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Round 3 Judging

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cateraction - Sound is harsh *fade* Music is beautiful.

Ryguy - a timeless melody... (top right)
*fade*
...a unique harmony(bottom left)

Pixalation - Release me from these monotones *fade* And hear my chorded spectrum

Benladesh - Playing the depth (top left)
(bottom right) and color of my soul

Lord_Owlstar - Above the violin, "The past is forgotten"
Below the violin, "Let your true colors show"

brett618 - A Sound so symphonic *fade* a beauty all it's own

professorelite - *on the upper left corner* A few slender strings *and on the lower right* A spectrum of sound

Blk Mage - Beauty and the Brass

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Judges (read: Gemma and I), rate these out of 10 by September 19. The two with the lowest scores will be eliminated. Bonus points this round will automatically go to Blk Mage.

Today is September 15th. *looks slightly confused*
When WIS says a day, he usually means by the end of the day.



I'll submit something incase it gets accepted, because I'm going to go onto my other computer (or at least, attempt to).

Quote:Release me from these monotones *fade* And hear my chorded spectrum

Did I put September 15? o_o I thought I had put 14th this entire time. And I would've added you regardless.

Thanks, heh.

Alrighty, WIS is back. Thanks for taking over for a bit, Graphite.

Ahh, in my little quote thing I wanted it to be like

Quote:- A Sound so symphonic (top right)*fade* a beauty all it's own (bottom left)

so yeah

cateraction - Sound is harsh *fade* Music is beautiful.
I like the concept, but I was looking for something a little more complex and poetic this round. However, I think that if you had taken your idea bit further, and somehow related it the violin instead of music in general, it would've been great. - 6.5/10

Ryguy - a timeless melody... (top right)
*fade*
...a unique harmony(bottom left)
This is sort of generalized to me, and I wish you had made more of a connection between the top and bottom of the signature and the violin. - 7/10

Pixalation - Release me from these monotones *fade* And hear my chorded spectrum
I love this one, it works great with the signature and fits the signature perfectly. Great job! - 10/10

Benladesh - Playing the depth (top left)
(bottom right) and color of my soul
I personally dont like how the subtext is sort of cut in half like that. It also doesn't seem to relate to the violin very much. - 7/10

Lord_Owlstar - Above the violin, "The past is forgotten"
Below the violin, "Let your true colors show"
I actually dont see much connection between the two lines, and "Let your true colors show" is very, very clichesque. A lot of generalization for the subtext. - 6.5/10

brett618 - A Sound so symphonic (top right)*fade* a beauty all it's own (bottom left)
I sort of like this one. Although, it's still very generalized towards... symphonic instruments. But I think it fits the signature nicely. - 8/10

professorelite - *on the upper left corner* A few slender strings *and on the lower right* A spectrum of sound
Another excellent subtext. Good relation to the violin and "spectrum" is a good word to use. However, it would have been good to see a more poetic feel instead of alliteration. (Although the alliteration is nice as well. ) - 9.5/10

Blk Mage - Beauty and the Brass
This one seems too harsh for the signature, and it's another generalized subtext, but it does have a little appeal to it. - 7/10

cateraction - Sound is harsh *fade* Music is beautiful.
I don't think calling the sound of a violin harsh would fit well on the subtext. The user uses the sig with a violin probably because he/she likes the violin. Going out and making the subtext be something that has a negative meaning towards the sig doesn't work well. 6/10

Ryguy - a timeless melody... (top right)
*fade*
...a unique harmony(bottom left)
This is an okay subtext. The words seem a bit clich?. I was expecting something to more relate to the imagery of the sig itself. 7.5/10

Pixalation - Release me from these monotones *fade* And hear my chorded spectrum
Very well done. This is what I was looking for. 9.5/10

Benladesh - Playing the depth (top left)
(bottom right) and color of my soul
Good, another one that reflects the rainbowy thing WIS made. This is a bit darker (but that just might be me O_o). It is a bit short for a big sig, but I like it. 9/10

Lord_Owlstar - Above the violin, "The past is forgotten"
Below the violin, "Let your true colors show"
Ooh, I never thought of the sepia as the past. This could use some more work to relate itself to the violin. I like the thought behind it though. 8/10

brett618 - A Sound so symphonic *fade* a beauty all it's own
Eh, you can slap this onto any violin sig. I was hoping for something that shows or explains why the bottom half of the violin is rainbow. Maybe it's happy? Also, I don't really like symphonic, since it's only a single violin. I'm no expert, but the word symphony gives me the image of lots of instruments and the people playing them. 6.5/10

professorelite - *on the upper left corner* A few slender strings *and on the lower right* A spectrum of sound
This feels a bit choppy. But hey, you used 'spectrum.' I think you could've combined the two together with a 'yet' and it would be much better (A few slender strings, yet a spectrum of sound). But besides that, I like the wording. 8/10

Blk Mage - Beauty and the Brass
As you said, brass refers to the sepia half of the sig. However, I don't think it describes it too well. Seeing as how this sig has an instrument on it, lots of people would mistake your wording for "haha, I don't know my instruments." With that said, I fail to see the beauty as well. The image of the violin itself isn't smooth, but grainy. It doesn't reflect something pretty or beautiful. 6/10

cateraction - Sound is harsh *fade* Music is beautiful.
While the contrast between the two parts of the subtext was good, I felt you could have related it better to the violin and used more descriptive words.6/10

Ryguy - a timeless melody... (top right)
*fade*
...a unique harmony(bottom left)
A bit stilted and this sig size allows for such a short subtext to be done without the fade. The words themselves are quite good. 7/10

Pixalation - Release me from these monotones *fade* And hear my chorded spectrum
You captured the feel of the signature, Well done! Great job!9.5/10

Benladesh - Playing the depth (top left)
(bottom right) and color of my soul
While the subtext could relate extremely well to the user, the violin is just there, not being played.7/10

Lord_Owlstar - Above the violin, "The past is forgotten"
Below the violin, "Let your true colors show"
I liked the idea behind this subtext but it needed to relate to the actual image more.7/10

brett618 - A Sound so symphonic (top right)*fade* a beauty all it's own (bottom left)
The use of "symphonic" for a solo instrument? Aside from that I liked the feel of this subtext. 7.5/10

professorelite - *on the upper left corner* A few slender strings *and on the lower right* A spectrum of sound
I liked this a lot. Good combination of words, linking the violin with the colours ( the alliteration was nice as it was subtle.)9.5/10

Blk Mage - Beauty and the Brass
Very short and stilted for such a large signature. While some may get the "brass" connection, most would not 6/10

and just for the fun of it:

, I guess I'm not cut out for this sort of thing.