neonspiderwebs | just pimping some fun icon activities!

Wow, there are so many awesome icon activities and new comms and everything! I'm sure most of you already know of these things but I wanted to pimp them anyway:

bestof_icons has awesome activities, the best of which is of course voting for the best icon of the year from everyone who participates. There's still a little time to participate!

ICON NOMINATIONS - JOIN IN! | MY THREAD
ICON REMAKE - JOIN IN! | MY THREAD

10in30 is a new challenge comm that is exactly what it says on the tin - kinda like a 20in20, except a 10in30 :) so, perfect for makers like me who like to take their time with icons.
Here's the first challenge!

20muses has the same basic idea with

inspired20in20 and

20inspirations. It's an open for all comm but based on the first challenge looks refreshingly challenging and super inspiring! Wish I had time for this, but I'm already signed up for too many things... but I definitely intend to enter a round or two in the future :)

Also, one of my favorite challenge comms,

technique20in20, is back. What I love about this comm is that there are no claims, you can icon anything for a single round, even make all icons from different fandoms if you like. It's more like a regular 20in20 than an inspiration 20in20, but with a twist that all the themes are technical and quite challenging too. I've already signed up. I just freaking love this comm. Perfect for makers who like to try and learn new techniques and iconing styles!

and then there are these

icontalking awards. Personally all kinds of award thingies make me uncomfortable, because I don't really like to be compared to other makers tbh, but I know these things are super fun for lots of others and the organizer is a wonderful person who has put a lot of work into this with nothing but the best intentions, so I still wanted to advertise this activity too :)

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Yeah, that sounds like a great way of doing it :> and I definitely didn't mean to say that you or anyone should feel guilty for not nominating everyone, it's just my personal issues lmao they're entirely in my head, I guess I'm one of those people who want to please everyone / don't want to disappoint anyone :s but probably nobody else even takes these things so seriously and nobody would even care who I'd nominate so idk maybe I'm stressing for nothing. The post does look stunning, so many beautiful icons! ♥

It's okay, I totally got it! I actually felt the same before I started saving icons for praise posts, that I could forget makers and icons I like.

Now this makes me think I should start saving icons again! I only do it when it's an icon i want to actually use, so that limits it to a couple of fandoms. when i made those nomination things back then, i did it by literally browsing through all of the comms I watched and that was way too much work tbh :p I bet having a pre-saved selection of good icons ready would make it a lot easier and nicer. And I could make praise posts again. I just get these periods when I sort of fall out of LJ and icons and then end up missing tons of great stuff that is posted... (this is why I really appreciate when others make praise posts, good way to get at least a small look into what I missed this time!)

I know! I also ever only saved icons I would theoretically use and often wouldn't even comment on other fandom's icons. While I often feel so lazy because I have this presorted selection of icons saved, it makes participating in activities a lot easier and more fun. I guess I'm even more lazy for not making an additional post with all the icons I saved that didn't make it into the monthly post lol
I always make sure to look at all icons in praise posts, even if my comments on them sound super generic. I truly appreciate being included and seeing all kinds of different icons together!

Yep, I look at all the icons too, but non-generic commenting on praise posts is kind of difficult isn't it? I mean if you want to mention specific icons and their good qualities, it's probably better just to comment on the icon post so the maker sees it for sure :)
nah, you make a praise post every month, there's no freaking way there's anything lazy about that! I wish I could be so active! But now I kinda feel like making a praise post soon, since it's been a while...

Exactly! It would feel weird to single out an icon from one maker in a praise post done by somebody else. It's not like I need to point out that icon since the person obviously likes it already lol
Do it! They can never be enough praise posts to inspire and encourage :)

just pimping some fun icon activities!

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