OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[Epsil]

I guess a sun minion can be placed up here. Darnit D:

[AdamFyi]

Huzzah! I have survived another week! I'm really curious about everyone elses shots for the 4th week. Can't want for the voting to start.

[Kyan]

Bye guys, have fun with the rest of the competition

I can recover from my tonsillectomy without logging in now, hehe.

And sorry to Judge C - I have seem to upset them or something, judging by the way they have commented on my work every week I apologise if I did something to unintentionally hurt your feelings?

[Jinxie]

Get well soon L'yhan! *snuggle* <3 I hope you feel better soon, and take full advantage of icecream yums!

[KaiKatzchen]

Judges -

Thanks for the feedback I appreciate it! I see this was a mixed one, and that's ok because I love the feedback! I did try going for a more traditional type of work (tried miner, botanist, culinarian, even armorer! Heehee) but I figured a lot might go for that angle and a lot did with beautiful results!
Honesty with how much all of us were complaining about this one, everyone did amazing! I loved them all!!

So I started thinking what else can be considered building the realm? Then help from my photographer and a insight from Tataru came to mind: hey even she took up mining because a city/group needs money to function! If there isn't an economic flow to it then there is no money to build and shop keepers, merchants etc are just as important! That's why I decided to go with the theme, even if it was risky! I was hoping people would get what I was going for. XD

But yes, the NPC did come out looking huge, lol!! She was standing on a stool which made her look really tall (and it doesn't help that I am the smallest kitty you can be lol), and I agree, should have played with the angle on this one more but I'll admit this one had me flustered so I was happy just to get a shot I liked~! I'll make sure to watch those angels! Heehee

But NPC BUTT! Hahahahaha! XD

Thanks Judges!!!

[Kaelah]

Bye guys, have fun with the rest of the competition

I can recover from my tonsillectomy without logging in now, hehe.

And sorry to Judge C - I have seem to upset them or something, judging by the way they have commented on my work every week I apologise if I did something to unintentionally hurt your feelings?

Judge C isn't the same judge every week. :3 Tyriont swaps round the letter for each judge weekly to keep up anonymity. It's just coincidence I assure you. ^o^ Sorry you feel that way. /comfort

[Tyriont]

Judge C isn't the same judge every week. :3 Tyriont swaps round the letter for each judge weekly to keep up anonymity. It's just coincidence I assure you. ^o^ Sorry you feel that way. /comfort

Yup, although it's random so it's possible it could be the same? I'm not sure. I don't even know which judge is which half the time >.>

If I felt there was any personal bias from a judge against a model I would remove that judge or at the very least ask our backup to take over that specific model's voting from them. One of our judges has very much fallen into the Simon Cowell mould and that may well be why it could feel that way. The fact that any model is concerned about being singled out is a warning sign for me however, so I'll be keeping a close eye on that going forwards and redoubling my effort to make sure the criticism provided is helpful and constructive.

[Amenian]

It doesn't matter that the judges are random. The judge actually stated that he was singled out:

"While the other judges may not agree with me, I just really haven't seen anything from you in the previous rounds that stands out to me as a quality shot, and the same goes in this round too."

[Sandoria]

L'yhan, your Ariel will always be one of the high points of this contest for me. Get well soon.

Nooooooooooo...! I had an amazing looking picture, but then realised that the arrow for the mouse was in the dead center. D:

Oh no! I know how you feel though. I took a shot that blew me away. It was so gorgeous and probably my best screenshot ever. I loved it and felt confident about it and went back and saw a small but glaring flaw. After I saw it, I knew it was all anyone would hone in on who looked at the shot for more than 5 seconds. Tried to recreate it but can't seem to get all the right conditions to align again. ; ;

[Tyriont]

When I say being singled out I mean being judged more harshly in comparison to other models - Judge C was somewhat harsh across the board this week. I don't feel that there's anything wrong with referencing prior shots when suggesting improvements - that's happened with other models too. I do agree that the feedback could be phrased more constructively though and will be addressing that for future rounds.