Icey's set Contest { winners announced! }

[Divine]

UPDATE Sep 30: I updated the album. Earlyfied! Deadline is now Oct. 10th. Also, Best use of Font category is deleted since there are only 13 participants so far. It may be added again if more participants come. I'm also going to take sea creatures off the list since I have like 3 entries about it already. =)

UPDATE Sep 16: *pants* took me forever, entered into an album! Go here! Check it please, I may have missed some! Read-only password: "fireemblem" without the quotes.

UPDATE Sep. 12: Prizes upped! As well I have decided to give a cheery blossom to all those who enter!

UPDATE Sep. 2: Added Mirrors to the list, corrected some stuff and changed a rule. You MAY have no text in the av if you wish. May add more images soon.

Icey's Set Contest

Prizes
1st Place: 21k
2nd Place: 14k
3rd Place: 7.5k

2 runner-ups: 2.5k

Other categories: 1.5k each
Most thoughtful Subtext
Most creative

Everyone else: Cheery Blossom!

{ there may be extra categories added; prizes may be upped }

I may give some NP if there are some sets that I REALLY like.

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Rules (wow, I sure have a lot of them)
1. All ties will be broken. This means I will not share 1st prize or anything, so you can be sure that you will receive the full amount of NP if you win.
2. You can enter as many sets as you like, but you will only recieve one prize.
3. Choose from the themes that I give, please. If you want to make me a set with something that I have not listed, please ask (via PM or otherwise).
4. Moderate animation is fine; but I can't tolerate overly animated sets.
5. It must say Icey OR Divine (preferably Icey, but if you made, let's say, an Angel set, by all means, use Divine) on the signature.
6. NO sets of real people.
7. NO "posted by" sets. I don't like them.
8. Stay within PPT limits, as they will be used for PPT.
9. Sets which do not follow these rules will be accepted for entry, but will probably be ineligible for a prize (depending on which rule it is and if I can tolerate it or not).

I sound really strict, don't I, with nine rules? =/

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Themes (choose from these)
(legend: blue = I like it quite a lot; red = I like it very much)
Note: I have given you some images to choose from, but you may choose other images. These are just some if you don't know which characters from a specific video game I like, etc. Images may be added or removed without notice.

Food!
[list]I like all kinds of foods, but the ones that may appeal to me more include fruits (esp. Apple) or drinks. But really, I like any food. Vegetables may appeal to me less, though.

Video Games
-Fire Emblem. (I want some of Eliwood, Lyn, Ross, Guy, Harken, Raven, and maybe Serra, Rebecca and Priscilla - see images on how to find them)
-Ross and Ephraim from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.
-I'm also Nintendo fan, so Mario, Link, Yoshi, Kirby, Zelda, etc.: they're all good to me

Images:
http://www.feplanet.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1 is a good place to look for official pictures of Fire Emblem Characters, and so is http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/fire-emblem-rnk/art.html , and you can easily find some other pics with google too...
Ross:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... s_ross.jpg
Paper Mario:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... ges/pm.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... es/pm2.jpg


Anime & TV shows
-any regular, good-looking anime person from no specific show
-Izzy from Digimon (yes, I know, I know, but I still like him) when he is a teenager, but I guess younger is also fine too
-Raven from Teen Titans (she's cool!! =D).
-Daisuke from D.N. Angel
NOTE: There are some animes I really don't like, so if you are uncertain, please PM me!

Images:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... s/bole.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... arrion.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... s/izzy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... /raven.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... raven2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... aisuke.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... isuke2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ ... isuke3.jpg


Neopets
-Kikos
-Jubjubs
-Random items like neggs (esp. Happy Negg) and cheery tomatoes, novas, the blobs from Freaky Factory
-any pictures of anything (preferably Kikos/Items) from the Trading Cards I really like those pictures =D.

Scenes, Nature & Animals
-The Sky: morning, afternoon, sunset, sunrise, the night sky, stars, clouds, shooting stars, the moon, etc.
-Palm Trees/Tropical Scenes
-Fantasy scenes
-Scenes with lots of water, such as a river, waterfall, rain etc
-Forest scenes
-Birds (esp. colorful ones like Hummingbirds) & fishes

Other Random Things
-Fireworks
-Fantasy-things such as dragons or fairies
-Rainbows
-Balloons
-Leaves
-Ice and snow
-Mirrors

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Some tips

-Size: Generally, I prefer the size of the avatar to be 80x80, I don't really like the ones that are shorter/narrower. I like big signatures, but that doesn't mean I can't tolerate a smaller one.
-guys will appeal to me more than girls (for obvious reasons, XD)
-I like contrasting colours, such as blue and silver or orange and green, but also blending colours, such as orange or yellow.
-I really like all colours except for maybe purple, pink and brown. Some shades of brown are really nice, though.
-nothing to girly, please. (this doesn't mean pink is banned, though)
-I prefer thoughtful, poetic subtexts to the funnier ones.
-I prefer brighter sets more than depressive ones, but that doesn't mean I don't find depressive sets nice -- you can surprise me =).

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Deadline
Will be October 15th. This is subject to change, and probably will.

The deadline is now October 10th

So, enter... please?? =D Thanks and good luck!!

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Entries

Code:

Set       Creator          Theme

01        WIS              Starfish
02        _jade_em_        Raven (TT)
03        Anubis           Rain
04        gemma58          Birds
05        Sweet Pea        Mario
06        Sweet Pea        Daisuke
07        stampsyne        Kirby
08        everconfused     Jellyfish
09        everconfused     Shooting Star
10        MyleneFarmer     Rebecca
11        Dyl              Winter Bird
12        Dyl              Link
13        Cleo_Lo          FE Dragon
14        Pixa             Waterfall
15        Sweet Pea        Ike
16        gemma58          Eliwood
17        gemma58          Ninian
18        _jaye_           Jellyfish
19        WIS              Tales of Phantasia
20        Sweet Pea        Eliwood
21        kanashimi        Florina
22        MyleneFarmer     Harken
23        _jade_em_        Daisuke
24        Sweet Pea        Raven (FE)
25        mallory          Happy Negg
26        tymaporer        Smiley wars!
27        WIS              Ice/Snow
28        Jax              Yoshi
29        Syrill           Daisuke
30        Requiem          Snowy Owl
31        Requiem          Eagle
32        Requiem          Mountain Cat
33        Requiem          Apples
34        Requiem          Kaepora Gaebora
35        Requiem          Ice/Snow
36        Requiem          Turtle
37        Requiem          Sunset
38        _jaye_           Apples
39    kanashimi            Fireworks
40        Requiem          Lyn
41        Requiem          Daisuke

TOTAL SETS: 41
TOTAL PARTICIPANTS: 18

They can be viewed here! (read only password is fireemblem)

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Last edited by Divine on Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:28 pm, edited 46 times in total.

[WIS]

TADAA! =D

[Divine]

Thank you WIS, you're great!! It's really beautiful, the colours and all, and I LOVE the font!

[_jade_em_]

Whew ... it took forever ...

[Anubis]

Whee, rain!

[Divine]

WHEEE!! You guys are really awesome, thanks so much!!

Jade - it's so cute, and the colours just go together so well. I love it!

Anu - Aww... it's so pretty and the green just looks so cool against the grey! I love the subtext as well!

[gemma58]

A set for you

[Divine]

Thanks so much, gemma! It's so pretty, and I like the border in particular, thanks!! =D

[Sweet Pea]

Whee~ a set for you:



Aww, I love Mario. Glad I could make a set for him.

[WIS]

Whee~ a set for you:



Aww, I love Mario. Glad I could make a set for him.

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Cutest thing ever.

[Divine]

Thanks for entering, Sweet Pea! It looks so nice!

Everyone's sets are saved, so feel free to delete them, although keeping them up here wouldn't hurt either =P.

*waits for FE sets* XD. Just joking, everyone's sets are great! Thanks all!

[Anubis]

Heh, glad you liked it. It was evil to make in Paint, but as usual, I survived. Just.

[Sweet Pea]

I'll keep them hosted until the contest is over.

eRr..entered again. ^^;;



I like DN Angel piccys. n_________n;

[stampsyne]

I kept the majority of the animation in the avatar, since you specified low amounts of animation.

"Is it Icey?"



and in icey colors



(best viewed board style to sub-black)

Last edited by stampsyne on Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:50 am, edited 2 times in total.

[Divine]

Awww... thanks so much guys!! They're so awesome!! I love your animations, stampsyne! And I'm in love with the DNAngel set, Sweet Pea!!

EDIT: I forgot to say, saved guys! (although keeping them up here just to look nice wouldn't hurt )