OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[NozomiKei]

I'm still trying to decide which picture to use for the Memories of Eorzea screenshot contest and I've just finished going through the thousands I've taken and narrowed it down to 8. I really need feedback outside of my own head and you guys are the only screenshot takers I know but I don't want to clog the thread with offtopic stuff. What should I do?

By the way, thank you so much for your feedback for the competition so far!

Edit: I decided rather than waste space with another post to just stick these here for now. I'll gladly remove them if you aren't happy with me doing so!

Will probably re-shoot for non event version but aspect of ARR mentioned is Story.

Aspect: The beautiful effects and designs to be mentioned.

Aspect: The beastmen and all of the wonderful lore.

Aspect: The fun events.

Aspect: I'm a huge Hunts fan.

Aspect: The beautiful music (I particularly like the music in this zone) and graphics and landscapes and the way they worked in 1.0 lore.

Aspect: I love Ul'dah.

Aspect: The beautiful sky and the elements from other FF games, plus the glamour system.

I have my own nitpicks for each of these but I feel like I've gotten to where I need outside opinions to truly eliminate some.

[MissBrunHilda]

What should I do?

My first suggestion would be to whittle out any of them where you aren't present!

Scenic vistas are gorgeous, but they're a dime-a-dozen. You want your submission to really stand out and be unique, and that includes having you in it!

I'm also really biased toward your Amalj'aa shot... Lizardman Snuggles! ;-;

[Catwho]

I would personally go with your entry for this week for the contest. Anyone can take gorgeous landscapes (I've seen a lot of repeats over at xivwallpapers.tumblr.com), but the shot of you huddled up next to the Amal'jaa is pretty unique.

As for this week's ENTM: Stephen Fairbrook and I had the EXACT same idea and I went through at least 200 shots trying to get an angle that I was happy with at that darn camp! I don't have my favorite outtakes available because I'm at Anime Central and on my laptop this weekend, but I have quite a few that ended up with a similar pose. I love the ixali story the most out of the beast tribe so I knew I immediately wanted to do a shot there. The big problem is that you can't go on the lower platforms. One of the pieces of feedback I and others have gotten is making sure that the character "pops" from the screen, so that's why I ultimately went with the up close shot in bright light.

[NozomiKei]

Thank you for responding! T7T I really love that scenic shot at Tranquil but you guys are right. I'm afraid the Amalj'aa one won't stick out enough on first glance or sans backstory but with multiple votes for it it must be the better choice.

I've been horrendously busy driving back and forth from Wasilla to Seward every day so trying to squeeze in entries for this and that are just whoa.

[rajamitsu]

As for this week's ENTM: Stephen Fairbrook and I had the EXACT same idea and I went through at least 200 shots trying to get an angle that I was happy with at that darn camp! I don't have my favorite outtakes available because I'm at Anime Central and on my laptop this weekend, but I have quite a few that ended up with a similar pose. I love the ixali story the most out of the beast tribe so I knew I immediately wanted to do a shot there.

First, aaah! I'm at ACen, too! I'm in the alley at table F10, if you wanna pop by and say hi. (I have a dinosaur with a witch hat on my table - it's kinda hard to miss. XD)

Second, I actually tried a pose similar to yours as well, but my height made it awkward. There's some neat spots, but dang Lala height made it a weird place to work for shots.

[Catwho]

Oh! Oh! Come to my panel at 8:45 PM! Final Fantasy MMOs! I'm even going to be including a bit on screenshot tips from all the stuff I've learned since this round started

[EorzeasNTM]

Advertise for us!! Haha

[rajamitsu]

Ooo! I will see how coherent I am. XD Will try to make it tho!

[NozomiKei]

See if you can get someone to record it for you so we can watch it on youtube!

[EorzeasNTM]

I'll post this here too, just in case any one missed it!

For anyone who doesn't know, we will be having a ENTM Meet Up on the 25th at 6pm CENTRAL USA time, meeting on the Coeurl Server in Limsa Lominsa. We will be premiering Episode 0 of ENTM Youtube Edition 2, saying good-bye to Rongi Pongi, and also be giving away a 1 month subscription to FFXIV and a custom drawing of your character from Adeline, winner of Cycle 3.

Hope to see you there!