LC4: BDC v. Doink

[The_King]

BDC's Entry

Doink's Entry

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[Andrew]

BDC looks all over the place for me, going Doink here.

 

[Lewb]

Even though doing the exact same thing piece after piece after piece is a bug bear for me, I'm going with Doink, BDC has a nice concept, and a cracking feud to use, but the background just hasn't worked really.

Doink, the whole Kamikaze effect, if people check your other gfx work is being overused, and the quality of the bearer render is a little offputting with the rest of the piece, but it is a good job.

 

[Doink]

Yeah, I like to keep to a style and all the Bearer renders were bad lol

 

[Heisenberg]

Doink gains my vote. The images on BDC look a bit off and he should of blended them or something, not put them on like that.

 

[BDC]

Yeah, I really shoulda worked on it longer...I couldn't get myself off of this feud and I loved the whole concept, but couldn't get it to work right. Learned a few more things, but still a lot to learn. I like Doinks too...lol


May work on it some this weekend...

 

[The_King]

Doink: Bearer render is off (I'd imagine it'd be hard to find a good Bearer render haha). Color is a bit too strong for my taste, and that kinda' hides all the work you did on the background. Font is okay, but definitely needs stroke.
BDC: I think the font and logo works. I really like the converging line concept, but the focal point of the convergence should've been on the Hardy Swanton and E&C celebration. There's a weird shadow across the abdomens of all the renders. I'd suggest playing with the lighting on all of them. Bubba render isn't cut that well. Again, I really like your concept, but the execution was just okay. Nevertheless, a nice piece!

My vote goes to BDC.

 

[IA-SteveB]

My vote goes to Doink. The renders are just ok quality. I would have spent more time getting the renders to match each other with the lighting and skin tones. Try to imagine them all in the same room affected by the same lighting. It is fiddly, but you can get it with some experimentation. For example, if you dropped the saturation on Kane, he would more closely match the Deadman's look.

The top one just had way too much going on for me. It is trying to tell a story, but the busyness kills it for me.

 

[Edgeomatic]

I'll go Doink, but they are both brutal on the eyes.

 

[BDC]

Not expecting a recount or anything, but had time to work the concept a bit...

Let me know what you think!

 

[Edgeomatic]

You got the Dudleys slogan wrong.

It's, "Thou shalt not fuck with the dudleys." Do it again!

 

[Derrick]

Sorry Doink, you're my friend, but BDC gets the vote from me.

Doink's work is just.. too simple. Although I like the concept, I think you should have lowered the opacity of the color overlay. That's the thing I don't like.

Although BDC's work is less.. worked on, I still like it more. Not only because I'm a mark for the feud he used.

 

[Doink]

If you think what I done was simple you don't know anything about gfx

 

[Chriss]

My vote goes to BDC. Just looks better for me.

The colors in Ellis's piece don't fit the personalities of Kane and The Undertaker. Looks just too... I don't even know how to call it. Looks too happy. And I agree with Derrick, it looks too easy. Just a starbust texture and some images. You could have played more with it, put in some grandients, play with the brightness/darkness or contrast a little bit.

 

[Doink]

I did do some gradients.