Even thought I never participated (cause I'm really not able to write a tutorial) it would be very sad to see this comm closed. It was such a brilliant idea to have a tutorial with the winning icons. To get explained how differently one picture was manipulated to achieve a certain look was just great.
But I understand that you get tired of trying to keep the comm running if nobody participates.
But maybe promoting at other comms or icontest_promo on LJ could peak peoples interest.
Other than that I really don't know what to do.