[2-PRELIMINARY] [JUNIOR] [CRITIQUES] TRAINING GROUNDS;
Sup!
Sign-ups for Challenge 02 and submissions for the Preliminary Round: Training Grounds are now officially closed.
This is the voting/critique post for the JUNIOR LEAGUE. For the Senior League post, please go here.
We had a total of 23 sign-ups for the Junior League, out of which 1 participant (Simca) couldn't submit in time, which makes for a total of 22 participants officially in the running for Junior League.
One participant had needed to resubmit but couldn't make it; considering that they did make an icon, while I did not include it in the table, I will not have their skip be used up.
Critiques aren't obligatory, but HIGHLY recommended and very appreciated by all the juniors. :3
VOTING/CRITIQUE RULES
- Do not vote for yourself or critique your own icons, do not create duplicate accounts to vote/critique yourself, or tell people which is your icon and ask them to critique it.
- Only one vote/set of crits per person.
- Every vote must be fully critiqued. This means you must have the minimum number of critiques for the round in your vote (more are allowed and encouraged). Votes with less critiques than the required minimum will be discarded.
- You may leave general critiques to icons without voting for them. These comments will not count for tallying, but they'll be handed out to the iconmakers with their critiques.
- You may split your votes - leave some votes now, some later - but your vote will only be counted when it has the minimum amount of votes necessary for the round.
- Be fair in your critiques. Focus on the icon's aesthetic qualities rather than your personal preferences. Be polite. Be helpful - don't just point out that something sucks, try to suggest how to improve it if at all possible. Harsh or unhelpful votes (i.e. "this is ugly" or "the colors are kinda odd") will be discarded.
- Make sure you've picked the right numbers for your votes! The number of the icon is above it on the voting table. We'll try to check every vote to make sure it matches the icon, but please be careful!
- You do not need to be a participating member to vote or leave crits. Anyone can vote, so please vote and encourage others to do the same!
VOTING/CRITIQUE FORMAT
- Votes with critiques must be submitted to this post.
- You must leave critiques for a minimum of three icons per table (for a total minimum of six if you're leaving critiques for both tables). There is no limit for maximum number of critiques; you may leave as many as you like as long as there's at least three.
- You don't have to vote on both tables if you don't want to, although it is highly appreciated.
- Critique order does not matter.
Submit your critiques as such:
Table #1 - HUSH
[#099] - This icon seems a little lacking - there's too much negative space. Maybe a brush or a texture to help fill it up would help your composition. I do like the border; it pulls the icon together. The text is appropriately placed but the anti-aliasing is odd, it looks a little sharp. I have no negative comments about the crop: it's not an amazing crop, but it does its job pretty well. Overall, it's not a bad icon, it just could use a little more work!
[#100] - [crit]
[#101] - [crit]
[OPTIONAL] [#102] - [crit]
keep adding if you wish to critique more icons.
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Table #2 - MONOCHROME
[#099] - [crit]
[#100] - [crit]
[#101] - [crit]
[OPTIONAL] [#102] - [crit]
keep adding if you wish to critique more icons.
Alternatively you can use this template (replace 'xx' with the icon numbers):
Table #1 - HUSH
[#xx] crit
[#xx] crit
[#xx] crit
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
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Table #2 - MONOCHROME
[#xx] crit
[#xx] crit
[#xx] crit
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
And without further ado, on to the icons! Please remember to critique a minimum of 3 icons from each table.
Voting/Critiques: Training Grounds
For this round, participants were asked to make two icons: the first should contain no text or tinytext; the second should only use white, black, and another color (gray counted as a color). For both icons, they were restricted to not using any textures, brushes, patterns - they were only allowed to use their program's default selection tools/custom shapes, filters, the eraser, and layer modes. Participants were asked to refrain from attempting to mimic texture work with those tools, but I did not bar icons that did, since the line would be hard to define. Nevertheless, keep that in mind when voting!
Votes that claim the icon looks too simple will not be counted. The POINT was to keep it simple!
All participants have guaranteed that they did not use any textures. Some have used other parts of the same image which may look like textures but are not. So no accusing anyone of using textures, either!
TABLE #1 - HUSH
Icons were not allowed to have any text.
o1
o2
o3
o4
o5
o6
o7
o8
o9
1o
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2o
21
22
TABLE #2 - MONOCHROME
Icons were only allowed to have black, white, and one more color. Gray counted as a color.
o1
o2
o3
o4
o5
o6
o7
o8
o9
1o
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2o
21
characters/series featured in icons are here.
Voting closes on Sunday, September 2nd, at 10:00PM GMT -3:00 (monday 1 AM UTC; 6 PM PDT; convert to your local time using the world clock.)
Votes submitted after the closing will not be counted.
Good luck to all the participants and happy voting!
Please remember to ask any questions you might have, and read the rules carefully. If anything is unclear, ask and we'll try to clarify.
Sign-ups for Challenge 02 and submissions for the Preliminary Round: Training Grounds are now officially closed.
This is the voting/critique post for the JUNIOR LEAGUE. For the Senior League post, please go here.
We had a total of 23 sign-ups for the Junior League, out of which 1 participant (Simca) couldn't submit in time, which makes for a total of 22 participants officially in the running for Junior League.
One participant had needed to resubmit but couldn't make it; considering that they did make an icon, while I did not include it in the table, I will not have their skip be used up.
Critiques aren't obligatory, but HIGHLY recommended and very appreciated by all the juniors. :3
VOTING/CRITIQUE RULES
- Do not vote for yourself or critique your own icons, do not create duplicate accounts to vote/critique yourself, or tell people which is your icon and ask them to critique it.
- Only one vote/set of crits per person.
- Every vote must be fully critiqued. This means you must have the minimum number of critiques for the round in your vote (more are allowed and encouraged). Votes with less critiques than the required minimum will be discarded.
- You may leave general critiques to icons without voting for them. These comments will not count for tallying, but they'll be handed out to the iconmakers with their critiques.
- You may split your votes - leave some votes now, some later - but your vote will only be counted when it has the minimum amount of votes necessary for the round.
- Be fair in your critiques. Focus on the icon's aesthetic qualities rather than your personal preferences. Be polite. Be helpful - don't just point out that something sucks, try to suggest how to improve it if at all possible. Harsh or unhelpful votes (i.e. "this is ugly" or "the colors are kinda odd") will be discarded.
- Make sure you've picked the right numbers for your votes! The number of the icon is above it on the voting table. We'll try to check every vote to make sure it matches the icon, but please be careful!
- You do not need to be a participating member to vote or leave crits. Anyone can vote, so please vote and encourage others to do the same!
VOTING/CRITIQUE FORMAT
- Votes with critiques must be submitted to this post.
- You must leave critiques for a minimum of three icons per table (for a total minimum of six if you're leaving critiques for both tables). There is no limit for maximum number of critiques; you may leave as many as you like as long as there's at least three.
- You don't have to vote on both tables if you don't want to, although it is highly appreciated.
- Critique order does not matter.
Submit your critiques as such:
Table #1 - HUSH
[#099] - This icon seems a little lacking - there's too much negative space. Maybe a brush or a texture to help fill it up would help your composition. I do like the border; it pulls the icon together. The text is appropriately placed but the anti-aliasing is odd, it looks a little sharp. I have no negative comments about the crop: it's not an amazing crop, but it does its job pretty well. Overall, it's not a bad icon, it just could use a little more work!
[#100] - [crit]
[#101] - [crit]
[OPTIONAL] [#102] - [crit]
keep adding if you wish to critique more icons.
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Table #2 - MONOCHROME
[#099] - [crit]
[#100] - [crit]
[#101] - [crit]
[OPTIONAL] [#102] - [crit]
keep adding if you wish to critique more icons.
Alternatively you can use this template (replace 'xx' with the icon numbers):
Table #1 - HUSH
[#xx] crit
[#xx] crit
[#xx] crit
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
/////////
Table #2 - MONOCHROME
[#xx] crit
[#xx] crit
[#xx] crit
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
And without further ado, on to the icons! Please remember to critique a minimum of 3 icons from each table.
Voting/Critiques: Training Grounds
For this round, participants were asked to make two icons: the first should contain no text or tinytext; the second should only use white, black, and another color (gray counted as a color). For both icons, they were restricted to not using any textures, brushes, patterns - they were only allowed to use their program's default selection tools/custom shapes, filters, the eraser, and layer modes. Participants were asked to refrain from attempting to mimic texture work with those tools, but I did not bar icons that did, since the line would be hard to define. Nevertheless, keep that in mind when voting!
Votes that claim the icon looks too simple will not be counted. The POINT was to keep it simple!
All participants have guaranteed that they did not use any textures. Some have used other parts of the same image which may look like textures but are not. So no accusing anyone of using textures, either!
TABLE #1 - HUSH
Icons were not allowed to have any text.
o1
o2
o3
o4
o5
o6
o7
o8
o9
1o
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2o
21
22
TABLE #2 - MONOCHROME
Icons were only allowed to have black, white, and one more color. Gray counted as a color.
o1
o2
o3
o4
o5
o6
o7
o8
o9
1o
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2o
21
characters/series featured in icons are here.
Voting closes on Sunday, September 2nd, at 10:00PM GMT -3:00 (monday 1 AM UTC; 6 PM PDT; convert to your local time using the world clock.)
Votes submitted after the closing will not be counted.
Good luck to all the participants and happy voting!
Please remember to ask any questions you might have, and read the rules carefully. If anything is unclear, ask and we'll try to clarify.