6th Art Contest and the Introduction Of Website Profiles

[nin10mode]

You guys are awesome.
Thanks for the medal, I really need a reputation to retain and prove. >.>

Judgings: show

Genowhirl910
Visual Appeal: 3/10
Kyehehe... Aaah, when you say in D-PAD "SCREW GRAPHICS, RIGHT?" That kind of only applies to videogames... When you apply it to art, it's really contradictory... Please, try harder to make it look pretty. Use a different program if you can; MS Paint is really only good for spriting or scrap sketching.
Information: 1/5
God, at least try to get yourself involved with the community. o_O The whole thing shouts isolation and narcissism... Play some levels, read something, anything. You were allowed to change you interests.
Other: 3/5
This probably took about 5-10 minutes to make. It looks that way. Please, put more effort into your art.You're most active in General Artwork because of D-PAD, which is a paradox, since it specifically says "Screw graphics". If you're going to stick around the "Artwork" forum, try to make your art more like "art".
Overall: 7/20

Master 1.0
Visual Appeal: 7/10
The theme of your profile looks very nice. However, you should try to keep EVERYTHING as close to the theme as possible. The colors of your 6 facts really contrast from your layout. There's also some white bits and pieces spread around here and there that could've been fixed. I'm not sure why Level Designer is slightly bent.
Information: 3/5
I'm not sure if there's anything that really piqued my interest over here. I'm not sure what your Personal stuff is all about. The User of the Week thing sounds like a good shoutout-sort of thing, which is kinda cool.
Other: 2/5
-1 The pictures in Personal Stuff is definitely not made by you. I'm not even sure if it's supposed to represent you.
Overall: 12/20

Star king
Visual Appeal: 9/10
I'm loving it. The steel at the corners are very cool looking, the gradient meshes well. The technological theme was pulled off very well. The wire system was well done. Just fix the quality of some of your words.(Favorite game) Instead of stretching images, pick one size that will fit everything and use that size for all 6 facts. Nice job with the Shimmering star on your i.
Information: 4/5
Achievements and whatnot. Can't really go wrong with that. It's very nice that you're being honest with yourself. (I'll be honest, I do agree with the pretentious and narcisistic part) Your Bagz over there was a good way to fill up your space. Kind of gives a sample of what Bagz is.
Other: 3/5
Overall:16/20

Doram
Visual Appeal: 10/10
What can I say? It is just filled with awesomeness. I see no graphical errors. I like the use of SM63 tiles for your information. There are zero whitespots, transparency and fading was used amazingly. Is that a gradient highlighting your interests?
Information: 3/5
Short and to the point. That can be good and bad. I really would've loved to know more about you, but it looks like there's no room for it. I loved the artwork, but be sure to leave some space for text, unless you don't have much to say.
Other: 2.5/5
-.5 You're missing 3 interests.
Overall: 15.5/20

~MP3 Amplifier~
Visual Appeal: 7/10
It may be simple, but I think it decribes you well. It's very colorful, which I like. Your words back up your design even more. The whole thing is very vibrant. There are alot of pixelation problems though. You used Sumopaint for this right? I've never used it, but there should be something that can smooth it out a little. If not, there are other programs that have that.
Information: 2/5
Your profile mainly says that you're a level maker and moderator. I think it's good to include something personality -wise when describing yourself. Your proudest creation is really vague, too. Your level has a name, right? o_O
Other: 3/5
Overall: 12/20

Suyo
Visual Appeal: 8/10
It just screams "I'm a coder." A very creative idea, and says a lot about you. One thing about this is that it doesn't leave alot to look at.
Information: 4/5
Again, it screams out "I'm a coder." To be honest, I know nothing about you other than that "you're a coder." Haha.
Other: 3/5
Overall: 15/20

AlucardX60
Visual Appeal: 7/10
Quite simple. Though there isn't much to look at. This looks like a great default profile skin, though. Fix some of the box sizes and placing. Depending on where you put you boxes, it can look more or less organized.
Information: 4/5
The small section with your art describes your sense of humor well. Ambitions in your paragraph, hobbies, nice, nice.
Other: 3/5
Overall: 14/20

MessengerOfDreams
Visual Appeal: 5/10
Well, it's colorful. I can't really say there's much other than that.
Information: 4/5
Your paragraph really says alot about your personality and all the things you enjoy.
Other: 3/5
13/20

[Doram]

Wow. Very cool. I will take third and enjoy it thoroughly. Mode, congrats. You earned it. As one of the few people who do completely original art around here that is completely awesome at it, I expected no less.

Yes, I figured that mine was a bit light on text, but I also hoped that my graphics would covey a message of their own, and MoD summed it up nicely. Good. I'd love to see if they can actually be worked into the profile system like MoD was suggesting. My fingers are crossed!

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

My results! (plus I was kinda expecting to do badly as I'm not an arty person, but I'm happy for Ninny cos you really did deserve it ) Though for a while I was expecting it to be Ace who won. Anyway, here we are ¬

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Art Contest Judgings:

Master1.0:

5/10 – It is definitely appealing. I like that it the colours go quite well, although it’s not perfect. There are a lot of white gaps around the letters, and it is a bit difficult to see "MessengerOfDreams" over the background you put it on. And the black lines separating the information aren’t very good quality, with the outline and everything.

4/5 – You’ve given us a lot of information about yourself, and is very clear and you’ve told us a bit about your personality as well as your Runouw information. Though I felt there was a bit missing that I can’t quite put my finger on.

4.5/5 – It loaded almost perfectly, no bugs or anything, just a little bit slow at first but sped up almost immediately. Followed the rules, that’s all I have to say.

Overall – 13.5/20.
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Star king:

9/10 – Very appealing, I really like it. Some of the writing is squashed, and some of the images a bit uneven, but they’re not a massive problem. Nice.

4/5 – It was different that you wrote it in third person, but it’s not a bad thing at all. Part of what you said I thought was quite humorous, so that’s definitely a good thing. Though you could’ve mentioned more about your friends and how they’ve really helped you to enjoy Runouw more.

3/5 – Sorry for the low-ish mark, but it took a very long time for your attachment to load up. And I have a fast computer. But it didn’t ruin any other sessions I had open, which is why it wasn’t any lower. And it followed the rules.

Overall – 16/20.
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Doram:

10/10 – Easily very appealing. I can’t think of anything wrong with it. The editing and the transparency is perfect, and there are no white missing dots as far as I can see.

3.5/5 – I really like the information you gave us, you told us a lot about the things you enjoy doing on the site and what you feel proud of, but I thought there could’ve been a bit more on your personality. In my opinion personality equals a lot.

5/5 – No delay whatsoever. Probably the highest review I’ve given so far.

Overall – 18.5/20.
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MP3:

20/20! Truly inspiring!
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Suyo:

7.5/10 – I really like the originality of your entry, never really seen anything like it. XD I think the main thing was I had a little trouble reading some of the writing (unless it’s just a popular design that I’m not familiar with XD) that was the only thing that I didn’t like. Usually I would disapprove of no background, but it surprisingly works really well. So yeah.

4/5 – I think there could’ve been a bit more about your personality. But I really liked the information you did use, for example I love the humour - how you stick up for nerdiness and everything. You also included some information that no-one else bothered to include.

5/5 – Loaded with no problem whatsoever, and that even came from another link. No bug reports.

Overall – 16.5/20.
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AlucardX60:

9.5/10 – It is very appealing and caught my eye straight away! But in my opinion I think there could’ve been some more colours than just blue. (I know you need Blue for Runouw.com logo, but I was mainly talking about the background) But that’s just me. I love the story going on at the bottom! XD

4.5/5 – I think you could’ve introduced yourself rather than going straight into it although that was the only criticism I had. :]

5/5 – Perfect, no bug reports, follows the rules, no computer crash!

Overall – 19/20.
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Nin10mode:

8.5/10 – It’s soo eye-catching! When I first opened the spoiler, it was like a visual explosion! I love the colours, and the transparency’s great. I mean, your avatar looks as if it came with the design before you touched it. But the only thing for me that I wasn’t keen on was the font. Parts of it I found difficult to read, not the big white paragraph, the red bits saying when “Joined”, “Birthday” etc.. Also I thought it looked a bit strange that there was a miniature avatar bottom right of the main one. XD

5/5 – Easily full marks. Full of information, about what describes you, about what you love. And it’s not boring either.. :]

5/5 – And there are no loading problems whatsoever, and it follows the rules.

Overall – 18.5/20.
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MessengerOfDreams:

6.5/10 – It is very colourful, which definitely appeals to me.. But I think all the rainbow colours are looking as if they’re just trying to take up a big space and it’s quite messy, but luckily it doesn’t cover any writing. The font is nothing special but I like it. It’s easy to read and it stands out. Maybe could’ve added images to it as well as your avatar, that would’ve been nice.

5/5 – Plenty of information given. After reading it I know what your job is on the forums, I know your personality and I know your interests, and besides that paragraph, I also know your proudest creation and where you’re most active in.

4/5 – It definitely followed the rules (after all you sort of made them XD) but it did take a while to completely appear on the page. But not too long, which is why it’s not any lower.

Overall – 15.5/20.
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Genowhirl910:

4/10 – Truthfully, it looks very messy in my opinion… I don’t quite understand why there’re loads of different shades of green and I also think you should’ve created an original or colourful background instead of just plain white. The drawings are also quite rushed by the looks of it. But I did think the font was nice and plain and I think it’s good you remembered to write Genowhirl910 in the colour of member names.

3/5 – Unfortunately, it didn’t tell me much about you either. I mean, I’m really just keeping you at the halfway point but it you wanted it any higher in the future I think you should’ve included more on your favourite things about the forums. If you had no favourite level, forum game or story I didn’t really see the point of having it there in the first place. But you did put some about the games you enjoyed and that you’re a gaming nerd, which definitely tells us a lot about your interests.

4/5 – Followed all the rules, but a bit slow loading start with. It soon sped up afterwards though.

Overall – 11/20.
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There we go!

[AlucardX60]

*cough*

SK: 13/20

Layout N' Looks: 7/10

Info: 3/5

Misc.: 3/5

Rather impressive. I like the steel plating you can see in the corners but I wish there was more of it. The break lines in the info section and the outline for the avatar are simply stunning. However the color choice for the information blended to much with the background. I needed more contrast.

The SK logo is one he's used before as I can see a white outline around it though it's well hidden by the background. The words StarKing and Proud User Of are rather bland i wish he did more with it. It was a nice color choice though.
The Bagz "comic" in the corner is diffidently not his best work. (and not because there cramped either, that would make me a hypocrite. ) But it adds a level of humor to the page.

The info panel was good but flawed. He gloats about being a Lemon in the near future and I don't think this is the place for such. Also "He like making"?

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Doram: 14/20

Layout N'Looks: 8/10

Info: 2/5

Misc.: 4/5

Simply amazing work here as well. layout is easy on the eyes, fits the theme of Runouw.com while also incorporating SM63.I give extra credit to him for ripping the tiles from SM63 and not using the original. This profile lacks in nothing and abounds and everything else. A good review of himself, a archive of his art achievements in the corner. However there was a lack of information categories. While it's not a big blow three categories is a little small.

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~MP3 Amplifier~: 10/20

Layout N' Looks: 3/10

Info: 5/5

Misc.: 2/10

It. Hurts. My. Eyes. A bright yellow background was probably not a good idea. Also most of the images suffer heavy flaws. The words ~MP3 Amplifier~ at the top have that daunting black outline and my poor avi I made for her is suffering from heavy compression. The troll IE face has a white ring, the rainbow was poorly made with clouds that had white chunks outside of them. And finally the words under her avi get a little to bright at the end.

Other then all that it's kinda nice. The "Level Moderator Of" 3-D effect with shadow is nice but I wish she had chosen another color. Similarly with the category names Though the texture and drop shadow are nice little extras. The text used in said categories also kinda hurt my eyes, and they seem to have a non-anti-aliased white border but this is well hidden by the bright background.

The info box is warm and inviting and gives a good look at her. Also I forgot to mention that, while there's a white outline around the avi, it is waved making the avi's box less bland, however white just wasn't the color for said background.

P.S. No offense. :3

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Suyo: 18/20

Looks N' Layout: 9/10

Info: 5/5

Misc.: 4/5

Okay is this really counted? It's awesome and all but it's ASCII. Blah whatever I'm not intimidated by this awesomeness.
Extra points for effort, bonus points for style, and double points for humor. There is a obvious flaw though. The spaces in between each line make it awkward to read and less enjoyable. And also the Runouw logo didn't come out very well.

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Nin10mode: 15/20

Looks N' Layout: 7/10

Info: 4/5

Misc.: 4/5

I give him props for changing the layout as much as he did. Also nice editing of the avatar. However it's greatest strength is also it's weakness. The background choice. It is the best background out of all the entries however the text laid over it was not given much thought for color it seems. Near the top of the info text it's hard to read, most notable "also known" and "Mode" in the fallowing line.
While I had less trouble in the category info the category names themselves are harder to see towards the bottom.

So other then that and the slight white outline at the Runouw logo, which I will ignore, it's great. The info was almost as friendly as MP3's entry, there are plenty of info categories, and the word Nin10mode on the side was a nice touch. (though I wish it was a darker color)

[Megar]

So... When does the next one start?

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

This post by Megar was thumbed up by:

~MP3 Amplifier~ (December 6th, 2011, 9:27 am)

[Genowhirl910]

Oh, holy crap... These pictures were a contest... DAMN IT ALL!!! I THOUGHT THOSE WERE THE WEBSITE PROFILES! I MADE IT SLOPPY AND RUSHED IT! FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU!

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

*cough cough* This was quite a while ago, I wouldn't worry about it now. :3