Oh thank you!! 9 was one of the earliest icon here, haha, but that was the time when i had just discovered a few new coloring techniques which I still use, so, good to know they work for you :> (I'm alb bothered by the bright purple shadows especially on her face, and that the whites of her eyes are actually pink, which is kinda creepy, but maybe that's just nitpicking x) )

tbh I only had one icon post from the end of the year, the rest of my icons were just randoms posted at watchnicon and capchallenge so I totally get that people wouldn't know to search those places when hunting for nominations :D also obviously in summer I had more time and inspiration to make icons, so I think I'm fine with most of my winners and nominations being oldish. I'm more surprised about your nominations being oldish though cause imo your latest posts were brilliant. But at least your second to winner icon was new and a really good representation of the things I think you're really stellar at, I really would have liked it to get the first place.

Yes part of the reason why I made this post was cause I think it's good to give people a place to express their icon feels. I have them and think it's ok for everyone to have them, positive or negative, so maybe getting to express it and seeing everyone elses reactions can be good, especially if the results were disappointing. though now I feel almost guilty for getting such a satisfying result personally!