Game of Thrones Icon Tourney - Let the Challenge Begin!
Below you will find all the themes for the tourney. Make at most one icon for each of the themes, and there is no minimum to the number of themes you have to fulfil. At the end of the tourney voting will take place for the best icon for each theme, with 2 points for 1st place and 1 point for 2nd place, and these points will be added up to find the overall champion and runner-up.
Please read the rules carefully, good luck, and have fun!
The Challenge
1. swear your allegiance
icon someone/something from the house/group/family you would want to be part of
elifc | novindalf | novindalf | ofthesea | visionsbeyond
2. ice and fire
feature a pair of opposites (e.g. ice & fire, black & white, near & far, male & female)
imaginary_lives | lady_kingsley | naginis | sarisafari | starkwars
3. in life, the monsters win
icon the creature/character you find the most terrifying
lady_kingsley | mysteryof | naginis | neverberoyals | starkwars
4. the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives
include multiple characters
jokermary | lady_kingsley | reebeecaa | vapor | wolfatmidnight
5. grief and dust and bitter longings
make an icon featuring grief/regret
incandescent | novindalf | smyra0 | theskyinside | vapor
6. in a coat of gold or a coat of red
make an icon featuring your favourite costume
alfiri | jsfunction | justmyb0nes | sietepecados | starkwars
7. fear cuts deeper than swords
focus your icon on a character’s fear
christinaa88 | erzsebet | hitsuga | neverberoyals | novindalf
8. I am the sword in the darkness
feature a character (one or more) in the Night’s Watch
light_ofmy_life | novindalf | sarisafari | shameless666 | starkwars
9. not my hair, Ned loves my hair
make an icon with hair porn
appleindecay | fassy | naginis | partitioning | starkwars
10. born on the wrong side of the sheets
icon your favourite bastard
justmyb0nes | naginis | partitioning | starkwars | wolfatmidnight
11. the iron underneath
show a character’s hidden strength in your icon
fassy | hitsuga | imaginary_lives | partitioning | tinebrella
12. one true king/queen
icon the person you’d bend the knee to
akilah92 | imaginary_lives | nouettes | winterfel | wolfatmidnight
13. the things I do for love
represent love in one of its many forms
alfiri | longerthanwedo | novindalf | partitioning | theskyinside
14. on the kingsroad
make an icon featuring your favourite location in the series
fassy | novindalf | ofthesea | rebel | vapor
15. blood of my blood
icon a close relationship between two or more characters
alfiri | lady_kingsley | longerthanwedo | novindalf | wolfatmidnight
16. little cloth animals sewn on a tunic
feature the sigil of a house in your icon
endearest | hitsuga | julie_izumi | naginis | sietepecados
17. the Faceless Men
make an icon where you cannot see any characters’ faces
burntheflaws | damsiedam | hitsuga | incandescent | wandererjulia
18. knights of summer
icon a male character
burntheflaws | juanxyo | rebel | vintagic | wandererjulia
19. words are wind
include a quote from the show or books
burntheflaws | dashberlin | fassy | naginis | scoobyatemysnax
20. stick them with the pointy end
icon your favourite soldier/warrior
hitsuga | neverberoyals | neverberoyals | nottiem | smyra0
21. valar morghulis
icon a character that has died during the show, or up to the show part of the books
burntheflaws | lessrest | ninjasinpyjamas | partitioning | starkwars
22. the old gods and the new
represent the religion you would follow
neverberoyals | ofthesea | oviedo | partitioning | sietepecados
23. the night is dark and full of terrors
you must use dark colouring in your icon
alfiri | daynawashere | justmyb0nes | shameless666 | winterfel
24. the women are the strong ones
icon a female character
damsiedam | margaerytyrelll | naginis | paperdreamss | starkwars
25. kill the boy and let the man be born
represent a character’s transformation in your icon
damsiedam | hitsuga | imaginary_lives | novindalf | vetica
26. a common saying, but not their official motto
include the words of a house in your icon
fouroux | imaginary_lives | neverberoyals | ofthesea | sarisafari
27. vengeance, justice, fire and blood
make an icon featuring hatred/anger/revenge
hitsuga | imaginary_lives | neverberoyals | neverberoyals | vapor
28. kissed by fire
icon a character with red hair
hauntes | hitsuga | naginis | partitioning | vapor
29. sweet summer child
represent the innocence of a character
mysteryof | naginis | neverberoyals | novindalf | rebel
30. you win or you die
icon the person you think is the best player in the game of thrones
alfiri | gisbornes | juanxyo | neverberoyals | starkwars
The Challengers
1. novindalf (not included in voting)
2. fassy
3. crusading_soul
4. julie_izumi
5. naginis
6. starkwars
7. jokermary
8. shameless666
9. burntheflaws
10. dark_x_huntress
11. sietepecados
12. reebeecaa
13. tturners
The Rules
♛ You must be signed up in order to take part. Sign-ups are open for the duration of the tourney here.
♛ Icons must fit LJ standards, so 40kb or less and exactly 100x100px. To make it fairer, animated icons are not allowed.
♛ You can make as few or as many icons as you want in total (i.e. anything from 1 to 30), but you can only make one icon for each theme. Even if you only manage to make a couple of icons in total, please do submit them!
♛ Submit your icons here only. Comments are screened for the duration of the tourney so please don't share your icons elsewhere until the results go up, that way it's all a surprise.
♛ You do not have to submit all your icons at once! Submit as many as you want at a time, and then just go back and edit your submission if you want to add any more icons/change your entry.
♛ Please indicate which icon is for which theme (just the number will do)!
♛ There will be voting on favourite icons for each theme at the end of the tourney. If you do not want your icons to be included in the voting, please let me know in your submission comment.
♛ The tourney will end on Saturday 26th September at 00:00 GMT (countdown here). There will not be any extensions, but there will be plenty of reminders, and you can make as many (or as few) icons as you want.
♛ Any questions? Ask them here!
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