Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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Icon contest!

I feel like having a contest. A contest wherein people who feel creative get to make things. And snowishness just posted a huge, amazing batch of icons based on my song lyrics, which made me think. So...

Here is my first ever ICON CONTEST. You enter by making ICONS (100x100 images intended for use on sites such as this one). By entering an icon in the contest, you grant other people the right of use, with credit. You can enter icons which you have previously posted, either here or on your own journal. All icons must be based on something I have created, from Toby to song lyrics to Feed to the Velveteen or Sparrow Hill stories.

Post your entries here, as comments on this post. Please make all entries their own thread, so that I can find them for voting purposes. You can enter multiple times. Please indicate what prize you are entering to win. Prizes available:

1) Signed copy of Rosemary and Rue.
2) Signed copy of A Local Habitation.
3) Signed ARC of Feed.
4) Set of my CDs.

Please make your entries by including your entry in the BODY of the comment. Be sure to specify which prize you want. Lack of specification means I decide you're just showing off, and do not want to win.

There will be between one and four winners, depending on the number of entries received (I'll make this determination later). Entries will be taken for one week, starting now. If you are taking one of the contest entries for personal use, please comment to let the creator know. Don't post icons that other people made.

Game on!
Tags: contest, geekiness, giving stuff away, icons
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beable

March 16 2010, 17:47:08 UTC 7 years ago


Question, should each icon be given their own post, or should we group our own entries?

seanan_mcguire

March 16 2010, 19:05:16 UTC 7 years ago

You can group entries, but can only request one prize per entry. So enter multiple times if you want to be considered multiple times.

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seanan_mcguire

March 16 2010, 19:05:34 UTC 7 years ago

Is this an entry, or showing off the pretty?

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seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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docpockets

March 16 2010, 19:57:06 UTC 7 years ago

How is this as a clumsy start? And I would very much like a signed arc of Feed, please.

docpockets

March 16 2010, 20:52:31 UTC 7 years ago

OK, that one wasn't as readable as I had hoped. This one should be better.

docpockets

7 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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docpockets

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thedalikiss

March 16 2010, 21:20:11 UTC 7 years ago

My favorite line from your songs. In the unlikely event that I should win, I would like the CD's please.

antigoneschase

March 16 2010, 21:34:17 UTC 7 years ago

FEED icons:
(that one is thanks to your Tweet today!)

If I win, I'd like an ARC of Feed. (DO WANT!)

lysystratae

March 17 2010, 19:55:17 UTC 7 years ago

ganking the fourth one :)

antigoneschase

7 years ago

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antigoneschase

March 16 2010, 21:35:02 UTC 7 years ago

Phantoms of Summer Icons:


f I win, I'd like CDs.

ravenclawed

March 16 2010, 21:48:59 UTC 7 years ago

All very pretty, but I'm totally ganking the setting sun one, with proper credit of course. :-)

antigoneschase

7 years ago

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Dang it, let's try that again... deleted and resubmitted to fix HTML

antigoneschase

March 16 2010, 21:36:29 UTC 7 years ago

Vampire Slayer Blues Icons:


If I win, I'd like CDs. :D

Re: Dang it, let's try that again... deleted and resubmitted to fix HTML

seanan_mcguire

March 16 2010, 21:44:08 UTC 7 years ago

The fact that you used the movie fills me with glee.

antigoneschase

7 years ago

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I CONCUR!

fireriven

7 years ago

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Re: I CONCUR!

antigoneschase

7 years ago

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baby_werewolf

March 17 2010, 01:26:43 UTC 7 years ago



More (probably more legible) later.

And in the unlikely event of my winning, I really want the Feed ARC.

starmalachite

March 17 2010, 05:17:32 UTC 7 years ago

Not an entry, so not even mine, just something I thought your inner Marilyn would appreciate. Consider it sharing the "I Feel Pretty."

(Unfortunately, I couldn't find a credit for it.)

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:28:10 UTC 7 years ago

*giggle*

djonn

March 17 2010, 07:30:50 UTC 7 years ago

Creating icons is very new to me, but let's see how this goes:

[lyric from "Black Death"; image, Rasputin from Anastasia) (lyric from "Dorothy", photo by me)

(lyric from "Angel of Amphitrite's Bay, photo by me) (lyric from "Spiders to Weave", photo by me)

Prize selection...hmm. If I should be so fortunate, let's go with the signed Rosemary and Rue.

djonn

March 19 2010, 18:50:23 UTC 7 years ago

Have changed my mind based on newer post; if mind-changing is allowed, and if winning actually happens (one can hope!), the ARC of Feed would be cool.

Contest entry #1

ravenclawed

March 17 2010, 23:16:51 UTC 7 years ago

Unfortunately, my 10-year-old computer doesn't play well with Scrapbook, so I can't post any images on lj. Also, I don't have access to Photoshop, so all the icons I made are text-only.

This is one of my favorite parts of Rosemary and Rue. Poor Raysel. If I win, I'd like an ARC of Feed, please.

Contest entry #2 of 5

ravenclawed

March 17 2010, 23:37:35 UTC 7 years ago

Toby's hilarious when drunk. If I win, I'd like a signed copy of Rosemary and Rue, please.

Contest entry #3 of 5

ravenclawed

March 17 2010, 23:43:32 UTC 7 years ago

While my coffee addiction isn't as bad as Toby's, I can totally sympathise. If I win, I'd like a signed copy of Rosemary and Rue.

Contest entry #4 of 5

ravenclawed

March 17 2010, 23:50:12 UTC 7 years ago

I love this song. If I win, I'd like the CDs, please.

Contest entry #5 of 5

ravenclawed

March 17 2010, 23:55:16 UTC 7 years ago

I love Spike. If I win, I'd like a signed copy of Rosemary and Rue, please.

quettalinde

March 18 2010, 22:10:30 UTC 7 years ago

Is this contest open to non-Americans? I'd like to know before I start making icons.

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 22:14:23 UTC 7 years ago

I would love, love to say "yes, absolutely," but it's currently twelve dollars to mail a book to anywhere outside of the US/Canada, and it's tax season. :( I just can't afford the postage!

quettalinde

7 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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quettalinde

7 years ago

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Because I am obsessive sometimes...

antigoneschase

March 20 2010, 07:23:57 UTC 7 years ago

Random icons:
Velveteen vs.:
Maybe It's Crazy:
Snapshots:
I Am:
Pretty Little Dead Girl:
River Lies:
Sycamore Tree:

And I'm really done now. For an ARC of Feed, if I win. <3

Re: Because I am obsessive sometimes...

ravenclawed

March 20 2010, 17:30:42 UTC 7 years ago

All good, especially the "Sycamore Tree" one, but I'm totally taking "I Am" one.

Re: Because I am obsessive sometimes...

antigoneschase

7 years ago

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quettalinde

March 22 2010, 21:07:04 UTC 7 years ago

It&apos;s best to be blonde (from "Protective Coloration")
I&apos;m not amused until someone expires (from "You Get the Tickets")
pre-teen science fiction princess (from "Causes and Effects")

And I'd also like the CDs if I win, please. :)

kippurbird

March 23 2010, 03:20:53 UTC 7 years ago

Two icons, pretty much the same thing, but I didn't know which I liked better. One with the line work or one without. They are both based on a photograph of my own cat.

Photobucket and Photobucket

As for prizes... the CDs?

snowishness

March 23 2010, 12:33:18 UTC 7 years ago

I was going to make icons from quotes from A Local Habitation, but I ran out of time and only got these two done.



I believe by the rules of the contest, though, I'm allowed to enter my other icons. Either way, I'm glad you liked them.






For the signed ARC of Feed.

fireriven

March 25 2010, 03:00:13 UTC 7 years ago

Are you still accepting icons?

docpockets

March 26 2010, 17:25:12 UTC 7 years ago

Any winners declared?

seanan_mcguire

March 29 2010, 02:16:07 UTC 7 years ago

Not yet. I'm going to try to pick winners this next week.

talkstowolves

March 28 2010, 21:51:56 UTC 7 years ago Edited:  March 28 2010, 21:55:38 UTC

Here's one pseudo-comic-booky one for Feed:


Signed ARC of Feed if I win, please!

ETA: Argh, the picture is not appearing for me. If it's also not appearing for anyone else, it can be viewed here:
http://pics.livejournal.com/talkstowolves/pic/000k9q51 Nevermind, apparently I have a case of the dumb today. Sorry for the comment-spam.

talkstowolves

March 28 2010, 21:59:35 UTC 7 years ago

And for a signed copy of A Local Habitation (and for those of your readers who may have missed the Wicked Girls icons):

talkstowolves

March 28 2010, 22:02:23 UTC 7 years ago

And, lastly, a funny one from your Rosemary and Rue promo comics, for a set of your CDs (so I can gift them to someone, and spread the love!):