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I'm a little bummed that

somein30 is no more. It joins a long, long list of icon challenge comms that existed on LJ and DW over the last 25 years.

Since I'm already running three challenge comms, I don't feel up to running another one - the creation of the challenge/inspiration posts is always the most time-consuming part.

But then I thought to myself, what if we just did some old challenges again? Creating a new challenge comm where existing challenges from old challenge comms are re-done, one each month, from a different comm each month.

What do you think of this idea?

Poll #28535 retro icontest interest poll

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19

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Do you like this idea?

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Yes
19 (100.0%)

No, how dare you, that's stealing other people's creative challenge posts!
0 (0.0%)

I don't know... Maybe... Let's talk about it
0 (0.0%)

I'm not interested
0 (0.0%)

tinny

I forgot that the customary New Year activity is Icon Progression and Remakes.

So here's a quick poll (open until tomorrow)

Poll #25061 Activity January/February

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How would you like the activities?

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Mystery Box in January and Progression/Remakes in February
2 (16.7%)

Mystery Box in January and no Progression/Remakes at all
4 (33.3%)

Progression in January and Mystery Box in February
6 (50.0%)

In case the vote goes to no Progression, you can still post your progression posts to the comm as usual!

tinny

I am feeling nostalgic and thought we might do another Song Set challenge. It's been a little over a year and it was the challenge with by far the most participants and icons we've ever had. (see here)

But it is a tough and time-consuming challenge... what do you think?

Poll #23945 May Challenge

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

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Should we do another Song Set challenge?

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Yes
13 (86.7%)

No, something easier please
2 (13.3%)

If the no's outweigh the yes'es, I will probably make a color challenge, because those are easy and everyone loves them. If you have other ideas, feel free to share in the comments.

The poll is open until Friday, the next challenge will be posted on Saturday.

tinny

The roundup for our last activity will come soon(ish), but first, a poll:

What kind of activities do you like doing? I'd just like to get a feel for what we as a community like the most.

You can check as many as you like! I'm always going to make sure that the themes are alternating/rotating, and I will prefer the types which get the most votes.

Poll #21864 Activities Poll

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Which type of activity do you like?

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Technical - "use a specific technique"
17 (68.0%)

Inspirational - "get inspired by this post"
18 (72.0%)

Mood - "make icons with a specific look/feel"
9 (36.0%)

Textures/Stock - "make icons using these textures/stock images"
13 (52.0%)

Text - "make icons with specific text/font requirements"
6 (24.0%)

Color - "make icons with specific colors"
20 (80.0%)

Texture Activity, prompted - "create textures following given rules"
8 (32.0%)

Texture Activity, free - "create any textures (maybe with inspiration)"
7 (28.0%)

Screencap Chain - "everyone posts an icon and a cap for the next person"
8 (32.0%)

Sets - "make a sequence of icons that belong together (using a given theme)"
10 (40.0%)

Other Art - "make headers, banners, bars, mood sets - (things that are not icons)"
7 (28.0%)

Something completely different - and I'll tell you what in the comments
1 (4.0%)

Ticky Box!
8 (32.0%)

Do you like Ask The Maker and should we do it again in June?

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Yes
11 (68.8%)

No
5 (31.2%)

Maybe - I'll tell you what I mean in comments
0 (0.0%)

Please feel free to discuss and make suggestions in the comments!

The last time I asked for and got some theme/activity suggestions was in August last year. I haven't used them all yet, but I'll definitely welcome new suggestions at any time!

If you don't know what Ask the Maker is, here's our tag: https://icontalking.dreamwidth.org/tag/ask+the+maker

tinny

In the recent exodus from LJ, some iconmakers have completely turned their back on LJ. With this community, I'm hoping to give iconmakers a place to gather and chat, to exchange ideas and show each other our icons, and to promote any iconmaking activities going on around here.

I'm sure there are also those who are crossposting, or still actively engaged in the iconmaking community on LJ. The iconmaking community on LJ was, last I checked, determined to stay together on LJ. I support that decision. A community lives by its numbers, and the more people leave, the harder it is to keep interesting activities going. The goal of this community here is not to split the iconmaker community down the middle. So what is it? Let's find out!

To get a sense of what you would like to see, how you see this community developing, please fill out this poll:

Poll #18196 Icontalking base poll

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 30

LJ vs DW

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DW - I have no (longer an) account on LJ and want to make icons on DW now
10 (34.5%)

LJ - I am an active iconmaker on LJ and want to stay there
2 (6.9%)

Both would be okay
17 (58.6%)

Neither (I am not an iconmaker (yet))
0 (0.0%)

Skills

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Pro - I have been doing this for more than a year
13 (43.3%)

Intermediate - I think I have medium skills
9 (30.0%)

Beginner - I am a beginner at iconmaking
6 (20.0%)

None - I want to learn how to make icons
2 (6.7%)

Other - I am not an iconmaker
0 (0.0%)

What I expect from this community

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Interaction with other iconmakers
20 (69.0%)

Finding other iconmakers to add to my circle
10 (34.5%)

An up-to-date list of active challenges on DW
25 (86.2%)

An up-to-date list of active challenges on LJ
7 (24.1%)

Icon community promos
21 (72.4%)

Icon challenges to be run here within this community
18 (62.1%)

Icon tutorials
15 (51.7%)

Concrit for my icons
7 (24.1%)

Something else I will tell you in a comment
0 (0.0%)

But of course, this is an iconTALKING community, so go ahead and talk to me! And to each other!

Feel free to promote this community to your heart's content! The more members, the merrier!

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