The Icon event is in fact a celebration for our first anniversary! 
During this year I had so many joys related to this group 
, both during the fast expansion periods, as well as in the more quiet times. My activity in dA increased continuosly and the group would not have been where it is, without the wonderful help I/we got from many of you. Some by being all around supportive, in the features, events, polls, requests/submissions , others by joining the admin team and taking responsability for various tasks we need to cover - TiiaTanner davidsonm36 MaresaSinclair CRG-Free MYPeanutGallery lucytherescuedcat Eve-I
, both during the fast expansion periods, as well as in the more quiet times. My activity in dA increased continuosly and the group would not have been where it is, without the wonderful help I/we got from many of you. Some by being all around supportive, in the features, events, polls, requests/submissions , others by joining the admin team and taking responsability for various tasks we need to cover - TiiaTanner davidsonm36 MaresaSinclair CRG-Free MYPeanutGallery lucytherescuedcat Eve-I Many many thanks to all of you! 
And here is a special tribute for Penny, Eve and Michelle, for all the work, heart and time they dedicated to all of us!
I am not an expert in slideshows, but I worked on this with lots of enthusiasm, hoping to bring you some joy! The program was available for a couple of days, and even though I spent a lot of time looking for free music I can use, I chose to go for these pieces, and I hope it is ok if some of them appear several times.
Since we had such a wonderful participation in the Monthly, I thought of several ways I could honor your work, guys, and besides the features lucytherescuedcat prepared with so much love and patience:Monthly Theme - Icon Frames Participants #1/Monthly Theme - Icon Frames Vol. #2 / Monthly Theme - Icon Frames Vol. #3, here are a couple of slideshows to highlight your work as well.
The time was very short, so there will be some more coming in the future, with the rest of the artworks.
The videos are stored in Sta.sh in the first link. In dA one cannot publish them, so they are in youtube, unlisted - only you can see the link.
The time was very short, so there will be some more coming in the future, with the rest of the artworks.
The videos are stored in Sta.sh in the first link. In dA one cannot publish them, so they are in youtube, unlisted - only you can see the link.
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Thank you all for making this such an interesting event!
Animated Gifs:
Out of these artworks I managed to make over 200 images 100x50px, which had to be done by hand, since I tried different cuts, depending on where the subject was placed.
For some of the pictures it is difficult to make an icon in this format, and ocasionally I had to change the color settings. If any of the authors does not like it, please let me know.
Here are some of them grouped on themes:
aquatic, horses, cats,
green, big cats, friendship,
dogs, birds, warm tones
I will continue to do these animations also with other themes(any suggestions?)
Technicalities
Now, creating an animated icon for the group is another story, since one needs to pay attention not to go over 30kb. This makes the work tedious, because one always would wish to put that picture with that and that - it would be so awesome! You know, a bit like in a feature! 
And most of the time it does not work. And it is also not always easy to predict since the frames tend to have different sizes, depending on the content.
And most of the time it does not work. And it is also not always easy to predict since the frames tend to have different sizes, depending on the content.In any case, this was a marathon, thank you all for holding on!
Here are some of the collections which are too big to be group icons(Eve-I was very gracious, also painting some of the animals for us, so at first I had only her drawings). Some of them might look similar, but they have different settings and/or content:
These were for testing different programs/websites/formats. In the end the most time efficient proved to be the simple cut. So, many of them will be like this, assambled in Gimp.
Please do not use them without full credits. I will add credits to the Sta.sh files as soon as we kick off the voting.
If any of you has more experience with this kind of work, I would be very interested to discuss about details
Everybody arriving after the deadine will also be included in future slideshows and animations!
And now a surprise!
Everybody contributing with an animation for the contest will receive the 500
*Wesley-Souza Chimezombie samekichuu DeliriaMaude adampanak UszatyArbuz
Thank you so much for jumping in to help with the icon! Much appreciated! *Your work will continue to participate in the contest, next to the rest of the icons. Thank you for your patience.
In case your icon wins, you will get also the additional points any other icon would win for the frames featured.
I hope this journal brings you all a smile, for a reason or another!
Icon Entries
