[Voting] Counterfeit vs moments.

[ruby]

Hi guys, me and moments would love it if you could vote for either one of our pieces.

We'd also appreciate it if you posted a reason for your choice if you do vote, it only helps us get better.

Theme: Set stock chosen by Abnegation.
Stock used: https://silent-order.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=96#/d2mctzr

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[Rest]

Which one's Counterfeit and which one's moments? Or is anonymity part of the system? :o

Anyways, tag 2 GMV.

Tag 1 has a very... detached look to it. There's no structure, just clusters of what looks to be bokeh, and the focal looks misplaced. It just seems random. Lighting, flow, depth is non-existent, so there is no dynamic to the tag. For effects, they need to be substantial and beneficial to the tag; I take the cyanic effect above the focal, which is very uneccessary. Colors are also washed and dull. I appreciate the text though, it's different.

I like tag 2's originality and compo, but it suffers from severe quality and color issues. The pixelated look is harsh to the eyes. The inverted focal is a nice touch, but the inverting color itself is not great. Go for gradients instead of invert, IMO. However, I like the dated look of the focal, and a nice "transposition" from the original stock. The negative space (in this case, the white space) is just enough here.

 

[Ho-Oh]

Imma comment without looking at the previous comment. I'm pretty sure of which is which, but I'll go by number system anyways.

But yeah, I went for the second one. tbh I went for that one because the first one was just... weird. The random green/pink lines hurt my eyes and seem to detract from the tag, which seems to lack structure and random splotches of colour are everywhere, leaving gaps. Dunno but it just doesn't really add up to me and you can't really make out the original stock. I do like the brown next to her face on the left side, though, and if the rest of the tag was along those lines I'd prefer it. But yeah, very... unorganised as it is, sorry :(

As for the second, while I'm not really that much of a fan of scattering the pixels (okay so I forgot the word yeahhh) I really do like how the face is coloured as well as the other face with the opposite colours WHICH I ALSO FORGOT THE WORD OF. It's just more appealing for me to look at, really. I do feel the white was necessary though due to the scattering of pixels, it'd just seem weird if the white was there. Maybe it'd be better if there was less scattering?

But ya, second I like most.

 

[Deleted member 143209]

Second is getting my vote.

The first really is lacking in fundamentals. It's like it has no idea where it's going and would probably be better without the stock used. But given that the battle was a set stock one it probably wouldn't make sense. Anyway, colour choices to begin with. There's a lack of palette. Pinks, greens, blacks, whites, magenta, random case of blue, red on the lips, clear lack of concentration when considering a group of colours. So this ends up being a bit all over the place on terms of colour composition and they forget to compliment each other.

As for flow and composition, it's also lacking on that front. To many directions when it comes to flow, nice light textures but not really used well enough to work with this tag. I could split this one down the middle and assume there's two different tags, the left has little relevance to the right. Although I like the left in all honesty, it just doesn't really work with the rest of the tag, on top of the other things I mentioned.

The second tag has a lot more conceptual brilliance to it. Look at the stock, what does the face remind you of? What kind of expression is shown? A "look to the stars" feel, a sort of mystic and aspiring feel. So I think that this tag really takes this expression and applies it to a "space" theme. It feels futuristic and sharp. The style is really kept on point. However, I'm not a huge fan of the colour choices, I feel they could have been more appealing. The brightness is a bit over hauling in some points, and it takes over. But it's not enough to turn me off the tag. It's a much more artistic and conceptual response to the stock allocated.

Good battle guys.

 

[ruby]

We have more than three active members in this here...

C'mon guys, Forever doesn't even post in this section. :|

 

[moments.]

I think since the voting has been up for over a week now, we'll give it a few days to wrap up. Let's try get a few more votes in shall we?