Le Duel

Started by moments. September 4th, 2011 12:08 AM
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Which tag is the best?

moments.

quixotic

keyholes
Seen January 3rd, 2017
Posted March 13th, 2014
3,406 posts
14.9 Years
Voting time! Vote for the best tag. The theme was freestyle, so relevance to a theme isn't included, basically just the best tag as a product. Also please give reasons for why you are voting for whoever!

JalordaSerpent7:


moments.:


Comic Tragedy:


Good luck chaps!
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moments.

quixotic

keyholes
Seen January 3rd, 2017
Posted March 13th, 2014
3,406 posts
14.9 Years
Alright well I don't know if anybody else is going to join, and 3 contestants is better than I expected to be honest, so we might as well close it here and start the week to make the tags from now!

So start making your pieces and post them here when you're done, and then we can get the voting up when we're all finished!

Good luck all!
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moments.

quixotic

keyholes
Seen January 3rd, 2017
Posted March 13th, 2014
3,406 posts
14.9 Years
Nice entry Jalorda!

This is a graphics battle, TemariChi. So you use programs like Photoshop or GIMP and make what are called 'tags' which is pretty much the images in the signatures of everybody who has posted in this thread. I should mention though, that you can do drawing to make a tag, but it won't be judged on the technique of the drawing itself, and it needs to fit inside the canvas dimension of at most 500px x 300px, so it isn't like regular drawing in that sense.

Let me know if you still want to join, though I don't think it is what you are thinking it is. :P
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Winneon

しょうない

Age 24
Male
Texas
Seen September 11th, 2017
Posted December 3rd, 2016
525 posts
11.9 Years
Nice entry Jalorda!
Thank you very much! It is my favorite out of the Harry Potter tags I made today.:)
Let somebody else try first.
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Comic Tragedy

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Age 28
The suburbs, and no I don't need to describe much further.
Seen December 20th, 2015
Posted December 29th, 2012
1,396 posts
15.8 Years
Thank you very much! It is my favorite out of the Harry Potter tags I made today.:)
Haha, I love it! Out of the Harry Potter tags you made today, we've got a die hard fan here, aww yeah. xD

take a few sʇuǝɯoɯ and look at this tag.

moments.

quixotic

keyholes
Seen January 3rd, 2017
Posted March 13th, 2014
3,406 posts
14.9 Years
Alright I've got my entry here! It's taken a while just cause I haven't been doing too much graphics, not much inspiration and stuff. But here it is!



For CT and Azure Wish, you've got 3 more days to enter a tag here! Otherwise it will be between Jalorda and myself!
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Comic Tragedy

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Age 28
The suburbs, and no I don't need to describe much further.
Seen December 20th, 2015
Posted December 29th, 2012
1,396 posts
15.8 Years


I hope I'm not too late! School snuck up on me this week, and I haven't been able to finish this tag until this afternoon. Good luck everybody.

take a few sʇuǝɯoɯ and look at this tag.

moments.

quixotic

keyholes
Seen January 3rd, 2017
Posted March 13th, 2014
3,406 posts
14.9 Years
Nice entry CT!

So it has been a week and I'm not sure what Azure Wish is doing, but I've put up the voting! So it'll last for 5 days, please leave a reason for why you are voting! No voting for yourself, yadda yadda.

Good luck guys!
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seeker

Ireland
Seen November 1st, 2019
Posted May 20th, 2018
10,593 posts
14.1 Years
Alrighty, a battle. I would have joined in if my laptop wasn't on the brinks. Which means no photoshop until I get a new charger. Anyway, I'm just gonna leave a few comments on each tag.

http://imagedatabase2.wikispaces.com/file/view/js7taghp.png/250852024/js7taghp.png
Well, it's not a very original tag. What I see is a kind of bastardised version of the cinema posters going around, so it adds nothing in the line of innovation. Not to mention that the colours and composition remain pretty much the exact same as the original poster. Take a look. So all I really see is a cropped version of the original piece with some text and a small lighting effect behind it. It doesn't really warrant a vote in my books.

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/mattimogalli/leduel.png
To quote myself on this tag rather than regurgitating the same critique:

Not a fan of this. I think it's one of my lesser favourited tags you've made in recent weeks. I'm not a big fan of black and white tags usually, I think they need to be really, really good to pull any sort of positive feedback. This one lacks a little depth, and you've not made the best use of your space. I think that the part on the left is kinda forced, it feels forced. And the effects around the focal point are rather low quality and again, seem a little forced. I would take this stock again and try something new, and different, with a different canvas size. It's not the best of stocks, and remember how important choosing your stock is.

To go back to the part on the left, I think that it distracts from the focal point. But overall it lacks depth and composition, two things you need in abundance when making a B/W tag.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/andytoe/kudi.png
I liked the colours and the composition of this tag a lot actually. I love how the background is brought together and how the text works here. The colours really sell it, and the depth is pretty decent too, though it could be a little better. My main issue with the tag is that the render hasn't been blended much. There is a need for some effects to go above it. It is blended quite well on the colour front, but it needs to feel like it's more a part of the effects and not pasted on top of them. Eh, the colour of the render seems a little smothered in magenta though, is the only thing. It really wrecks the skin colour and makes the quality look a little lower. Either way, it's a good tag.

So my vote goes to CT. Closely followed by moments. But CT really did execute the best tag, just needs a little blending and render tweaking really. Those colours, composition and effects really sold it for me. Good work guys.
Age 29
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Under the Bridge
Seen October 15th, 2017
Posted September 23rd, 2011
379 posts
12.7 Years
moments. gets my vote.

I always enjoy when people deploy new concepts into their tags; what I'm talking about is the rectangular selection thingy. I also see some pretty nice depth with that black building in the back..

Comic tragedy has some nice colors and atmosphere, I like the grid with the black space, but the depth and blending can use some work.

Jalorda's got a nice concept, but needs to expand a little more on the tag, and add a couple things.

moments.

quixotic

keyholes
Seen January 3rd, 2017
Posted March 13th, 2014
3,406 posts
14.9 Years
To anyone who left a comment but didn't actually vote in the poll, please do so, it makes it so much easier / clearer in the end...
By all means still leave a comment on why, but remember to vote in the poll too! Thanks guys, good luck for the rest of the last few days!
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wolf

he/him
Seen 13 Hours Ago
Posted October 23rd, 2022
8,259 posts
14.7 Years
I agree with Gav on this, the box on moments' tag is too distracting and the line effects don't go well with the other round-ish ones. I do like the idea though, but it could have been executed better in my opinion. I find CT's more appealing because of the colors and text. Jalorda's is too bland, and needs more added instead of just text. I don't like the thought of three focal points either.
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