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Round 14: Phase Three - Results
ROUND 14 : PHASE THREE - RESULTS

Hey sweets what's shakin? I got a distress call regarding the voting, so I have swept in to save the day! Please let me know if anything is wrong, as I haven't been following very well with what's going on :D I'll keep to deria_hime's result-posting style as best I can.

SAYING GOODBYE
Lightning - lostfaith13

RESULTS
G = General comment
Lightning: -15
Noctis: -2, +1 = -1, G
Cloud: -3, +1 = -2, Gx2
Yuna: +5 Favorite Icon of the Phase!
Yazoo: +1, G
Aerith: -4


COMMENTS
[+] = positive vote; [-] = negative vote; [G] = General comment

: Lightning
[-] While I like bright colors, the gradient really overpowers the image and the icon as a whole is over saturated. You can see how pixelated it made the image if you look closely at Rinoa's face, the edges of her hair, and at the scribble texture.
[-] I don't really see how the tutorial was used in this icon. The gradient seems tacky.
[-] While the idea is cute & the coloring is lovely, love the gradient feel, the icon is a bit over sharpened & due to it's sharpness it looks pixilated.
[-] For some reason this icon does not appear to look complete, comparatively to all the other entries. Rinoa's jagged edges make the icon look as if it is half way completed, and to me, they are rather distracting. There appears to be some text in the lower right corner, but it's impossible to read what it says, which is another thing I find annoying.
[-] Nice crop but I feel it's just too saturated.
[-] The coloring is painfully bright. Also, I think there's some text down in the bottom right corner, but it's unreadable. I like the cropping though!
[-] The eye is drawn to it and away from the other icons but it's not a good thing. The colors are too harsh and bright in the wrong way. The text at first is illegible unless stared at for a few seconds without looking away. Also, Rinoa's face looks odd and rough along the edges. Not smooth in outlines or anything
[-] The colouring is too strong and hard, and Rinoa is over-sharpened. The text treatment is over the top as well, and it's not legible at all.

: Noctis
[-] This icon could have been great, but the character in this icon is too flat and blurry. She could really do with a dose of sharpening.
[-] The colours are nice but I just feel the icon is too busy.
[+] Very bright and pretty colouring, and the character looks very lively because of that. I like the text treatment as well, though I can't really read what it.
[G] A really creative icon with all the brush/texture work and the unique composition. But I can't make out the text and that kind of takes away from the overall effect. After all, why add a caption that large if you can't read it?

: Cloud
[-] The icon looks really washed out and the white blob of light is unappealing and unnecessary.
[-] The cropping is great it's that the icon looks a bit blurry around the left side, maybe if it was sharpened a tad it wouldn't look blurry.
[-] The coloring is kind of boring. It would've been neat if it was just a little brighter. I like the use of light texture though.
[+] The use of the light texture makes the icon very interesting. The outline of Tidus in the background is also very well done.
[G] I like the icon's soft coloring, it goes well with the image, as it too isn't sharp (or unsharpened, it's just got this nice...well, soft look!) but I think it's really boring to look at. The composition isn't very unique or interesting and the coloring is a bit too monochromatic. The lens flare/light texture in Tidus' hand is also a bit weird because I don't understand why it would be placed there.
[G] Soothing colouring that suits Tidus' colour scheme very well. I like the addition of Tidus' outline too.

: Yuna
[+] I like the cropping and the coloring. The use of the red texture on the bottom is really neat, too. It really stands out compared to the rest of the icons!
[+] The use of red and black in this icon is striking and goes very well with the double image of Paine
[+] This icon is really great with the faded sketch and the real Paine. This one did a better job of what Icon #3 tried to set out to do, but did not meet because Icon #4 has the image of Paine standing out more than the sketch of Paine.
[+] The icons composition is great, the font, color scheme, & image placement is nicely done
[+] I love the simple color palette, it ties the whole icon together very nicely. The black & gray-ish white & red coloring and the red stripe at the bottom work well with the image of Paine and make the caption pop out while still blending in with the rest of the icon. (If that makes any sense. XD;) I think the duplicate image could be moved a bit higher since one piece of Paine's hair looks like it's going up the duplicate's nose, but other than that it all looks great!

: Yazoo
[+] I love the background and the coloring.
[G] I think it's a great manip and an interesting composition but the coloring is overwhelmingly green. And why mountains? It doesn't really match the feel of the image. (And now I'm getting funny mental images of Rydia climbing up Mt. Everest and posing like that. XD;)

: Aerith
[-] The light texture isn't bright or saturated enough and it makes the icon look murky and dull. It looks like, overall, the icon could use some more contrast to make the image and textures not look so flat
[-] Compared to the rest, this one looks too wash out and too bland. The texture doesn't do much in livening it up. The font for the text also seems awkward
[-] Colouring is dull, and the icon looks kinda dead. The cloud texture's positioning is really odd too, like something just exploded in her face and the smoke's fading

Mmmm because I don't know what's going on, I'll go ahead and post a new theme up tomorrow if deria_hime doesn't show back up :D Sorry about that, guys! I'll be sure to keep a better eye on you~!