Curse

Ember010 · May 25, 2007, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Thanks! I did get an assignment submitted, very hastily done i might add but what can you do

I decided to throw this in my post:

BIG BUTT!

At least Mila has curves, shes not pear shaped =]

Unlucky Slayer · May 25, 2007, 07:45 PM // 19:45

*starts playing some Sir Mix A Lot*

Yeah... Nice picture.

Nian · May 25, 2007, 07:57 PM // 19:57

LOL Mila! Yay you go girl~!

You should edit that text on the screenshot on the panties haha.

Geishe · May 25, 2007, 08:01 PM // 20:01

Yay mila! Hope you're feeling better... and this assignment is the least of your worries, make sure you're well and dandy first.

Unlucky Slayer · May 25, 2007, 08:20 PM // 20:20

Sorry, couldn't help it after the comment was made to edit it.

Please dont hurt me.

Ember010 · May 25, 2007, 08:46 PM // 20:46

LMAO!
That made me laugh so much!! Good photoshopping btw! Ty for that! I needed it =]

Slayer = LEGEND!

Unlucky Slayer · May 25, 2007, 08:50 PM // 20:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ember010

LMAO!
That made me laugh so much!! Good photoshopping btw! Ty for that! I needed it =]

Slayer = LEGEND!

You're welcome. I just couldn't help but photoshop that. Though I wish I could have made it all sparkly but I just threw that together and I'm not sure how I'd make it all sparkly.

Noanoa · May 25, 2007, 09:55 PM // 21:55

I made a small Szei wallpaper when I was cropping the assignment pictures, click click for 1280*1024px

/cheers up Mila, get well ~

Unlucky Slayer · May 25, 2007, 10:01 PM // 22:01

Oooooo Very nice. *keeps wallpaper* Now all ya need is a Szei and Ivan one =P

Caleb Kane · May 26, 2007, 04:48 AM // 04:48

im really confident in my shots this week. i feel good.

Sihaya Syme · May 26, 2007, 09:47 AM // 09:47

I'm glad your a bit better, Mila

Gooood luck! on the assignment.

LadyNilene · May 26, 2007, 07:12 PM // 19:12

I think 75% of you guys really missed the boat on what we wanted as far as your captions for the armor went. Everyone pretty much took my model and just replaced some of the words, which wasn't what I wanted. I really wanted you guys to venture of and show me what you guys knew. I would never buy anything you guys would sell based on what you wrote alone. All of your descriptions totally ruin everyone's good shots, so we're dropping that part of the assignment.

Arala Starsong

Judge 1: Both of your pictures we're very surfer girl, which is good because you managed to capture that aspect from summer.

Judge 2: I like your picture's, the poses are fun and out of everyone's pictures, your choice backgrounds we're the one that works best for me, they're not too wild/exotic. They do look normal and average, and not out of the ordinary, which is best for commercial modeling, and this is a commercial shoot. You're selling to average, normal people, that would go to average, normal beaches, so good job appealing to the right demographic.

Judge 3: I love the fresh, breezy feel that I get from your picture. It's very demure, very relaxed and everything just works for a good commercial shot.

Beyoncee Knowlez

Judge 1: I would commend you on being original and bringing in a male model, but the fact that you didn't name him, might as well make him nonexistant. You broke the rule, so it pretty much cancels that out.

Judge 2: Asside from breaking one of our rules of not naming other characters you used in your shot, you look very hip, very appealing to a young crowd. And you have to understand from last assignment, you we're portraying a mother, and dressing like that is not appropriate. Yes, Gwen Stefani can be sexy, but that's when she's at work performing, she does not dress like that with her child. There's a time for play, and a time for work, and when we're asking you to portray a character, you need to get into that mindset. Not only did you disrespect our critique, but you made yourself not likable, and being a model, you need to have that. Real models get talked about all the time, take Tyra Banks for example, gets laughed at all the time because of her huge forehead. The industry will tell you to your face you have a crooked nose, uneven eyebrows, big ears, nasty chin, horrible bone structure, etc etc. As a model, you need to have a tough skin and keep up your public relations. Cause if you're going to be considered a "b*tch", no one is going to book you for a job, no one is going to hire you to endorse their products, and no one will buy your products. Models need to be likable and appeal to the majority, so I suggest you change it around, as Tyra would put it "if youre a b*tch, hide it".

Judge 3: I couldn't agree more, I find myself disliking you more and more each time. You even referred to yourself as a "villain", and I really want you think back to previous cycles of ANTM, let it be known, the b*tch of ANTM may go as far as the top three, but she will never win. Jade, Melrose, Renee, etc... having a good personality is just as important as being able to take good pictures...models need to be a triple threat, the three P's, performance (can you take good pictures?), personality(can you appeal to an audience?), and perserverance(can you roll with the punches?). As for your pictures this week, you broke the rule on the first one, so that does cancel out the fact that you wanted to stand out and have a male model, on the second picture, you look like your strangling yourself with your arm positioned like that on your neck covering it, so I don't care for either one.

Bierflesjes Klauw

Judge 1: I don't like your either of your pictures, you look stiff, especially in the first one with your hands being clinched like that.

Judge 2: I think your clothed picture is way too exotic, its not suited for commercial modeling. Everything is too much, I would've tone it down with the armor, definitely switch out the shoes and the shorts and went with the longer skirt, the background is way too exuberant, and there's two random red flags in it.

Judge 3: Yeah, the background choice is poor for the clothed shot, the bikini shot is very soft and elegant though.

Lokii Dia

Judge 1: I think your bikini shot is more striking than your clothed one, the clothed one is a little boring.

Judge 2: I think you had the perfect outfit as far as summer wear, but I have to say I agree with the boring pose...I think you could've found something more interesting. On the plus side, the shoes stands out for me, armor is great, but execution on the shot is poor.

Judge 3: I agree, I love the choice armor, but the pose is bland. You look lost and confused in the shot and that's exactly how the shot translate to me as a viewer.

Lunamaria Cruz

Judge 1: These shots are dreadful. It looks boring, very unintersting, I wouldn't buy anything with these being used for ads.

Judge 2: I particularly dislike the limp arm in the bikini shot. The shots are just so plain. If I we're to see any of these being used in a magazine, I would just pass it right up, they're not eyecatching at all.

Judge 3: Unfortunately, I agree with both of the judges and say this is very plain. Being simple isn't necessarily a bad thing, but when you're trying to sell something, simple just doesn't work.

Mila Fox

Judge 1: You lost the fire you had coming into this competition. These poses are average, very safe.

Judge 2: I would've liked you show more of your armor, you're body is facing the side, I lose view of the front of the top, you cropped the picture all the way up to your mid section, I can't see much of the skirt...what is this an ad for???

Judge 3: I agree, big mistake on just losing every aspect of the armor, you can't sell a shirt showing the side, unless there were some interesting cuts and trims on the side, which this doesn't have. The skirt is gone, I see a belt, maybe. This screenshot has no purpose.

Miss Melly

Judge 1: I love the colors, they really do stand out to me, but the screen is so long, and the poses are safe.

Judge 2: I would just say work on the posing, from what you sent to us, I understand the screen was lengthy because you added your captions to the armor on the top of your shot. The posing could definitely use some more punch. I almost want to say you blend in too much in your background.

Judge 3: I think out of everyone's description, I think you had some of the more well written ones, and I do agree that it was because you photoshopped some of your descriptions into your picture that made it so lengthy. I think if they we're cropped more, it would've been better.

Szei Ren

Judge 1: Definitely not my favorite shots from you, especially the bikini shot, you look like you have awful posture.

Judge 2: I don't like the bikini shot either, but I do like the clothed one, I think if you had slapped on some shoes, it would've been better though, in particular, the studded boots, that would've been hot.

Judge 3: I agree, if you had some boots on in the cloth shot, that would've made for a great shoes ad. It looks cute as it is now, but it could've been something more edgier with any type of shoes.

Alright guys, good luck to everyone, results will be posted later tonight.

Geishe · May 26, 2007, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Congrats to Arala for MOTW!

Nice pretty shots from everyone <3 Beyoncee's other shot in the feedback thread.

Noanoa · May 26, 2007, 07:36 PM // 19:36

I must say I fell totally in love with Bierflesjes's clothed shot, although the background could be described as "crowded" I somehow feel that the composition and especially the colours work perfectly. It's not a photo you'd see in a regular clothing store ad, but more of a "brand image" or "new collection" magazine. I love it<3.

Lokii's nude picture made me smile ^^ it kinda reminds me of some cheerful youth fashion chain. I don't think models always need to look just sexy or ethereal, I find the "image" of your nude shot very refreshing and funny (in the good way!).

Interesting shots everybody <3.

Ember010 · May 26, 2007, 07:38 PM // 19:38

I usually spend a few hours on my TNTM assignments, but only spent about 20mins on the pics i sent in. Oopsies. I think Im screwed :S I loved Bier's and Lokiis shots. Though I loved Aralas Nude one, she looks startled like shes been caught offguard.

GL to all for the results!

Flawed Perfectien · May 26, 2007, 07:53 PM // 19:53

My character was the male model in that shot with Beyoncee and Caleb did read me the first email he sent, and my char was named as Billy. Yes, that is not his full ign, but I only refer to him as Billy so I don't think that's fair to say he was unnamed. I also want to point out (because I know that Caleb is trying really hard to change some of the misconceptions he has on this forum and doesn't want to say anything for fear of upseting someone else) that he had problems sending his submission in and ended up rewriting it and emailing it 3 or 4 times. It is possible that in one of the rewrites he overlooked naming Billy, but I can assure you that it was not intentional.

I also think the judges went a bit overboard. I understand you are trying to portray this as a competition just like ANTM, but I think you ended up judging his personality rather than the pictures submitted. Looking at the shots as pictures from a model, his pictures are one of the strongest submitted this week. While I know that last week was upseting in some ways (and as a friend of Caleb's I have spoken to him about it and he agreed that it was a bit much) I don't know that it was fair to completely rip him apart like that.

I just feel bad because it seems that the judges judged him, but not the pictures, kwim?

I realize that my comments won't change the votes, or anything of the sort, I just wanted to say something because it is sad how negative this competition has become. Hopefully, things will turn around in the next assignment.

~Lucy

Geishe · May 26, 2007, 08:00 PM // 20:00

oh thats not good! I talked to Beyoncee too, and he did say he had trouble sending it in, and even Pm'ed the male models name to Ladynilene.

However, im sorry to say Flawed perfection, since you are his friend, us forum dwellers will have to take in account of your bias.

I <3'ed Beyoncee's In the air shot (from the feedback thread) SOOOOO lacoste like, this one he submitted is nice tooo!

Flawed Perfectien · May 26, 2007, 08:06 PM // 20:06

I do realize that I am biased. It's a fact of life, so I can't exactly change that. But I think I'm fairly good at taking my friendship out of the equation in things. I even said that I agree Caleb has gone over the top. I've known him more than a year and he is a highly emotional reactive person, and he even acknowledges that. However, it doesn't change the fact that in this instance, the model was judged, not the pictures.

It's kinda like a game with yourself. Just look at the pictures without the names and judge them in that manner. If you do that, the pictures by Caleb, and Biers as well, stand out as the most stunning. That is all I meant. And as I said, I know that my thoughts are just that, my thoughts, so it's really okay with me for them to be judged. I'm a very even tempered person

~Lucy

Geishe · May 26, 2007, 08:09 PM // 20:09

I liked one or the other from each person, only Arala was able to wow me with both pictures.

The Last Anthem · May 26, 2007, 08:52 PM // 20:52

arala I <3 your shots
mila and lokii i love your nude shots
szei your clothed shot is the best of all of them imo

and people are already complaining :x well I must say bringing up last weeks shot in Beyoncee's feedback was kinda wtf? her shots this week were totally appropriate so i dont get why last weeks was brought up..ohwell