[HB!] Final Round! - Cloud_Unchained vs Hanatori

[Color Me Evil]

The Graphics section of KHI. The home to all of us. Possibly one of the least appreciated forums. Let's show them what we've got!

The final round of Handicap Battles! Who will win this first-ever tournament?

Final Round

Participants: Cloud_Unchained, Hanatori

Due date: 09/17/2006

Requirements:

- Theme: Graphics
- 300 px (width) by 500 px (length)
- Font set: Arial Black and Century Gothic
- Colors used: Pink, gold/yellow, and orange
- Text: "Terrible! Orange and pink don't mix - they resemble vomit, and the text isn't much better. This isn't art, it's just lame." must appear in your piece.

Banned:

- Solid borders. Funky borders are a MUST.
- Cursive fonts.
- That's it. Let your mind run wild!

Have fun and best of luck to both of you!

[Hanatori]

Finals, eh? Here I go. ._.;

Good luck to you, Cloud_Unchained.

EDIT:


Ah, the world of graphics.

[Cloud_Unchained]

This one I found a little difficult. Mainly because of the border. D:



Good luck Hanatori.

[Katattack]

I have to say... C_U's vomit sig > Hanatori's.

The scrapbook Target things been done.

C_U's is fun to look at and get lost in. @_@

[Thelonepickle]

C_U gmv.

Hanatori, yours is cool, but I'm getting pretty sick of scrapbooking-ish-style. I've seen a lot of this going around, some worse, some better, and it's pretty well... =/ Prostititued. The arrows look good, and the text is nice in some places, but... I dunno. It just doesn't shout to me.

C_U's has deeper colour, texture, feeling, and it's just more... It surrounds me better. It's easier to get lost in. I dig the ugly yellow, and the blurry font both bugs me and rubs off on me. I like it, because it's not a style you see all the time. Pretty awesome. A little boring, despite myself.

C_U gmv.

[monkeybutt]

Wow, I can't believe we're at the final round! =] This has been KHI's largest graphics tournament. xD Good luck to the finalists. Personally I like Hanatori's better but my vote does not count.

[Color Me Evil]

Remember to stick to the voting rules!

- 3 sentences for the piece you're choosing and why
- 1 sentence of constructive criticism for the other person

[Sterling_Silver]

Personally, I think they're both really great. They both have their flaws, of course, but I'm leaning more towards C_U's. I like what's goin' on in the background, though the upper right corner seems a little bland. The little swirls and textures in the bottom captivate me, srsly.

The only thing that irks me about Hanatori's is how messy it feels. It doesn't really have a sense of direction, and I'm not quite understanding why there's a picture of Dark in it. Perhaps if you took out an arrow or two that aren't referencing the text, then it'll be more appealing to me. And taking out one of the X's wouldn't kill the peice, but... Yeah.

Only because of the minor differences does C_U GMV. I really like'em both, though. xP

[Hanatori]

=x Perhaps I should have given a bit of an explanation.

Ah well, I saw this coming anyway. :3

I didn't think it was a scrapbook style (which it probably isn't), but meh.

[Gamergirl89]

i must both r pretty vicious imo opinion but i gotta go with hantori's

why? cuz imo something doesn't have to be super fancy to capture someone's attention. she's got brushes, nice variety of text, and complementary colors to boot. lol. it really cought my attention the most

C_U: i like urs as well, but that tan blob in the middle bothers me, and there's way too much smudging/bluryness going on. and personally the text is kind hard to read especially since u have the left and right side of the text looking blurry (which i would like to know how u did that)


other than that i call

Hanatori's gmv

[Veritas]

C_U GMV

C_U's has more depth and pleases the eye better in my opinion. I really like how the blob in the middle reminds me of vomit which goes along with the text. Overall, it looks a lot more professional in my opinion.

Hana's looks good, but I just don't really like that style any longer. The bottom of the tag is a bit bright and hurts my eyes, too.

[~Leo~]

C_U gmv.

C_U's has more depth and pleases the eye better in my opinion. I really like how the blob in the middle reminds me of vomit which goes along with the text. Overall, it looks a lot more professional in my opinion.

Quoted for effect, he beat me up and took those words outta my mouth.

Hana, the colors just didn't really attract me.

[Prodigy]

What about me, though?

I've got to go with C_U.

CU's colors and contrast muy bueno. I love the deep effect. The composition is nice, but I'm not very sure what was with the big blob. The middle is really nice, though.

For Hana, it's just too bright for me. Not any real contrast to it. I like parts of the style, as usual, and then there's parts I don't like about it. ;-; Nice border. xD

CU gmv.

[Color Me Knievel]

C_U GMV

C_U's is a solid example of how to pull a funky vomit off.
Nice colors, contrast and depth, very beautiful.
As for Hanatori's, the scrapbook thing is old, boring and plain.
I mean, it pretty much look like you just used d-loaded brushes.
PLAIN AND OLD.
Kthx, now I had my rant about scrapbook sigs.
So, C_U gmv.
Very nice sig.

[_Odin_]

C_U GMV

Hanatori: Sorry, I really, really like your tags, but this one is really plain. it's boring and doesn't really make good use of the colors. and the white scanlines really don't add anything to it. it needs sharpening something more.

C_U: nothing really bad to say. depth is great. colors are great. depth is sick. the only thing i really don't like is the distortion of the words. maybe if they weren't there, i would've loved it even more.

and on a final note, C_U GMV