Hi, folks:
There have been a lot of avatar contests over the years, and it's come to the point where the winners are sometimes scrambling for a theme for the next contest. We're creative people and want to be original, so it's nice to have a theme that hasn't been done before.
Therefore, with Locutus' help, I have compiled this list of previous avatar contest themes from 2010 - present.
If each new contest host (usually the winner of the previous one) adds their chosen theme to the list and includes the link to this thread in their OP (opening post), we can keep this list updated and make it easier for future winners to decide on what themes they want to use.
Here is the list of avatar contest themes we found (from earliest to most recent):
Winter
Best. Present. Ever.
Stand Back, I'm going to try Science!
Fashion from Hell
Iconic Star Images
The 70s
Communication
Poetry
Temples
"It's a Family Thing."
Bad GUYS & GALS
Historical Heroes
Internet Addiction
If You Were a Cartoon Character
Greatly Missed
Summer!
Guilty Pleasures
Amusement Parks
HAHAHA!
Your handle!
Violet
The Letter M
The Letter S
Your Country's Wonders of the World
The '90s
Hats and Headgear
Halloween
Brrrrrr!
Ribbit!
"Black"
"Presents!"
"Happy Holidays!"
Beautiful Blue
Gorgeous Green
I'm in the Mood for Love
RED ALERT!
Minutiae
Squirrels
Weird Animals!
Fishing!
Vrrroom!
Forces of Nature
Freelancing
Things starting with the letter 'B'
Smells
Foot in Mouth Disease
Scaaarryy!
Nationality
Childhood Heroes
Space Men
HELLO/Is That DAVE?
What Makes You Smile?
Facial hair
Travel Wishes
Winter is coming!
Christmas Time is Here
2012 in review.
2013 in preview.
Mythological Creatures
New Wonders
Gunslinger legends
A Transport of Delight
Holes in the Ground
Invertebrates
Folk Heroes
Rain
Trains
The Future is Now
It's NOT photoshopped?
I took this picture
Famous/Favourite Architectural Wonders
Medical Stuff
Lazy Days
Typically Australian
Autumn
Books
Candy From Around the World
Elephants!
It's Seasonal!
Best/Worst Present
2013 in Pictures
Beautiful Vehicles!
Children's Books
Beautiful Creatures
Pairs
Patterns of Nature
Dreams
Be Square!
The Little Things
Spirals
Inventions
The Art of the Zodiac
I know there's something...
Starts with the letter 'C'
Rain or Shine
Express Your Life...
Celebrating the Moon
Favorite holiday
Green is the Color
Your Fortress of Solitude or Evil Lair
Stick Figures
Road Signs
Autumn/Fall
Halloween!
Rainy Day
Let It Snow!
WHEN YOU WISH...
The Forgotten Avatar
Game Boards
Toys
Love is in the Air
War!
Phobias
Contest of the Rising Sun
Walkways & Garden Paths
The Big City
For The Birds
Report to the Bridge!
Color
A Celebration of My Country
Meme Me!
Foodporn
Fantastic Felids!
I'm Blue
How I Spent My Summer
Iconic Moments in Sports
Video Games
Heroes
Kinda Like Me
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
December's Other Festivals
This was 2015
Pareidolia!
It Came from Planet X
This Love!
Going in Circles
Your Idea of Heaven!
Your Idea of Hell!
Let's hear it!
I Can't Hear It!
The Halls of Power
Science the poo out of this!
The Little Things
Little Things that Drive You Nuts
Favorite Thing You Kept from Your Childhood
Independence
Conspiracy Theory!
Heads of States
We Must Band Together!
The Four Elements
The Only Constant
Fall
Turn the Page
Hiding Places
Decorations Aglow
2016: The Year that Was
2017: The Year to Come
Welcome
Alien Landscapes
Lost Civilizations
Favorite Type of Wild Animal
Facing Your Fears
April Showers
May Flowers
Classic Cars
O Canada!
It's Gonna Be HUGE!
Blue Collar!
Ominous Portents
Basket of Adorables
The Bird is the Word
Fall into Autumn
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
Time on our Hands
That Thing That Annoys Me...
The Line Between Intelligence and Insanity
Winter Wonderland
2017 in Review
Home
Happy!
Funny
Comfort Food
Market
Weather
Signs of Spring
Isn't it Romantic
Circles
Look Up, WAAYYY Up
If You Can't Handle the Heat...
Water
Compelling Canids!
September Observances
Let's Play a Game
Fall Feelings
Nature Activities
The Winds of Winter
Tell Santa What You Want
White Elephant Gifts/Worst Present
2018 Funny Memories
No Idea
Seems Kinda Fishy
Your Place
Your Week
Party Like It's 1999!
An Avatar Eggstravaganza!
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
All About the 'birds' and the 'bees'
Flowers
Today We Celebrate Our Independence Day!
Sharky the Friendly Shark
Destination: Moon — The Reality
Think Cool Thoughts
An Avatar For My Netlabel -- SOON
Behind the Eight Ball
The Spooky Time of Year
Blue & White
November Holidays & Observances
Driven to Excess
Baby Animals
Obsolete! (Or Nearly So)
Armageddon It!
Among the Gods
Women and Space
The True Heroes of Our Times
You touched your face? You earned yourself a facepalm!
Beard Club for Men
Pandemic Pastimes
Headlines
The Heat is On
Wear Your Masks!
Your Happy Place
Peace and Calm
Rodents!
The TrekBBS Fashion Week
Vinyl Album Cover Art
Go Judge a Book By its Cover
Artsy Fartsy
RESPECT
Caption the Avatar
Native American Heritage Month
Cyber Monday
Seasons Stressors
Hindsight is...
How Sweet It Is!
The Most Important Thing
Who's a Good Boy?
Going Green!
The Heat is On
This Contest is for the Birds!
The Ties that Bind: Real Life Edition
Solstice: Longest day/night depending on hemisphere
That's Not How I Remember It!
Most Romantic Spot to Make Love
Celebrating 55 Years of Star Trek!
Fads!
Evil
Fall Leaves
All I Want for Christmas...
Your Favourite Part of the Holidays
2021 in Review
I LOVE IT!
Twosday! Twosday!
The Emerald Isle
Deceptive Food
Rabbit
Bad Luck Blues
Jubilee!
Metamorphosis Before and After
Saved
World Humanitarian Day
That's Fair!
Down on the Farm
Nightmare Fodder, or Dream a Scary Dream of Me
Fall Into Autumn
Anyone for Tennis?
Worst. Gift. Ever.
Best Present EVER!
Kick Back and Relax
You are Such a Pest!
Getting Clean
As Above, So Below
Let's Get Dirty!
Hogwash
The Summertime Blues
Under the Sea
The Corporate Graveyard
For the Birds
The Quest for Fire
Making Music
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
There have been a lot of avatar contests over the years, and it's come to the point where the winners are sometimes scrambling for a theme for the next contest. We're creative people and want to be original, so it's nice to have a theme that hasn't been done before.
Therefore, with Locutus' help, I have compiled this list of previous avatar contest themes from 2010 - present.
If each new contest host (usually the winner of the previous one) adds their chosen theme to the list and includes the link to this thread in their OP (opening post), we can keep this list updated and make it easier for future winners to decide on what themes they want to use.
Here is the list of avatar contest themes we found (from earliest to most recent):
Winter
Best. Present. Ever.
Stand Back, I'm going to try Science!
Fashion from Hell
Iconic Star Images
The 70s
Communication
Poetry
Temples
"It's a Family Thing."
Bad GUYS & GALS
Historical Heroes
Internet Addiction
If You Were a Cartoon Character
Greatly Missed
Summer!
Guilty Pleasures
Amusement Parks
HAHAHA!
Your handle!
Violet
The Letter M
The Letter S
Your Country's Wonders of the World
The '90s
Hats and Headgear
Halloween
Brrrrrr!
Ribbit!
"Black"
"Presents!"
"Happy Holidays!"
Beautiful Blue
Gorgeous Green
I'm in the Mood for Love
RED ALERT!
Minutiae
Squirrels
Weird Animals!
Fishing!
Vrrroom!
Forces of Nature
Freelancing
Things starting with the letter 'B'
Smells
Foot in Mouth Disease
Scaaarryy!
Nationality
Childhood Heroes
Space Men
HELLO/Is That DAVE?
What Makes You Smile?
Facial hair
Travel Wishes
Winter is coming!
Christmas Time is Here
2012 in review.
2013 in preview.
Mythological Creatures
New Wonders
Gunslinger legends
A Transport of Delight
Holes in the Ground
Invertebrates
Folk Heroes
Rain
Trains
The Future is Now
It's NOT photoshopped?
I took this picture
Famous/Favourite Architectural Wonders
Medical Stuff
Lazy Days
Typically Australian
Autumn
Books
Candy From Around the World
Elephants!
It's Seasonal!
Best/Worst Present
2013 in Pictures
Beautiful Vehicles!
Children's Books
Beautiful Creatures
Pairs
Patterns of Nature
Dreams
Be Square!
The Little Things
Spirals
Inventions
The Art of the Zodiac
I know there's something...
Starts with the letter 'C'
Rain or Shine
Express Your Life...
Celebrating the Moon
Favorite holiday
Green is the Color
Your Fortress of Solitude or Evil Lair
Stick Figures
Road Signs
Autumn/Fall
Halloween!
Rainy Day
Let It Snow!
WHEN YOU WISH...
The Forgotten Avatar
Game Boards
Toys
Love is in the Air
War!
Phobias
Contest of the Rising Sun
Walkways & Garden Paths
The Big City
For The Birds
Report to the Bridge!
Color
A Celebration of My Country
Meme Me!
Foodporn
Fantastic Felids!
I'm Blue
How I Spent My Summer
Iconic Moments in Sports
Video Games
Heroes
Kinda Like Me
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
December's Other Festivals
This was 2015
Pareidolia!
It Came from Planet X
This Love!
Going in Circles
Your Idea of Heaven!
Your Idea of Hell!
Let's hear it!
I Can't Hear It!
The Halls of Power
Science the poo out of this!
The Little Things
Little Things that Drive You Nuts
Favorite Thing You Kept from Your Childhood
Independence
Conspiracy Theory!
Heads of States
We Must Band Together!
The Four Elements
The Only Constant
Fall
Turn the Page
Hiding Places
Decorations Aglow
2016: The Year that Was
2017: The Year to Come
Welcome
Alien Landscapes
Lost Civilizations
Favorite Type of Wild Animal
Facing Your Fears
April Showers
May Flowers
Classic Cars
O Canada!
It's Gonna Be HUGE!
Blue Collar!
Ominous Portents
Basket of Adorables
The Bird is the Word
Fall into Autumn
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
Time on our Hands
That Thing That Annoys Me...
The Line Between Intelligence and Insanity
Winter Wonderland
2017 in Review
Home
Happy!
Funny
Comfort Food
Market
Weather
Signs of Spring
Isn't it Romantic
Circles
Look Up, WAAYYY Up
If You Can't Handle the Heat...
Water
Compelling Canids!
September Observances
Let's Play a Game
Fall Feelings
Nature Activities
The Winds of Winter
Tell Santa What You Want
White Elephant Gifts/Worst Present
2018 Funny Memories
No Idea
Seems Kinda Fishy
Your Place
Your Week
Party Like It's 1999!
An Avatar Eggstravaganza!
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
All About the 'birds' and the 'bees'
Flowers
Today We Celebrate Our Independence Day!
Sharky the Friendly Shark
Destination: Moon — The Reality
Think Cool Thoughts
An Avatar For My Netlabel -- SOON
Behind the Eight Ball
The Spooky Time of Year
Blue & White
November Holidays & Observances
Driven to Excess
Baby Animals
Obsolete! (Or Nearly So)
Armageddon It!
Among the Gods
Women and Space
The True Heroes of Our Times
You touched your face? You earned yourself a facepalm!
Beard Club for Men
Pandemic Pastimes
Headlines
The Heat is On
Wear Your Masks!
Your Happy Place
Peace and Calm
Rodents!
The TrekBBS Fashion Week
Vinyl Album Cover Art
Go Judge a Book By its Cover
Artsy Fartsy
RESPECT
Caption the Avatar
Native American Heritage Month
Cyber Monday
Seasons Stressors
Hindsight is...
How Sweet It Is!
The Most Important Thing
Who's a Good Boy?
Going Green!
The Heat is On
This Contest is for the Birds!
The Ties that Bind: Real Life Edition
Solstice: Longest day/night depending on hemisphere
That's Not How I Remember It!
Most Romantic Spot to Make Love
Celebrating 55 Years of Star Trek!
Fads!
Evil
Fall Leaves
All I Want for Christmas...
Your Favourite Part of the Holidays
2021 in Review
I LOVE IT!
Twosday! Twosday!
The Emerald Isle
Deceptive Food
Rabbit
Bad Luck Blues
Jubilee!
Metamorphosis Before and After
Saved
World Humanitarian Day
That's Fair!
Down on the Farm
Nightmare Fodder, or Dream a Scary Dream of Me
Fall Into Autumn
Anyone for Tennis?
Worst. Gift. Ever.
Best Present EVER!
Kick Back and Relax
You are Such a Pest!
Getting Clean
As Above, So Below
Let's Get Dirty!
Hogwash
The Summertime Blues
Under the Sea
The Corporate Graveyard
For the Birds
The Quest for Fire
Making Music
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
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