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Shadowfare: This is one of the entries that I don't really understand, see, the rules for he round state "No red", then why do you choose an image with a pink rose on it? Sure, I know most colors contain traces of red, but by choosing a lighter version of the color doesn't justify it when looking at the rules. You could have just picked another image or used a blue gradient on this one or anything. Now then, on to the more graphic-sensed judging: You have used nice effects on the image and kept it simple and clean, the outer border, however, doesn't fit at all considering the light feel of the image.
Kyra: All in all I think this is a very good icon. Though it might seem like the text is more stylish when having a quite low opacity you should have made it stand out just a bit more. Also, looking at the placing of the image and text, I would have moved the image a bit lower down, so that the text wouldn't have been as close to the man's forehead as it is now. No biggy, good job.
...Alex: Eww... a spider. You have dared to be original though, and I'm not really here to judge you badly for choosing a critter I don't like in real life now am I? The words in the dark area of the blog should be more visible, for now I have to come closer to the screen and try to change my viewing position to see the words, rather irritating. I like how you have placed the image and the good word with gradients and effects.
Amethyst: I have nothing to say about this in major. Considering the image you chose and what effects you chose for the icon etc. it's not too shabby at all. I was thinking that all the green might just become too much green after a while of viewing. Often a detail with different color gives a little extra to many things.
paola: The image effects are great, but the border and text give the impression of that they were just put there without any further consideration. Mainly I started thinking about this as for me the image seems soft and nice, whereas the border is quite "hard" looking considering its style.
DM was on fire: First of all, even though the background behind the image is just a small part you should have worked on that a bit more, given it a texture, image effects, gradients, whatever. Just something. The image is cut out too roughly; the outlines of it should have been made softer. Also, I believe it would have been better if you had moved the image a bit further up (or made it a bit smaller) so that the text wouldn't be in immediate contact with the person's chin (yes, I know it's Hilary Duff, but for the sake of formality).
meowth1982: I think you are one of the few in this round that has nailed a really good style for an LJ icon. As it will probably not be followed by any other graphic really in touch with it, the icon needs to work "on its own", meaning that in a set for example the icon/avatar would be accompanied by a signature. I do not like how the text is black, try to be more experimental with that next time. Same thing goes for the dark-ish color of the border.
Apricus: My main problem with this set is the borders. For now it looks like you’ve used some kind of button effect on it, making it “stand up” a bit more. I think a simple one pixel bordernext to the darker outer border would have been a much better option.
Koku: Very elegant and good usage of fonts, colors and effects. Perhaps the inner border could have been made a bit transparent (less opacity). And that’s it.
hellyer: It doesn’t really look like you’ve done much at all to the image, resize and paste. A lot more could have been done. A calligraphic font would have been better, as at least I associate the diary in the picture as a handwritten one. You need to be more imaginative.
Neko: As stated, the icon is red, therefore you did not follow the given rules. As for the entry itself, it’s very good. The font does not fit into the combination as well as everything else though. Nevertheless, I do not know why this set wasn’t disqualified before the judging, that is up to Flame however.
timkhj: You have resized the image poorly and the proportions are all messed up. No real color improvement and the fonts aren’t placed that well. You could have done much better.
Optimus: I can’t say this is really bad, because it is actual quite nice. Still the main looks of it do not appeal me. Most probably cause it doesn’t have anything eye-catching in it. So to summarize this, sure, you did a very good job with the features and effects you chose but I feel you could have used your imagination a bit more. Rather hard to explain, but I hope you get something out of my blab.
ScottNak: And I thought curry is yellowish… oh well, sure, I’m not going to complain to about such things, don’t worry. Yet another icon that does not interest my eyes, you could have twiddled around with the text a bit more, make something special and flashy (not meaning that you should have animated it by saying ‘flashy’). Anyway, you could have for example placed the text on the edge of the bowl or something like that, mixing with brighter colors etc.
Kitten Medli: Nice start, looks like you stopped halfway through though. You could have worked more with at least the text, it doesn’t look good with the style it has now. Also, it would have been better if you had moved the picture of the parrot either a bit more upwards or a bit more down, this because of the fact that it doesn’t look nice when its head is touching the border just by a small edge.
bluehawaii19: You’ve really not done any justice to the original image, as for now I wasn’t even able to tell what the image was supposed to look like until I checked the original version. A border around the icon would have made it much better, and adding more strength to the text would not have hurt either.
Darklegendary: Next time, just forget about a thick black border around any graphic at all, in my opinion the can work in 0,5% of all tries. One pixel will do and it will look far better than you maybe can think. However you’ve done some nice blending, even though I think you could have used more colors in the icon, blue and black make it just boring. As for the text; it might not be too strong, but it is definitely the wrong color.
Sunnie: Magenta or not, looks like red to me (at least a part of it). Still don’t get why you guys insist even trying on making something pink, magenta or something like that when you know how close these come to red. Ah well, mysteries of life I suppose? All the borders on this one are quite off track. First of all the rainbow-scheme does not fit the image in any case, and by adding a black borders to that… well, it’s not exactly making it better. Just by using one pixel borders would have made this icon so much better already.
Starchaser: The icon seems to been made quite quickly, still it’s not that bad. I’m mostly bothered about the subtext, and more exactly the font you used. I think this could have been made a bit smaller, as it is now it is taking up too much space of the icon.
moogie: In some ways I do like this, and the details you put in it. exactly the things the viewer looks for with his/her eyes and that then catches their attention. Though the text and its placing is not bad, you could have thought about it a bit more and maybe changed its position (or altered the position of the image).
My votes go to, in no particular order, Sunnie, timkhj, Neko and bluehawaii19.
Set by everconfused
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