[2-01] [JUNIOR] [CRITIQUES/VOTING] MANGA BATTLE TACTICS;
Sup!
Submissions for Round 01: Manga Battle Tactics are now officially closed.
As agreed on by the JL members, this round will have voting in addition to critiques, and the critiques will be publicly displayed at the end of voting (anonymity for the people who wrote the critiques will be preserved, however).
This is the voting/critique post for the JUNIOR LEAGUE. For the Senior League post, please go here.
Out of 22 participants, 3 (Natsuo Sagan, Orihime Inoue and Teru Mikami) couldn't submit an icon in time, and were forced to use up their only skip. Additionally, Tomoyo and Reira Serizawa used their skips - meaning a total of 17 participants have submitted. We got a total of 26 icons in Junior League this round!
Voting and 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 pick one favorite icon from each table (for a total minimum of five favorite icons). General critiques are optional, but appreciated; there's no limit for the number of general critiques.
- You must pick all six favorites or your vote will not be counted.
- Critique order does not matter.
Submit your votes/critiques as such:
FAVORITES
Class One - Squire
[#099] - This icon incorporated the theme quite well! I love the crop, and how the colors were enhanced from the original image. The composition isn't perfect, but it's pretty good. I really like the choice of image and how it matches the theme. Excellent job!
Class Three - Knight
[#099] - [crit]
Class Four - Thief
[#099] - [crit]
Class Five - Black Mage
[#099] - [crit]
Class Six - White Mage
[#099] - [crit]
GENERAL CRITIQUES
Class One - Squire
[OPTIONAL] [#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!
[OPTIONAL] [#100] - [crit]
Class Three - Knight
[OPTIONAL] [#099] - [crit]
Class Four - Thief
[OPTIONAL] [#099] - [crit]
Class Five - Black Mage
[OPTIONAL] [#099] - [crit]
Class Six - White Mage
[OPTIONAL] [#099] - [crit]
keep adding to the crits list if you wish to critique more icons.
Alternatively you can use this template (replace 'xx' with the icon numbers):
FAVORITES
Class One - Squire
[#xx] crit
Class Three - Knight
[#xx] crit
Class Four - Thief
[#xx] crit
Class Five - Black Mage
[#xx] crit
Class Six - White Mage
[#xx] crit
/////////
GENERAL CRITIQUES
Class One - Squire
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
Class Three - Knight
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
Class Four - Thief
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
Class Five - Black Mage
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
Class Six - White Mage
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
And without further ado, on to the icons! Please remember to pick one favorite from each table.
Voting/Critiques: Manga Battle Tactics
For this round, participants could make up to two icons, one per category, and had six categories to choose from. No one from the Junior League picked the Chemist class, so we only got icons for five categories.
Please remember to pick your favorite icon out of each table and give insightful, detailed critiques.
Class One - Squire
Icons had to use only the original image, layer modes, cutouts and color adjustments. Brushes, textures, color layers, manga coloring, filters were not allowed. All participants have shown the original images and it is guaranteed they did not use anything external to the image.
o1
o2
o3
o4
o5
Class Three - Knight
Icons had to be themed "battle" or "honor", and have two or more characters in them.
o1
o2
o3
o4
Class Four - Thief
Icons had be themed after a gemstone or precious ore, and could only feature one character in it.
o1
o2
o3
o4
Class Five - Black Mage
Icons had to be themed "fire", "ice" or "lightning", and had to be textless.
o1
o2
o3
o4
o5
o6
o7
o8
Class Six - White Mage
Icons had to be themed "light" or "holy", and had to use text.
o1
o2
o3
o4
o5
characters/series featured in icons are being compiled.
Voting closes on Sunday, September 9th, 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.
Submissions for Round 01: Manga Battle Tactics are now officially closed.
As agreed on by the JL members, this round will have voting in addition to critiques, and the critiques will be publicly displayed at the end of voting (anonymity for the people who wrote the critiques will be preserved, however).
This is the voting/critique post for the JUNIOR LEAGUE. For the Senior League post, please go here.
Out of 22 participants, 3 (Natsuo Sagan, Orihime Inoue and Teru Mikami) couldn't submit an icon in time, and were forced to use up their only skip. Additionally, Tomoyo and Reira Serizawa used their skips - meaning a total of 17 participants have submitted. We got a total of 26 icons in Junior League this round!
Voting and 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 pick one favorite icon from each table (for a total minimum of five favorite icons). General critiques are optional, but appreciated; there's no limit for the number of general critiques.
- You must pick all six favorites or your vote will not be counted.
- Critique order does not matter.
Submit your votes/critiques as such:
FAVORITES
Class One - Squire
[#099] - This icon incorporated the theme quite well! I love the crop, and how the colors were enhanced from the original image. The composition isn't perfect, but it's pretty good. I really like the choice of image and how it matches the theme. Excellent job!
Class Three - Knight
[#099] - [crit]
Class Four - Thief
[#099] - [crit]
Class Five - Black Mage
[#099] - [crit]
Class Six - White Mage
[#099] - [crit]
GENERAL CRITIQUES
Class One - Squire
[OPTIONAL] [#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!
[OPTIONAL] [#100] - [crit]
Class Three - Knight
[OPTIONAL] [#099] - [crit]
Class Four - Thief
[OPTIONAL] [#099] - [crit]
Class Five - Black Mage
[OPTIONAL] [#099] - [crit]
Class Six - White Mage
[OPTIONAL] [#099] - [crit]
keep adding to the crits list if you wish to critique more icons.
Alternatively you can use this template (replace 'xx' with the icon numbers):
FAVORITES
Class One - Squire
[#xx] crit
Class Three - Knight
[#xx] crit
Class Four - Thief
[#xx] crit
Class Five - Black Mage
[#xx] crit
Class Six - White Mage
[#xx] crit
/////////
GENERAL CRITIQUES
Class One - Squire
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
Class Three - Knight
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
Class Four - Thief
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
Class Five - Black Mage
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
Class Six - White Mage
[OPTIONAL] [#xx] crit
And without further ado, on to the icons! Please remember to pick one favorite from each table.
Voting/Critiques: Manga Battle Tactics
For this round, participants could make up to two icons, one per category, and had six categories to choose from. No one from the Junior League picked the Chemist class, so we only got icons for five categories.
Please remember to pick your favorite icon out of each table and give insightful, detailed critiques.
Class One - Squire
Icons had to use only the original image, layer modes, cutouts and color adjustments. Brushes, textures, color layers, manga coloring, filters were not allowed. All participants have shown the original images and it is guaranteed they did not use anything external to the image.
o1
o2
o3
o4
o5
Class Three - Knight
Icons had to be themed "battle" or "honor", and have two or more characters in them.
o1
o2
o3
o4
Class Four - Thief
Icons had be themed after a gemstone or precious ore, and could only feature one character in it.
o1
o2
o3
o4
Class Five - Black Mage
Icons had to be themed "fire", "ice" or "lightning", and had to be textless.
o1
o2
o3
o4
o5
o6
o7
o8
Class Six - White Mage
Icons had to be themed "light" or "holy", and had to use text.
o1
o2
o3
o4
o5
characters/series featured in icons are being compiled.
Voting closes on Sunday, September 9th, 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.