Round 7 - Challenge 03 - Results
ROUND 7 - CHALLENGE 03 - RESULTS
1ST PLACE [5 points]:
erzsebet with +15 votes.
2ND PLACE [4 points]:
arctic_flower with +6 votes (and more first place votes).
3RD PLACE [3 points]:
wickedgrdn with +6 votes.
BEST TIME WARP [2 points]:
mancalahour with +8 votes.
MODS CHOICE [1 point]:
[absolutelybatty]
neversleeps
The blending work in this icon is incredible. You've managed to include several screencaps with various crops without the icon seeming too busy. I also really love the pink hues; they are really rather lovely.
[raiindust]
wearestarrdust
The lightness to this icon is lovely, and I love that amongst the brightness there is still ample contrast to really situate the figure in the centre. There's also a stunning softness to the icon that accentuates the lighting. Well done.
TABLE KEY:
+++ = 1st Place Vote
++ = 2nd Place Vote
+ = 3rd Place Vote | Beginning of a new comment.
Note: Votes are not weighted in this round. Meaning a 1st, 2nd or 3rd vote will only give you 1 point when tallying the votes. Except in the case of a tie - then the icon with the most 1st place votes will be given first.
ICON VOTES
margerydaw_s2POSITIVE VOTES
NONE
BEST TIME WARP
NONE
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The colors in this icon are lovely and the contrast is nicely soft. The cap used seems a bit LQ though since I can see these blotches on her skin and on the background.
+ The icon looks a little pixel-y. The harsh coloring really does nothing to improve the image quality. It looks as if this icon has a little too much selective coloring added. I would recommend slightly adjusting hue/saturation for improved colors rather than using selective color.
+ I think maybe this wasn't the best quality cap to try this tutorial on, because the image has turned kind of splotchy all over.
+ For the most part the coloring of this icon works very well, except for in dark places such as the shadows of her hair and her neck where it's a bit pixelated. I feel the if the opacity was lowered and/or the layer was set to a different blend mode, it would help loads.
+ The image quality in this icon is not very good at all. The colors in it look like they would have turned out nicely if the cap had been higher quality, I think.
+ The image quality in this icon is actually quite poor. I like the crop and think the coloring could look nice, if it wasn't so grainy. I believe whatever tutorial you used had layers on it that severely depleted the original images quality, but perhaps you could fix this by stamping all the layers together at the end and then going over the image with the smudge tool, or even the blur tool, to blend some of those pixels back together and make them much less splotchy.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ I love the contrast you have going on here, but the coloring seems to have seriously degraded your image quality. Finding HQ caps or duplicating your layer and working with the blur/smudge brushes can help to get rid of some of that graininess.
mancalahourPOSITIVE VOTES
+ I love the colours in this icon, cool and warm colours together work beautifully! Her hair on the right side of the icon just pop's with such brightness it's gorgous. Again, I love the warm right side and the cool left side of the image, it really works with both her hair and the dress she is wearing. I also love icons in which the eyes have been cut off, it's amazing how much you can tell from just the lips and body language without the eyes. Beautiful! One small tiny concrit is that the texture of the blue on the left is making her hair a little blue and doesn't match the brilliant hair on the right - fix that and this icon is perfect.
++ I think the brownish yellow/blue coloring is very beautiful and eye-catching. the texture use i very great so is the cropping.
++ Really digging how clear it is which of the tutorials you took your inspiration from. I love how clear everything is in the icon, too.
+++ Love the crop and the alternating colouring with the dress and background is very pleasing to the eye. Also I can tell which tutorial this is from.
BEST TIME WARP
+ I love how clearly I can see the tutorial here, it's a lovely icon too.
+ love the crop, and the colors fit the image so well, it is also very clear in which tutorial it's inspired by.
+ The coloring definitely looks like the coloring from the tutorial, but it's not so much that it looks like the old selective coloring overkill icons of yore.
+ No reason provided.
+ No reason provided.
+ The selective coloring used to bring out the blues in the icon do so well without overdoing it.
+ No reason provided.
+ The crop is really nice and it looks like you really used the coloring on one of the tutorials for a better purpose. I found the colorings really hard to work with but this just seems like you made it better. Well done.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The icon has an Interesting crop with bold colors to match. I think the sharpness is inconsistent, such as the neckline of her dress seems sharper than the edges of her hair.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
erzsebetPOSITIVE VOTES
+++ Interesting icon, this one. I love the yellow texture you have used here, it works so well with this particular icon. Hermione's face is covered by the texture but it actually seems to be working, which I love. I also love the contrast between the dark right of the image and the left light of the image. Almost make's it look like she is looking away from the darkness and into the light. Just brilliant!
++ The heavy use of lights and shadows in this icon gives it a unique look and a strong, almost haunting feel, which fits her worried expression and the dramatic, unusual angle of the shot extremely well.
+++ The lighting here is well done; downward casting and almost matches her mood.
+++ I love the dark and grungy coloring. The crop is also really nice.
+++ The soft coloring and the simplistic crop are really pretty. Catches your eye immediately.
+++ i really love the dark shades and the contrast and the glowing yellow is just amazing! the crop is also very nice.
+++ The lightning is so stunning. Great color and use of texture.
+ Very nice coloring and depth in this icon.
+ Gorgeous orange/teal contrast going on here.
+++ The contrast and sharpening are perfect.
++ I love the simplicity and the lighting is just right.
+++ I love the lights and shadows in the icon, as well as the overall color used.
+++ golden colors are gorgeous, i love the contrast
++ This icon has a very pretty golden glow, so the coloring gets an a+! Beautiful contrast!
+++ I like the crop, bold and saturated coloring, and texture use!
BEST TIME WARP
+ No reason provided.
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
val_valeriePOSITIVE VOTES
++ So much pretty! First of all the colouring and brightness levels are perfect. The colouring on her hair is particularly good. I love the softness her hair seems to have, and I love how the background of the image just looks that little bit blurred out.
+ i like how the icon is slightly undersharpened but look very soft and pretty. the colors are very beautiful.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Love the purple tones brought out in this, they're beautiful.
+ Perhaps a little heavy on the selective coloring - her hair is a very odd color with the competing red and blues. Lightening the image a bit and taking out some of those extreme blues could help the coloring of the image.
+ The colors are really nice, and I like the way her hair goes from orange to purple.
iuliekiPOSITIVE VOTES
+ Great crop! The coloring balances the icon out nicely. It's just a tad over-sharpened, but this does not detract from the overall quality.
+ You did such an amazing job trying to whiten the cap but also giving it that reddish/pinkish color.
+++ I love the crop and the coloring is refreshing.
+ I like the simplicity of this icon and how vibrant it is, It really makes Bolin pop!
BEST TIME WARP
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ This icon has a really intriguing crop to it, but the coloring is all very monochrome (without looking like it's actually trying for monochrome) and flat. A quick color balance layer could help you build a bit of contrast amidst the colors while still staying true to the tutorial.
+ I love the simplicity of this icon, as well as the pink of the coloring.
+ great cropping here, looks very unusual!
+ Beautiful simplicity, a very clean and well done icon.
+ I really love the crop in this icon. It's so clever and well balanced.
saori1fPOSITIVE VOTES
+ gorgeous coloring, having it pretty much in yellow and red only ties the icon nicely together and gives it a strong, eye-catching look. It's also very easy to go over the top with these two colors but in this icon the saturation is just right, still vibrant, but not oversaturated. Nice sharpness too!
++ I love the warmth in the colors and the texturing done in the background.
+ Really clear image quality and coloring, can be tough for animated caps! Looks great.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
arctic_flowerPOSITIVE VOTES
+++ This is an extremely well made icon. The texture work especially is gorgeous - I love how it gives the icon lighting in a way that makes it look very natural (like light coming form the same direction it seems to come from in the actual image). The coloring is quite lovely too, subtle but eye-catching.
++ Negative space works really well with this icon. I like the muted colors and the minimal texture use.
+++ I love the lighting in this icon! So gorgeous.
+ The negative space is sublime. I also love the subtle yellow colouring.
++ I like the greens in the icon without it being overdone.
++ nice work with the background and the greenish coloring suits the icon very well.
++ The coloring is great and I love the softness. It's perfectly done.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
john_scorpyPOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I find it kind of awkward that Dany's hair fades away into the background of the icon here. I obviously know it's there because I can see it over her shoulder, but above that, it just becomes a part o the general glow of the icon rather than being set aside. Some quick work with a black brush set to soft light could help you retain that boundary without sacrificing the wonderful blondeness of Dany's hair. I really like your crop in this icon, by the way.
+ i really like the crop. the tiny text is a bit distracting and the green texture/coloring doesn't look very flattering to Dany's skin, I'd suggest using white/nude colors instead.
+This is very hard, because I like that you seem to have followed the tutorial. It may have been better on a different image (maybe a long-distance shot), or possibly if you had masked parts of the coloring away over the subject. Her hair is indistinguishable from the background. The tiny text is spaced so far apart that it distracts the eye away from Dany more than anything.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ While I like the general composition the colouring is too saturated and this has brought down the quality of the subject. There are really red areas of pixelation around the facial feature . This makes the whole face look blurred and low quality.
wickedgrdnPOSITIVE VOTES
++ The yellow coloring is perfect and the text is wonderful
++ Great coloring and neat use of text.
+ The coloring is soft yet vibrant. I like the text, as well. Only complaint would be the mosaic in the background makes it seem a bit off balance, I think it'd be improved by either removing that or continuing on the other side of her.
++ I can definitely see the inspiration from the tutorial! The coloring and composition with the text is nice.
++ The simplicity of this icon is amazing, and I really love the text as well
+ I like the bold color and the way part of the background was kept in the icon.
+++ Perfect text, very nice center crop, and the yellows are vibrant and pretty!
BEST TIME WARP
+ because from the tutorial I remember this matches it quite well, and the negative space is excellent but also interesting.
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I love how you worked with the text, and the warm colors are very nice if a bit too saturated. The only thing I really don't get is the use of those little squares on the bottom left part of the icon. I don't think it adds to it and it is in fact a bit distracting.
+ I love this icon. However, I do think it could look a little more put together if the green tile was extended on both sides of her head. As it is, it distracts from her face and serves no real purpose.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Nice interpretation of the tutorial.
wearestarrdustPOSITIVE VOTES
+ This icon is done well with the text on negative and the pale coloring.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The only criticism i have is too much brightness. I'd suggest a less brighter coloring and more contrast.
+ I love this icon too. The text is just a tad hard to read because it's so curly and it looks like parts of the letters are covered by her head.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Super pretty icon, love the color and text.
longerthanwedoPOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I really love this icon mostly. It's great, the colouring is great and the texture use is almost perfect. The only problem is it's like the texture is the focus not the subject. I can't tell what I'm looking at, I don't even think someone who liked the actor could tell who he is. I'm only assuming it's a man but yeah, I think you needed to allow more of his face to show.
+ I think the texture is hiding the character's face a lot. so the texture is a bit over powering maybe you could try bringing out the face a little?
+ I really like the mix of yellow and purple in this icon, the problem is that the only thing i can focus my attention is the texture, the subject is not visible and doesn't stand out at all.
+ I like the watercolor style they're going for, and the purple/yellow contrast is great. That said, I wish the icon showed more of his face. With styles like this it's sometimes hard enough to realize what's in the graphic so having more face visible would really help.
+ The heavy texture use is obscuring too much of the subject. It's really hard to make out what's going on.
+ I feel the texture use is too heavy here. I don't even know what it is that i am looking at.
+ The subject is really obscured due to the crop and texture. The subject is pushed into the corner and then covered up by a pile of grainy, grungy textures. I have a feeling if I had been able to make out the subject, it could have been a really great crop. Toning down the texture a tad could work really great.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
fulminantPOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The yellow glow over her face is too hard, and there are yellow spots in certain parts that i find to be taking the focus way from the subject.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
rocketgirl2POSITIVE VOTES
++ I like how you sneaked in the text but it remains legible too.
+ Lovely negative space and the coloring is really pretty. The text is perfectly placed.
BEST TIME WARP
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I love the soft purple coloring, it's beautiful and I think it fits Gwen well. However, the small text is distracting. Were the text removed (or made larger, perhaps masked behind her) it'd fit better.
+ great work with negative space! the text, however, is unnecessary as you can't really see it and first sight and on the second sight it just makes the icon busy.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ This icon is wonderful! However, just one small things; she is a little covered by the texture, and if not she is very dark or faded so she needs to be a little brighter and little better coloured, that kind of thing. The text use in this icon is perfect and I'm very jealous as I just can't use text to save myself. Very nice icon, remember to keep the subject clear!
+ This icon is lovely! but i would have prefer it it was textless.
neversleepsPOSITIVE VOTES
+++ Great blending of images. It's so smooth and flawless and even the slight borders work well. The pink coloring feels very old-school.
+ This is a beautifully executed blend, and the tiny text is a nice touch.
BEST TIME WARP
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I love the concept of this icon with the blending. The cuts work rather well, to a degree. However, the icon is quite oversharpened. You can barely make out what is at the bottom of the icon and the text is really unreadable.
+ I love the idea behind this icon, but the blend with the big cap looks like of awkward for me - like, I can see a bit of Zoe's arm (at least, I think) right on the left side of the icon, but then it's just cut off by the pink background below. Above that, it looks like you're going with the line of her shirt to make the blend, but then you kind of go away from that. I'd probably just stick with the line the whole time or pick a different way to do the whole blend.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ I love the composition of this icon, it has so many tings going on but doesn't look busy at all.
+ The blending is spectacular! There's a bit of oversharpening going on (the right image, around the hair/face), and I think the bordering over the hair on the far left is distracting, but overall I like this icon.
kasiopeiaPOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ while I really like the crop, the colouring is too dull. I think some lightening would make it pop and showcase the blood better.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ As much as I love the colouring work you've done with this icon; the subject is disgusting. The blood on her face makes me a little queesy. I don't think it's really appropriate to be honest, and her eye's look as though they are about to pop out. As much as I enjoy the colouring of the icon, the blood is just too much and the icon makes me feel very uncomfortable to look at it.
+ i really think your coloring is great and your dark blue shades perfectly matches her face!
fancifullPOSITIVE VOTES
+ love the composition, that texture gives the icon an interesting edge.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The crop and texture use in this icon are lovely, but I think the yellow and purple stripes/spots could look a bit out of place since the rest of the icon is so natural in coloring - maybe if this color combination was made a bigger part of the icon, like having them on the background as well, the detail would fit it better? It's still a great icon though and the sharpness is spot on!
+ The icon has an Interesting crop with bold colors to match. I think the sharpness is inconsistent, such as the neckline of her dress seems sharper than the edges of her hair.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Amy looks very nice in this icon, and her colouring is quite nice. The purple down the bottom, however, as nice as it is just isn't going with the icon and the texture at the back doesn't suit the icon ether. I think if you had, say, a purple background the icon would have been almost perfect!
+ I like this icon except for the purple border on the bottom. It just doesn't really seem to fit the color scheme of the rest of the icon, because most everything else is an orangish hue (which looks great, by the way; I can never get orange to work like that in my icons). Also, on my screen, parts of Amy's hair look oversharpened, so that's something you might want to watch out for.
julie_izumiPOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST TIME WARP
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ This icon has alot of potential, however just a few things that stand out to me. Firstly there is a little too much green in her face and the top of her dress (where the white is) I think there is a light texture over her face, which is a bit of a no-no. Well, not so much of a no-no as it just doesn't usually look the best. When you use a texture near a subjects face you should always attempt to remove the texture from the face (unless it does not obstruct the face or if you can't actually see enough of the face to worry about it) Also, I feel like the alignment of the crop is a little off, perhaps it would have been better a little further to the right where you could hide that second lot of lines. Overall though I love the green in the background and how it really shows up the red on her cardigan.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ The central crop was a good, and decent, choice on this icon, but I feel the coloring, especially the selective coloring was too much. I think if the opacity was lowered it would help a lot better, as well as erasing the bits from the light blob that was used on her face, which doesn't work very well and is especially obvious looking at her hair.
Updated Scoring Spreadsheet
1ST PLACE [5 points]:
erzsebet with +15 votes.
2ND PLACE [4 points]:
arctic_flower with +6 votes (and more first place votes).
3RD PLACE [3 points]:
wickedgrdn with +6 votes.
BEST TIME WARP [2 points]:
mancalahour with +8 votes.
MODS CHOICE [1 point]:
[absolutelybatty]
neversleeps
The blending work in this icon is incredible. You've managed to include several screencaps with various crops without the icon seeming too busy. I also really love the pink hues; they are really rather lovely.
[raiindust]
wearestarrdust
The lightness to this icon is lovely, and I love that amongst the brightness there is still ample contrast to really situate the figure in the centre. There's also a stunning softness to the icon that accentuates the lighting. Well done.
TABLE KEY:
+++ = 1st Place Vote
++ = 2nd Place Vote
+ = 3rd Place Vote | Beginning of a new comment.
Note: Votes are not weighted in this round. Meaning a 1st, 2nd or 3rd vote will only give you 1 point when tallying the votes. Except in the case of a tie - then the icon with the most 1st place votes will be given first.
ICON VOTES
margerydaw_s2POSITIVE VOTES
NONE
BEST TIME WARP
NONE
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The colors in this icon are lovely and the contrast is nicely soft. The cap used seems a bit LQ though since I can see these blotches on her skin and on the background.
+ The icon looks a little pixel-y. The harsh coloring really does nothing to improve the image quality. It looks as if this icon has a little too much selective coloring added. I would recommend slightly adjusting hue/saturation for improved colors rather than using selective color.
+ I think maybe this wasn't the best quality cap to try this tutorial on, because the image has turned kind of splotchy all over.
+ For the most part the coloring of this icon works very well, except for in dark places such as the shadows of her hair and her neck where it's a bit pixelated. I feel the if the opacity was lowered and/or the layer was set to a different blend mode, it would help loads.
+ The image quality in this icon is not very good at all. The colors in it look like they would have turned out nicely if the cap had been higher quality, I think.
+ The image quality in this icon is actually quite poor. I like the crop and think the coloring could look nice, if it wasn't so grainy. I believe whatever tutorial you used had layers on it that severely depleted the original images quality, but perhaps you could fix this by stamping all the layers together at the end and then going over the image with the smudge tool, or even the blur tool, to blend some of those pixels back together and make them much less splotchy.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ I love the contrast you have going on here, but the coloring seems to have seriously degraded your image quality. Finding HQ caps or duplicating your layer and working with the blur/smudge brushes can help to get rid of some of that graininess.
mancalahourPOSITIVE VOTES
+ I love the colours in this icon, cool and warm colours together work beautifully! Her hair on the right side of the icon just pop's with such brightness it's gorgous. Again, I love the warm right side and the cool left side of the image, it really works with both her hair and the dress she is wearing. I also love icons in which the eyes have been cut off, it's amazing how much you can tell from just the lips and body language without the eyes. Beautiful! One small tiny concrit is that the texture of the blue on the left is making her hair a little blue and doesn't match the brilliant hair on the right - fix that and this icon is perfect.
++ I think the brownish yellow/blue coloring is very beautiful and eye-catching. the texture use i very great so is the cropping.
++ Really digging how clear it is which of the tutorials you took your inspiration from. I love how clear everything is in the icon, too.
+++ Love the crop and the alternating colouring with the dress and background is very pleasing to the eye. Also I can tell which tutorial this is from.
BEST TIME WARP
+ I love how clearly I can see the tutorial here, it's a lovely icon too.
+ love the crop, and the colors fit the image so well, it is also very clear in which tutorial it's inspired by.
+ The coloring definitely looks like the coloring from the tutorial, but it's not so much that it looks like the old selective coloring overkill icons of yore.
+ No reason provided.
+ No reason provided.
+ The selective coloring used to bring out the blues in the icon do so well without overdoing it.
+ No reason provided.
+ The crop is really nice and it looks like you really used the coloring on one of the tutorials for a better purpose. I found the colorings really hard to work with but this just seems like you made it better. Well done.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The icon has an Interesting crop with bold colors to match. I think the sharpness is inconsistent, such as the neckline of her dress seems sharper than the edges of her hair.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
erzsebetPOSITIVE VOTES
+++ Interesting icon, this one. I love the yellow texture you have used here, it works so well with this particular icon. Hermione's face is covered by the texture but it actually seems to be working, which I love. I also love the contrast between the dark right of the image and the left light of the image. Almost make's it look like she is looking away from the darkness and into the light. Just brilliant!
++ The heavy use of lights and shadows in this icon gives it a unique look and a strong, almost haunting feel, which fits her worried expression and the dramatic, unusual angle of the shot extremely well.
+++ The lighting here is well done; downward casting and almost matches her mood.
+++ I love the dark and grungy coloring. The crop is also really nice.
+++ The soft coloring and the simplistic crop are really pretty. Catches your eye immediately.
+++ i really love the dark shades and the contrast and the glowing yellow is just amazing! the crop is also very nice.
+++ The lightning is so stunning. Great color and use of texture.
+ Very nice coloring and depth in this icon.
+ Gorgeous orange/teal contrast going on here.
+++ The contrast and sharpening are perfect.
++ I love the simplicity and the lighting is just right.
+++ I love the lights and shadows in the icon, as well as the overall color used.
+++ golden colors are gorgeous, i love the contrast
++ This icon has a very pretty golden glow, so the coloring gets an a+! Beautiful contrast!
+++ I like the crop, bold and saturated coloring, and texture use!
BEST TIME WARP
+ No reason provided.
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
val_valeriePOSITIVE VOTES
++ So much pretty! First of all the colouring and brightness levels are perfect. The colouring on her hair is particularly good. I love the softness her hair seems to have, and I love how the background of the image just looks that little bit blurred out.
+ i like how the icon is slightly undersharpened but look very soft and pretty. the colors are very beautiful.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Love the purple tones brought out in this, they're beautiful.
+ Perhaps a little heavy on the selective coloring - her hair is a very odd color with the competing red and blues. Lightening the image a bit and taking out some of those extreme blues could help the coloring of the image.
+ The colors are really nice, and I like the way her hair goes from orange to purple.
iuliekiPOSITIVE VOTES
+ Great crop! The coloring balances the icon out nicely. It's just a tad over-sharpened, but this does not detract from the overall quality.
+ You did such an amazing job trying to whiten the cap but also giving it that reddish/pinkish color.
+++ I love the crop and the coloring is refreshing.
+ I like the simplicity of this icon and how vibrant it is, It really makes Bolin pop!
BEST TIME WARP
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ This icon has a really intriguing crop to it, but the coloring is all very monochrome (without looking like it's actually trying for monochrome) and flat. A quick color balance layer could help you build a bit of contrast amidst the colors while still staying true to the tutorial.
+ I love the simplicity of this icon, as well as the pink of the coloring.
+ great cropping here, looks very unusual!
+ Beautiful simplicity, a very clean and well done icon.
+ I really love the crop in this icon. It's so clever and well balanced.
saori1fPOSITIVE VOTES
+ gorgeous coloring, having it pretty much in yellow and red only ties the icon nicely together and gives it a strong, eye-catching look. It's also very easy to go over the top with these two colors but in this icon the saturation is just right, still vibrant, but not oversaturated. Nice sharpness too!
++ I love the warmth in the colors and the texturing done in the background.
+ Really clear image quality and coloring, can be tough for animated caps! Looks great.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
arctic_flowerPOSITIVE VOTES
+++ This is an extremely well made icon. The texture work especially is gorgeous - I love how it gives the icon lighting in a way that makes it look very natural (like light coming form the same direction it seems to come from in the actual image). The coloring is quite lovely too, subtle but eye-catching.
++ Negative space works really well with this icon. I like the muted colors and the minimal texture use.
+++ I love the lighting in this icon! So gorgeous.
+ The negative space is sublime. I also love the subtle yellow colouring.
++ I like the greens in the icon without it being overdone.
++ nice work with the background and the greenish coloring suits the icon very well.
++ The coloring is great and I love the softness. It's perfectly done.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
john_scorpyPOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST TIME WARP
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I find it kind of awkward that Dany's hair fades away into the background of the icon here. I obviously know it's there because I can see it over her shoulder, but above that, it just becomes a part o the general glow of the icon rather than being set aside. Some quick work with a black brush set to soft light could help you retain that boundary without sacrificing the wonderful blondeness of Dany's hair. I really like your crop in this icon, by the way.
+ i really like the crop. the tiny text is a bit distracting and the green texture/coloring doesn't look very flattering to Dany's skin, I'd suggest using white/nude colors instead.
+This is very hard, because I like that you seem to have followed the tutorial. It may have been better on a different image (maybe a long-distance shot), or possibly if you had masked parts of the coloring away over the subject. Her hair is indistinguishable from the background. The tiny text is spaced so far apart that it distracts the eye away from Dany more than anything.
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+ While I like the general composition the colouring is too saturated and this has brought down the quality of the subject. There are really red areas of pixelation around the facial feature . This makes the whole face look blurred and low quality.
wickedgrdnPOSITIVE VOTES
++ The yellow coloring is perfect and the text is wonderful
++ Great coloring and neat use of text.
+ The coloring is soft yet vibrant. I like the text, as well. Only complaint would be the mosaic in the background makes it seem a bit off balance, I think it'd be improved by either removing that or continuing on the other side of her.
++ I can definitely see the inspiration from the tutorial! The coloring and composition with the text is nice.
++ The simplicity of this icon is amazing, and I really love the text as well
+ I like the bold color and the way part of the background was kept in the icon.
+++ Perfect text, very nice center crop, and the yellows are vibrant and pretty!
BEST TIME WARP
+ because from the tutorial I remember this matches it quite well, and the negative space is excellent but also interesting.
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I love how you worked with the text, and the warm colors are very nice if a bit too saturated. The only thing I really don't get is the use of those little squares on the bottom left part of the icon. I don't think it adds to it and it is in fact a bit distracting.
+ I love this icon. However, I do think it could look a little more put together if the green tile was extended on both sides of her head. As it is, it distracts from her face and serves no real purpose.
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+ Nice interpretation of the tutorial.
wearestarrdustPOSITIVE VOTES
+ This icon is done well with the text on negative and the pale coloring.
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NONE.
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+ The only criticism i have is too much brightness. I'd suggest a less brighter coloring and more contrast.
+ I love this icon too. The text is just a tad hard to read because it's so curly and it looks like parts of the letters are covered by her head.
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+ Super pretty icon, love the color and text.
longerthanwedoPOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
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NONE.
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+ I really love this icon mostly. It's great, the colouring is great and the texture use is almost perfect. The only problem is it's like the texture is the focus not the subject. I can't tell what I'm looking at, I don't even think someone who liked the actor could tell who he is. I'm only assuming it's a man but yeah, I think you needed to allow more of his face to show.
+ I think the texture is hiding the character's face a lot. so the texture is a bit over powering maybe you could try bringing out the face a little?
+ I really like the mix of yellow and purple in this icon, the problem is that the only thing i can focus my attention is the texture, the subject is not visible and doesn't stand out at all.
+ I like the watercolor style they're going for, and the purple/yellow contrast is great. That said, I wish the icon showed more of his face. With styles like this it's sometimes hard enough to realize what's in the graphic so having more face visible would really help.
+ The heavy texture use is obscuring too much of the subject. It's really hard to make out what's going on.
+ I feel the texture use is too heavy here. I don't even know what it is that i am looking at.
+ The subject is really obscured due to the crop and texture. The subject is pushed into the corner and then covered up by a pile of grainy, grungy textures. I have a feeling if I had been able to make out the subject, it could have been a really great crop. Toning down the texture a tad could work really great.
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NONE.
fulminantPOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
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+ The yellow glow over her face is too hard, and there are yellow spots in certain parts that i find to be taking the focus way from the subject.
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NONE.
rocketgirl2POSITIVE VOTES
++ I like how you sneaked in the text but it remains legible too.
+ Lovely negative space and the coloring is really pretty. The text is perfectly placed.
BEST TIME WARP
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I love the soft purple coloring, it's beautiful and I think it fits Gwen well. However, the small text is distracting. Were the text removed (or made larger, perhaps masked behind her) it'd fit better.
+ great work with negative space! the text, however, is unnecessary as you can't really see it and first sight and on the second sight it just makes the icon busy.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ This icon is wonderful! However, just one small things; she is a little covered by the texture, and if not she is very dark or faded so she needs to be a little brighter and little better coloured, that kind of thing. The text use in this icon is perfect and I'm very jealous as I just can't use text to save myself. Very nice icon, remember to keep the subject clear!
+ This icon is lovely! but i would have prefer it it was textless.
neversleepsPOSITIVE VOTES
+++ Great blending of images. It's so smooth and flawless and even the slight borders work well. The pink coloring feels very old-school.
+ This is a beautifully executed blend, and the tiny text is a nice touch.
BEST TIME WARP
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I love the concept of this icon with the blending. The cuts work rather well, to a degree. However, the icon is quite oversharpened. You can barely make out what is at the bottom of the icon and the text is really unreadable.
+ I love the idea behind this icon, but the blend with the big cap looks like of awkward for me - like, I can see a bit of Zoe's arm (at least, I think) right on the left side of the icon, but then it's just cut off by the pink background below. Above that, it looks like you're going with the line of her shirt to make the blend, but then you kind of go away from that. I'd probably just stick with the line the whole time or pick a different way to do the whole blend.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ I love the composition of this icon, it has so many tings going on but doesn't look busy at all.
+ The blending is spectacular! There's a bit of oversharpening going on (the right image, around the hair/face), and I think the bordering over the hair on the far left is distracting, but overall I like this icon.
kasiopeiaPOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
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NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ while I really like the crop, the colouring is too dull. I think some lightening would make it pop and showcase the blood better.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ As much as I love the colouring work you've done with this icon; the subject is disgusting. The blood on her face makes me a little queesy. I don't think it's really appropriate to be honest, and her eye's look as though they are about to pop out. As much as I enjoy the colouring of the icon, the blood is just too much and the icon makes me feel very uncomfortable to look at it.
+ i really think your coloring is great and your dark blue shades perfectly matches her face!
fancifullPOSITIVE VOTES
+ love the composition, that texture gives the icon an interesting edge.
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NONE.
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+ The crop and texture use in this icon are lovely, but I think the yellow and purple stripes/spots could look a bit out of place since the rest of the icon is so natural in coloring - maybe if this color combination was made a bigger part of the icon, like having them on the background as well, the detail would fit it better? It's still a great icon though and the sharpness is spot on!
+ The icon has an Interesting crop with bold colors to match. I think the sharpness is inconsistent, such as the neckline of her dress seems sharper than the edges of her hair.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Amy looks very nice in this icon, and her colouring is quite nice. The purple down the bottom, however, as nice as it is just isn't going with the icon and the texture at the back doesn't suit the icon ether. I think if you had, say, a purple background the icon would have been almost perfect!
+ I like this icon except for the purple border on the bottom. It just doesn't really seem to fit the color scheme of the rest of the icon, because most everything else is an orangish hue (which looks great, by the way; I can never get orange to work like that in my icons). Also, on my screen, parts of Amy's hair look oversharpened, so that's something you might want to watch out for.
julie_izumiPOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST TIME WARP
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ This icon has alot of potential, however just a few things that stand out to me. Firstly there is a little too much green in her face and the top of her dress (where the white is) I think there is a light texture over her face, which is a bit of a no-no. Well, not so much of a no-no as it just doesn't usually look the best. When you use a texture near a subjects face you should always attempt to remove the texture from the face (unless it does not obstruct the face or if you can't actually see enough of the face to worry about it) Also, I feel like the alignment of the crop is a little off, perhaps it would have been better a little further to the right where you could hide that second lot of lines. Overall though I love the green in the background and how it really shows up the red on her cardigan.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ The central crop was a good, and decent, choice on this icon, but I feel the coloring, especially the selective coloring was too much. I think if the opacity was lowered it would help a lot better, as well as erasing the bits from the light blob that was used on her face, which doesn't work very well and is especially obvious looking at her hair.
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