Round #11 - Challenge #8 - Voting

[hermionesparkle.livejournal.com]

Skipping: neatmonster & stolenglimpse

Rules:
- Vote for 1 icon 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.


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

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Comments

[holtzmann.livejournal.com]

1 least quality icon:
4 - great colouring, but i think the composition is a bit busy, the text seems out of place and awkward. It probably would have been a bit better without it, just the circles or pumpkins

1 best quality icon
2 - amazing crop!

[scarred-loretta.livejournal.com]

1 least quality icon:
#4 - It looks very sharp. Buffy looks a little jarring in the foreground as the reds on her costume are darker than the red glow behind her. Some selective colouring or a colour fill layer may have helped to get all those reds working in harmony.

1 best quality icon
#2 - Love that crop!

[double_dutchess]

1 least quality icon:
#2 - The crop is original (I like that) but I think it would have been better to leave a a bit more room on the right, as Buffy's nose looks a little squished now.

1 best quality icon:
#4 - Great combination of image and text. I love the contrast between the message and Buffy's innocent look.

[tinny]

1 least quality icon:
#1 - the icon looks pretty dark on my monitor, and I find the quick switch between the two faces doesn't fit the slow pan on the light circle.


This is a really hard decision, but I'm going to say:

1 best quality icon
#3 - because it's complex and the light coloring and soft glow fits her doll-like outfit and posture. It's a very playful composition.

[teragramm.livejournal.com]

I can see why not many people voted, because this is hard!! They are all good and at this point I am just nit picking.

1 least quality icon:
#1 - reason- First, I have to say this icon is gorgeous, good cropping and great coloring. The light texture is a nice touch but it is so bright it makes the text hard to read and Buffy's face very light. Maybe if you toned the light texture down a bit, it would have worked better, but other wise it's a lovely icon.

1 best quality icon
#4 - reason- Great coloring, great textures and the text in the background works nicely,

[freecat15.livejournal.com]

I almost missed voting again, though I'm not so sure it's such a good thing I didn't...it's *so* hard to coose!

1 least quality icon:
#1 - reason: Though I love the idea of Ethan turning into Janus (which I guess is the point???) and showing that it's magic doing the trick, I think both Ethan and Janus are too blurry and a little too dark (I know it's candles lighting them, but it's just not good enough to see that way). Plus, it took me a while to even recognize that it's candles seen from above between these two.
(I feel bad for choosing this, because the artist basically had to make several icons instead of focusing on only one, and I still think it's awesome, but I have to decide...)

1 best quality icon
# 4- reason (optional): I love the composition, the coloring and the brightness it emenates, it's sharp without being over sharpened, The text fits the cap wonderfully, and it's a great use of the halloween theme with the pumpkins texture. Perfekt.

[stolenglimpse.livejournal.com]

1 least quality icon:
4 - it is a really nice icon but I feel the texture takes away the focus on Buffy. it feels like this icon would have worked better textless or having the text be different on this. everything is in focus with the middle and, to me, it all blurs together. I don't know how to explain this one better.

1 best quality icon
3

I gotta give kuddos to 1 as we don't get a lot of animated icons in these types of challenges and it's really cool. I really like the added eyes in there, too :)

[seleneheart]

1 least quality icon:
#1 - reason: the color is murky on the frames with the faces, leaves the icon confusing, too much going on

1 best quality icon
#3 - reason (optional)

[hermionesparkle.livejournal.com]

VOTING IS CLOSED. Thank you for voting!