Since it's been so long, only two participants submitted, and it'd be a shame to come all this way without crowning a winner, I thought it'd be best to hold a finals voting with the two icons that were submitted. Therefore, this is the finals voting round. The winner will be the Last Icon Maker Standing.

Eliminated: kikoshou, pamparumpum


Rules of voting:

- Vote for ONE icon of better quality(favorite) to be the Last Icon Maker Standing. When voting for icons to be eliminated, vote based on the quality & technique of the icon not on personal preferences such a colour, character, style etc. Harsh comments will not be tolerated.
- You are not allowed to vote for your own icon, nor ask your friends to vote for you. Do not reveal your icon until after results have been posted.
- Anyone may vote, member or not. We encourage as many votes as possible.
- There will be no Special Category this time.
- Here is an example vote:
FAVORITE ICONS:
#6 - The use of text in this icon was done very well and it fills much of the empty space.
- Use this form to vote


<b>FAVORITE ICON:</b> #00 - optional reason

- Voting ends Friday, June 25th, GMT+9

( Voting is under the cut )
Please be as detailed as possible, and double check your votes.
All votes are screened.
Good luck!

This is the last reminder to submit to challenge 8, Provided Textures. The deadline is midnight tonight. Please please get your icon in. We only have 1 submitter as of now!

Submit here!

It's been two weeks. I know lately I haven't been the best mod. I sincerely apologize for not putting out reminders sooner. However, we as yet have no submissions for Challenge 8. We can't finish the round without any submissions. The challenge is summer-themed provided textures. The deadline has been extended to next Tuesday June 1st to allow people the weekend to get their submission in. Please please please submit!

Submit here!

The next challenge is...

Provided Summer Textures

This is the last challenge before the finals for this round! I've provided four bright summery icon textures, at least one of which you must use in your icon.

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laury_kos | celestial_m00n | gfxgurl | halbee

These are the remaining participants:
samuraiblues
pamparumpum
kikoshou
chacusha
*=skip

Rules:
- You must submit one icon.
- The icon must use image(s) from a video game.
- Submit your icon in this format:
by gabranth
URL: http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7552/2vgamelimswk1fr6.png
Character: Rosalina from Super Mario Galaxy
- Icons are due May 21st Friday 11pm EST
- All comments are screened.
- Any questions? Comment here.

Not a lot of votes, but here are the results!

( Eliminated... )

( People's Choice and Runner Up )

( Tally )

Believe it or not, we only have TWO votes at the voting post. I can't post up winners like this, so please, if you have not voted, just take a minute to look at the gorgeous icons and vote!

Vote here.

Eliminated: margyydoodle, xartificallove


Rules of voting:

- Vote for ONE icon of lesser quality to be eliminated. Also vote for TWO better quality(favorite) icons to stand a chance to win People's Choice or Runner-up. If there is a Special Category vote, you will need to give a reason. When voting for icons to be eliminated, vote based on the quality & technique of the icon not on personal preferences such a colour, character, style etc. Harsh comments will not be tolerated.
-Repeating your votes is fine as long as the icons you voted for elimination are not voted again for favorite or special category.
- You are not allowed to vote for your own icons, nor ask your friends to vote for you. Do not reveal your icon until after results have been posted.
- Anyone may vote, member or not. We encourage as many votes as possible.
- There will be no Special Category this time.
- Here is an example vote:
LESSER QUALITY ICONS:
#9 - The icon looks too sharp and has too much contrast.
FAVORITE ICONS:
#2 - The composition of the icon was done well and the colours are evenly balanced out.
#6 - The use of text in this icon was done very well and it fills much of the empty space.
- Use this form to vote


<b>LESSER QUALITY ICONS:</b> #00 - mandatory reason <b>FAVORITE ICON:</b> #00 - optional reason #00 - optional reason

- Voting ends Sunday, April 25th, GMT+9

( Voting is under the cut )
Please be as detailed as possible, and double check your votes.
All votes are screened. All participants must vote.
Good luck!

Hello participants. Please note that the challenge "Angst" will close today. We only have 4 icons, but I feel like this challenge has been extended enough already. I won't be home tonight until 1am, so the challenge will technically close in the early morning hours of Saturday. Please submit an icon if you have not yet.

Please submit here

We got 1 icon over the weekend for this week's challenge. We're definitely going to need more! The theme has therefore been extended to Friday, April 23. The theme is Angst, so please submit your angsty icons before then!

Participants that still need to submit:
margyydoodle
pamparumpum
xartificallove
kikoshou
rik45*
chacusha
*=skip

Submit here

We have NO participants for this week's challenge! And today is the deadline! So all participants need to submit an icon or I will have to extend this challenge. The theme for this week is "Angst." You can submit and find out more info about it HERE.

Please submit!