Ken - I loved the way the background and render meshed. Awesome! The halo of light around his palm looks great against it, and the whole thing is just great looking. The "text box" to the right was cool, but I thought something a bit more could have been done there. Ah, no complaints. The sig is awesome.
Lana - Once again: DAYMN! Awesome choice of render. I love how you used the misty, brighter bottom that slowly transformed into the darker, broodier top. The text is great, too, although "collector" got slightly iffy readability-wise. (I'm making up words left and right. ) Cool quote, as well. Goes nicely with the render.
Verdict: Lana
After looking them over, I simply liked Lana's better. There's not much to point out as "bad" in either of these, so I can't really give specific reasons as to why.
2. Large Signature:
Ken - F%*&(*#* amazing. I love the entire "mystical" effect of the sig, a product of the blur and even the way the render is coming out of the signature. Awesome text, as well.
Great choice of render.
Lana - I feel your pain over the animation. It seems like it would be a stubborn b*tch to do, but the final effect is great. Leave it to me to imagine she's winking at me.
Cool text, once again, and great job blending the render and background.
Verdict: Ken
Again, not much to say in the way of specific reasons as to why, but I drooled over Ken's sig. It's almost... majestic.
3. Avatar:
Ken - Cool idea with the Megaman sprite, and I like the way the text looks to be "pasted" in a way on the background. One problem I have, though, is the sprite seems a bit too blurred and its color distorted. I can't tell if it's because you had to lower the quality of the avatar itself, or because the sprite was placed under a strong Color Balance adjustment layer. (if that makes any sense... )
Still, great idea.
Lana - Once again, I love the "mystic" feel to the avatar--the foggy white bottom corner to the darker top. The segmented effect was a nice touch; the only thing I could say to make it a tad more interesting would be some kind of text. Even if it's just your name in a bitmap font (I know, it's totally against your style.), it would have made for a slightly better ava, in my opinion.
Verdict: Lana
Overall, I probably would simply choose Lana's avatar over Ken's if I had to make a decision to use one, even though both were frickin cool.
Overall winner: Lana!
With the KMC limits signature and the avatar under her belt, Lana gets my vote. for champion of the tournament.
Ok, I tried to skip the points already covered by the other judges. I have to say that isn't easy to judge so skilled and talented people. I had a hard time trying to find details to pick a winner.
1 . KMC Limits Signature:
Ken
Bonus for use of transparency and for the vertical style used in the text. Render is well blended with the background. However, looking at the render I would expect something more colorful. Maybe you did not feel that comfortable with the megaman theme.
Lana
Awesome work, I could spend sometime talking about the subtle pattern, the colors etc but I don't think it's necessary. Bonus for the quote and the font. Maybe the only negative point is the text (a bit hard to read) but nothing that could ruin the sig or even affect the overall impression.
Verdict: Lana
2. Large Signature
Ken:
Really impressive, awesome work changing the render from cold colors to hot colors. The background is very competent (so is the text) . I can't see any negative point.
Lana
The idea was very, very creative. I've just tried to realize how painful it was. I don't know, maybe it's just me but it seems the blink movement is not 100 % perfect due to the lack of eyebrow movement . Anyway, this is not a critical factor. Nice background and text.
Verdict: Ken
3. Avatar.
Ken
I like the diagonal text but for some reason, the megaman is distorted (maybe a low quality picture?).
Lana
Although the avy is a cropped version of the signature, and the lack of text, It stills a slight better work in my opinion. (don't get me wrong, both are really good). Some extra points for the transparency
Verdict: Lana
Lana is the winner of the tournament. Congratulations!
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Mar 4th, 2006 11:52 PM
) Cool quote, as well. Goes nicely with the render. 
