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1) Grinding away at my life *fade* one second at a time
2) Gazing into the eve of autumn

1) The gears inside my head *fade* Go on Forever
2) The beginning of the end

Your siggies get progressively smaller *blinks*

1) An Inevitable Cycle
2) A rainbow of trees

1) Like melancholic clockwork *fade, to just below first text* Maintaining pace so steadily

I consider it melancholic as it reminds me of machines, just doing their job, no room for exploration. The second relates more to the user of the signature, in situation, that they are willing and detemined, like the cogs are detemined to their job.



2) Audacious embers scatter the surface
Ignite my surreal sentiments

Audacious, bold, daring, the leaves, reds, oranges, yellows, stand out from the green (embers being both a description of the colours, and the way they're like small parts, not huge kinda), the rest is self explanitory.
Ignite fits with the embers, and the signature is kind of oddly dreamy, with the blur and the colours, sentiments being emotions, so like it is unlocking the dreamy feelings.

I always want to make sure people understand - haha.

If they need an explanation to understand.. it shouldn't be in the siggy unless you plan on putting an explanation below your siggy o.O

;p I think it is moreso a reflection of my personality than anything, to be honest.

First Sig: The Daily Grind

Second Sig: Transient Beauty

Round 6 (Semi-finals)



Pixalation - Like melancholic clockwork *fade, to just below first text* Maintaining pace so steadily
Benladesh - An Inevitable Cycle
sexysilver - The gears inside my head *fade* Go on Forever
Forte - Grinding away at my life *fade* one second at a time
francineh - The Daily Grind




Pixalation - Audacious embers scatter the surface
Ignite my surreal sentiments
Benladesh - A rainbow of trees
sexysilver - The beginning of the end
Forte - Gazing into the eve of autumn
francineh - Transient Beauty


Judges, give a rating for each subtext and select 2 people to be eliminated for each signature.

Judging is due on June 19th.

Pixalation - Like melancholic clockwork *fade, to just below first text* Maintaining pace so steadily
This seems a little too formal for this sig. But I like how you capture the monotony of life or whateveryoumaybereferringto.
7.5/10

Benladesh - An Inevitable Cycle
I like this, although it's a bit short. I like how you kept it simple.
8.5/10

sexysilver - The gears inside my head *fade* Go on Forever
I didn't really like this. It actually reminded me of the wheels on the bus...going round and round. >_>
6/10

Forte - Grinding away at my life *fade* one second at a time
It's pretty good I guess. I don't know what else to say. >_>
8/10

francineh - The Daily Grind
I don't feel this subtext fits the sig too well. The Daily Grind seems like a bit of a stretch on this sig.
6/10



Pixalation - Audacious embers scatter the surface
Ignite my surreal sentiments
I like this. Embers is a nice word. It sets the scene well. You may be a little cramped on double-line space, possibly.
8.5/10

Benladesh - A rainbow of trees
I think you're setting out the trees to be a little more colorful than they actually are. I don't see a rainbow of trees exactly, but I can see where you're coming from.
7/10

sexysilver - The beginning of the end
This seems too cliche, and I don't see it fitting the sig well.
5.5/10

Forte - Gazing into the eve of autumn
Hmm, you're the only person to say for a fact that it's autumn. This works pretty well.
8/10

francineh - Transient Beauty
I see a recurring pattern of shortness. Not much else to say.
8/10

My picks: =X
First sig: francineh, sexysilver
Second sig: Benladesh, sexysilver

Pixalation - Like melancholic clockwork *fade to just below first text* Maintaining pace so steadily
This grew on me the more I read it. The use of the fade was good as the sig would have appeared cluttered otherwise
8/10

Benladesh - An Inevitable Cycle
This appears too simplistic/bland although it reflects the image nicely
7.5/10

sexysilver - The gears inside my head *fade* Go on Forever
The capitalisation of the second half looks awkward. While "gears" does relate to the image, I kept looking for more depth/adjectives to describe what you're saying.
7/10

Forte - Grinding away at my life *fade* one second at a time
Gave me a mental image of monotony.
7/10

francineh - The Daily Grind
The Daily Grind feels as though it should relate to coffee rather than enmeshed gears, could have been better.
6/10



Pixalation - Audacious embers scatter the surface
Ignite my surreal sentiments
Rather than a double line of text, I feel a fade would have worked here.
Really like how you used the ember/ignite/surreal terms
8.5/10

Benladesh - A rainbow of trees
Feel you could have added more to this text. However this does work
7/10

sexysilver - The beginning of the end
For such a colourful sig, I expected something a bit more descriptive
7/10

Forte - Gazing into the eve of autumn
I like this a lot esp how you combined the greens and autumn colours within the same description, well done!
9/10

francineh - Transient Beauty
I like the use of transient to describe the shift from summer to winter.
7.5/10

My picks:
First sig: francineh, Forte
Second sig: Benladesh, sexysilver

Lol WIS, I lied. I think I need a break from studying >_<. Short ratings though.



Pixalation - Like melancholic clockwork *fade, to just below first text* Maintaining pace so steadily
I think your subtext sort of has a natural rhythm which helps capture the feel of the signature. I like the use of pace and steadily, and especially clockwork because it captures the image of turning gears (it sounds like turning gears when you say it out loud! ).
8.5

Benladesh - An Inevitable Cycle
This one is okay. But cycle makes me think of a full rotation that takes longer time than the gears rotating. I'm not sure how to explain this >_<. The declarative tone of the subtext is nice, though.
7.5

sexysilver - The gears inside my head *fade* Go on Forever
The second phrase is shorter than the first and because of this your subtext is a little unbalanced, breaking the flow of your subtext. I also think 'forever' was too dreamy/abstract for the bold sig.
7

Forte - Grinding away at my life *fade* one second at a time
I like the use of the word grinding; it has nice sound and, like Pixa's, reminds me of the sound of turning gears. I'm not too fond of the second half of the subtext (I think I would have preferred that you took it out entirely), but otherwise I think you managed to capture the image and mood of the sig excellently.
8

francineh - The Daily Grind
Without any other references, this subtext is a little confusing... what are you grinding? Also I don't think Daily is a very good word to use.
6.5



Pixalation - Audacious embers scatter the surface
Ignite my surreal sentiments
I wasn't too fond of this at first, but it grew on me >_<. The two lines aren't really connected, but this adds to the dreaminess. I like the usage of surreal, and the adjectives adds to dreaminess...
8.5

Benladesh - A rainbow of trees
I think you interpretted this a little too literally . I don't see this as particularly fitting to the mood, because of its declarative quality. More descriptive adjectives could probably have helped...
6.5

sexysilver - The beginning of the end
I actually like this one, I think it describes autumn in a creative and clever way. The conflicting nouns (beginning & end) add to the dreamy mood.
8

Forte - Gazing into the eve of autumn
I like the word Gazing, it really gives the feeling of dreaminess to the sig. Same with eve. Overall your subtext gives off a feeling of warmth, which I think really makes this subtext great.
9

francineh - Transient Beauty
Simplistic, but it works well. I especially like Transient, it adds to the dreamy feeling.
8

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1.
francineh
sexysilver

2.
sexysilver
Benladesh

Note: the second sig was very well done, I had a lot of trouble deciding >_<.

EDIT: fixed tags.