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                                              THE GRAPHIC GAMES : ROUND 1


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DESIGNER : fanna-tastic

COVER : https://68.media.tumblr.com/ecf5a537b74a091def51563d93434686/tumblr_osyy62jJNC1wqvvxyo1_540.png
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( CRITIQUE FROM JUDGE 1 ) @tropicolds :


• Things I like:
The models' placement, the text placement, the idea of having a black&white vs yellow contrast.
The font used is suitable for this genre, it's good.


• Things I dislike:
The blue hue. I think you made it black and white and applied a PSD at the end.
Another thing that bothers me is the fact that a part of text is yellow, and the other part is white.
I assume (again, correct me if I'm wrong) that you wanted to create some sort of correspondence between the
yellow of the author's name and the yellow of the tapes. The fire looks like a vector or anyway LQ,
it doesn't really suit a realistic cover.


• For improvement:
Desaturate the entire blue part; choose one colour for text (either white or yellow, not both) and replace the fire image with a better image of a fire.


• Score: 8/10
Reason: -0.5 for colors, -1 for text, -0.5 for pictures


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( CRITIQUE FROM JUDGE 2 ) @impassively :


• Things I like:
I like the blending and the colors. the models mostly fit together, and I love how you set the couple to a blending mode.


• Things I dislike:
The crime scene tape looks a bit too bright- it caught my eye before anything else, and that should not be the case.
The font for the title is very plain and looks like you didn't think about it before using it.
The girl is blended out way too much- I can see her hair disappear into the buildings.
The drop-shadow on the author is very harsh.


• For improvement:
Maybe get rid of one of the tape lines (probably the lowermost one), maybe blur them more and move it down.
Make "silent flame" all one line instead of two, and use a more appealing font, like edition, or something that's not plain.
Possibly unblend the girl a bit so she looks like the guy- he's not erased a lot. I'd recommend moving the watermark to the very bottom, and reducing the drop-shadow.
Specifics are like a tiny bit blurred (2-3px blurred) and distance of like (1-2px) and opacity on less than 50%.
I'd also think it looks nicer if you put some letter-spacing for the author, like you did for the watermark.


• Score: 6/10
Reason: deduction for tape, font/text


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