[Zoo's Set Contest] - RESULTS ANNOUNCED!

[chibizoo]

Updating the list of entries right now.

A reminder that today is the LAST DAY to get all entries in. I'll be judging at around... 12:00 EST? (about 9:00 PST/Neopian time)

X3! And I'll provide critique too.. just might take a while.

Thanks everyone who has entered!

Edit - I noticed I had stupidly added that it was March 5th deadline instead of 3rd.

Yes the deadline is today - simply because there is some other stuff and I probably wont remember to come back to this site for a while unless I get this set contest done with soon. @_@ Sorry to anyone else thinking to procrastinate.

You have all of today anyway for any last-minute straggers :x

[Adam loves Hilary Duff]

Last minute entries rawk!

[chibizoo]

All right - I'll first add some commentary to everybody's thing and then the final results (+ prizes)

Please either post on this thread or PM me your username if you want your prize/item - if you haven't done so already on your post (or if I PM you saying I can't find it). ALL participants will get something. I'll hold the items for a week so if I don't get any response them they rot :P

Please bear with my amateur commentary (not too good with analyzing icon/banner things)

Shadowfare: I love that smooth border and the way you pixelized the banner with those squares quite subtly. The crop and different pose matches for the icon and banner were well chosen!

Chipper: Ahh... Cloud from the original FFVII picture X3! *nostalgia* Anyway, the layout of him on the banner is positioned nicely - some things could have been done to make a nicer font and slight size fix - but nothing too drastic.

Sunnie: Vincent is so PRETTY! GYAH *eyes it* The banner really added to the effect - and the border colour was a nice, appealing choice. I'm actually not sure if this is part of the original picture or not, but loving those sparklies and how they match the border (+ ZACK ICON! *squee*!)

Messs17: Very nice crop choice and the icon matches the border literally pixel by pixel huh? >P An awesome picture choice too - maybe a small border would have been nice!

Everconfused: Loving that extra touch of the chinese characters and dots on the dragon border! That dragon looks vicious as well - good picture. Plus I really adore that red on black effect you have for all your icons - how delightfully dark-ish. X3

Ledi: CHOCOBO! *amused* I forgot to mention my secret obsession for chocobo on the listing but what an original picture to choose! I love those little chocobo dancing in the background x3

Medusa: Wow, the way you did the effect it looks like Seph and Cloud are either merging together and becoming seperate. Gives the entire clone thign a twist - I like it! Great semi-transparent border as well - how pretty~!

gemma58: Damn that Zack set makes me want to squeal (like a sad sad fangirl). That border is very appealing for the Zack one - it looks like an old film strip - and indeed memories X3 *eyes Vincent being his pretty self* - the red border was a nice choice for the colour scheme.

Rikio: Wow - are those stamps on a semi-transparent setting? (Like brush stamps?) They're very well placed and make me very envious (I want stamps like those! *whine* >P) Kadaaj (I think that's him - not too sure) looks so PRETTY with the borders and nice stamp arrangement. Also lvoe the zoom-in effect (and yeah, he's a very girly looking guy ^^; )

Optimus: Dotted border! They look so pretty! *so used to seeing them on Lj icons* Nice overlay stamp (or is it a stamp?) effect with the dots running through the picture and Cloud's looking slick with those sunglasses X3 The crop on the icon for the set is also well done (loves how you cropped the side of the face*

Silja: Wow.. dam(n) that's well done o_O I don't even like Tifa that much but she's just marvelous with your layout of her, plus the border colour scheme, and background mix. I love how in the lj icon she's near the edge of the frame and her hair flows out in contrast to the beautiful square-esque background setup.

hellyer: Nice picture choice! I love that church scene alot myself, and a pleasant simple font and white border. The crop was also a good choice - with the church windows in the background and a nice soft effect making it very plesant to the eye.

stampsyne: You did not get that picture off a doujinshi cover did you? *accusatory look* XD <3 *stares at their blinking eyes* I can't peel my head away from it >P Also I like the nice plain background and that "final fantasy" font. Would have had an even better finish with a border finishing the edges (well my personal preference).

dargonz: Wow, in the icon, Cloud looks like he's being suspended in some time-freeze frame or something - I like the effect! Very nice simple stamp running along the icon - but again I have to obsess over the fact that a border would have been awesome too X3

Adam loves Hilary Duff: Another original Cloud picture! Loving the greyscale by the way, for some reason it blends to the background so much better than the colour version. Also, awesome choice of background stamps and layout scheme for the icon and the banner >3

RESULTS:

1st place (Prize: Cloud paint brush- for best overall): Silja for her very organised, colourful and just brilliant set (and set-making skills but everyone who participated was very talented). Everyone I could say about it I've pretty much complimented so Congratulations again and thanks for taking the time to put your effort into the set!

2nd place (Prize: Cloud petpet paint brush and a purple cybunny easter negg): Rikio for that complex, amazing set, and the beautiful colour choice to it! Loving that Seph-clone in the picture choice as well X3

3rd place (Prize: Snoogy and 10 duboon coin): Optimus: The simplicity of the picture works like a charm. Awesome job and congrats!

SPECIAL WINNERS:

Most visually pleasing set (Prize: Gruslen): Sunnie with the lovely Vincent picture. How beautiful!

The Zack set! (Prize: Mazzew): gemma58 for creating a set exactly like I wanted! And for making it have such meaning too~

And that is all x_X!

WINNERS PLEASE READ THE TOP FOR INSTRUCTIONS (AS WELL AS ALL PARTICIPANTS.

Thanks again EVERYONE for participating and taking the time and effort to do a site (and for lots of you research on something you have no clue about).

Lovin' the work you've done here (and I hope I have all you guys's permissions to use the sets - in case I want to change my sets around or something!) Geez you guys are talented :/

[chibizoo]

Updating as I go:

I have sent items to:

1) Shadowfare (bottled dark faerie + bri codestone)

2) Ledi (bottled air faerie + tai-kai codestone)

3) Silja (cloud pb)

4) Chipper (bri codestone + two dubloon coin)

5) Stampsyne (main codestone + two dubloon coin)

6) Everconfused (vo codestone+ bottled earth faerie)

7) messs17 (disco toilet + zei codestone)

8) gemma58 (Mazzew)

9) johnandadam (har codestone + melvie)

1o) Sunnie (gruslen)

11) dargonz (main codestone + 2 dubloon coin)

12) Optimus (Snoogy + 10 dubloon coin)

12) Rikio (Cloud pppb + Purple Cybunny Negg)

Still need usernames for:

5) Medusa

9) hellyer

The bottom part really is for my personal ref.

X3! *runs away*

Last edited by chibizoo on Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:18 pm, edited 3 times in total.

[Chipper]

Congratulations silja you did it again. I told you I need to hang around you and learn some of your skills, like I keep telling you you do awsome work...

Congrats to the other winners to you all did a great job...

Thanks for the contest it was fun I'm still trying to learn the skills of the trade.

Link to this lot!
http://www.neopets.com/island/tradingpo ... =161289111

THANK YOU!!!

[Silja]

WHAT? You've got to be kidding me. Seriously. I mean it.

Yes I did put a lot of effort into the set, but I never thought yo'd actually like it that much, considering all the other great entries.

But, this was a very pleasant surprise so... thank you!!!

Congratulations to all other as well, you did a great job

[gemma58]

Congrats to silja, Rikio and Optimus....awesome! Congrats also to everyone else, I can only aspire to your level of artistry!
Thanks zoo, it was fun making the set for you and I'm glad you liked it!



http://www.neopets.com/island/tradingpo ... =161299248

[Adam loves Hilary Duff]

Updating as I go:

I have sent items to:

1) Shadowfare (bottled dark faerie + bri codestone)

2) Ledi (bottled air faerie + tai-kai codestone)

3) Silja (cloud pb)

4) Chipper (bri codestone + two dubloon coin)

5) Stampsyne (main codestone + two dubloon coin)

6) Everconfused (vo codestone+ bottled earth faerie)


Still need usernames for:


2) Sunnie

3) Messs17

5) Medusa

6) gemma58

7) Rikio

Optimus

9) hellyer

11) dargonz

12) Adam loves Hilary Duff

The bottom part really is for my personal ref.

X3! *runs away*

My username is johnandadam.
And Sunnie's (I know it because she is like my bestest friend) is zero_is_mah_hero.

[chibizoo]

All right - sent items to everyone who has posted (or bid on the trades) or pmed me thus far.

*hopes the others inform me sometime as well*

[Optimus]

Wow! Ten Dubllons! That's awesome!

Gotta say, I was worried that my set was too plain or that you wouldn't like it, but I guess that wasn't the case.

Congratulations to Silja (you did it again ) and to everyone

My username is burinpu2003.

Thanks for the prizes!

[dargonz]

Ohhh... I forgot to put an actual avatar in... Oh well... Here it ish...

[chibizoo]

Still missing a couple of people who haven't picked up their stuff yet, but most have been very efficient about it *grins*

Just also making a note that I've saved all the pictures so feel free to remove them from your servers.

Thanks again and I appreciate the commentary people left behind afterwards - good luck on any set contests you guys may participate in in the future!