Round 23 Themes
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Info
• You must be a member and have signed up for this round to participate.
• All icons must be newly made for this round. Do not use previously made icons.
• You are allowed to use pictures containing nudity and graphics imagery. Just keep those behind you're Cut tag with a warning out of the cut.
• If you would like a participation banner make sure you wrote it outside cuts/links.
• Please do not post your icon set to Photobucket or tinypic, use other free image hosting sites at this time while that site is going through what it is doing. Chances are your images will not show at all if you do. I do however recommend: Cloudinary (similar to photobucket), Imgur, Imgbb & any others you can think of that work well.
Posting
• Post only once your set is completed. Do not submit your icons to this post, instead make a post of your own using the guidelines below.
• Your icons must fit DW standards and be made specifically for this round. 100x100px and either .png, .gif or .jpg file format.
• Provide three (3) teaser icons and hide the rest behind an cut, or provide a link to your icons should you post them elsewhere. If posting to an outside source your icons should be made public for the duration of the round.
• Please, if you participate try to at least check out the other participants entries. It's another reason why we have an unlocked rule. You would want people to check out yours and vice versa, it's only fair.
• Fan art is not accepted; use caution when choosing images. DO NOT USE BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS, unless the theme calls for it. You may however use Episode Still, posters and Promos. Animation is NOT allowed, unless otherwise stated for a certain prompt.
• Use the table provided or use your own if you'd like, but keep the themes in order.
• Posting is moderated; once your post is submitted please await approval. If your post hasn’t been approved within 48 hours please contact me or comment to this post.
• Please add the following subject, just add your username. FORMAT AS: Round 23 - Your Claim - Your Username.
• DO NOT ADD TAGS TO YOUR ENTRIES. A MOD WILL DO THAT.
In case you forgot your claim
| # | Username | Claim | Status |
| 1 | Chocolatefrogs | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | COMPLETED |
| 2 | Pebbleinalake | Hudson & Rex | COMPLETED |
| 3 | Danimeows | Once Upon A Time | PENDING |
| 4 | Wickedgame | Heated Rivalry | PENDING |
| 5 | Abyss_valkyrie | The Untamed | COMPLETED |
| 6 | Flareonfury | The Hunting Party | COMPLETED |
| 7 | nancythompson | Merrily We Roll Along | COMPLETED |
| 8 | HERE | HERE | HERE |
| 9 | HERE | HERE | HERE |
| 10 | HERE | HERE | HERE |
As always thank you for the suggestions, I used some for this round. And did one extra not suggested.
Themes
Complete 10 themes, 5 category, and 5 artist choice icons.
Individual themes:
| Boxed In | Text Overlay | Favorite Screencap | Fashion | Big/Little |
| Outlined | Complex | Minimalist | Cursive Writing | Space |
EXAMPLES
Boxed In - Image boxed in by a shape.
tiptoetwirl • deternot • violateraindrop
Text Overlay - Text over the icon.
tinny • kitamikeita • pamkips
Favorite Screencap - Pretty simple. Icon your favorite screencap of your claim.
nadya149 • emiels • youwatchusrun
Fashion - Another simple one. Icon your claim looking fashionable.
black_bird80 • lady_turner • cannedwinething
Big/Little - One person of your claim has to be big and the other one smaller, you can use the same person as well.
starry_night • scarlettm00n • darkpalace
Outlined - There needs to be visible outline of your subject.
refuse2shine • shadedcolor • debris4spike
Complex - This is basically the opposite of minimalism. Make your icon as full and/or as complicated as possible. Textures, brushes, levels, different images, text, etc. Make it full of stuff! If all you can do is change the background or add text, that is okay as well. Everyone's skills and programs are different. If your unsure, just ask.
Pretty examples down below, I had to stop myself from saving and uploading!
latemorningicon • john_scorpy • schryosel • lemonrocket • schryosel • hitsuga • naive_astronaut • in_the_end • naive_astronaut • ddionysia • wandererjulia • ddionysia • starkwars • nightbulbs • jsfunction • prettybutt • longerthanwedo • bold_seer • second_love • shameless666 • jsfunction • jsfunction • jsfunction • aurora_amethyst
Minimalist - Minimalist means basically very plain, no text, no textures, just pretty basic. Not much interest other than your claim.
sleepless84 • jessswann • bluedreamer80
Cursive Writing - You must use some form of cursive writing in your icon - it can be via a texture or your own font use. It can be the center of your icon, or simply part of the background, whatever you like!
a_thari • slytheringurrl • punk4life1315
Space - Icon your claim in a space theme. It can include outer space, stars, spaceships, extraterrestrial beings, sky, ect. How you achieve it up to you. Let's reach for the stars!
Pretty examples down below, I had to stop myself from saving and uploading!
lady_turner • lady_turner • lady_turner • lady_turner • lady_turner • lady_turner • lady_turner • luminousdaze • danseur_lion • emiels • tunaeverynight • vanessa_lj • spankulert • xafirah • shadedcolor • dashberlin • lady_turner • lady_turner • lady_turner • lady_turner • harlequinss • valeyvo • alisea_dream • emiels • starkwars • naive__astronaut • absolutelybatty
Category Set - Same Image But Different Crops - Choose just one screencap and make 5 icons out of it. You can't use the same crop and only change the background. The icons have to differ in crops.
allsortsicons • allsortsicons • allsortsicons • allsortsicons • allsortsicons
Artist’s Choice: Your choice so long as it abides by the rules!
TABLE:
If there are any mistakes anywhere, please do not hesitate to let me know. Enjoy the round, can't wait to see everyone's sets. :)
Questions, Comments, Concerns
Date: 2026-01-25 06:40 am (UTC)