Backgroundblitz: Microcosm (Mar 26 - Apr 5)

Aljoho · Mon 06/04/2009 16:03:07

Idea - Ghost

Atmosphere - Loominous

Design - Tough call between Kastchey and Loominous - but i'm going to go loominous for his incredible knack for making us believe that blobs of colour are masterfully textured trees (not to forget the hazy heaven like quality of the light cast onto the shrooms and the leaves)

Composition - Loominous

Functionality - Kastchey - It could take a bit of tricky code/animation to make it work, but it could be made to look awesome with constantly flowing streams. It could also be a cool puzzle - get across the constant flow somehow.

Technique - I was going to vote loominous - but then i realized that jerakeen had made CRACKED GLASS! my kudos (and my vote) for something I could never in a million years do convincingly. I think there are a few inconsistencies in the thickness of the glass, but its still brilliant imo!

Ghost · Mon 06/04/2009 16:10:44

Idea - jerakeen

Atmosphere - Kastchey
Yes. It was a close one between loominous and Kastchey here, but being stuck in the veins of an organism just strikes me more adventurous than the rather friendly, "harmless" atmosphere in loom's entry (which reminds me of Arthur and the Minimois, btw, and that *is* a mixed blessing $:-\$ )

Design - Kastchey

Composition - loominous

Functionality - bog

Technique - jerakeen

I'd like to add that the quality of the entries seems to be romping in the past few runs; I feel a bit ashamed for the rushed jobI did.

Cryxo · Mon 06/04/2009 20:09:53

Idea: Loominous

Atmosphere: Loominous

Design: Jerakeen

Composition: Jerakeen

Functionality: Kastchey

Technique: Loominous

Kastchey · Tue 07/04/2009 07:46:24

Idea - Ghost Black humor! Brilliant =)

Atmosphere - jerakeen loominous was also close to winning this in my rating, though I find this warm and soothing family movies style somehow overused. The mood invoked by jerakeen's entry is far more unique.

Design - jerakeen That's what I would call 'a variety of individually designed elements'.

Composition - jerakeen Again a tough choice between jerakeen and loominous. loominous followed a composition pattern commonly found in contemporary productions, which gives his work a real professional look. But I love the way how jerakeen arranged all the messy elements into one clever composition.

Functionality - Wyz For all the obvious exits and player-friendly intuitive navigation style.

Technique - jerakeen Clever detailing and an amazing play of light and shadows.

Jens · Tue 07/04/2009 18:50:02

Idea - Ghost

Atmosphere - jerakeen (it's an interesting, playable still life)

Design - loominous (good work on the plants)

Composition - jerakeen (many elements in a good composition)

Functionality - Kastchey

Technique - loominous (smooth digital painting)

bog · Tue 07/04/2009 20:11:42

Idea - Ghost

Atmosphere - Ghost

Design - loominous

Composition - loominous

Functionality - Kastchey

Technique - loominous

Daniel Thomas · Tue 07/04/2009 20:31:14

Idea - Ghost

Atmosphere - loominous

Design - loominous

Composition - loominous

Functionality - Kastchey

Technique - loominous

Ghost · Wed 08/04/2009 01:03:37

Which brings us to:

Loominous OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (23)
Jerakeen OOOOOOOOOOOO (12)
Kastchey OOOOOOOOO (9)
Ghost OOOOOOO (7)
Bog O (1)
Wyz O (1)

ASCII is teh roxxorz.

Dualnames · Wed 08/04/2009 08:42:40

Idea - Ghost

Atmosphere - loominous

Design - loominous

Composition - loominous

Functionality - Ghost

Technique - Kastchey (I really like that style you're drawing)

Andail · Fri 10/04/2009 12:56:34

Ok, after 5 days of voting it's pretty obvious that Loominous won, so congratulations and may you come up with a good new topic!

Geratuza · Fri 10/04/2009 13:03:14

Exactly. Congratulations.

Matti · Fri 10/04/2009 13:50:41

.... and what's with the trophies?