Round 9 - Challenge 03 - Results
ROUND 9 - CHALLENGE 03 - RESULTS
1ST PLACE [5 points]:
mm3butterfly with +5 votes (and more first place votes).
EQUAL 2ND PLACE [4 points]:
regis with +5 votes.
EQUAL 2ND PLACE [4 points]:
angelamaria with +5 votes.
3RD PLACE [3 points]:
kayable with +4 votes (and more first place votes).
BEST INTERPRETATION [2 points]:
angelamaria with +3 votes.
MODS CHOICE [1 point]:
absolutelybatty
rocketgirl2
I am incredibly intrigued by the entire composition, and I love how the text really brings home the emotional impact of the theme.
raiindust
scoobyatemysnax
The color and crop here are incredibly emotive for the theme of the round, and I love the the way you played with light and shadows.
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
vampire_sessahPOSITIVE VOTES
+ Great crop and nice soft colouring.
++ I love the crop in this icon. I think were the blacks in the lefthand corner a bit less absolute, her hair wouldn't blend it with it so much; adding a bit of extra color there could probably also make your icon really pop.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ I love the depth of field that the crop enhances here! The colors are also lovely, and the sharpness on her face is just perfect. The outline of her hair against the green seems a little distracting to me, I'm not sure if she was cut out from the background or if that's really how the cap looks like but a bit of blending/blurring here might help with not making it too distracting.
+ I love the crop on this icon but I feel like the lighting needs work. Maybe try using gradients of brushes to add shadows to the bottom right? I think that might give the overall product a bit more of an impact :)
mm3butterflyPOSITIVE VOTES
+++ I really love the rich vibrant coloring, the crop is really lovely as well!
+++ Gorgeous vibrant coloring and use of light and shadows.
+++ Not only is the crop great, but the colouring of the icon is fantastic
++ Most definitely and emotional crop! I love the how the shadows and light are emphasized but the blue/yellow gradation from left to right. Her hair and skin are perfectly sharpened but, on my monitor, the inner lines of her mouth are a little pixelated. Also I think the icon might have had more of an impact if the shadows covered her left eye a little more. That being said the sheer prettiness of this icon easily outweighs those little critiques.
+++ Gorgeous use of color and lighting!
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Interesting colouring composition, I like the contrast between the two parts of the icon, but her left eye appears a bit oversharpened which is very distracting.
gribouillePOSITIVE VOTES
+++ The glow look this icon has is absolutely love and works so well with the image!
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ Pretty crop, but the subject doesn't stand out due to the blurryness of the icon. If the subject had been sharpened, they'd look more stand outish and not blended with the background.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ What a beautiful crop! To me the white bit at the bottom is a little unnecessary because the colouring is gorgeously soft and pretty without it. I think moving the crop to the right so that a bit more of her hair was showing would have given the icon just that little bit extra visual interest or if that's not possible then maybe including her eyes?
+ This icon has a lot of potential coloring and crop-wise, but it needs a bit of sharpening, specially where her skin looks blurry.
val_valeriePOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
+ This is a really great crop that definitely captures a lot of emotion. I love the kind of brown monochrome that further emphasizes the theme and the play of shadows and light over her face. One thing that distracts from the quality of the icon, for me, is that's it's too blurry. I think if her hair and eyes were a little bit sharper then the icon would be truly stunning.
+ Great cap choice, the one which best displays emotion of the bunch. Needs a bit of sharpening since it looks a bit murky and blurry in my monitor, and the greenish light to the right is a bit distracting from the overall color scheme of the icon, but otherwise it's a nice piece.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The crop is interesting and the use of blur a nice idea, but I think you went a bit overboard with it, as the icon seems a bit too blurry overall, and the right part of her face is oddly difficult to make out.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
marcasitePOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
+ That was one of the most heartbreaking scenes in Doctor Who ever, I think it fits the theme well.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I think this icon would've been perfect if only the coloring wasn't too strong. areas such as around rose's nose and eye lashes and hair are too pixely due to the coloring. which also affects the quality of the image. other than this it's a really great crop. i only think you should mask around those layers on the parts that they make pixely and you might also make the coloring lighter/less vibrant.
+ The crop is great but the icon is too grainy and bits of blue on her face don't work well with the icon.
+ I think the crop is interesting, but the quality of the screencap wasn't high enough to make such a closely cropped icon.
+ This is a great choice of crop and I love the hint of sadness in her smile. The lighting is also pretty but I think that the maker needs to be careful with her colouring, in particular selective color layers because I think that's what's putting those distracting blue spots on her eyelashes, nose and laughter lines. Masking out those areas would solve that problem. Also the icon overall seems a little grainy? Blurring the base before working on it might help with LQ base images. I find this guide by tinebrella and most of raiindusts tutorials to be helpful.
+ This is a wonderful crop and would be a wonderful icon with the right coloring. The blue bits in this ruin the icon for me, because I keep wondering what the hell is glued to her face and hair and if that's what made her cry.
+ The pixelly blue bits on her face are really distracting from the color scheme of the rest of the icon. If they were created due to an adjustment layer, masking out those bits would be pretty easy. Or duplicating the layer and using the smudge and/or clone stamp tools to smooth out her complexion and get rid of the excess blueness would be another way to fix it. If you really wanted to keep them, I'd just suggest blurring the edges a bit so they look less pixelly.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
margerydaw_s2POSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The icon is great (and the character in it is even greater, damn I miss that movie), but it feels like it doesn't represent that well the theme provided.
+ The crop is nice, but the icon looks grainy and oversaturated, the blue spot on her face is also very distracting.
+ I really, really like this icon and I almost voted for it as top 3 but the fact that it is so blurry made me set abway from it. If you sharpened it a bit and added some more shadows and highlights, I think it would look a w e s o m e!
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Nice colouring, but I think a wider crop that would not cut off the top of his head would suit it better.
+ Great crop but I feel like the icon is a little too simple. Maybe the copymerged-gaussian blur-soft light trick might help to give the icon a bit more 'oomph'?
rocketgirl2POSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ This is a really interesting icon! So much potential, I love the crop and is that a cigarette butt on the left? Whatever, the composition is really interesting, from the crop, the negative space, the cigarette butt thing all the way to the text in the middle. A bit of sharpness on the subject and the text to contrast more against the background to make it more readable would, for me, really complete this icon, because at first I thought there wasn't any text at all (can't see it, I had to move my monitor around!).
+ the white area behind him is kind of distracting regarding that his face/hair aren't really light either. i suggest centering him more to the centre.
+ The coloring lacks a bit of contrast, which makes it look a bit flat and the words are really hard to read.
+ I think the cap choice wasn't that bad, but there are some eletements in the icon I don't quite understand. What is that cigarette (?) on the left? And that eye behind it? I don't even know what it is. Maybe it would have been better to leave that off. (I don't know the fandom tho, so I don't know if it's important or not.) The colouring looks very nice, but I think another crop OR more readable text would have been better.
+ It's a lovely icon but I didn't vote for it because I can't read the text. It's too light.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ I love the crop but the background is far too bright on my monitor. I can only just make out the fact that there is text but definitely can't read it. Also I think a darker background might draw more attention to his face and heighten the overall emotional impact. Great job on the sharpening though, it's pretty much spot on!
12feethighPOSITIVE VOTES
+ This is a great crop--obviously not the usual (i.e. not a close crop) but I think it is really effective here, giving the subject a sense of movement, with the harsh shadows on her face bringing her expression to focus. The monochrome/muted coloring is also very effective.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Great choice of cap! This definitely gives an 'end of the world' sort of vibe to me. The only things I can say is that the sharpening is a bit harsh around her facial features and also I don't really think the white border on the left and right is necessary. It think this would have made a fantastic simple b&w icon :)
regisPOSITIVE VOTES
+ The coloring is a little odd at first glance but I think the yellow/green works really well overall and the crop is great.
++ The colouring of this icon works really well with the crop
+++ This icon is so perfect! I don't know who the girl is but the crop suits the theme perfectly. The colouring is beautifully executed and the lighting is absolutely gorgeous. I don't think I have anything negative to say about this icon :)
+++ The contrast in this turned out awesome! I really like how her lips are the focus of the icon.
+ Love the crop and lighting. Some of the sharpness makes the icon look a bit LQ on my monitor, and I think a bit more depth of color in her face would really add a lot, but you have a gorgeous piece nonetheless.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ This is a gorgeous crop, I love how her red lips pop from the rest of the icon!
+ Great crop and coloring! However the way the icon is lit makes her face too white and haughty in relation to her body (which looks a bit more skin-colored). Maybe it would look better if the maker adjusted both colorings in a way they look a bit more uniform, and soften the shadow on her left cheek so it isn't a straight line. It also looks a bit oversharpened in my monitor.
ellaangelusPOSITIVE VOTES
+ Nice use of reds !
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I love the chosen cap crop, and the colors and lighting are really lovely. It feels a bit too blurry to me however, and her skin looks a little pasty/greenish which is a bit at odds with the gorgeous reds and yellows of her hair and background.
+ The lighting on this icon is so, so pretty! I love the shadows over her hair and face but I have to admit that her skin looks a little pale and, to me it's lowering the overall quality of the image. If you used adjustment layers to brighten the image then maybe masking out bits over her face might help? Alternatively try adding colour back in manually with a paintbrush, colour balance and selective colour layers. Also the bottom left corner of the icon and a bit over her left eye look a little grainy to me. Try checking the layer you used to sharpen the icon. You can either mask out parts of that layer with a brush on low opacity or you could try copy merging all your layers and smudging out the grainy bits.
+ Amy's face is really pale compared to some of the reds/yellows in the icon, and it makes her look a bit sickly. Adding some color back into her face, be it through selective color, fill layers on softlight, or just painting over it, would fit her in with the color scheme of the icon a bit better. Also, I think the colors in general look a bit muddy; maybe try a color balance or channel mixer layer to play around with those a bit and brighten up the contrasts between them. By the way, I love the lighting here!
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
sheekapPOSITIVE VOTES
+ I believe the icon represents the theme provided extremely well! The scared look on her face, the 'grim' coloring, it's just perfect!
++ Great crop and use of light on her face.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Love the cap and crop! I love the simplicity of this. Her eye looks a bit pixelated/jagged though, on my monitor, maybe just a teensy bit blurring would ease this a bit.
+ The icon appears very dark on my screen and the crop is a bit odd : either widen it so that the top of her head doesn't seem oddly cut off, or make it a closer crop focusing on the bottom of her face, without the eyes.
+ This icon has lovely coloring and it's perfectly lit but the crop is a bit awkward since her expression is generated by her eyes and they're cut in half here.
angelamariaPOSITIVE VOTES
+++ Very beautiful and emotional crop, and the monochrome colouring fits it to the perfection.
++ the crop is very interesting and the muted coloring really gives the right mood for this theme.
+ I think the pale colours of the icon really make the icon's emotion speak volumes
+ I love how the maker emphasized the desolation implied by the crop by using a black and white colouring. The sharpening on this icon is also pretty much perfect which can be tricky to achieve when you have little fly-away strands of hair. I do think the icon could benefit from brush/textures to add a little bit of interest to the icon. Maybe a light texture or brush work to bring out the light that's behind her on the right so that the shadows on her face can be deepened? That's mostly speculation on my part though and this is a very pretty icon just as it is :).
+++The icon attends satisfactorily the requirements of the challenge: interesting and emotional crop, and the black/white and grungy textures help to keep the focus on the the emotion. My only crit would be darkening the area of her nose a little, it's lacking in shadows.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
+ No reason provided.
+ No reason provided.
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
scoobyatemysnaxPOSITIVE VOTES
++ I am blown away by this crop. It's clear and crisp, the right amount of sharpness, the natural tones, the subtle shadows all contribute wonderfully to the feel of the icon. Well done!
+ I'm loving the warm tones in this icon and the cropping is really great!
++ A very nice close crop! I like how her eyes look, such nice blacks!
++ Fantastic crop and the muted coloring suits it very well.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ While the cropping is great, it's the quality of the image that makes it look not as great as it could've been. It looks a little blurry, maybe a little smart sharpen would've done the trick ^^
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ This was my fourth choice! Beautiful icon, I love the crop and the muted colours are really pretty too :D
+ I almost voted for this icon, but I think it could use just a tad more contrast. With the lighting in this icon, I think a couple of gradient fill layers set to either soft light, hard light, or screen could really amp it up a bit more. Also, bits of her skin look kind of LQ to me; going over it with a smudge brush on a low opacity to smooth it out might help the overall look of the icon as well.
kayablePOSITIVE VOTES
+++ Love the colors in this one that contrasts against the despair apparent in the subject itself! It's a fantastic, haunting crop, I don't know if the green bits are supposed to be "blood" but it's eerie all the same, given the position of the character too. The eerie-ness coupled with the out of the world colors is just fantastic and really creative.
++ I adore the coloring of this icon and the cropping, it's gorgeous!
+ This has a very nice colouring and I think the eyes fit the theme perfectly because they look so empty.
+ Fantastic crop and the muted coloring suits it very well.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
+ I don't know the fandom here, but the crop is really good and the chosen scene itself matches the theme to me (alone/end of the world). The funky colors just make it even more interesting in a twisted kind of way.
+ Great choice of cap, the crop makes it even more emotional.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Really great crop and a very pretty soft, colouring :) I think, in this case, a little bit of text or a bit of blocking/levels might have helped to make the icon stick out a little more.
+ I really love the coloring in this icon
Updated Scoring Spreadsheet
1ST PLACE [5 points]:
mm3butterfly with +5 votes (and more first place votes).
EQUAL 2ND PLACE [4 points]:
regis with +5 votes.
EQUAL 2ND PLACE [4 points]:
angelamaria with +5 votes.
3RD PLACE [3 points]:
kayable with +4 votes (and more first place votes).
BEST INTERPRETATION [2 points]:
angelamaria with +3 votes.
MODS CHOICE [1 point]:
absolutelybatty
rocketgirl2
I am incredibly intrigued by the entire composition, and I love how the text really brings home the emotional impact of the theme.
raiindust
scoobyatemysnax
The color and crop here are incredibly emotive for the theme of the round, and I love the the way you played with light and shadows.
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
vampire_sessahPOSITIVE VOTES
+ Great crop and nice soft colouring.
++ I love the crop in this icon. I think were the blacks in the lefthand corner a bit less absolute, her hair wouldn't blend it with it so much; adding a bit of extra color there could probably also make your icon really pop.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ I love the depth of field that the crop enhances here! The colors are also lovely, and the sharpness on her face is just perfect. The outline of her hair against the green seems a little distracting to me, I'm not sure if she was cut out from the background or if that's really how the cap looks like but a bit of blending/blurring here might help with not making it too distracting.
+ I love the crop on this icon but I feel like the lighting needs work. Maybe try using gradients of brushes to add shadows to the bottom right? I think that might give the overall product a bit more of an impact :)
mm3butterflyPOSITIVE VOTES
+++ I really love the rich vibrant coloring, the crop is really lovely as well!
+++ Gorgeous vibrant coloring and use of light and shadows.
+++ Not only is the crop great, but the colouring of the icon is fantastic
++ Most definitely and emotional crop! I love the how the shadows and light are emphasized but the blue/yellow gradation from left to right. Her hair and skin are perfectly sharpened but, on my monitor, the inner lines of her mouth are a little pixelated. Also I think the icon might have had more of an impact if the shadows covered her left eye a little more. That being said the sheer prettiness of this icon easily outweighs those little critiques.
+++ Gorgeous use of color and lighting!
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
+ No reason provided.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Interesting colouring composition, I like the contrast between the two parts of the icon, but her left eye appears a bit oversharpened which is very distracting.
gribouillePOSITIVE VOTES
+++ The glow look this icon has is absolutely love and works so well with the image!
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ Pretty crop, but the subject doesn't stand out due to the blurryness of the icon. If the subject had been sharpened, they'd look more stand outish and not blended with the background.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ What a beautiful crop! To me the white bit at the bottom is a little unnecessary because the colouring is gorgeously soft and pretty without it. I think moving the crop to the right so that a bit more of her hair was showing would have given the icon just that little bit extra visual interest or if that's not possible then maybe including her eyes?
+ This icon has a lot of potential coloring and crop-wise, but it needs a bit of sharpening, specially where her skin looks blurry.
val_valeriePOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
+ This is a really great crop that definitely captures a lot of emotion. I love the kind of brown monochrome that further emphasizes the theme and the play of shadows and light over her face. One thing that distracts from the quality of the icon, for me, is that's it's too blurry. I think if her hair and eyes were a little bit sharper then the icon would be truly stunning.
+ Great cap choice, the one which best displays emotion of the bunch. Needs a bit of sharpening since it looks a bit murky and blurry in my monitor, and the greenish light to the right is a bit distracting from the overall color scheme of the icon, but otherwise it's a nice piece.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The crop is interesting and the use of blur a nice idea, but I think you went a bit overboard with it, as the icon seems a bit too blurry overall, and the right part of her face is oddly difficult to make out.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
marcasitePOSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
+ That was one of the most heartbreaking scenes in Doctor Who ever, I think it fits the theme well.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I think this icon would've been perfect if only the coloring wasn't too strong. areas such as around rose's nose and eye lashes and hair are too pixely due to the coloring. which also affects the quality of the image. other than this it's a really great crop. i only think you should mask around those layers on the parts that they make pixely and you might also make the coloring lighter/less vibrant.
+ The crop is great but the icon is too grainy and bits of blue on her face don't work well with the icon.
+ I think the crop is interesting, but the quality of the screencap wasn't high enough to make such a closely cropped icon.
+ This is a great choice of crop and I love the hint of sadness in her smile. The lighting is also pretty but I think that the maker needs to be careful with her colouring, in particular selective color layers because I think that's what's putting those distracting blue spots on her eyelashes, nose and laughter lines. Masking out those areas would solve that problem. Also the icon overall seems a little grainy? Blurring the base before working on it might help with LQ base images. I find this guide by tinebrella and most of raiindusts tutorials to be helpful.
+ This is a wonderful crop and would be a wonderful icon with the right coloring. The blue bits in this ruin the icon for me, because I keep wondering what the hell is glued to her face and hair and if that's what made her cry.
+ The pixelly blue bits on her face are really distracting from the color scheme of the rest of the icon. If they were created due to an adjustment layer, masking out those bits would be pretty easy. Or duplicating the layer and using the smudge and/or clone stamp tools to smooth out her complexion and get rid of the excess blueness would be another way to fix it. If you really wanted to keep them, I'd just suggest blurring the edges a bit so they look less pixelly.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
margerydaw_s2POSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ The icon is great (and the character in it is even greater, damn I miss that movie), but it feels like it doesn't represent that well the theme provided.
+ The crop is nice, but the icon looks grainy and oversaturated, the blue spot on her face is also very distracting.
+ I really, really like this icon and I almost voted for it as top 3 but the fact that it is so blurry made me set abway from it. If you sharpened it a bit and added some more shadows and highlights, I think it would look a w e s o m e!
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Nice colouring, but I think a wider crop that would not cut off the top of his head would suit it better.
+ Great crop but I feel like the icon is a little too simple. Maybe the copymerged-gaussian blur-soft light trick might help to give the icon a bit more 'oomph'?
rocketgirl2POSITIVE VOTES
NONE.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ This is a really interesting icon! So much potential, I love the crop and is that a cigarette butt on the left? Whatever, the composition is really interesting, from the crop, the negative space, the cigarette butt thing all the way to the text in the middle. A bit of sharpness on the subject and the text to contrast more against the background to make it more readable would, for me, really complete this icon, because at first I thought there wasn't any text at all (can't see it, I had to move my monitor around!).
+ the white area behind him is kind of distracting regarding that his face/hair aren't really light either. i suggest centering him more to the centre.
+ The coloring lacks a bit of contrast, which makes it look a bit flat and the words are really hard to read.
+ I think the cap choice wasn't that bad, but there are some eletements in the icon I don't quite understand. What is that cigarette (?) on the left? And that eye behind it? I don't even know what it is. Maybe it would have been better to leave that off. (I don't know the fandom tho, so I don't know if it's important or not.) The colouring looks very nice, but I think another crop OR more readable text would have been better.
+ It's a lovely icon but I didn't vote for it because I can't read the text. It's too light.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ I love the crop but the background is far too bright on my monitor. I can only just make out the fact that there is text but definitely can't read it. Also I think a darker background might draw more attention to his face and heighten the overall emotional impact. Great job on the sharpening though, it's pretty much spot on!
12feethighPOSITIVE VOTES
+ This is a great crop--obviously not the usual (i.e. not a close crop) but I think it is really effective here, giving the subject a sense of movement, with the harsh shadows on her face bringing her expression to focus. The monochrome/muted coloring is also very effective.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Great choice of cap! This definitely gives an 'end of the world' sort of vibe to me. The only things I can say is that the sharpening is a bit harsh around her facial features and also I don't really think the white border on the left and right is necessary. It think this would have made a fantastic simple b&w icon :)
regisPOSITIVE VOTES
+ The coloring is a little odd at first glance but I think the yellow/green works really well overall and the crop is great.
++ The colouring of this icon works really well with the crop
+++ This icon is so perfect! I don't know who the girl is but the crop suits the theme perfectly. The colouring is beautifully executed and the lighting is absolutely gorgeous. I don't think I have anything negative to say about this icon :)
+++ The contrast in this turned out awesome! I really like how her lips are the focus of the icon.
+ Love the crop and lighting. Some of the sharpness makes the icon look a bit LQ on my monitor, and I think a bit more depth of color in her face would really add a lot, but you have a gorgeous piece nonetheless.
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
NONE.
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ This is a gorgeous crop, I love how her red lips pop from the rest of the icon!
+ Great crop and coloring! However the way the icon is lit makes her face too white and haughty in relation to her body (which looks a bit more skin-colored). Maybe it would look better if the maker adjusted both colorings in a way they look a bit more uniform, and soften the shadow on her left cheek so it isn't a straight line. It also looks a bit oversharpened in my monitor.
ellaangelusPOSITIVE VOTES
+ Nice use of reds !
BEST INTERPRETATION/MOST CREATIVE
NONE.
CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ I love the chosen cap crop, and the colors and lighting are really lovely. It feels a bit too blurry to me however, and her skin looks a little pasty/greenish which is a bit at odds with the gorgeous reds and yellows of her hair and background.
+ The lighting on this icon is so, so pretty! I love the shadows over her hair and face but I have to admit that her skin looks a little pale and, to me it's lowering the overall quality of the image. If you used adjustment layers to brighten the image then maybe masking out bits over her face might help? Alternatively try adding colour back in manually with a paintbrush, colour balance and selective colour layers. Also the bottom left corner of the icon and a bit over her left eye look a little grainy to me. Try checking the layer you used to sharpen the icon. You can either mask out parts of that layer with a brush on low opacity or you could try copy merging all your layers and smudging out the grainy bits.
+ Amy's face is really pale compared to some of the reds/yellows in the icon, and it makes her look a bit sickly. Adding some color back into her face, be it through selective color, fill layers on softlight, or just painting over it, would fit her in with the color scheme of the icon a bit better. Also, I think the colors in general look a bit muddy; maybe try a color balance or channel mixer layer to play around with those a bit and brighten up the contrasts between them. By the way, I love the lighting here!
ADDITIONAL VOTES
NONE.
sheekapPOSITIVE VOTES
+ I believe the icon represents the theme provided extremely well! The scared look on her face, the 'grim' coloring, it's just perfect!
++ Great crop and use of light on her face.
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ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Love the cap and crop! I love the simplicity of this. Her eye looks a bit pixelated/jagged though, on my monitor, maybe just a teensy bit blurring would ease this a bit.
+ The icon appears very dark on my screen and the crop is a bit odd : either widen it so that the top of her head doesn't seem oddly cut off, or make it a closer crop focusing on the bottom of her face, without the eyes.
+ This icon has lovely coloring and it's perfectly lit but the crop is a bit awkward since her expression is generated by her eyes and they're cut in half here.
angelamariaPOSITIVE VOTES
+++ Very beautiful and emotional crop, and the monochrome colouring fits it to the perfection.
++ the crop is very interesting and the muted coloring really gives the right mood for this theme.
+ I think the pale colours of the icon really make the icon's emotion speak volumes
+ I love how the maker emphasized the desolation implied by the crop by using a black and white colouring. The sharpening on this icon is also pretty much perfect which can be tricky to achieve when you have little fly-away strands of hair. I do think the icon could benefit from brush/textures to add a little bit of interest to the icon. Maybe a light texture or brush work to bring out the light that's behind her on the right so that the shadows on her face can be deepened? That's mostly speculation on my part though and this is a very pretty icon just as it is :).
+++The icon attends satisfactorily the requirements of the challenge: interesting and emotional crop, and the black/white and grungy textures help to keep the focus on the the emotion. My only crit would be darkening the area of her nose a little, it's lacking in shadows.
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scoobyatemysnaxPOSITIVE VOTES
++ I am blown away by this crop. It's clear and crisp, the right amount of sharpness, the natural tones, the subtle shadows all contribute wonderfully to the feel of the icon. Well done!
+ I'm loving the warm tones in this icon and the cropping is really great!
++ A very nice close crop! I like how her eyes look, such nice blacks!
++ Fantastic crop and the muted coloring suits it very well.
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CONSTRUCTIVE VOTES
+ While the cropping is great, it's the quality of the image that makes it look not as great as it could've been. It looks a little blurry, maybe a little smart sharpen would've done the trick ^^
ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ This was my fourth choice! Beautiful icon, I love the crop and the muted colours are really pretty too :D
+ I almost voted for this icon, but I think it could use just a tad more contrast. With the lighting in this icon, I think a couple of gradient fill layers set to either soft light, hard light, or screen could really amp it up a bit more. Also, bits of her skin look kind of LQ to me; going over it with a smudge brush on a low opacity to smooth it out might help the overall look of the icon as well.
kayablePOSITIVE VOTES
+++ Love the colors in this one that contrasts against the despair apparent in the subject itself! It's a fantastic, haunting crop, I don't know if the green bits are supposed to be "blood" but it's eerie all the same, given the position of the character too. The eerie-ness coupled with the out of the world colors is just fantastic and really creative.
++ I adore the coloring of this icon and the cropping, it's gorgeous!
+ This has a very nice colouring and I think the eyes fit the theme perfectly because they look so empty.
+ Fantastic crop and the muted coloring suits it very well.
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+ I don't know the fandom here, but the crop is really good and the chosen scene itself matches the theme to me (alone/end of the world). The funky colors just make it even more interesting in a twisted kind of way.
+ Great choice of cap, the crop makes it even more emotional.
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ADDITIONAL VOTES
+ Really great crop and a very pretty soft, colouring :) I think, in this case, a little bit of text or a bit of blocking/levels might have helped to make the icon stick out a little more.
+ I really love the coloring in this icon
Updated Scoring Spreadsheet