OcUKGraphics Comp - Season One : Round One - "rebirth" DISCUSSION

3rd with Gord - I fully respect that.

Congratulations Chaos, I knew you would win, it was obvious, and you could tell from nimzicki's style it would work - I like the font 'danube' too btw lol. Bring on the next round. :)
 
Woot wheres my cookie :)

Thanks for the comments. Some good entries im surprised there wasnt more.

Sure I have no probs being a judge in the next round, im gona be busy the next few weeks so prob wont be entering many future ones, I'll see how it goes.

Ill add you to msn messiah.

Hmm a theme, how about TECHNOLOGY as thats what most of us browse the forums to find out about :)
 
RandomTom said:
3rd with Gord - I fully respect that.

Congratulations Chaos, I knew you would win, it was obvious, and you could tell from nimzicki's style it would work - I like the font 'danube' too btw lol. Bring on the next round. :)
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Congratulations to all.

Some dubious technical ratings though if you ask me.. Nimzicki and his selection tool seemed to score well... [no offense intended, i really like your work and it definitely does have an impact]
 
Lost me with the selection comment mate but I agree in that the technical aspect of mine shouldn't of scored so high, nothing used was particularly technical.

Not so sure why my architecture theme or some of the other themes, like gord's RE:birth theme scored so low in comparison to the phoenix theme...which seems to me the most obvious thing to go for? Not trying to dig at anyone, just thoughts for the next round of judging...
 
Well Done Everyone :D

For the first round it ran rather smoothly with quite a few entries. Also thanks to the judges who handled the competition well.

Hopefully ill have more time during the next round but im pleased with my "mouse click hash" score :cool:
 
Just curious, but what would mine have been awarded had it been entered in the proper dimensions?

You can e-mail me (in_the_nix[AT]hotmail.com) if you would like as to not distort the actual conclusions.

Well done to everyone who entered.
 
Nimzicki said:
Lost me with the selection comment mate but I agree in that the technical aspect of mine shouldn't of scored so high, nothing used was particularly technical.

Not so sure why my architecture theme or some of the other themes, like gord's RE:birth theme scored so low in comparison to the phoenix theme...which seems to me the most obvious thing to go for? Not trying to dig at anyone, just thoughts for the next round of judging...
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True. For your piece did you use the different selection tools and stock photography to create the white items or did you create them from scratch?
 
Selection tool was only used once...to create a circle underneath some of the other stuff lol :) Rest was edited stock photography and use of fonts :) So yep, nowt major but meh, it works.
 
I'll catch you later on msn Chaos. Does anyone else want to be a judge for this round, as fini has expressed a wish to hand over. That would take us up to a full 3 judges, as im happy to stay on if there are no complaints. (There probably should be complaints if you all saw how hard I marked ;) ) Im happy with the technology theme if whoever is going to be the third judge is as well. As soon as we get a decision, i'll post the official round 2 threads.
 
Here's my interpretation on Round1's theme, if anyone is interested;

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Nothing like a bit of controversy. ;)
 
Nimzicki said:
Not so sure why my architecture theme or some of the other themes, like gord's RE:birth theme scored so low in comparison to the phoenix theme...which seems to me the most obvious thing to go for?
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I agree that the phoenix theme was the most obvious to do, but at the same time it's obvious because it fits the brief so well. It didn't get full marks for theme though because it was such an obvious solution to the brief.

I really liked gord's re:birth theme, but felt he could have taken it much further. IIRC he posted that it came to him just as he was finishing up and he added it on - which IMHO you can tell. If he had gone for the full e-mail idea that he said he would have done if he had more time then that would have earned him far more points - it was a good idea, but one that wasn't explored enough to get top marks.

Nimzicki, yours too was a good idea, but I don't think it was pushed as far as it could have been. If it hadn't been for the explanation and the word rebirth I would have had to think about your entry for a while before I understood the connection. It was urban and gritty, but the rebirth side of things wasn't too obvious. IMHO it needed something more to make it exceptional - maybe if it was flipped with the skyscraper on the right, the rest of the buildings on the left, and the other buildings looked slightly more haggard whilst the 'newness' of the skscraper was pushed (perhaps a block colour behind it or something).

For me, when it comes to marking for theme, I should be able to be shown the picture, without knowing what the theme is, and say 'well that entry's all about X' - and it should scream X out to me.

Hope that was helpful, but remember, it's very much all IMHO and I probably wont be judging next round anyway.

fini
 
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Who's going to be the third judge though? Im all for you setting the thread up Chaos, and then letting the third judge be decide as soon as possible, just so we can get Round 2 under way.
 
messiah khan said:
Who's going to be the third judge though? Im all for you setting the thread up Chaos, and then letting the third judge be decide as soon as possible, just so we can get Round 2 under way.
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Suggestion for ongoing comps and Judging :

Winner = Judge 1 and Chooses theme for next round
Runner up = Judge 2

( Having no fixed judge and different judges each round gives a broader opinion on the entries , as everyone see's something in a different way )

Messiah Khan to Administer / Publish Results each round ( if willing ? ) whilst still being free to enter ( Providing he is not a winner or runner up ).

Cheers,

Mark
 
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Not a bad suggestion there mrdbristol. What do other people think of that? If people want a fixed judge, then im ok to be that for the forseeable future.
 
I think at least one fixed judge would be useful incase anyone goes AWOL.

At the moment. I think, go ahead creating the next round like I have his one - without me as a judge. I'll come back on board next round if need be.

fini
 
fini said:
I think at least one fixed judge would be useful incase anyone goes AWOL.
fini
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My suggestion was in the interest of getting the next round started , if momentum is lost after round one , then it will die.

I have to disagree with the fixed judge idea , and this is no offence to you or whoever the judge may be.

The question of AWOL will happen with a fixed judge , eventually , anyway ( Holiday , illness etc..).

Having judges who entered in the previous round will still keep them interested in the comp. and keep the comp going.

We had minor questions about some aspects of the first round scoring which I feel "judge rotation" ( ;) or whatever ?) would eliminate.

I'm just posting what i think is fair and remembering that this is just a bit of fun.

Cheers,

Mark
 
Well done all and congrats to overall supremo Chaos :)

In general I think it was well judged. Looking forward to entering the next round.
 
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