Eorzea's Next Top Model - Round 10

Thanks for your votes everyone, but this round is over!

We can't agree on what ~80% means, so the round had to be canceled ^^; Look out for either round 10.5 or 11 coming soon!

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1. Ciara
2. Maxwell
3. Kurri

Yunie's was very cute, but didn't seem to have enough crystal. ; A;

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Originally Posted by Oscillate_Wildly

Yunie's was very cute, but didn't seem to have enough crystal. ; A;

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Thanks! Seemed to be enough crystal to meet the round requirements for it be posted by the host at least~!
Good night and happy voting all!
^_^

3 this time. Oh my. O:
Ciara - This is beautiful. Wallpaper worthy! The pose fits and I like the little summon thing near you. It kinda reminds me of the area in FFX. Malachia something...I dunno the name LOL. *Fave!*
Yunie - You look like a cute mini Serah Farron. <3 I love this SO much. I guess my only thing is that it's a little blurry. ;; I like the pink hue stuff too!
Maxwell - Battle within the crystals! It's a nice change to see you really serious this time. <3

Why I didn't pick the rest.
Jayzan - It looked like you picked a crystal and just smiled. :c It felt kinda rushed, I wish you did different poses too.
Kurri - You look cute and evil. xD Though it looks like you're in the void, not so much crystals. o:
Tinsley - I like this a lot, but the others are better. u.u I like how casual and peaceful you look.

My votes go to Ciara, Kurri and Maxwell.

There are a few others that I also think are amazing but the three I mentioned to seem to get the closest to the 80% requirement. ^^

Ciara
Tinsley
Yunie

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Originally Posted by Mugiawara

3 this time. Oh my. O:
Ciara - This is beautiful. Wallpaper worthy! The pose fits and I like the little summon thing near you. It kinda reminds me of the area in FFX. Malachia something...I dunno the name LOL. *Fave!*

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Macalania Woods! (I loved 10^^) and Thank you for your kind words, and the fact you always vote every round!^^ I love it when people tell us why they like or don't like our shots so the next time, it gives us a bit more of a idea of what people want to see from us or wish we did less of. Thank you!

damn I missed the last round. Oh well. Have to say I really like this theme. The pictures are all so pretty! MY 3 VOTES:

Ciara - There is a lot to like here: the clothes, the colours (that yellow stream at the bottom is great), the shininess. If I were to be pedantic, I'd say that there is a little too much negative space to the right, which makes the background a bit bland. But overall, it is an incredibly beautiful shot. You should frame it. (maybe use it as your signature and put your name in the negative space? - just a thought :) )

Maxwell - The lighting effects on your body are what set your shot apart from the others. The background is also compartmentalised quite well with the bright flash (fester I think?) on the left, the crystals in the middle and the night sky on the right. You've done a great job here! Also you are one of two remaining males. Bring it home for the boys!

Yunie - You've always been one of my favourites, since you are incredibly good at arranging the colours of your pictures well - and here you've done that again (hair, tabard and bow are all a nice shade of purple-y type colours). I will say that my vote very nearly went to Kurri here, but I think yours came out on top because the background is more interesting. The lens flare on this is a bit bright though and makes the shot a bit blurry. But otherwise fantastic job. Keep it up!

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As for not voting for the others, it was quite close. It was mostly a case of liking the other three more:

Jayzan - The shot is a bit... simple compared to the others. There is really very little in the way of interesting lighting effects or costume choices. If you get through this round it may be worth playing around with these a bit more.

Kurri - You have some pretty good lighting effects here and I like the overall effect of the shot. The only reason I didn't vote for this was that I liked the others better.

Tinsley - You managed to get a wonderful background and have used the cascading light to good effect, but I really was not a fan of the choice of clothing. The theme allows for some extravagant and interesting clothing combinations, which you haven't really done here.

I was overwhelmed by how pretty the shots were this round. I have high expectation for the next few rounds (no pressure :p )

Ciara
Kurri
Maxwell

Hello all!
Once again, the models make the voters jobs difficult!
Here are my top three!

1.Ciara
2.Kurri
3.Maxwell

Keep up the good work!

Ciara - Did you get someone else to use an ability near you? I love the filter it has put over you. As others have said it gives a very machalania woods vibe. Simple pose but fitting for the model part of the comp I suppose. :D Suits the feel of the shot too, serene.
Maxwell - I love this, your pose and positioning to the left are very nice. The lighting on your body looks nice.
Yunie - Again, nice use of ability to create a glowy filter. Really enhances the crystal theme of the shot. While you don't have as much crystal in shot as the others, I'm happy that Rongi passed it to say it's enough. The pose is lovely and I like that you did something different and went with a crystal tree.

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Those not voted for.
Jayzan - Nice simple model shot. I just feel it's been done before with you, the first thing that came to mind was your waterfall shot.
Kurri - I found it really hard to choose between you and Yunie. In the end Yunie's pose and choice of a different type of crystal (tree) won me over. What I like about yours is, it's unique in that it's dark. The smirk suits the dark feel. :3
Tinsley - I like that you tried a day shot, I think most automatically lean to night with crystal since it gives the glow. So well done for being brave and trying something different. I like that you matched your highlights to the colours of the crystal and your gear. The suns rays? Is that what it is? Behind your head are also nice. Nice use of a crystal tree once again too. I guess I'm just a sucker for glows sadly which is why you didn't get my vote.

Ciara
Maxwell
Tinsley

1)Ciara
2)Jayzan
3)Yunie

Ciara: Beautiful glow, good outfit and awesome angle/positioning :3
Maxwell: I think you used the right action/spell there, soft colors and sharp background<3
Jayzen: you and kurri were tied for 3rd because of the lighting contrast, the darkness here and there and you being in the center with not much space wasted got you my vote.

Kurri: lovely use of holy, the effects of holy were in ur favor~
Tinsely: i'd call u a crystal ice queen but Ciara got that title just because of the outfit she chose, maybe if u were more radiant? not sure..
Yunie: too bright, you and the background merged and there is 0 contrast, too flashy do u have a screenie without that glow with a dark b/g? I would like to see the difference

Ciara
Max
Jayzan

Jayzan
Kurie
Yunie

Okay... This is getting tough! I'm so proud of you all - be proud of your shots! It's literally taken me 359024759452485429 hours to work out how to vote this round (LITERALLY). In no particular order!

Yunie

Ciara

Jayzan

Yunie
Maxwell
Kurri

Yunie
Jayzan
Maxwell

Maxwell
Yunie
Ciara

1. Maxwell <3
2. Kurri
3. Yunie

Yunie
Kurri
Maxwell

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Originally Posted by YunieAura

Thanks! Seemed to be enough crystal to meet the round requirements for it be posted by the host at least~!
Good night and happy voting all!
^_^

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such sour grapes lol

Maxwell
Kurri
Yunie

Tough week to pick who to vote for! All great shots everyone.

Maxwell - yours is the only one I KNEW I had to vote for xD my favourite!
Yunie
Tinsley

Good shots this week folks, im sure most of you appreciated this round as opposed to the mount round :)

Ciara - Smart choices here, from going to a dark hair color to provide more contrast to the overall outfit and look, it almost feels spiderweb like with the amount of crystal in this shot, it was pretty cool actually.

Jayzan - what a silly grin! its like your standing there going "come and get it!" I just liked how this had a subtle story going on, angle and shot itself good mixture of things.

Tinsley - Thank you for providing another desktop background, Ciara was the first to do so this cycle ! I loved everything in this shot, the blue with light speckles of goldish brown not only in the crystal but in the clothing, brilliant, hands down. And showing some skin, this was a smart move as well because it provided one hell of a contrast to the blue/white color every where else.

My Top 3
1. Maxwell: I love the dramatic lighting, your pose, your expression, and the use of the rule of thirds. This picture tells a story.
2. Ciara: I love the location, your pose, your angles, and the rule of thirds. My only critique is that I would like some expression on your face.
3. Jayzan: I love the silhouette approach. I would have liked the silhouette to be a little darker and your body to be turned a little more to the side.

And for the others
4. Yunie: I love the softness of this picture. I also think the worm's eye angle is very interesting. My only critique is that it needs you're a little to centered, some asymmetry would have made it more dynamic.
5. Tied Kurri and Tinsley: I couldn't decide between these too. They just weren't as strong as the rest.

The number of votes so far (up to me)
Ciara: 16
Jayzan: 8
Kurri: 9
Maxwell: 18
Tinsley: 4
Yunie: 14

Ciara, Kurri, Maxwell

I appreciate that they followed the rules :x

Ciara
Kurri
Maxwell

My Picks
Ciara- I find your pose alittle lacking but i think the SS overall is very well done.
Maxwell- I love the pose/background, i just wish you had picked a more creative outfit :p
Jayzan- I actually find your shot really nice.. your char makes a nice silhouette with the background.

Not Chosen-
Kurri- I found it a very nice SS, but it just felt lacking..the effects were very nice though
Tinsely- i think you played it too safe with how you posed.. the background was really pretty though
Yunie- I think your SS is very nice.. pretty and soft.. but it was lacking something

Jayzan
Maxwell
Yunie

Ciara
Jayzan
Maxwell

1. Yunie
2. Kurri
3. Maxwell

This round is over! Please do not vote in this thread!