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AVATAR CREATORS: RULES TO JOIN!





PLEASE READ BEFORE CLICKING THE JOIN BUTTON!

:bulletyellow: You DO NOT have to be a member to USE free avatars. Membership is for the avatar makers so they may submit to our Gallery.

:bulletyellow: Our membership policies require ALL MEMBERS to have at least 10 FREE AVATARS in their gallery in order to gain membership to #Free-dAvatars.
:spotlight-left: PLEASE LINK TO YOUR FOLDER OF FREE AVATARS IN THE JOIN REQUEST, SO THE ADMINS CAN EASILY FIND THEM!

:bulletyellow: ALL work must be the member's own. NO screenshots or game sprites may be used in avatars for submission.

:bulletyellow: ALL work must also be under 15kb in size and be 50x50 pixels exactly, or under 30kB and 100x50 pixels.

:bulletyellow: We NO LONGER accept 'lick' avatars!

:bulletyellow: PLEASE post your avatars in the correct deviantART category, "customization/icons/avatars/dA avatars"! If you're avatars are pixel art, so are also allowed to add them to the pixel art gallery, but your avatars will be easier to find in the avatar gallery.

:bulletyellow: If you don't have 10 free avatars, we invite you to +devWatch us and participate in our Monthly Challenges.


Autumn Challenge! What's your favourite thing about this season? 

38%
179 deviants said Halloween! :pumpkin:
28%
131 deviants said The falling leafs :painter:
19%
87 deviants said The stormy weather :raincloud:
16%
73 deviants said All the awesome autumn avatars! -> [link]

Community Contests!





Summer Challenges 2013!
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Need an Avatar?
Tell Us About Your Avatar Contest!
Include the link to your avatar contest with the deadline date, and we'll promote it here.



#Free-dAvatars is not responsible for these contests.


Donation Pool




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Please Donate to Our Group Points Pool
Want to help us keep featuring your avatars? Donate points!
All donations will go towards contest prizes and premium memberships for #Free-dAvatars, as well as the ~FreeAvatarProject.
Any amount of points will be appreciated.
Thank you!


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Monthly Challenge: Free December Holiday Avatars

Journal Entry: Thu Dec 27, 2012, 1:22 AM

December Holidays


December is the holiday month and holidays are always a great inspiration for iconists. Even if it's just adding a Christmas hat to your current avatar ;)
Of course there are more holidays than just Christmas that are celebrated during December and we want you to make avatars for them all!
Some examples are:
St. Nicholas Day (Also known as Sinterklaas to some)
Hanukkah
Midwinter
Christmas
New Year's Eve
And let's not forget the Annual Day of the Ninja!

Feeling inspired? Enter the Challenge! :D


See Challenge Rules below.


Enter The Challenge
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SUBMIT DECEMBER HOLIDAY AVATARS!
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Thanks to everyone that participates!!

Challenge Rules

1. Please remember that your free DECEMBER HOLIDAY avatars should be placed into our Monthly Challenge Folder.

2. You don't have to be a member to participate.

3. You may create as many entries as you like for this challenge. Challenge submissions must be new avatars, created in (the last part of) November or December 2012. Make sure they are 50x50, under 15 kb, and they MUST state that they are "free" for others to use in the title and/or description of your challenge entries.

4. Deadline: January 1, 2013.

5. Use your imagination!

Previous Challenges
Check out the news articles of our last challenges!

:bulletgreen: Free Autumn Avatars
:bulletblue: Free Back to School Avatars



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~Ring-Target Jun 5, 2013  New member Hobbyist
i final found out how to make icons that are 50X50 and under 15kb!!! now i can make animated icons for people :meow:
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*blknblupanther Jun 3, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I think we're missing a few months from the monthly challenges :O

it stops at December of last year >_<

I insist on a New Challenge :eager:
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*etNoir Jun 11, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Got any ideas for a new Challenge Theme? :D
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*blknblupanther Jun 11, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Not sure if its been done, but maybe a TV theme? Icons dedicated to shows you or others love? And not just tv shows, can be movies cartoons or even an actual tv! Lol
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*etNoir Jun 12, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
We did do an anime & manga theme once, as well as a horror movie one, but never an all tv shows theme. It might be fun, but it might be a lot of work for us too, if a lot of people only submit screenshots.

I do like the idea of a tv avatar :giggle:

You can find news articles for all of our Challenges here: [link]
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~lunamoon12547 May 18, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
Is it ok to join with only 8
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Mood: Cheerful =WDWParksGal-Stock May 20, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
The lick avatar doesn't count since the group doesn't accept them (there are lots submitted already and the group cut them off). It is best to have ten-expressly free avatars to join #Free-dAvatars ~ in the meantime, join #We-Make-Free-Icons, which does not have a minimum :aww:
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~lunamoon12547 May 20, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
oh ok
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Mood: Love =WDWParksGal-Stock May 21, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
So deviants can find your free avatars, be sure to mark each one free somehow. Either put "free" in the avatar name or in the artist description :aww:
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can someone in this club tell me how to make an animted icon that is less than 15kb? cause i can make it 50X50 but not under 15kb ?
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