[identity profile] djmustangsally.livejournal.com
Hello looking back_ic community!

We've been on hiatus for many months now. This past August, I asked if there was interest to jump-start the community again, and I received only ONE reply. So, I did not restart the community at that time.

If you are still watching and interested in making vintage, historical, creative icons in this community, PLEASE leave a comment, and answer this short poll. I would be more than happy to continue the comm and get it started again if there is interest!

[Poll #1898360]

As I had posted before, I had suggested moving this challenge into an "open-challenge" community, in which I would post a challenge/idea/prompt every week and people could submit to it or use it as a muse to create icons however they'd like. Instead of being a challenge community in which we vote and receive banners, it would be an idea/share community.

There seem to be a number of these types of icon sites already in existence, but we could strive to be unique! If you have a different thought, though, I would love to hear it!

Please comment with your thoughts and opinions here. I have always held that I want this to be a group effort, so I will take all comments into careful consideration. Thank you!
[identity profile] djmustangsally.livejournal.com
Hello community!

We've been on unofficial hiatus for about 4 months now. I know that it seems the world of icon-making is slipping, and challenges are struggling. Even if that may be the case, I don't like to give up on communities that I've created and others do seem to enjoy. Since I see a number of you haven't left the group, I will hold out hope that that is true!

So here is my question: would you like me to jump-start the community and start running challenges again? OR would you prefer I maintain this as an open-challenge community?

By open-challenge, I mean that I would post a challenge/idea/prompt every week and people could submit to it or use it as a muse to create icons however they'd like. Instead of being a challenge community in which we vote and receive banners, it would be an idea community I guess.

Please comment with your vote, or other thoughts and opinions here. I have always held that I want this to be a group effort, so I will take all comments into careful consideration. Thank you!
[identity profile] djmustangsally.livejournal.com
Sorry for the lack of updates lately. With several challenges without much or any participation, I have placed the community on temporary hiatus. I will give the community the time it deserves soon - with new advertising and a new challenge by the end of February. Look back and get excited! :D
[identity profile] djmustangsally.livejournal.com
All right, folks, let's go for it! I'm not going to put the comm on hiatus just yet. I've gotten some good feedback, which I very much appreciate. I am going to take the advice and kickstart the challenges this Sunday, June 12.

One of the major changes I'll do is begin providing a fair number of images you can use for the challenges. It worked well for the texture challenge, and hopefully that will encourage participation.

For this week, however, I would like to get an idea of what you all would like. Please take a moment to vote in the poll, and comment if you have a different idea or suggestion. Thanks!

[Poll #1750482]

Hiatus?

May. 24th, 2011 01:21 am
[identity profile] djmustangsally.livejournal.com
Well, this is the second challenge in a row I'm going to have to cancel due to lack of participation. :(

Challenge 8: Multigenerational is officially closed, as there were NO entries posted.

Those of you who are watching or a member of the community - is anyone interested in this comm or these challenges? I want to have suggestions to help me run the comm and not make it all my decisions, so please leave a note at the suggestions thread if you have an idea or comment!

If I have not received at least 5 comments with interest by next Sunday, May 29, I will put the comm on hiatus.
[identity profile] djmustangsally.livejournal.com
I'm giving a 24-hour mini-extension on Challenge 4: Family Quote. I'm getting a headache and want to get some sleep now tonight...so I'll close out the challenge tomorrow.

So far, we have 1 participant, and I really, really, really hope to get a couple more icons in by tomorrow at 10 pm EST! This is really open, have fun with it!

I'll get voting (if we have enough entries...) and the new challenge posted tomorrow (Monday) evening.
[identity profile] djmustangsally.livejournal.com
This is an announcement regarding [livejournal.com profile] lookingback_ic's schedule. We've been on a weekly challenge routine, but I think since we're still a fairly small comm, we'll switch it to a two-week schedule, as has been suggested by some other members.

Everything will still happen on Sundays, only now members will have two weeks to complete challenges! I hope this helps increase participation, and maybe in between we can advertise some more! :D

Affiliates?

Feb. 6th, 2011 02:41 am
[identity profile] djmustangsally.livejournal.com
Would you like to affiliate with [livejournal.com profile] lookingback_ic? We'd love to, and your community/journal would receive posting on our profile as well. Just post a request here and we'll get right back to you.
[identity profile] djmustangsally.livejournal.com
I apologize for my poor grammar in some of the affiliate requests many of you received! Please take them in the spirit they were intended - an attempt to share some icon love! Thank you for your patience and affiliation!

Welcome!

Feb. 5th, 2011 11:31 pm
[identity profile] djmustangsally.livejournal.com
Welcome to [livejournal.com profile] lookingback_ic, an icon challenge community dedicated to the past. This community will focus primarily on the twentieth century in its themes and challenges, but it may occasionally include other histories and time periods.

The goal of this community is to have fun, and explore icon making through different mediums. So often, modern fandoms and arts are iconed, and here, we will icon old documents, photographs, film and television, and focus on themes that include such scopes as cultural fads, iconic figures, and significant time periods.

The possibilities are truly endless, and I hope you will try out the community! Although the mod, [livejournal.com profile] djmustangsally will only have posting capabilities, please do not feel excluded from the shaping and development of [livejournal.com profile] lookingback_ic! Please comment at this post to make suggestions.

Again, welcome! And I look forward to posting the first challenge, possibly after we have ten or so members. :D
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