round 1, challenge 1: A voting

[herphotolife]

okay everyone. submission for challenge 1: A is now shut.. unfortunately these people did not submit an icon:

cherrygeek86
setentpet
lumiscious
lilacluv

therefore, a skip was used and you can stay in the round and participate next time. you can see how many skips you have left here.

Comments

[anonymous]

[herphotolife]

you need to give reasons for your choices.

[holmes221b]

Duly noticed...I realized that just after I posted it and was trying to edit it when you commented to it...

[carnimirie]

2 LEAST QUALITY ICONS
---1: 7
While the use of text and textures is nice, the coloring of the image itself is unflattering. The colors are oversaturated and the details of her face are washed out.
---2: 14
The coloring in this icon is nice, however the text is difficult to make out. The color of the text does not stand out, and appears too sharpened. The smaller words are especially distracting in that they are difficult to read. The text does nothing to enhance the icon.

2 BEST QUALITY ICONS
---1: 6
Lovely crop and nice subtle colors.
---2: 11
Wonderful use of negative space. The colors are bright without being overwhelming.

[holmes221b]

Let's try this again...

2 LEAST QUALITY ICONS
---1: 007
The lighting is too harsh in relation to the side bar thingie with the text.
---2: 005
You can see the straight edges around the girl's head.

2 BEST QUALITY ICONS
---1: 022
Excellent usage of layers in creating the illusion that it's a photograph taped to a sheet of paper.
---2: 016
Interesting usage of transparency and layers, as well as shadows.

[carnimirie]

Is comment screening on?

[paperdreamss]

2 LEAST QUALITY ICONS
---1: 7, the coloring used doesn't look good in the icon coz it's too saturated
---2: 20, same with the other, the coloring is too yellow and saturated

2 BEST QUALITY ICONS
---1: 14, beautiful coloring and nice use of text
---2: 6, original cropping and the pink coloring is beautiful