Well hi there!

[goodbyebird]

There's thankfully a lot more canon queer characters to go around these days. I figured maybe an icontest that gives them the spotlight would be a good addition to the community.

Rules
+ Anyone can run a challenge here, though only one challenge should be active at a time, outside of voting.
+ Whoever runs the challenge will supply HQ caps. Caps should be hosted on Dreamwidth, so they're likely to stay up.
+ Canonical queer characters only. F.exa. while Jackie is strongly queer-coded on Yellowjackets, it is not confirmed, unlike Taissa, Vanessa, and Coach Scott.
+ The challenge screencaps should feature all main queer characters from the fandom you pick.
+ Open to tv, movie, videogame, and comic characters.
+ Entries to a challenge should go in a new post to the community.

If you'd like to run a challenge, please sign up in the comments =)

Upcoming challenges
Nov 18 - Good Trouble (wickedgame)
Dec 02 - The Young and The Restless (luvbarryfefe)
Dec 16 - Christmas Holiday ♥
Dec 30 - 9-1-1 Lone Star (impala_chick)



Results template to copy/paste, if you want to use it.
<center><big><big><font color="#d5cdf4">Top Three Overall</font></big></big> <img src=""> 1st @ <img src=""> . <img src=""> 2nd @ . 3rd @ <big><big><font color="#d5cdf4">Best Color</font></big></big> <img src=""> 1st @ <img src=""> . <img src=""> 2nd @ . 3rd @ <big><big><font color="#d5cdf4">Best Composition</font></big></big> <img src=""> 1st @ <img src=""> . <img src=""> 2nd @ . 3rd @ </center>


capshare
grandecaps
capseroo
samanyana
hd-screencaps
hq-screencaps
capspiration
cdramacaps

Screencapped.net
Cap That
kissthemgoodbye.net
homeofthenutty.com


(I typically make my own caps, so if you have any site recommendations - or if a site linked is now broken - please do sound off in the comments!)

Comments

Questions?

[goodbyebird]

Ask here.

Re: Questions?

[luvbarryfefe]

Hello, there. I noticed you said you make your own screencaps. I'd love to learn how to do that. What kind of program would I need to have to make HQ screencaps on a Windows laptop? Any help you could offer would be great. I look forward to entering and creating some challenges eventually :)

Re: Questions?

[goodbyebird]

Hey there, welcome :)

I'm no big expert on making caps, I just take them manually in VLC while I'm watching (for me it's SHIFT + S). Only pausing and going frame by frame (E to go one frame at a time) if there's a lot of movement on screen, to try and find one with less blur.

The quality really has to do with the quality of the source you're capping. Hope that helps!

Re: Questions?

[luvbarryfefe]

That definitely helps a lot. TY!!