SOTW #10 - WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Rules:
Your entry must be your own work and must be made by you, ripping will not be tolerated and there will be consequences.
You may only submit one entry. If you decide to change your entry, you may edit your original post before the due date.
Your entry must be made during the submission time; no pre-made entries are allowed.
Your submission must somewhere on the signature say SOTW.
The size of the signature may not exceed 500x250 pixels horizontal, or 250x500 vertical.
No explicit images.

Prizes are as follows:
1^st place - 5.5m
2^nd place - 2.5m
3^rd place - 1m
Public Favourite - 1m

Theme: Typography
Entry Deadline: Friday, October 14, 18:00 UTC/GMT

Post your entries here. Good luck, everyone!
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whuts_combet: 1^st place, Public Favourite



Josh Designs:
By far the best entry. It is a really easy technique and you used it well. good sense of black space. I would have maybe like to see you have done this to a photo with more color but it works fine like this. The only problems i have with is is the text and the border. The SOTW text looks fine but where it says Bruno Mars is to hard to see. And I would have just not done a border.

Broeder:
A good tag as it is, but I feel you took the easy way by using a render instead of creating the text effects yourself. Correct me if I'm wrong, and you did create it out of pure text.

Inhaps:
It isn't awfully complex, however it is very appealing. One thing that bothers me is his nose; it's lost its shape on the right of the image which makes it awkward to look at. The border, I believe, is redundant; it only breaks the flow.


Charlie: 2^nd place



Josh Designs:
You had a good idea but you just executed it wrong. You should have just had text in the image and not an actual photograph of him. You could use the photo as a template to know where to put the text but you shouldn't have kept it on there. The way i would have done it is used him as a template to see what shadows i need to put text on and the darker the shadow the more overlaying text i put on that part for the more text you have on top of other text the darker it is gonna get.

Broeder:
I picked Charlie as the winner because he handled the theme in the purest form. The body of kanye is very well put together and the color contrast of the black-white and red is something the tag couldnt have done without.

Inhaps:
I do believe that it is a good idea, but it's just not done very well. The bunch of text on top of him looks odd. It would be much greater if it were an image consisting purely of text.


Inomonu: 3^rd place



Josh Designs:
This design seems very harsh. It is the simplest form of typography. Your name on it has text that is 3d and pointing to the left. But then the Sotw text is facing us. they should both be facing the same direction for it to make sense. The SOTW text if very hard to read as well. In a sense i feel like you put to much in it. The more simple it is the more professional and good it looks. What i have learned from my professors is that simplicity is key to all good designs. So had the lines behind the font and the lines on the font showing its in motion been gone it would be better.

Broeder:
Not really what i would class as Typography, just a word with some fancy designs that werent th.ought out correctly. Also the sotw text is horrible

Inhaps:
There's really no composition there, nor does it seem follow one style. And the SOTW text is just nasty and difficult to read.
#FFD700 1st place | #E6E8FA 2nd place | #CD7F32 3rd place | #C40233 | #9979BE comment