SOTW 192 - Final Fantasy 7

[King Sora X]

Voting Structure:

Please use the following guidelines when voting:

You must choose THREE entries unless specified otherwise.

For example, if your choices are 6,4. then it should look something like this:

6: (enter reason)
4: (enter reason)
1: (enter reason)


The points are scored as the following.

First Choice gets 7 points
Second choice gets 5 points
Third Choice gets 3 points


No voting for yourself. We all play fair here :<

Participants must vote!
Entrants(in posting order)
Cloud
CaptainMarvelQ8
voiceofourgeneration
Apple Jaxx
King Sora X
Superbia
Aldrain
Master Spockanort
Davey
Reflection

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[Tavishmithos]

7- Freaking epic smudging <3
5- I dunno, I like the dark texture.
3- I'm jealous of the apparent skill in text I see in this tag.

[Reflection]

9: great color combo + texture. only complaint is with the dimensions
1: really cool design, love the text. could've been executed more neatly (cloud's face = mega sharp) but still pro
7: it has its weak spots, but i do like that style a lot, and the smudging looks great

[Davey]

2 - I like the composition, the colors and everything just works in it's favor. Blending on the top is wonky but it's good.
6 - Nothing really pops out to me, monotone except for that splash of like. Like the typography.
9 - It's good and all effects wise but it looks slapped together, but it works well enough.

[Silh]

1 - Could be brighter, but it's the most aesthetically pleasing of the bunch.
3 - Cool concept. Buster Sword shouldn't even have to be in there, imo.
5 - Nice and soft. Dark blotch on the left bugs me though.

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

6- It's got everything down in terms of text,lightning,blending and all that shiznit.
5- Perfect use of stock,it resonates with aerith's personality and is overall beautiful ;D.I would've preferred it with less darkness though.
3- What silh said

twas hard to choose,all of the entries are awesome.

[jaxvex]

7. Good colors/lighting. Stock is LQ though.

4. This could be better if the stock wasn't so highly contrasted.

5. I agree with Silh the black on the left could have been blended in more.

[Aldrain]

1) Cloud, I hate how good you are at these. I actually don't mind the over sharpness, it's kind of your style anyway.
6) Very cool. I like the cracked texture and the lighting.
9) Bahamut Fury. Yes :D

[King Sora X]

6 - Yup, this one has it all - depth, lighting; the whole shabang.
9 - Aside from some lighting issues I have with this one, it's pretty good.
2 - Nice depth, and nice lighting overall. Could have used a bit more, but not too bad.

[Sean]

1: I'm a sucker for HQ tags so this one just knocks off the others by default
5: Smooth. I love the concept of this.
10: Catch a better quality render and sharper clipping mask on that text and you're gold.

[Master Spockanort]

1: I love colors used in it

7: Love the background smudging, though a bit more could have been done to make the render work with the piece

6: Tifa. That brush that gives the heavenly light is nice.

[Zook]

7 - I love the subtly, effects, and lighting

1 - not a fan of the contrast but the text saves the day

5 - could do a little more with the darkness on the left but it's still great overall

[Cloud]

3. The buster sword bugs the shit out of me, but otherwise it's a berry nice and clean concept. i'd even prefer it if the sword was repositioned to the centre, behind the text.

6. Contrast should be more dynamic imo, but i still like the style and effects.

5. It looks kinda murky, so if it was cleaned up slightly (mainly the stuff over the face) i'd like it a whole lot more.

[King Sora X]

Okay that's a wrap folks.

First place goes to Cloud with 38 points
Second Place goes to Apple Jaxx with 32 points
Third Place goes to Davey with 29 points.

The next sub and dec threads will be up shortly.