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All contestants had to abide by the following rules:
1. They had to use the image I provided.
2. They were allowed to crop the image any way they liked–usage of the entire picture was not required. (100 by 100)
3. They could not use any outside resources unless it was theirs.
4. They were allowed to use any of my provided resources including textures, stock images, & brushes.
5. They had to create any other type of resources they’d like to use for the icon.
6. They could not put their name on the icon.
7. They could not post their submission anywhere else other than submitting it here until the final results were in & I announced the winner.
8. They could not identify your icon publicly on their blog.
9. They could have IMed their friends & got people to vote for the best icon.
10. They had to respect all of the contestants & abide by the rules. The sole purpose of this icon contest is to see who has created the best icon from the resources I’ve provided with the utmost unbiased polling.
2009
January (Hide)
This contest took place from December of 2008 & ended in January.
Winners
1st Place: Sabryna
2nd Place: Bonnie
3rd Place: None due to a tie.
Actual results here.
Work With It
This month the contestants had to work with the very handsome, Dave Annable.
Submissions
March (Hide)
This contest took place on February 23rd, 2009 & ended on March 14th, 2009.
Winners
1st Place: Sabryna
2nd Place: Kelsey
3rd Place: Kyrie
Actual results here & here.
Work With It
This month, contestants had to work with a picture I took of a Morning Glory on a rainy day.
Submissions
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 Em (n/a)
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May (Hide)
This contest took place from March 24th & ended on May 10th due to database difficulties.
Winners
1st Place: Joanna
2nd Place: Sabryna
3rd Place: Jessica
Actual results here.
Work With It
This month contestants had to demonstrate their cropping abilities & their creativeness by using the provided picture I took of a field of weeds.
Submissions
June (Hide)
This contest took place from May 29th & ended on June 12th.
Winners
1st Place: Sabryna
2nd Place: Kelsey
3rd Place: Zoe
Actual results here.
Work With It
This month contestants had to work with a picture I took of a Snake Roll.
Submissions
July (Hide)
This contest took place from June 29th & ended on July 14th.
Winners
1st Place: Zoe
2nd Place: Kami
3rd Place: Natalie
Actual results here.
Work With It
This month contestants had to work with a picture I took of cute little desserts.
Submissions
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 Mahima
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August (Hide)
This contest took place from August 25th & ended on September 8th.
Winners
1st Place: Zoe
2nd Place: Karen
3rd Place: Josie
Actual results here.
Work With It
This month contestants had to work with a picture I took of a Blue Tang at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
Submissions
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 Britney
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 Natalie
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Note: During this contest, one participant dropped out of the race & another was disqualified for failing to abide by the rules.
September (Hide)
This contest took place from September 29th & ended on October 18th.
Winners
1st Place: Sabryna
2nd Place: Zoe
3rd Place: Tied; no winner.
Actual results here.
Work With It
This month contestants had to work with a picture I took of the beach at Bermuda.
Submissions
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 Lizze
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October (Hide)
This contest took place from October 28th & ended on December 17th.
Winners
1st Place: Jenny
2nd Place: Zoe
3rd Place:Maha
Actual results here.
Work With It
This month contestants had to work with a picture I took of a Cherry Blossom tree.
Submissions
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 Natalie
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December (Hide)
This contest took place from December of 2009 & ended in January 2010.
Winners
1st place: Georgina
2nd place: Tracy
3rd place: Rachel
**Jay didn’t have a website to advertise so the 3 people after him received the awards instead.
Actual results here.
Work With It
This month contestants had to work with a picture I took of cheesecake.
Submissions
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 Jay
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