Signature of the Week #29 Voting

[Serated]

Signature of the Week #29 Voting

Theme: Stock Preset


Rules and Guidelines for Voting:



2) You must state your reasons for voting on a particular entry (I.E. what you liked about the entry). You are NOT allowed to campaign for any specific entry, nor should you post negative comments on any other entry that you are not voting for. You should vote based upon solely what YOU like, NOT what other people are voting for.

3) NOT FOLLOWING RULE 2 WILL RESULT IN YOUR VOTE BEING DELETED.

4) This contest is designed so entries are to remain anonymous. Any reference to missing dealines, who entered or did not enter will result in your entry being disqualified, and your post removed. You also risk being removed from further competitions of this nature.

Voting Ends Saturday, March 5th, 2011.







Entry A:




Entry B:




Entry C:




Entry D:




Entry E:

[Bou]

Entry E, it has a really nice blending. It's overall a very pretty signature.

[X e Y U Z i O]

I like Entry D, the shine and the circles really compliment the curves, also the light source is just wonderful. They really did a fantastic job to be quite honest. //5

[Ellipsis]

Entry C. The typography is great and the depth is awesome. The colors, flow, and lighting are damn near perfect as well! great job!

[Light Buster]

Entry B wins my vote because of the effects and how the stock was used.

[Gretel]

Was confused by A or E, but I'm going with E, the sig got some very nice color blending and artwork.

Not to mention the chara used on it is the most moe /shot

[Serated]

No more judges means I can vote again, yay! Entry D is my choice.

Great use of color, and flow just makes this entry far more eye catching than any of the other entries. The typography is crap though, especially considering that this particular entrant has used that same ugly font in EVERY SINGLE entry of this contest. But overall, it just a default winner. Entry A is over blended, Entry B is under blended, Entry C has a focus problem, and Entry D is so obviously from a particular entrant that it no longer impresses me. So, entry D.

[catie]

I'm voting for entry A because the colors r awesome

[Zenister]

I think it's cool that no one picked the same stock. =]

Serated, isn't it kind of unfair for you to vote since you know who everyone is? That defeats the purpose of an anonymous battle.

[Skilero]

My vote goes for entry B. Not only does the signature utlize the render to the fullest extent possible, but it also has great typography and perfect lighting to accent the "grunge" in the background.

The others really were great too, but B's unique in it's own way.

[Cantelope]

Based on sheer preference, Entry D gets my vote.

The real outliers in this round are entries C and D, but I'm a big fan of sharpness; something about crisp detail is attractive to me, and on that note a big blurry fist in my face is incredibly annoying. The blurred elements are good for depth, yes, but this tag in particular ended up being almost entirely blurry. Also I really feel it would've been best to have the C4Ds arranged bidirectionally in this instance. I'm not entirely sure I'd agree that the focus stock is flowing leftwards.

Anyways, moving on, D on the other hand is very sharp, just the way I like it. In fact, I already know most people would say it's too sharp, but I don't care because it looks good. The biggest attraction to this piece is how your easily my eyes glide across it. I immediately look at her in the center, and the curve of the sword is perfectly balanced with the curvy render in the background. The sparkles and subtle vector lines (they look brushed though, whatever) add nice finishing touches as well. Overall the image looks very neat, crisp, and the color scheme is very nice (except for the two random blue spots, like seriously, was that intentional or did you forget to mask/erase it?). I feel like the right side is a little too empty, but given the activity on the left side, and the orientation of all the elements, a feeling of balance is still maintained.

TL;DR: I like Entry D.

[Aleyna]

I thought I voted, but I choose E, I like the lighting.