[challenge] snowflake challenge day o7

day o7
stretch yourself a little and try something new. go play in a new fandom or with a new pairing. try working in a new medium. or check out some fanworks that are new to you.

i saw quite a few people asking for icon tutorials/tutorials for free programs going through the everyone's snowflake posts, so i decided to make a tutorial for icons using the two free online programs that i use: pixlr and photopea. i have even more respect for tutorial makers now. this took forever! love and admiration to anyone who has ever made a tutorial for anything.

for this tutorial, i'll be teaching you how to go from this:


to this:


( tutorial this way! )

[challenge] snowflake challenge day o8

day o8
in your own space, post self-recs for at least three fanworks that you created.

this challenge wasn’t as hard as it has been previously. i think that’s because i recently saw courtney summers on twitter say this (which i’ve edited slightly to fit fandom) “stop apologizing for your work. never begin or end a promo [post] with "sorry" or how bad it makes you feel to do it. [dreamwidth/fandom] is not your confessor + it wants to hear about your [work]” which made me think about self promo differently.

i would always encourage you guys to self promo something, in fact, i had planned on having a note telling you to do so at the bottom of this post but i think i’ll just add it after this paragraph. so why are we so hesitant to promote ourselves? especially in fandom which lends itself to self promotion. fandom wants to know when you’ve posted something and are proud of it!

so, please, promo your self in the comments below! i want to see your work!

( self recs for two hp fics (ron/pansy and bill/fleur) and one superstore fic (jonah/amy, gen). )