1. You mustjoin the community in order to sign up. 2. Once you've joined go to the sign-up post. 3. You have 6 days (Saturday - Thursday) to get your entries in. Gives you the weekend and more time to get hopefully get your entries in. :) 4. If you haven't submitted an icon by the deadline 1 of 2 things will happen. If you still have a skip left it will automatically be used. If you don't have a skip left you will be eliminated. 5. All participants automatically recieve 1 skip. Want to earn another skip? Visit this post. 6. Put 'secret word' somewhere in the comment (not the subject line) so I know you've read the rules.
SUBMISSION RULES
1. You must use only the images provided unless I've stated otherwise. 2. You are only allowed to submit one icon per challenge. 3. Icons must be your original work made for the challenge. No prior work may be submitted. 4. Icons cannot be shown anywhere until after the results are posted. 5. All effects are allowed bar animation. 6. All icon must fit the livejournal standard. 40kb, 100x100px and in either .png, .gif or .jpg format. 7. When submitting your icon please make sure you leave both the img and the url: http://imgurl.com/default.png
VOTING RULES
1. Each challenge voting round will result in an elimination, a people's choice and a mod's choice. 2. Each challenge you will vote for 2 lesser icon and the best icon. For both you must give a reason. 3. Please don't give personal reasons. Example: I don't like the font. etc. You MUST give a technical reason such as the font is too overcrowding, colouring doesn't suit the image. It's too dark. It's oversharpened etc. (handy LIMS voting tutorial)