Round #11 - Challenge #3 - Voting

[hermionesparkle.livejournal.com]

Skipping: double_dutchess, crazycordy, & dixon.

Eliminated due to no entry and no skips: jane948

Rules:
- Vote for 2 icons of the least quality. Reasons such as 'I don't like' or 'It's too plain' are not allowed. Actually think about why you are voting out the icon. If the icon is too plain, why is that bad thing? What could have been done to improve the icon?
- Also vote for 1 icon that you feel is the best quality. The reason for this one is optional but encouraged.
- Keep your icon identity hidden until after the results are posted. Do not vote for yourself or get anyone to vote for you.
- You do not have to be a participant to vote (the more the merrier!).
- Positive votes do not take away from the amount of negative votes. This will change in the event of a tie.
- One person will be eliminated as the result of the voting.
- The comments are screened.
- If you entered and do not vote then you will not be eligible for Community's Choice or Mod's Choice.
- Voting will be open until Monday at around 11 PM ET.




Examples:

Least favorite:
12. The texture really takes away from the focus of the icon and throws off the balance.
120. The image is very sharp in spots including Buffy's hair line & facial features. It could have looked better with either some contrast or using a blur tool.

Favorite:
04. Beautifully cropped.
166. The coloring really makes the icon stand out from the others.


2 least quality icons: # - reason # - reason 1 best quality icon # - reason (optional)

1.		2.		3.		4.
5.		6.		7.		8.
9.

Comments

[holtzmann.livejournal.com]

2 least quality icons:
8 - the icon seams a little busy, because of the cap choice and the text placement it draws your eye to the text rather than the text and buffy.
6 - I like the composition over all, but the colouring is a little dull and it could be sharper, as it seems blurry to me.

1 best quality icon
9 - what great colouring

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[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is difficult because they are all good! So I am voting for the lease quality of 9 quality icons, but here goes.

Least Quality:

8. Because I think the composition is too busy for an icon. It may have been more impactful if the artist eliminated the background and replaced it with something simpler like a plain color or a gradient, and then just kept the two characters in the foreground.

5. I'm voting for this one because of text placement. The text drops off at the bottom of the icon. I can't see the full word "is". So for people not very familiar with the show, it might lose meaning. I like the text, though. Maybe the image of Buffy could have been a tiny bit smaller to allow better placement of the text.

Favorite:

It's hard to pick a favorite, but I really like the tonal quality of 3. I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about how important colors are to the overall effect, and in this one, the color pallet between the image and the text works well together and the overall color pallet itself creates a feeling. That being said, the feeling it creates for me is soothing, which is perhaps in contrast with what the text is actually saying.

[irish-bunnie.livejournal.com]

2 least quality icons:
2 - The placement of the text is odd and throws off the composition
8 - The text is very plain. It doesn't catch the eye or direct it in any sort of way.

1 best quality icon
5 - The whole composition works really well together.

[freecat15.livejournal.com]

Aaand - we're back in nitpicking land...

2 least quality icons:
# - reason: Even though I like the icon very much, the writing is awkwardly placed on Buffy's chin. It's also too big, and as a result of both the words below are cut.

#1 - reason: The idea behind the icon is great and the writing is well done; the aspect ratio is off, though, enough that it really throws me.

1 best quality icon
#7- reason (optional): the icon is well done, very balanced and yet atmospheric. I like the simplicity of the writing and the positioning serves as telling so much more than just the words, which is something I really like.

Just like last round - wonderful icons all around. Tough choice.

[hermionesparkle.livejournal.com]

You forgot the number for your first icon. Please fix it! :)

[freecat15.livejournal.com]

Ooops...I can't edit my comment though, because you already replied to it. It's meant to be #5.
Sorry...

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

2 least quality icons:
8 - text layout could have more finesse. This would be better if it wasnt' double spaced.

7 - Love the placing of "be brave" but feel like "live" isn't flowing in that lower corner, it takes awhile for the eye to find it. Perhaps a color or font change, or maybe call caps would make it pop a bit more.

1 best quality icon
9

[stolenglimpse.livejournal.com]

2 least quality icons:
6 - I know the focus of this challenge isn't the coloring but I feel that aside from brightening and contrasting it a bit, this icon hasn't been played with much. There's so much potential in that. And the text totally fits the scene, obviously, but I would have chosen a different font instead of this one. Maybe even 2 to make the words have more of an impact.

4 - The black on top takes away from Buffy. I think the same text on top, maybe a bit smaller, would have worked so much better here. I really like it though, it's also funny.

1 best quality icon
5 - the cropping, the coloring, the text and font choice makes this very very fitting and beautiful.


Man, this was so hard. Especially when it came to choosing for the best icon in my opinion.

[julie-izumi.livejournal.com]

2 least quality icons:
1 - The composition of the text is nice but the coloring of the icon makes everything too bright and too much red. The ratio also looks a bit off, like the screencap has been streched on its width.
6 - The crop is a bit weird and the text is hard too read when it's overlapping his face, another color may have helped make it stand out better.

1 best quality icon
5 - Nice composition and use of color !

[scarred-loretta.livejournal.com]

2 least quality icons:
6 - I like the crop, and the colour of the text matching Spike's skin tone is good but a contrasting colour as a drop shadow on the text would have made it stand out more.
1 - I love the matching text colour but the crop including Giles' arm is a bit off-putting, and the icon looks slightly over sharpened.

1 best quality icon
5

[miz-hollywood.livejournal.com]

2 least quality icons:
#5 - The color is really dark and muted; hard for me to read the text.
#8 - To me, the text is hard to read and doesn't stand out from the photo. The color seems off balance to me, as well.

1 best quality icon
#3 - This icon immediately grabbed my attention. I like the font, the color palette, everything.

[hermionesparkle.livejournal.com]

VOTING IS CLOSED!