BOOK 1, CHAPTER 1: Results

[xenoamorist]

The Character Status page has been updated, if you'd just like to see the quick-'n-easy view of the new rankings.

We had a fabulous voting turnout! I'm thinking that 15-20 votes is the optimal number, as that's about what I get over at avatar_hush, too. It was really close for some icons, but the last-minute votes worked those out ^^

Comments

[staticlights]

I haven't finished reading all the comments for the icons yet, but I wanted to say:
The quality of these comments is amazing. I'm part of many LIMS, and these are some of the most well-thought out and longest comments I've ever received.

[xenoamorist]

:) That's good to hear~ I'm one of those people who leaves novel-length critiques, heh. But that's just 'cause I'm wordy like that XD I'm not part of any other LIMS, so I'm not sure how long the comments usually are o_o The ones at ff_kh_battle look to be about the same length as most of these, though.

- hl

[staticlights]

*shrugs* maybe it's just the LIMS I participate in. Usually the critiques I get are fairly short (though accurate)
These were ones I received recently:
"-this is lovely, but the image looks a little washed out
-The colouring is awkward and the texture overpowers the icon."

They're helpful critiques, because the icon was too washed out.

To take the first critique here, however:
"The font doesn't go with the subject. This font seems like it would go with a more fun or playful icon, not a spiritual one."
At most LIMS, I would expect something saying 'the font doesn't fit' Here, however, the commenter explains more in-depth on why the font doesn't fit, which is more helpful.

The positive votes were also much, much, much more in-depth then I've seen before (except for one animanga-lims one, where I got like a half-page comment ¬¬;;)

To take an example from the second icon:
"I like the simplicity of the icon-there aren't any textures, but the starkness of the black against the foreground helps bring out the subjects. Very nice typography (though

[xenoamorist]

LOL. Now that last + one made me giggle. XDDD And man, it's hard to believe that animanga_lims is coming to a close. I came in too late to sign up, but wow, I was so overwhelmed with the first voting post. There were some 70 or 90 icons, huh? And now it's down to the last 10 *g*;;

- hl

[staticlights]

(the results were just posted for animanga-lims)
I know!
There are now 8 iconmakers left, from the original 87.

I love animanga_lims, though, it's got me interested (or rekindled my interest) in 9 anime/mangas.

Both of my + comments for that icon were like that, which makes me wonder if I didn't have the humour, would I have been voted off? It seems a rather cheap reason to stay on the me ^^;;

[xenoamorist]

;~; twisted_fruitie!! hungrybookworm!! Man, and I just wished hungrybookworm good luck a couple days ago. T___T

I actually thought #6 turned out the nicest there. Ugh, I should've voted. x___x;

And haha, yeah, I know what you mean @__@

- hl

[staticlights]

I'm always surprised at the vote-offs; there's usually an icon there that I voted as a fav. I guess I just have weird taste, I've voted negatively on icons that received mods or peoples choices ^^;

I enjoy seeing the icons and the results right now, though, because they're all so good. At the beginning, I could somewhat guess who would be voted off, but now I'm pulling things out of thin air for the critiques.
Dang all you talented icon makers!

It's interesting to see all the different icons that are made, even when the same cap is used. Often, my submissions would feature very poor colouring, and someone else would've submitted an icon that had beautiful colouring from the same cap ^^