SOTM 2008 - April (Dress Code: Female: Elegant/Ceremonial) - Voting Phase

[The Chaos]

My Vote ^.^

6.KiNA


2. mikoo


37.Klashikari


Good Luck To Every one

[kayos]

There's so many great selection...

9. kamo

That's a great image, nicely designed yukata with fireflies (on speed). It has the effect of bringing some fond summer memories for me.

23. Vibeke

Very detailed and nicely designed with subtle animated texts. Good job....

44. Utter_iMadness

I'm a sucker for the seasons, the calmness of the image matches well with the beautiful photographic background.

[KiNA]

2. mikoo

It takes skill to make an animated sig within the confined limit of ASuki and its an art by itself.. Thus an animated sig always swayed my votes.

10. Riker

And this is the definition of imbaness skill with animation.

31. yFANTgirl

Static sig are really boring to my eyes.. Its a personal preferences and not everyone can appreciate Picasso's either, but this one, since the first time I set my eyes on it, exude a certain eleganceness and never let my eyes off .. Kudos to even sway me from my normal preference ^^

[SeedFreedom]

7. Pro Gamer
24. escimo
34. Zaris

[Cyz]

As usual, the choices are tough Now let me see.....

37. Klashikari



30. Ichigo-sora



35. Marina

Spoiler for Honorable mentions - pay no attention if you don't need to:

1.) Riker
2.) Deathkillz
3.) Ice Climbers
4.) BearShare
5.) Pro Gamer

[BearShare]

Quick jot down.

4. Kasumigirl
15. Runa
35. Marina

[DragoonKain3]

Theme Vote

23. Vibeke - From the girl, to the background, to the very way the text is animated, this sig screams 'elegance' moreso than any other sig in the contest

Runner up: Cyz - the text and the girl fits the theme quite nicely. Ama, prim and proper? I never would've imagined



Technical Vote

10. Riker - floating feathers with the hair blowing in the wind looks so godly, IMO

Runner up: Bearshare - looks very pleasing to my eyes, but seeing desu in her regular attire loses some points for me, even though it's technically formal



Personal Vote

39. Simple 1 - I dunno, but the blurry background really brings out and highlights the girl in front. Looks real nice, with the colour scheme and all, plus originality points for using a girl I can't recognize

Runner up: escimo - For some reason, the lack of colour makes the sig more intriguing, though it loses points for me for the weird bg that I can't make sense of lol

[crazyhorse]

So many nice entries, hard to choose just 3. Well here are mine in no particular order.

6. KiNa
I liked it the moment I saw it. I love the whole cuteness of it and the smoke and butterfly animation is very fluid and nice.

10. Riker
Really no words to say. You pulled off animating the hair wonderfully.

39. Simple 1
Very beautiful. Just looking at it makes me feel all light and airy inside.

Wonderful job to all contestants. Good luck to everyone!

[Avantoe]

6. KiNa
10. Riker
37. Klashikari

[Wandering_Youth]

07. Pro Gamer
40. Cyz

[KasumiGirl]

5. BearShare

17. Deathkillz

31. yFANTgirl



Good luck to all!
There were many fantastic entries! =]

[Aoie_Emesai]

Here goes mine ^^

8. xerotwo

21. Ice Climbers

39. Simple 1

[Solace]

Hmm. Tough choices this round. Here's my picks:

15. Runa


I don't know what drew me to this entry exactly, but it's a very bright, happy image and just appealing to look at. The dress and colors give a very summery feel.

31. yFANTgirl


I knew I was voting for this entry the moment I saw it posted. It's simple, but full of interesting elements, and does a great job of capturing the theme.

34. Zaris


Every element of this sig seems like it was hand crafted just for this theme. Your entry is the picture version of exactly what I thought of when Sephi was first telling me about this theme. Some might consider not seeing her face to be a drawback, but to me it only adds to the perfection of this signature.

[Skyfall]

To tell the truth, i don't believe a theme this broad and interpretation/personal preference dependent is all that good of an idea. The confusion during the process showed this, as what constitutes "elegant" is very much a personal interpretation with no clear cut right or wrong. A lot of the signatures presented here look very nice, but there are not many that would qualify as "elegant" in my books ... on the other hand it made choosing easier, as i simply had to chose among the ones i thought passed that threshold

37. Klashikari

If i were to pick a single entry this would be it. In my subjective view of what constitutes elegance, this one is oozing with it.

39. Simple 1

The pose is a rather classic one, but it works in conveying the feeling of elegance. Dreamy females with birds tend to leave that impression Could use a border, but oh well.

1. Ayame

A rather tough call here, as the image is mixing cute and elegant in equal proportions to the point where it was hard for me to decide whether it is closer to being elegant or cute. In the end i figured that since i can see both in it, it should be good

Good luck to all contestants.

[Solace]

Skyfall - In the interest of not derailing the voting thread, my response to you is here.

[rainbow_rena]

10. Riker
37. Klashikari
39. Simple 1

gl to all

[Bonta the Frog]

10- riker


27- Bernkastel


39- Simple 1


Good Luck ^_______________^

[Vibeke]

Yay, finally time to vote
I must say that it's really difficult to choose only 3 sigs, all of them are great and show some really awesome signature making skills. Here's my final picks:

8. xerotwo

I think those dresses are really cute and fit the theme perfectly. I also like the atmosphere, that the bg creates, but don't ask why - it just suits me
33. genryou

I love the render in this one~! The style of this sig is somehow different from the others one and animation fits it perfectly.
37. Klashikari

So dreamy... So simple, yet so beautiful. Elegance in 100%

Some other entries I considered:

Spoiler for my rumbling:

2. mikoo - the idea is really great, but I think that the animation should be more fluid
6. KiNA - I love the style of your animation - the butterfly looks really pretty. but in my personal opinion miko clothes are less elegant than some of the dresses the girls are wearing in other sigs D:
10. Riker - you amazing at animating your sig, and you probably know it The same complaint as for KiNA ~see above~
21. Ice Climbers - the colors and contrast between them is great, but it doesn't scream elegance enough for me
31. yFANTgirl - beautiful render and background, the only complaint: why it is so dark? I find it rather sad, and that's probably the main reason I didn't vote for this one

[konstargirl]

4. Kasumigirl
34. Zaris
11. mimi_girl

Good luck.

[KiNA]

Originally Posted by Vibeke

6. KiNA - I love the style of your animation - the butterfly looks really pretty. but in my personal opinion miko clothes are less elegant than some of the dresses the girls are wearing in other sigs D:
10. Riker - you amazing at animating your sig, and you probably know it The same complaint as for KiNA ~see above~

SOTM 2008 - April (Dress Code: Female: Elegant/Ceremonial)

See bold part for emphasizes why I select them.