Oh yeah, sometimes I think all of the winners are really good ones just not the ones I happened to vote for (and sometimes I do think "That won?" But then again my sweetie and I have gone to art gallery exhibitions for years and when they're have been judges prizes etc we have said that a lot. We're such snobs *lol*)

Slayerstillness Challenge #16 has been my favorite set of icons as a group that I've seen so far in a challenge. They're ALL so gorgeous voting was almost painful because I didn't want to decide, I wanted to say "All of them, please!" (But you know, you won mod's choice in that one!) http://slayerstillness.livejournal.com/tag/challenge%2016

I honestly don't think I even remember who I voted for in that round, I loved them all so much. Especially the tie-breaker round. Oh boy was that HARD. That challenge to me represents some of the best of icon art in this fandom and they are so OF A PIECE with one another it looks more like a collaborative project than a lot of artists working independently.

I do it so often, sometimes just for me to look at, and then find others like looking too. :D

Something else that you do that I really appreciate is that you talk about your artwork, both the concept and the execution, which also gives me a little courage because I want to do that with my icons as well - talk about them, not just throw them up on the screen. To me that's kind of what LJ and (this) fandom is all about - talking to each other.