Oh, ok, I honestly didn't expect to go with this icon - last round, sure, but this one I kinda loved :p but I guess it's better to go knowing you couldn't have done much better than going for something you know sucked!
So yeah the feedback would be cool :)
Congrats to torzy! You really deserve to be in the final 2! ^^
BEST #02 - It's an interesting color combination (doesn't really scream 'DArgo), but the frame and simple text is eye-catching #02 - Good texture use and I really like text/font and also the crop. The colors fit nicely together.
LEAST #02 - The work on D'Argo himself is very good - nice, even coloring. And I like the complementary coloring in the border and text, too. I just find both border and text to be a little big and clunky. They overpower the icon for me. #02 - I have nothing bad to say about it! I just prefer it less than the other two! Is that reason enough? Sorry! Why? I have no idea, just taste I guess! #02 - like the font and text placement and the subject pops, but the border is too much and distracts from the other elements.
Yeah it's really shit, I'm sorry. I didn't even look at the votes until I tallied them honestly, and then I didn't really think about it until I already had everything posted.
I'm going to be much tougher on voting next round, because there have been a few other times I wanted to reject votes (but I feel kind of bad about doing it?). But really if I don't be more picky, there's no point in having the voting if people aren't going to actually put thought into it.
Great to hear! :) yeah, I agree that there have been many other questionable votes too. It mostly makes me feel bad because I've voted against icons I personally liked a lot in favor of some that were less appealing to me stylistically if I thought they had better technique. Like in many rounds I've really really wanted to give people points for creativity, composition and trying something different, but just couldn't vote for them or even had to vote against them because of technical things like sharpness or contrast. So idk it just seems silly for me to do that if others don't follow the same rules :| but hey this thing started soo long ago and even those few that read the voting guidelines have probably forgotten about them so for the next round maybe a small guide on objective voting that everyone needs to read (maybe find a keyword or something in it?) could work? and definitely not behind a link cause a lot of people don't bother clicking them, something in the direct context of the voting maybe
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Yeah I definitely don't think everyone has been on the same page regarding voting, unfortunately. I'm definitely going to have to think up some way to get people to actually read and try to understand the kind of voting that is useful in a competition like this. (I was half thinking about having some kind of way of having people prove they read it too!)
There might be a bit of a break after this round depending on how my RL moving situation goes. But I do plan on putting something up before the next round even starts and maybe a discussion will help people? I don't know? I guess I really overestimated the idea that people would click on links and read them (I click on almost everything)! So maybe if I use some examples that were received, or make up some of my own so people know what kind of votes are really not worthwhile. Thanks for understanding that things are kind of iffy this first round; it's my first time being mod of anything ever!
So yeah the feedback would be cool :)
Congrats to torzy! You really deserve to be in the final 2! ^^
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#02 - It's an interesting color combination (doesn't really scream 'DArgo), but the frame and simple text is eye-catching
#02 - Good texture use and I really like text/font and also the crop. The colors fit nicely together.
LEAST
#02 - The work on D'Argo himself is very good - nice, even coloring. And I like the complementary coloring in the border and text, too. I just find both border and text to be a little big and clunky. They overpower the icon for me.
#02 - I have nothing bad to say about it! I just prefer it less than the other two! Is that reason enough? Sorry! Why? I have no idea, just taste I guess!
#02 - like the font and text placement and the subject pops, but the border is too much and distracts from the other elements.
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I'm going to be much tougher on voting next round, because there have been a few other times I wanted to reject votes (but I feel kind of bad about doing it?). But really if I don't be more picky, there's no point in having the voting if people aren't going to actually put thought into it.
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There might be a bit of a break after this round depending on how my RL moving situation goes. But I do plan on putting something up before the next round even starts and maybe a discussion will help people? I don't know? I guess I really overestimated the idea that people would click on links and read them (I click on almost everything)! So maybe if I use some examples that were received, or make up some of my own so people know what kind of votes are really not worthwhile. Thanks for understanding that things are kind of iffy this first round; it's my first time being mod of anything ever!
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