I'm going to judge first and get the ball rolling...
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First off, let me say that normally I can do a +'s and -'s for duels when I judge. But I can't find a whole lot I dislike about any of it (there's a couple things though)....so most of it will be discussion of strong points and a final decision.
I. KMC Limits Sig
Ken - Megaman render looks sexy, cool color scheme, vibrant and energetic background. Text matches tech theme.
Lana - The quote and text are sexy as hell, cool background, render blends nicely with BG.
Winner: Lana (can't point to a definitive reason for this one since they were both awesome...I just ended up liking hers better).
II. Avatar
Ken - Matches nicely, cool megaman image to go with it, once again vibrant background.
Lana - I can't shake the idea that it's just a cropped version of the sig (with the two white lines added and a slight fade effect). It looks fine, don't get me wrong...it just doesn't seem terribly original
Winner: Ken
III. Large Signature
Ken - Render looks amazingly majestic, the text is sweet, cool and appropriate transparency, the swirling flame-light-thingies are cool, but it looks like it's supposed to wrap around behind his head but it shows up a little across his face, looks slightly better with the black background but that didn't really affect anything.
Lana - Nice transparency, text and background are pretty and match accordingly with the sig, the wink...which just makes her seem even cuter than she is already and is an impressive bit of animation.
Winner: Ken. Both were great, but Ken's just had that transcendant quality that steals your breathe away when you look at it the first time (for me at least).
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Overall Winner (and the person who gets my vote): KENobi.
Congrats Ken...but you still need one of the remaining two judge votes to win the match. And to Lana, amazing job as well...whichever of the two of you goes on to win is completely deserving.
-DM 🙂
Originally posted by DigiMark007
but it looks like it's supposed to wrap around behind his head but it shows up a little across his face
Actually, I noticed that just today, and went to check the PSD and it's not. I looked at the render again and there is a shine mark on his face and I placed the swirls there without realizing it. 😂 When I adjusted color it made that shine stick out more.
I can't shake the idea that it's just a cropped version of the sig (with the two white lines added and a slight fade effect). It looks fine, don't get me wrong...it just doesn't seem terribly original
I actually used different parts of the sig for it....I would have hunted down another render, but I didn't know what game it was or anything *shrugs*