OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[AmalahRose]

@Lowena OMG I was on Fenrir for 7 years!!! Your name doesn't sound familiar, but Doomsayer's does! Hmmmmmm!!! xD

Found vintage Amalah and Doomy pics from our wedding in XI. :P



A wild Kuchichi appears.



I'll stop with the off topicness now. xD

[Kaiyoko]

Hello everyone :3



I haven't been able to post much lately, but I wanted to say something since it's been weeks of being extremely busy between the holidays, Final coil, and other things I need to keep up with in 2.4 @~@ Cycle 3 fell at a vary awkward time.

My static was able to finish off Final coil last Friday too~!

Hopefully my shots weren't too terrible over the last few weeks for you :|. I was able to commit a lot more time to Round 7 now that all the big baddies are dead \o/.

Kaiyoko Star

Judge A: "I love the background here and you're clearly rushing between orders. However you're lit a little -too- brightly compared to the background so that it takes you out of the shot rather than looking like a part of it."
Score: 2

Judge B: "Very cute, damn that hyur would be a fool not to slip you his number, but again I need to see a little more storytelling. You look stressed but why? Is the manager on your back? is there an annoying Customer? did a Lala drop all the clean dishes? I need a little more info for a story to develop here."
Score: 2

Judge C: "This shot came off as romantic to me, because of the hyur distantly staring on the left. Can really think of a cute story to this shot. The lighting on your character is a bit much, however."
Score: 2

Judge D: "Pretty background! The glow from the crystal is gorgeous. I love lamp light at night in Eorzea. You are lit up nicely despite the time of day. Interesting use of outfit. Themed waitress. I take from your expression that you have just taken the order and are trying to remember it, unsure if that was your intent however. :3"
Score: 2

Judge E: "Wonderful facial expression. Not quite sure what is going on in this image though. The customer doesn’t look angry or upset, nor is there any interaction between the two of you, so I can’t see a concept other than you are … worried about something? Maybe there is a crowd of people waiting for the table? Not sure what is happening. I do like the depth that we get from the table but wish you had been on the other side of the table directly behind you. I think that would have given the sense of interaction with those two NPCs, while also giving us depth and a good background. It’s very very bright. Hurts my eyes." Score: 2

Thanks for the feedback judges. I did want to comment on the brightness issue because this is something I'm constantly trying to combat. Once in awhile models get the comments about being too bright or too dark and I look at this as a lose lose situation. We have no idea what your monitors setting are brightness wise and you also have to factor in if the monitor is back lit and other settings you might have. Some shots look fantastic on one screen and not another so it's very difficult to please everyone w/o knowing the device it is being displayed on. I actually have set up my monitors when reviewing my pictures to show diffident lightning setting just to try and solve this and obviously sometimes it doesn't work out. I'll try to pick a picture based on what looks best between both settings.

Take care everyone, looking forward to next round~~~

[Adeline]

YAY I managed to get first this week in the ladie's category ;D I'm so happy <33 ty and shoutout to the voters and judges thank you for your critiques. I'm happy I didn't disappoint anyone this week as I sometimes do xD I was HOPING to get S, but DAMMIT EPSIL HE TOOK IT!!! (jk grats man <3)

I'm sad to see Xev and Fate go...and Amenian too :< Plz don't leave and still talk to us!!!



Btw you can still posts on the forums even with an unsubbed account. At least that's what my friend told me...

Also as far as the rules go and some suggestions that were made, I kinda don't see the problem with maybe randomizing names every week of some sort. It would spice things up, and prevent people from skipping over models they don't usually vote for and go straight for their favorites/friends. Just my 2 cents :S GL everyone with week 7!!!

[AdamFyi]

GL everyone with week 7!!!

Good luck to you too! I had a lot of fun with this week's theme ...though there were a crap ton of technical difficulties occurring when I took the picture... and I hope everyone else does too! It does feel kind of detached when you can't use your Wind-up Sun minion though.. but it was an interesting challenge nonetheless!

Here, have a smile!

[Bramble]

OMG! I totally missed voting, i had it in my head i had until tonight to get my vote on! Christmas madness, it's killing meeeeeeeee!!! Q.Q

[FlareR]

I agree Kaiyoko. I'm a pale Lala! That darn sun minion is NOT my best friend.

[Sandoria]

I'm sad to see Xev and Fate go...and Amenian too :< Plz don't leave and still talk to us!!!



Btw you can still posts on the forums even with an unsubbed account. At least that's what my friend told me...

Also as far as the rules go and some suggestions that were made, I kinda don't see the problem with maybe randomizing names every week of some sort. It would spice things up, and prevent people from skipping over models they don't usually vote for and go straight for their favorites/friends. Just my 2 cents :S GL everyone with week 7!!!

Awww I'm not leaving. Just gonna vote and tell everyone all the reasons I love them! Voting might be hard with how good all you guys are but I look forward to it. This weekend's round is sooo challenging and I am super excite to see what you guys come up with!
Also I love this contest and everything about it but as the person with the X name, I'd love to see some randomizing. There were several weeks not where I felt it caused me a handicap (In fact I've felt everyone in this has been more than kind to me and I ♥ you all for it), as much as I worried people thought I was copying someone else's idea just because they already saw the concept by the time they got to me.

[EorzeasNTM]

Hello everyone :3

Congrats on the wedding! Love the dress!

I am one of the judges that called out the brightness! ^^;;;;;; I actually look at all the pictures with my brightness turned all the way down and then all the way up because I like to give the models the benefit of the doubt. ((I wish people would trust me to make the right decisions at least half the time around here. Lol!)) I also go back and look at them on my cellphone, again with my brightness at lowest and max, because I am ENTM's biggest fan...seriously I have no life you guys. I'M OBSESSED! You thought it was Fruity Twootie? No. It's me. o.o; I'd rather look at the pictures you models submit over and over and over again then actually play FFXIV or study for school. Out of all the judges, I feel my "its too dark/too bright!" critiques are the fairest/best judged. xD

I have no idea what next round is! I can't wait to see ittttt!!

YAY I managed to get first this week in the ladie's category ;D I'm so happy

Btw you can still posts on the forums even with an unsubbed account. At least that's what my friend told me...

Also as far as the rules go and some suggestions that were made, I kinda don't see the problem with maybe randomizing names every week of some sort. It would spice things up, and prevent people from skipping over models they don't usually vote for and go straight for their favorites/friends. Just my 2 cents :S GL everyone with week 7!!!

Silly! You only got first because your name starts with an A! xDDD

I was unsubbed for a while during Cycle 1 and 2 and was still able to post the rounds and in this thread, so I want to say your friend is right! ><; But Tyriont didn't log in for 14 days and it blocked him from logging on any more until he did something to get it reactivated!

If Tyriont wants to start alternating the models shots, he is more than welcome to. As long as he still posts the scores alphabetically so I can easily Excel-a-cize them! xD But if he does, I don't ever want to hear a model blame their position in the line up for their elimination again!!!!! Deal?

Found vintage Amalah and Doomy pics from our wedding in XI. :P



A wild Kuchichi appears.

Vintage! xD So now that Windurst Theme is stuck in my head...Lol! Is that OUR Kuchichi?!

[Yamimarik]

Hello! ENTM peeps!!! I'm sorry I haven't posted much lately, been extremely busy with life (holidays and just life) lol. Haven't had much time to even play FFXIV either aside from a lil during the day and set static nights @.@ Anywhoooooo... I see some of you guys taking advantage of "Eternal Bonding"!! My platinum band has been purchased!! Now to find me a man that wants to marry me ; ; lol

I'm extremely excited about this next round!!! I've had a concept in my head ever since I received the photo shoot list, and I was like "OMG! I know what I'm doing for that one ^.^" I actually prepped everything before actually going through with the photoshoot i.e. (poses, facial expressions, job, gear, etc.) before finding people to help me out with it! I'm extremely giddy to see what everyone else did for this, one issue I had was.... not being able to use a certain resource (won't give too much away hopefully). Either way...

CARBUNCLEULATIONS!! to those getting married!! I hope we get to see pictures and/or videos online somewhere ^.^

Marik out for now <3

[Adeline]

Hello! ENTM peeps!!! I'm sorry I haven't posted much lately, been extremely busy with life (holidays and just life) lol. Haven't had much time to even play FFXIV either aside from a lil during the day and set static nights @.@ Anywhoooooo... I see some of you guys taking advantage of "Eternal Bonding"!! My platinum band has been purchased!! Now to find me a man that wants to marry me ; ; lol

Miss you Marik <333 GL with finding a husbando, I'm sure you'll find a keeper :3!!!