Icontalking Awards 2015 - Nominations

[novindalf]

The time has come to start nominating! Please make sure you read the rules first so that we can include your nominations in the voting :)

Rules:
- You may nominate up to 10 icons, or up to 5 users/comms, for each award.
- You may not nominate yourself or your own icons, or ask people to nominate you. (Promoting the awards doesn't count as asking people to nominate you though, hint hint ;P)
- Do not hotlink icons! Save them and upload them to your own image host.
- When nominating icons, include the maker's username with the nominations.
- Icons must have been first posted between 1st January 2015 and 31st December 2015 to be eligible for nomination.
- Makers and comms must have been active between between 1st January 2015 and 31st December 2015 to be eligible for nomination.
- Submit your nominations in a comment to the relevant thread. Nomination threads can be found by scrolling to the bottom of the page, or by clicking the Awards titles below. Please make sure your nomination comment is in the right thread or we will ask you to resubmit it.
- If more than 40 icons or 20 makers/comms are nominated for an award, only the 40 icons or 20 makers/comms with the most nominations will be included in the voting.

Any questions/comments? Ask them here!

Awards:
Below you have a list of all the awards, plus a brief description of the award, and some example icons. These icons were from pre-2015 and are therefore not eligible to be nominated here, they are just there as examples of each award criteria. Where possible, the winners from the IAM 2014 Awards were used as examples.

Maker Awards:
Best Overall Maker
Nominate someone who you think is the best active icon-maker overall.

Most Inventive Maker
Nominate someone who constantly pushes the icon-making boundary with their creativity.

Most Improved Maker
Nominate someone who has improved their skills greatly over the course of the nomination period.

Best Newbie
Nominate someone who was new to icon-making this year, and has really impressed you already. (Note: renamed accounts and returning makers do not count - this is for people who began making icons entirely during the nomination period.)

Best Texture-Maker
Nominate someone who makes consistently great textures for the icon community.

Contribution to the Community
Nominate someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the icon community - through frequent participation, encouragement, moderating, or anything else you can think of. This award encompasses and replaces the 'Most Supportive Maker' award. Nominees do not have to be active makers so long as they actively contribute to the icon community in other ways (e.g. commenting, modding, praise posts, etc.)

Comm & Mod Awards:
Best Icon Challenge Comm
Nominate an icon challenge community (20in20, stills, LIMS, rumble, etc.) that you think sets the bar for other icontests.

Best Solo Mod
Nominate a mod who operates alone as the sole mod of an icontest comm.

Best Mod Team
Nominate a team of moderators who run an icontest comm.

Icon Awards:
Best Vibrant Icon
Nominate an icon with exceptional use of vibrant colors.

fassy | emiels | absolutelybatty | nyaza | mm3butterfly

Best Muted Icon
Nominate an icon with exceptional use of muted colors.

fassy | starkwars | dixon | bangel_4e | wickdshy | absolutelybatty

Best Black & White / Greyscale Icon
Nominate an icon with exceptional use of black and white (or greyscale).

naive_astronaut | dashberlin | spankulert | naive_astronaut

Best Close Crop Icon
Nominate an icon with an exceptional use of close crop.

spankulert | absolutelybatty | naginis

Best Negative Space Icon
Nominate an icon with exceptional use of negative space.

pamkips | fassy | vrncamrs

Best Complex Icon
Nominate an icon with an exceptional display of complexity.

pamkips | nightbulbs | absolutelybatty | pamkips | second_love

Best Minimalist Icon
Nominate an icon with exceptional use of minimalism.

nadya149 | latemorningicon | marcasite | daynawashere

Best Text in an Icon
Nominate an icon with exceptional use of text.

absolutelybatty | fouroux | second_love | naive_astronaut | poisonfield | second_love

Best Lighting in an Icon
Nominate an icon with exceptional display of lighting.

fassy | naive_astronaut | jsfunction

Best Use of Stock in an Icon
Nominate an icon with exceptional use of stock images.

hitsuga | partitioning | poisonfield | superjesster

Best Animated Icon
Nominate an exceptional animated icon. (Note - this means animated as in .gif, not animated as in anime/cartoon/etc., although you are more than welcome to nominate one of those if it also fits the .gif criteria!)

burntheflaws | lemonzter | nyaza | vintagic

Most Creative Icon
Nominate an icon that you think is particularly creative. (Note: creative does not necessarily mean complex!)

fassy | naive_astronaut | absolutelybatty | poisonfield

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Comments

Questions/Comments?

[novindalf]

Here!

RE: Questions/Comments?

[tturners.livejournal.com]

When nominating a maker, should we add icons or is it better to just state where they post them?

(frozen comment) Best Overall Maker

[novindalf]

Nominate someone who you think is the best active icon-maker overall.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Overall Maker

[tturners.livejournal.com]

adriftingsea at kibouna
starkwars at majorminus
jokermary at take_yourshot
naginis at accios

(frozen comment) Most Inventive Maker

[novindalf]

Nominate someone who constantly pushes the icon-making boundary with their creativity.

(frozen comment) RE: Most Inventive Maker

[tturners.livejournal.com]

fassy at destruction_box
adriftingsea at kibouna

(frozen comment) Most Improved Maker

[novindalf]

Nominate someone who has improved their skills greatly over the course of the nomination period.

(frozen comment) RE: Most Improved Maker

[dixon.livejournal.com]

esgeee

(frozen comment) Best Newbie

[novindalf]

Nominate someone who was new to icon-making this year, and has really impressed you already. (Note: renamed accounts and returning makers do not count - this is for people who began making icons entirely during the nomination period.)

(frozen comment) RE: Best Newbie

[neatmonster.livejournal.com]

bad_numbers

(frozen comment) Best Texture-Maker

[novindalf]

Nominate someone who makes consistently great textures for the icon community.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Texture-Maker

[tturners.livejournal.com]

scoobyatemysnax at burnedbreads
violateraindrop at iwillnotdance
lookslikerain at soaked

(frozen comment) Contribution to the Community

[novindalf]

Nominate someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the icon community - through frequent participation, encouragement, moderating, or anything else you can think of. This award encompasses and replaces the 'Most Supportive Maker' award. Nominees do not have to be active makers so long as they actively contribute to the icon community in other ways (e.g. commenting, modding, praise posts, etc.)

(frozen comment) RE: Contribution to the Community

[dixon.livejournal.com]

fassy

(frozen comment) Best Icon Challenge Comm

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon challenge community (20in20, stills, LIMS, rumble, etc.) that you think sets the bar for other icontests.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Icon Challenge Comm

[littlemissnovel.livejournal.com]

I'll nominate character20n20.

(frozen comment) Best Solo Mod

[novindalf]

Nominate a mod who operates alone as the sole mod of an icontest comm.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Solo Mod

[neatmonster.livejournal.com]

crazycordy @ episodes20in20
cool_spectrum @ calendarsquares
applepips16 @ iconsomething
naginis @ movieslims and elitesimplicity

(frozen comment) Best Mod Team

[novindalf]

Nominate a team of moderators who run an icontest comm.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Mod Team

[xafirah.livejournal.com]

the7days

(frozen comment) Best Vibrant Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon with exceptional use of vibrant colors.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Vibrant Icon

[tturners.livejournal.com]

second_love at magic_paradise | x_lostinthesun at marinasicons

novindalf at split_loyalties | applepips16 at inkblush_icons

shameless666 at mundodefieras

(frozen comment) Best Muted Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon with exceptional use of muted colors.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Muted Icon

[tturners.livejournal.com]

vapor at woodenwhisper | dixon at ultraviolence

harlequinss_s at never_land_here | violateraindrop at iwillnotdance

(frozen comment) Best Black & White / Greyscale Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon with exceptional use of black and white (or greyscale).

(frozen comment) RE: Best Black & White / Greyscale Icon

[dixon.livejournal.com]

fassy | tturners | starkwars | partitioning | stydia


daynawashere | neverberoyals | tinebrella | fouroux | raiindust

(frozen comment) Best Close Crop Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon with an exceptional use of close crop.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Close Crop Icon

[tturners.livejournal.com]

muirthemne at illous | lady_turner

tinebrella at psychedelicats | wandererjulia at lakecastle

(frozen comment) Best Negative Space Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon with exceptional use of negative space.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Negative Space Icon

[starkwars.livejournal.com]

poisonfield | gallicka | akilah92

(frozen comment) Best Complex Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon with an exceptional display of complexity.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Complex Icon

[tturners.livejournal.com]

naive_astronaut at brazen_water | scoobyatemysnax at burnedbreads

adriftingsea at kibouna | neverberoyals at counttheflaws

emiels at thenightvale

(frozen comment) Best Minimalist Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon with exceptional use of minimalism.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Minimalist Icon

[dixon.livejournal.com]

starkwars | fassy x2 | tturners | neverberoyals | raiindust | vrncamrs

(frozen comment) Best Text in an Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon with exceptional use of text.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Text in an Icon

[neatmonster.livejournal.com]

naive_astronaut, sietepecados, naginis, jsfunction, dixon, julie_izumi

(frozen comment) Best Lighting in an Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon with exceptional display of lighting.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Lighting in an Icon

[tturners.livejournal.com]

bad_numbers

(frozen comment) Best Use of Stock in an Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon with exceptional use of stock images.

(frozen comment) RE: Best Use of Stock in an Icon

[starkwars.livejournal.com]

nightbulbs | neverberoyals | burntheflaws | poisonfield

adriftingsea | theotherayn | vrncamrs

(frozen comment) Best Animated Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an exceptional animated icon. (Note - this means animated as in .gif, not animated as in anime/cartoon/etc., although you are more than welcome to nominate one of those if it also fits the .gif criteria!)

(frozen comment) RE: Best Animated Icon

[aravishermione]

by poisonfield @ finalthesis

(frozen comment) Most Creative Icon

[novindalf]

Nominate an icon that you think is particularly creative. (Note: creative does not necessarily mean complex!)

(frozen comment) RE: Most Creative Icon

[tturners.livejournal.com]

theotherayn at bittergraced

[novindalf]

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.

REPLACEMENT NOMINATIONS

[novindalf]

This thread is for replacement nominations only. Please only comment here if you have been asked to change one (or more) of your nominations by one of the awards organisers :)

RE: REPLACEMENT NOMINATIONS

[cool-spectrum.livejournal.com]

Replacement nomination for Most Creative:
(http://s434.photobucket.com/user/color_spectrum/media/Other%20Icon%20Projects/Nominations/creative-alt_anassa_anemou_zpsflnmi5pq.png.html) by anassa_anemou