shall be answered. :)

magic challenge - challenge #12

2012-01-30T16:31:37Z

CHALLENGE #12

Out last challenge! Your theme is....

MAGIC

What is magic to you? :)

(also iconable: magic people, shows that give you magic feelings, things with wizards, magic beings like fairies and stuff, sparkles, unicorns, david copperfield, gandalf&dumbledore - preferably together, magic mushrooms)

You've got until

TUESDAY 31st 2AM GMT

to enter

2am GMT in your timezone is

COUNTDOWN CLOCK WEBSITE

+ Participants may submit up to 2 (two) icons. Leave your submissions as a comment to this post, in any format.
+ To make our job easier, please host your icon in an anonymous host (such as imgur or imageshack)
+ Submissions are screened.
+ Submissions after the challenge closes won't be accepted by any means.
When it closes, this post will say "CLOSED" in big bold letters you won't be able to miss. Until then, you can submit/edit your submission as many times as you like.
+ Any doubts, ask away.
+ Have fun!

magic challenge - challenge #11

2012-01-29T18:48:43Z

CHALLENGE #11

Sorry the voting is a little late! Only one more challenge left and then winners and prizes! Hooray!

01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06.
07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36.
37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42.
43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48.

49. 50.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days (Feb 1st)
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

magic challenge - challenge #11

2012-01-27T21:56:07Z

CHALLENGE #11

Your theme is....

Shows and movies you're excited to see in 2012

The title pretty much gives it away: 2012 has begun with and promises to bring EXCITING THINGS, and you'll icon your favorites! SHINY NEW EXCITING THINGS THAT MAKE YOU FLAIL OR CRY OR BITE YOUR NAILS IN ANTICIPATION OR ALL OF THEM.
New seasons of old shows are allowed, if you use images of the new season, but a tv season that has begun last year doesn't count. Movies and shows that have already premiered are in - but they must've premiered THIS YEAR. Behind the scenes images, leaks, extras and promos are welcome too. As long as it happens in 2012, it's game. You have a whole weekend day and no excuses not to enter. NOW GO! :D

You've got until

SATURDAY 28TH 10PM GMT

to enter

10PM GMT in your timezone is

FREE COUNTDOWN WIDGET

+ Participants may submit up to 2 (two) icons. Leave your submissions as a comment to this post, in any format.
+ To make our job easier, please host your icon in an anonymous host (such as imgur or imageshack)
+ Submissions are screened.
+ Submissions after the challenge closes won't be accepted by any means. I'm going away for the weekend so it's not likely the voting will be posted right away (unless one of our lovely nook mods steps forward to do it? I wouldn't mind at all :D), but it's easy to check the time you submitted through your comment.
+ Any doubts, ask away.
+ Have fun!

magic challenge - challenge #10

2012-01-27T19:59:53Z

CHALLENGE #10

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.
06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days (Feb 1st)
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

magic challenge - challenge #10

2012-01-27T02:19:13Z

CHALLENGE #10

Your theme is....

ANIMATION

Your job is to icon an animated feature! All kinds of animation: Disney, Anime, Ghibli, Pixar, your favorite childhood cartoon, anything that doesn't have real live action people. Attention, though: don't try to be clever and make an animated icon instead of an icon of an animation... unless you want be doubly clever and animate an animation, I'd love to see that :D
Not your usual cup of tea? Good! We want to you go out of your comfort zone! There's plenty of time for multiple tries ;)

You've got until

FRIDAY 27TH 6PM GMT

to enter

6pm GMT in your timezone is

CLOSED!!

+ Participants may submit up to 2 (two) icons. Leave your submissions as a comment to this post, in any format.
+ To make our job easier, please host your icon in an anonymous host (such as imgur or imageshack)
+ Submissions are screened.
+ Submissions after the challenge closes won't be accepted by any means.
When it closes, this post will say "CLOSED" in big bold letters you won't be able to miss. Until then, you can submit/edit your submission as many times as you like.
+ Any doubts, ask away.
+ Please don't cheat :(
+ Have fun!

magic challenge - challenge #09

2012-01-26T22:34:28Z

CHALLENGE #09

01. 02. 03.
04. 05. 06.
07. 08. 09.
10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21.
22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33.
34. 35.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

magic challenge - challenge #09

2012-01-26T06:05:15Z

CHALLENGE #09

Your theme is....

COMPLEX

Make an icon or two that involves a complex iconing process such as (but not exclusively) blocking, complicated textures, blending, complex colouring or composition. Or instead of/in addition to these you can involve complex thematic content (wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff), a complex character (like Sherlock) or an otherwise complicated subject (advanced algebra?). Be creative and embody complexity in whatever way you can think of in your work as relevant to your style or use this as an opportunity to go out on a limb and try some new techniques! If you would like to clarify why your work is complex just leave a little description in your submission comment explaining it. Good luck!

You've got until

THURSDAY 26TH 10PM GMT

to enter

10PM in your timezone is

COUNTDOWN FOR WEBSITE

magic challenge - challenge #08

2012-01-23T17:48:28Z

CHALLENGE #08

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.
06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days (28th)
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

magic challenge - challenge #08

2012-01-23T00:54:14Z

Challenge post

CHALLENGE #08

Your theme is....

DOCTOR WHO?

WAIT RIGHT THERE! THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.
You see, Doctor Who is the most used tag in magicmachine - almost 150 uses in two-ish years of comm! That's why you'll use Doctor Who as an inspiration to make your icon for this challenge. But since not everyone watches DW, please notice that you DON'T have to icon DW itself (as a subject) if you don't want to, but you have to draw inspiration from it somehow. Make a TARDIS blue icon, insert a police box stock somewhere, a quote, a reference, put 11 different people in your icon (lol ok maybe not, this was just crazy), I don't know. This is up to you. But we have to GET IT. If you feel your reference is a bit too obscure, please explain it. Any doubts, just ask. :) AND YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE A DW ICON, OF COURSE.

You've got until

MONDAY 23rd 1PM GMT

to enter

1PM GMT in your timezone is

COUNTDOWN FOR WEBSITE

magic challenge - challenge #07

2012-01-22T13:22:12Z

CHALLENGE #07

01. 02. 03.
04. 05. 06.
07. 08. 09.
10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21.
22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

magic challenge - challenge #07

2012-01-22T05:27:01Z

CHALLENGE #07

Your theme is....

Use one to all of the following colors in your icon: This One. You can interpret this however you like. Use it as a Color-Scheme or color your Text. Bring in geometrical Elements, etc. Just make sure that one of the Colors is Visible in any Way. The Rest is as always up to You and your Creativity. Have Fun.

You've got until

SUNDAY 22ND 1PM GMT

to enter

1PM GMT IN YOUR TIMEZONE IS

ONLINE COUNTDOWN

CLOSED

+ Participants may submit up to 2 (two) icons. Leave your submissions as a comment to this post, in any format.
+ To make our job easier, please host your icon in an anonymous host (such as imgur or imageshack)
+ Submissions are screened.
+ Submissions after the challenge closes won't be accepted by any means.
When it closes, this post will say "CLOSED" in big bold letters you won't be able to miss. Until then, you can submit/edit your submission as many times as you like.
+ Any doubts, ask away.
+ Please don't cheat :(
+ Have fun!

magic challenge - challenge #06

2012-01-20T16:20:17Z

CHALLENGE #06

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.
06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days (until the 25th)
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

Keep voting on challenges 02 03 04 & 05! :)

magic challenge - challenge #04

2012-01-20T15:41:43Z

CHALLENGE #04

I'm SO SORRYYYY honeybuns, but I messed up when I posted this voting! :'( Could you please vote again? Sorry!

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.
06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days (until the 25th)
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

magicnook @ 2012-01-20T02:19:00

2012-01-20T05:19:10Z

Challenge post

CHALLENGE #06

Your theme is....

VIBRANT

Another interpretative challenge! Use "Vibrant" as an inspiration to make your icon. You can use vibrant coloring, vibrant personality, vibrant sparkly unicorn, your icon vibrates, whatever. Up to you :)

You've got until

FRIDAY 20TH 12AM GMT

to enter

12h GMT in your timezone is

COUNTDOWN

magic challenge - challenge #05

2012-01-19T18:34:39Z

CHALLENGE #05

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.
06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

magic challenge - challenge #05

2012-01-19T06:25:43Z

CHALLENGE #05

Your theme is....

STOCK IT UP

Create an icon using the following stock images:

Stock Image 01 | Stock Image 02 | Stock Image 03 | Stock Image 04
Stock Image 05 | Stock Image 06 | Stock Image 07 | Stock Image 08

Please note that the stock image does not need to be the focus on the icon. While part of the image must be visible, it can be used as a border, frame or in some other manner combined with other images (fandom, stock or other all welcome).

Stock used with fandom | Stock as a focus

You have until

THURSDAY 19TH 6:30PM GMT

to enter

6:30PM GMT in your timezone is

COUNTDOWN WIDGET

magic challenge - challenge #04

2012-01-18T23:24:02Z

CHALLENGE #04

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.
06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days (until the 23rd)
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

magic challenge - challenge #04

2012-01-18T15:41:46Z

CHALLENGE #04

Hello! The theme is video interpretation! Below are two videos, both featuring Sigur Ros, that you may interpret however you wish. You can use both videos for interpretation or just one, it's up to you.

You have six hours for this challenge, so it will close Wed 3:30pm PST | Wed 6:30pm EST | Wed 10:30pm GMT | Thu 8:30am EDT.

I'm very sorry I don't have a big countdown clock like mm3butterfly

alternate link: http://vimeo.com/9553745

&

+ Participants may submit up to 2 (two) icons. Leave your submissions as a comment to this post, in any format.
+ To make our job easier, please host your icon in an anonymous host (such as imgur or imageshack) + Submissions are screened.
+ Submissions after the challenge closes won't be accepted by any means. When it closes, this post will say "CLOSED" in big bold letters you won't be able to miss. Until then, you can submit/edit your submission as many times as you like.
+ Any doubts, ask away.
+ Please don't cheat :(
+ Have fun!

(bad mod is bad. comments are now screened, sorry about that.)

magic challenge - challenge #03

2012-01-18T00:29:54Z

CHALLENGE #03

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.
06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting will be open for 5 days (until the 22nd)
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

magic challenge - challenge #03

2012-01-17T20:40:25Z

CHALLENGE #03

Your theme is....

HAIR,
GLORIOUS HAIR!

aka ICON HAIR!PORN! Or don't, it's up to you. This is an interpretative theme, so interpret it as you wish and use it as inspiration to make your icon.
But be quick: you've got only 3 hours to enter! Good luck :)

CLOSED!!

00h GMT in your timezone is

COUNTDOWN

magic challenge - challenge #02

2012-01-16T05:12:47Z

CHALLENGE #02

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.
06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39.

Numbers are to the left of the icons!

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Voting is open for 5 days (until the 21st)
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

magic challenge - challenge #02

2012-01-15T02:04:18Z

CHALLENGE #02

Your theme is....

RECREATE

Pick any icon made by any magicmachine maker, old or new, but posted at magicmachine, and revamp it according to your own style/interpretation. Don't recreate them exactly: think inspiration, not plagiarism. You must show us the icon you recreated. :)

CLOSED!!!

COUNTDOWN

magicnook @ 2012-01-13T19:05:00

2012-01-13T22:05:43Z

CHALLENGE #01

01. 02. 03.
04. 05. 06.
07. 08. 09.
10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21.
22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33.
34. 35. 36.
37. 38. 39.
40. 41. 42.
43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48.
49. 50.

Numbers are to the left of the icons!

+ Please vote for your top three icons, in order: 01, 02, 03.
+ Numbers are to the left of the icons.
+ Voting is open for 5 days (until the 18th)
+ Don't vote for yourself!
+ If you entered an icon, you must vote. If you don't vote, you won't be eligible for winning.
+ Votes are screened and will be revealed once the results are posted.
+ Results will be posted once all the challenges are finished.

What a LOVELY turnout, thank you all for participating! :D I hope you had fun! Now it's time to vote and wait for the next challenge ;)