Since we’re down to 6, I’ll write out a critique for everyone… I really laughed and felt soothed by all of the shots this week, though some more than others.

My Top Three Selections:

Jinx Fireboot: “Serenity” is the perfect word for this one! The use of light, steam, and the balanced use of cool colors, offset by the hot pink flowers… I love every bit of this. I want to curl up in that bath and go to sleep.

Rhaya Relanah: I really want to know what kind of grand stories of battle you’re telling in your undies, madam! The use of lighting was good here, it puts the large group of peole around you in relative shadow while you glow like a beacon, pulling the focus toward you. I think I need to go investigate that bed everyone’s on.

Adeline Urusa: This shot is incredibly eye-catching to start with! The only major negative I can see here is that because there’s such an overwhelming amount of red, my eyes are immediately pulled to the “cool spot” in the center of the picture! While you’re in the foreground, the green-adorned Miqo’te pair in the middle tend to pull all of the focus away from you. No one should upstage you in your own shot!


My Glorious Other Models

Eirwen Mackenzie: I really adore this shot, it seems like you got some really good gossip during your tea party! But unfortunately, there’s so much empty space around you! I wish you could have zoomed in just a little bit more. I want to see more of you, since you’re meant to be the focus!

Flare Anderfel: I really love that you’re just partying so hard on the beach! That was definitely the first place I was thinking of when I saw that the theme this week was “relaxation”! And aw, Sakuraya and Marik decided to show their support for you! I think that looks like a grand party to be a part of! I like that you tried to fill the negative space at the top right with Marik’s fabulous emotes, but it still ended up feeling a bit lopsided.

Adam Flyrmyn: I really, really wanted to like this picture more! But due to your brilliant shade of red, you just ended up camouflaging yourself a bit too much. The person in the back on the Warbear was very distracting to me. As I continued to look at the picture, I was continually drawn to her, as though she was an incredibly badly hidden Waldo. While your face says “relaxed”, the rest of the shot just feels so… empty, despite being so full of lovely flowers.

Bizarre Sidenote:

Adeline and Rhaya are the last two catladies in this competition! And you guys had such similar compositions that it blindsided me. You both had 3 Miqo’te, 1 Roegadyn, and 1 Lalafell in your shot, with Adeline having an additional Elezen… Adeline went for dominantly hot colors, while Rhaya went for cool ones… You two are truly two sides of the same coin!

Both party like there’s no tomorrow when the name of the game is to relax! But I bet you get some of the best sleep ever afterward!