For all who didnt make it in the hairstyle contest lets post ours!

[Raseleanne]

Loving the entries in here way more than the actual finalists.

here was mine. Ran out of time for a male style. My boyfriend said I, "didn't desu hard enough."

Oh man, I flipping love this! It looks so stylish, and I'm a big fan of anything braids. Braids plus dreads? Done and done. Sad you didn't get picked, you'd have had my vote.

[DoctorSecksy]

Gyson: but it is about what the community wants because of the voting aspect. If they weren't concerned about what we wanted, there would be no vote. They would have just picked and that would be the end of it.

[Shori]

After seeing a lot of the posted hairstyles that didn't make it, makes you think some of the finalists were picked for their simplicity.




Like My god this one is great, but it lost to participant number 9 (Quistis-hair)?

I want both of these in game now! (but particularly the female one) I cant believe they didnt get picked, background/length seem fine to me considering theres some which have multple drawings and rules were one front one back only.

[Arkann]

Most of what I see here is better then what we have to choose from :/

And those...

... reminded me of this

[Noxifer]

Background rule is kinda of a charade. What is the purpose of the contest ? Hairstyles or backgrounds?

Unvalidating a good entry because of a background is reckless. If that happened.. it shouldnt.

I think it was a decision SE made (to add that rule, I mean) to prevent the submission of general artwork/fanart in a hairstyle contest, and then people voting on a picture because they liked the whole of it instead of just the hairstyle. Was it the best way to prevent those things? Not necessarily? Did it prevent those things in the end? Not entirely, since people might still vote on an entry because they like the art style of the bust* and not necessarily the hairstyle in itself. But it did, IMO, help to make the hairstyle a bigger focus of the picture than it might have been if people had submitted entire characters with exquisite backdrops.

*) head-to-shoulders figure, of course. What did you think I meant? ;)

Rips offs are still there. If you see Quistis hair in the female section, Roxas hair on the male section( guy in the photograph aka N' 5), FF 1 hairstyle on the male section ( aka N' 20 ), etc

The thing is a small difference makes people say its not a rip off. But a more detached approach will tell you they do seem a rip off.( too similar not to be)

That's partly true (though I don't think male #5 is looking that much like Roxas, based on the Roxas wig in the preview pics they showed in the live letter. Sure, it's got the punky spikes, but the fringe alone makes it a very different style, and without knowing what the back looks... it's definitely in the "spiky hair" category, but meh). On the other hand, like I've said before (not necessarily in this thread), being able to tell it's drawing definite inspiration from a hairdo doesn't make it a rip off. Even Roxas' hairstyle ripped off previously published anime hairstyles that are 'clearly the same'. Even the first anime/manga displaying the "hime" hairstyle, to take an equally popular hairstyle as an example, ripped off an existing hairstyle if you draw the line that firmly.

*hides some of the post to minimize the "wall of text" to scroll past for people not interested*

The rules could definitely have been helped by some extra clarification, of course, but if you look at the rules similar to other ToS/contractual texts, you'll notice that Contestant and Hairstyle are capitalized in many places. In contracts/ToS, there's usually an initial paragraph informing the reader that "this is a contract regarding the use of [product/service name], henceforth named Product/Service, between [company name], henceforth named Company, and the user of said service/product, henceforth named User" etc (example terms). SE is doing a similar thing.

Create and submit your unique FINAL FANTASY XIV inspired hairstyle design (the “Hairstyle”) for a chance to have it featured and implemented in Patch 3.1 of the Game.

The Hairstyle must be an original work by the Contestant that is being publicised for the first time for this Contest.

Yes, they do say unique, but then in the next breath they say it should be inspired by something (FFXIV).
In the next place, when they use the term Hairstyle, they're not saying that the hairstyle must be original, but the artwork must be the artist's own work.

My interpretation of the rules (and your interpretations may vary, but only SE can say which is the correct interpretation) is that hairstyles inspired by existing ones, whether from media or IRL, is okay, as long as the artwork itself isn't copied off of someone else's work -- e.g. photoshopped hair from a model pasted onto the provided template, or blatantly stealing someone's deviant art submission (which also breaks the 'not publicized before this' rule, btw).

To be honest, the fact that they put someone in the final selection which shows a screenshot of their inspiration (warrior minion/sprite) in the submission kind of... argues my point, since at that point it's not really a question of "not looking it up" as the evidence of the inspiration is right there ^^;


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I want both of these in game now! (but particularly the female one) I cant believe they didnt get picked, background/length seem fine to me considering theres some which have multple drawings and rules were one front one back only.

Kind of, yes. Paraphrased from hidden quotes below: "You must submit a front view image. You're also allowed to submit a back view image in addition to that, but it's not necessary. If you submit a back view, you're allowed to attach up to two image files for that entry. You can only submit two entries, one male and one female, and the two entries must be in separate emails."

To be honest, I definitely don't mind those that put in more than back and front, since it gives both us and the dev team a clearer image of the hairstyle in question. As long as they stick to the size limitations (max two image files, images must be within a certain pixel size range) I personally don't have a problem with it.

(I have to say I'm more curious about the last point of the rules I've quoted below... "nickname, entry title and personal comment will appear along with finalist images"? Where are those? ;_; )

The Hairstyle must be an image from the front of the head (see templates below).
Contestants may also submit an image of the Hairstyle from the back of the head (see templates below) in addition to the front image; however, this is not mandatory.

Contestants submitting an image of the Hairstyle from the front and back of the head, may attach up to two (2) digital files to the email as part of their Entry.
Contestants may submit a maximum of two (2) Entries to the Contest - one for each Hairstyle category (i.e. Male and Female). Each Hairstyle category must be submitted in a separate email to be a valid Entry. Only one Entry per category will be accepted.
If the Contestant’s Entry is chosen among the Finalists (as defined below) to be posted on the FFXIV Official Forum during the Voting Period (as defined below), the above nickname, Entry title and personal comment will appear along with the image of the Hairstyle.

[Xib]

Here's the one I submitted!


Plus a flower version that I did for fun and ended up not submitting


I kinda wish I'd given myself enough time to make some male hairstyles! I might still do it for fun, even if it's never implemented haha

[MomokoRed]

Not only the best in this thread, but better than every single finalist. Great work. For shame, SE.

tank chu ;o;

[Soiyuu]

So many amazing entries, such a pity none of these were finalists...no offense to the winners...but pretty disappointed in what SE selected for us!
...On another note, here was my entry, I'd love to know what every thinks:

[Gyson]

@Gyson:
No, there aren't any longer ones on the contest. They are shorter than that one we are talking about.
Tho there are some finalist that are at the limit at the hair-length.

There are several that are mid-chest in length on the females. #6, #9, #11, #16, and #21 are examples. And I guarantee you the entry you're referring to wasn't disqualified because it was "too long", especially when its design allows it to be easily cropped several inches shorter if need be. They already made it clear through the contest notice that designs may need to be altered to work in-game, and at worst we're talking about a small trim off the back length on this particular hairstyle.

However, that wouldn't be necessary. For the record, this hairstyle:


..is not longer than this hairstyle already currently in the game:

[Chambers]

Unfortunate this didn't make it, would have had my vote.