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Goodness, time flies so fast; we're already in the final week of Part 3!

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Relaxed, Silly, Uncomfortable

This week's Maximum moods are: Hyper, Amused, Cheerful

As with last year, for anyone who's taking the Maximum track and wants to skip December, I'm adding an optional mood to the sixth week of this and the next four parts (total of five optional moods). Anyone who's working on that track and takes the optional moods will be able to skip the last two weeks of the schedule!

This Part's optional mood is: Accomplished

For discussion, I had a lot of fun last year coming up with "Cheerful", who ended up cheering on Dreamwidth users; things worked out extra nicely, in that the mood itself falls under Three Weeks for Dreamwidth! Are any of the rest of you relying on puns or alternate interpretations at all? Have you had any trouble with previous moods, or do you anticipate trouble with these ones? What's the most creative you've had to get with a mood so far? Let's talk about it!
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*suddenly overcome with a cold sweat* Holy crap it's Wednesday, isn't it? And only for another fifteen minutes where I am! I need to share the next set of moods!

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Scared, Thoughtful, Working

This week's Maximum moods are: Curious, Predatory, Bouncy

I don't have much to add this week, except to observe that we're right in the middle of [community profile] 3weeks4dreamwidth, the annual celebration of Dreamwidth's birthday! Tremendous thanks to all of the hard working staff and volunteers who make Dreamwidth such a fun place to be.
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Welcome back for another week's worth of moods!

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Nerdy, Okay, Sad

This week's Maximum moods are: Moody, Pissed off, Rushed


I don't know about anyone else, but I am feeling Rushed today. Too many things to do! Probably plenty of time, but does my executive dysfunction care? Not so much.

How about you? What are your thoughts on this week's moods? Are you having an easy time with them, or is it taking more work? Do you need help with any? Let's talk about it!
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Phew, I made it this time!

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Enthralled, Happy, Indescribable

This week's Maximum moods are: Infuriated, Irate, Irritated

TBH, I still don't get why we have both "Irate" and "Irritated"; maybe there's some subtext that I'll just never get.

What do you think? Do the moods for this week make sense, you know, as moods? Are there any other moods you can think of that make you go "Bwuh?" And are you having any trouble with this week's moods? Let's talk about it!
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Ack, I forgot to update yesterday! So sorry about that; I got caught up in writing Dreamwidth tutorials...

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Determined, Devious, Energetic

This week's Maximum moods are: Enraged, Frustrated, Grumpy

What are your thoughts on this week's moods? Are they relatable, or are you feeling something different this week? Did ideas for them pop immediately into your head, or are they taking a bit more work? Let's talk about it!
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And we're back on track with Part 3!

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Angry, Awake, Confused
This week's Maximum moods are: Bitchy, Cranky, Cynical

I've also got a little treat; thanks to the excellent work of [personal profile] magibrain of [community profile] allbingo, I've wrangled up some Bingo cards that cover a lot of the basics! The Minimum Mood Card has sixteen moods (the bare minimum plus Uncomfortable, the next most populated mood), while the Medium Mood Card has all of the most populated secondary moods, plus the four that I thought would get the most use. Along with the Mood Theme Calendars for a Mood Theme in a Month, I thought they'd be a nice addition to this community's options!

Any thoughts on this week's moods? Anyone joining in for the first time this round, or new to the community and looking forward to watching? Are you looking forward to completing any of these goals? Let's talk about it!
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Goodness, is it the end of Part 3 already? I can hardly believe it!

This week's moods are: Hyper, Amused, Cheerful

Starting here, I am now going to be adding an additional optional mood at the end of every Part. There are five Parts after this one, and the last one has only five moods in it; that means that, if you want to finish up a couple of weeks early and have almost the entire month of December off from mood theme work, you only have to do one extra mood per Part!

How does this work? All I will be doing is adding an extra optional mood to work on for the final week of Parts 3 through 7. You can still work on the moods in any order you like, but I know December is really busy for a lot of people, and having a little break from an extra challenge might be nice. Plus, it'll give you a longer cushion if you want to do Mood Theme in a Year again next year 😜

That said, making moods in December might be a nice break from the rest of everything for you! So in addition to the optional additional mood every Part, Part 8 will be going forward as planned.

All that is to say:

This Part's optional mood is: Accomplished

What are your thoughts on this week's moods? Are you excited to work on any of them? With the end of the Angry moods, we've moved onto variations on Happy. Are there any you're looking forward to? Do you think you'll have trouble coming up with all the potential Happy variants, or do you expect to zoom right through? And are you looking forward to the break next week? Let's talk about it!
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The time has come for our next batch of moods!

This week's moods are: Curious, Predatory, Bouncy

These ones seem like fun! A nice variety after the past few weeks of Angry sub-genres, with a lot of room for creativity and interpretation. But what do you think? Do these moods seem like a nice break, or were you just getting into the swing of more miffed moods? Have you got ideas for any of them yet, or are they just not working? Or is it the opposite problem, and you have too many ideas for one or more of them? If so, you might check and see if there are other moods that your ideas might work for; or maybe you want to use one of your superfluous ideas as an icon instead? Let's talk about it!
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We're on to the last week of April, and the last of the "Angry" moods!

This week's moods are: Moody, Pissed off, Rushed

I know the point of this community is to have a relaxed approach to creating a mood theme, but I'll bet we're all feeling too Rushed too often regardless 😅 Still, don't be too hard on yourself if you ever miss some moods or even need to drop out! Life happens sometimes, and that may mean that your mood theme falls by the wayside.

What do you think? Are you ready for the next upcoming break? Do you need a break now? Or are you pacing yourself and feeling fine? Are you rushing ahead and drawing whichever mood strikes your fancy? And how do you think you'll approach any of this week's moods? Let's talk about it!
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And so begins the third week of Part 3.

This week's moods are: Infuriated, Irate, Irritated

I don't think it hit me until just now that we'd be getting three angry words in a row that all started with "I"! Figuring out the difference between "Irate" and "Irritated" has the potential to be a bit of a challenge, but I believe in us!

What do you think? Are you prepared to face down three new sub-categories of "Angry"? Are you thinking of skipping around a bit, and getting back to these later? After all, it doesn't technically matter which moods you make images for this week, as long as you make three of them, you'll still be set to complete your mood theme on time. But it can also be nice to know you're working on the same thing as other people. What do you think? Let's talk about it!
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Time for the second week of Part 3!

This week's moods are: Enraged, Frustrated, Grumpy

Something I didn't think to appreciate before, with my own very random approach to which moods I've been making, is that uploading leaf moods is so organized compared to the branching moods. All of the derivatives of "Angry"? All right there in a row! You don't have to go searching up and down the list of moods (or ctrl + f, as I usually end up doing) to figure out where the next one is going to go. It's pretty refreshing!

That doesn't say a lot about this week's moods, though! Does anyone have any thoughts on these three? Is Frustrated a little too relatable at this point in the challenge, or are you Grumpy that things aren't going faster? Having any trouble with this cluster of similar moods, or is it a relief to find a purpose for images that didn't quite fit Angry earlier? Let's talk about it!
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It's time for Week 1 of Part 3 of Mood Theme in a Year! To our returning mood-makers, welcome back; and to anyone who's just starting out, welcome aboard!

This week's moods are: Bitchy, Cranky, Cynical

I'm not going to lie, the next few weeks seem a little rough to me! Right now we're going through almost all of the moods that are derived from "Angry"; we had two at the end of Part 2, and we've got another six after this. On the one hand, this is the kind of opportunity where, when you make an image that doesn't quite fit the mood you originally picked it for, you may be able to reuse that image for another mood pretty quickly!

On the other hand, spending close to four weeks focusing on variations of "Angry" seems like it could get a little exhausting. So feel free to take a look at the listed schedule for Part 3 and mix the moods around a little! If you need to take a breather to work on something else so you can figure out the fine differences between "Irate" and "Irritated", but still want t stay on track, skipping ahead to a different mood in this part is a great option.

What do you think? Do you anticipate getting a headache over trying to find nine more ways to make an "Angry" sort of mood in a row, or is your mood theme particularly suited to the task? This particular run of similar moods is pretty extensive as far as these things go, but we've got more similar mood runs in the future; are you dreading or looking forward to any other mood clusters, like filling in the leaves on "Relaxed" or "Silly"? Let's talk about it!

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