Round Four - Challenge One Results
Great entries and wonderful voting turnout, thanks!
Possibly for just this week, I don't know, we're only eliminating one participant. Sorry to say goodbye, hope you're back for the next round :D
Eliminated:
by marthajones92 with -10
People's Choice:
by aberrantcliche with +4
Mod's Choice:
by cartharsis_o_s
The smudging is a little awkward, but I LOVE the bright coloring, it's pretty and eye-catching.
Voting Breakdown
1.
+ Really nice color and sharpness
2.
- Two dark overall. The semi colon is unnecessary.
+ interesting crop, text is creative and blends in well
4.
- There is not enough contrast in this icon
- Icon seems blurry and could use more contrast
5.
- The pictures are all squished together and cause it to look distorted. The texture itself is a bit confusing.
- the picture quality is poor. It looks like the aspect ratio wasn't kept when the image was resized.
- icon is too busy/overcrowded, subject's faces are compressed
- The icon has a lovely idea, but the aspect ratio of the pictures is wrong and the icon looks a bit grainy.
- The aspect ratio of the pictures used is out and the texture used does not go with the rest of the icon
- The aspect ratio is off
- The icon appears too cluttered. Freema appears distorted and pixelated in the centre which is off putting.
- The aspect ratio has been compressed, which gives her face a squashed look. The contrast is a little too high, which only highlights the stretched-out appearance of her face. The use of more than one picture in the icon is a nice touch and the background texture is funky, but would have benefited as standalone since it makes it a bit too busy on the eye.
- The aspect ratio of the centre image is off and it is too bright where as the others are too dark.
- the image is stretched.
6.
+ As almost everyone has used the same screencap, this round really needed something unique and this one is definitely the most unique as far as style goes.
+ great blending of the image with the new background and beautiful texture use.
+ Love the texture and the use of negative space.
+ background is lovely and suits the icon really well, and the colouring is just gorgeous. ♥
9.
+ The texture used on this icon is something unusual which makes it stand out from the others in a good way. Also the use of a colour streak over a grayscale main picture is very effective.
10.
- The colouring isn't flattering for her skin tone and makes her face look blotchy.
14.
- the icon is too blurry around the manipulation onto the background and on the image itself.
- Althought the crop is creative, the area around Freema looks more dirty than purpously smudged/cut out and lessens the appeal of the icon.
- Too much blur effect, but has a nice colouring that otherwise makes the icon more pleasing on the eye. The background, though a nice match to the colouring, seems to distort oddly around Martha's figure. Crop needs to be more defined, either central, or not, as it seems to be drifting and undecided in its positioning.
- the cut out looks too obviously cut out, especially with the over-blurring around her head.
15.
- overall dull and uninspiring, brushes look out of place
- The coloring is a bit too dark and the texture doesn't really match the icon.
17.
+ It's a crisp, clean colouring and sharp icon.
+ Nifty crop and gorgeous colouring which brings out the most of the two primary tones of the piece.
+ Nice crop and subtle colouring.
(If your number is not listed, then you didn't receive any comments.)
I should have the next challenge up soon :D
Possibly for just this week, I don't know, we're only eliminating one participant. Sorry to say goodbye, hope you're back for the next round :D
Eliminated:
by marthajones92 with -10
People's Choice:
by aberrantcliche with +4
Mod's Choice:
by cartharsis_o_s
The smudging is a little awkward, but I LOVE the bright coloring, it's pretty and eye-catching.
Voting Breakdown
1.
+ Really nice color and sharpness
2.
- Two dark overall. The semi colon is unnecessary.
+ interesting crop, text is creative and blends in well
4.
- There is not enough contrast in this icon
- Icon seems blurry and could use more contrast
5.
- The pictures are all squished together and cause it to look distorted. The texture itself is a bit confusing.
- the picture quality is poor. It looks like the aspect ratio wasn't kept when the image was resized.
- icon is too busy/overcrowded, subject's faces are compressed
- The icon has a lovely idea, but the aspect ratio of the pictures is wrong and the icon looks a bit grainy.
- The aspect ratio of the pictures used is out and the texture used does not go with the rest of the icon
- The aspect ratio is off
- The icon appears too cluttered. Freema appears distorted and pixelated in the centre which is off putting.
- The aspect ratio has been compressed, which gives her face a squashed look. The contrast is a little too high, which only highlights the stretched-out appearance of her face. The use of more than one picture in the icon is a nice touch and the background texture is funky, but would have benefited as standalone since it makes it a bit too busy on the eye.
- The aspect ratio of the centre image is off and it is too bright where as the others are too dark.
- the image is stretched.
6.
+ As almost everyone has used the same screencap, this round really needed something unique and this one is definitely the most unique as far as style goes.
+ great blending of the image with the new background and beautiful texture use.
+ Love the texture and the use of negative space.
+ background is lovely and suits the icon really well, and the colouring is just gorgeous. ♥
9.
+ The texture used on this icon is something unusual which makes it stand out from the others in a good way. Also the use of a colour streak over a grayscale main picture is very effective.
10.
- The colouring isn't flattering for her skin tone and makes her face look blotchy.
14.
- the icon is too blurry around the manipulation onto the background and on the image itself.
- Althought the crop is creative, the area around Freema looks more dirty than purpously smudged/cut out and lessens the appeal of the icon.
- Too much blur effect, but has a nice colouring that otherwise makes the icon more pleasing on the eye. The background, though a nice match to the colouring, seems to distort oddly around Martha's figure. Crop needs to be more defined, either central, or not, as it seems to be drifting and undecided in its positioning.
- the cut out looks too obviously cut out, especially with the over-blurring around her head.
15.
- overall dull and uninspiring, brushes look out of place
- The coloring is a bit too dark and the texture doesn't really match the icon.
17.
+ It's a crisp, clean colouring and sharp icon.
+ Nifty crop and gorgeous colouring which brings out the most of the two primary tones of the piece.
+ Nice crop and subtle colouring.
(If your number is not listed, then you didn't receive any comments.)
I should have the next challenge up soon :D