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Project Catwalk Cycle 2 Judges:

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The_Slytherin_Goddess
Alesaan
Dante Dolly


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Challenge 1: Unsloppy Seconds

RENstrawberry (Madison)
Score: 7.5
Comments: Pros: The colors are lovely. Love seeing the use of all three colors, and combining them well! It's also a lovely outfit, I can tell that Madison is supposed to be a witch even without reading the description.
Cons: I don't like the dark...tree? at the right of the image. It's a large lump of dark that is definitely not dark purple, orange, or green. Also not sure I love the way her braid layers with the hat and veil, but I don't hate it either. Could do without the green jewel on her forehead, even if it does tie in elsewhere.
All said though, this is a great first entry.

Empress Ekko (Copper)
Score: 6.5
Comments: Pros: Her hair doesn't stick out like a sore thumb! It's a beautiful look. She didn't clash oranges.
Cons: The dang teal in in the back is incredibly distracting. The shoes are a heavy handed balance on bottom, I don't like them. Honestly I think Miserable shoes and just the orange necklace would have been better. The headband is a little off. And this absolutely doesn't say ball to me, it says cocktail hour or elegant evening. Like a fancy black tie dinner where people schmooze others for money.
I know this sounds harsh, especially for the first challenge, and it isn't that bad. Just simple.

Tink_Bel (Zahara)
Score: 9.5
Comments: Ah, Tink! Just knocking it out of the park. Love this so much, loved it as soon as it was posted, and have only loved it more as others were posted. Kind of in a league of it's own.
Pros: Everything.
Cons: The green across her hair is a little bit bright compared to everything else, would have also liked to see some more of the sage around her shoulders located farther down. Also wish the white pretty across her center weren't there.

METTAT0N (Trinity)
Score: 5.5
Comments: Pros: This avatar is cute. The glasses are good, and honestly I kind of like seeing Trinity as a bunny.
Cons: The background...it isn't good. Yeah, it ties in the colors, but it just gets messy. There's too much on the head, doesn't look great, it's just...eh. And the description.
Over all..it's cute. But it isn't impressive. And the description..good lord it needs work.

l Have Given Up (Xoco)
Score: 7.5
Comments: Xoco looks amazing in this color. It's rich and vibrant all at once on her, without being over whelming.
Cons: The few gold spots are a bit off, and I'm not sure I love the swirls and such at the bottom. Description could also use some work, but for the first challenge, it's not the worst.

khionna (Veronica)
Score: 8
Comments: It is definitely green and purple. The greens and purples match with just the right other accents. There is a bit more black in the look than I would have liked to see, and the face looks entirely empty and awkwardly so. But I do love this toxic look.

botticellis venus (Dita)
Score: 7
Comments: This is a challenging color scheme. It's an absolutely beautiful scheme, rich, and they're beautiful together. But. The orange is a bit too gold in a lot of places, and the purple strays from purple a bit. First challenge though, I think it counts as purple and orange. The arm mod is odd though, and I hate the card that is supposedly in front of her fact. Looks like she's eating the card to absorb whatever fate it has to tell. I hope to see the descriptions improve.

Destined Savior (Brooke)
Score: 4
Comments: I don't like it. This is a prime example where only submitting one view, and not every view, would have helped immensely. Because there is nothing purple about the cloak. Not one drop of purple. And showing the back views it's hella distracting. I think the dress errs towards purple...but the hat errs towards blue. And there is so much black. And gold. And the background is just...and the description. I also detest the rose at the mouth..not a good mod. I don't like it. And I'm very sad that I don't like it, because I think Savior has a lot of potential.

Kiwi Cannoli (Kate)
Score: 8
Comments: The colors are entirely appropriate, and there is only the slightest hint of a white ruffle at the bottom of the skirt and sole of the boot, but don't even care. Especially as compared to some of the others, because it is so nice. I like the subtle orange flowers, and I like the variety of greens, even if they're a bit off in some spots. I don't like the way the dress and scarf work together. But. I do like this over all, and it absolutely meets the challenge.

Your Local Gay (Daphne)
Score: 5
Comments: It is clunky. There are quite a few colors that are too red or yellow and not enough orange, there's also blue. There's just..there's just so much going on. Daphne is lost. And looks hot. I don't get the succulove, paired with the stars, and the crown...it's just too much happening really. Description is also bad. But. It isn't the ugliest thing ever, and is better than Savior's

DAVlD DUCHOVNY (Keran)
Score: 7
Comments: Best description so far. These colors look absolutely amazing on Keran. There are very few colors that don't belong, lovely. But it's hella plain, the horn on the left side has weirdness happening around it. I don't..don't see the inspiration as much as I'd like to. The description was great, but there just wasn't enough actual content in the design.

PixelPlays (Ebony)
Score: 4
Comments: There's blue in the flower headband and the cape is teal lined in gold. The swirls around the bottom are teal. The forehead jewels are gold and teal. The toxic green makes no sense, it doesn't belong. I like the thought of the description, but I hate seeing what could have been. Honestly either of the previous things she came up with would have scored better than this I think, even if they also had unallowed colors, I think it was more cohesive than this. Hell, even this without the background would have been better.

Princess of the Raindrops (Mia)
Score: 5.5
Comments: Plain, so so plain. And the description isn't great. This is something I would expect from someone entirely new to the competition, not someone who's been around. I also don't think this color is great on Mia. But it's cute enough, and it matches the challenge.

rnadotsuki (Iona)
Score: 6
Comments: It meets the challenge. The colors definitely match the challenge. This is cute. Love the legs/shoe choice, like the over all outfit. But it absolutely feels like someone's first outfit, not something from someone who's been on Gaia for awhile, much less in a fashion competition. I don't like the hands, are those gloves? But the biggest sin is that these colors just do not look good on Iona. Basically any shade of purple, or a rich green, would have worked. This is too pale and not great.

x_suicide_is_inevitable_x (Noelle)
Score: 8
Comments: Suicide made it in on time, and I was relieved! I also absolutely love this look, even if the legs to disappear a bit more than I would have liked, I'm inclined to forgive it this time because the whole thing is so spot on. Hate the bow though. And I think the green in melty borders dang close on blue. But. I still think it's so much better than some of the others, and the colors are less offensive, that I'm overlooking it.

1. I Have Given Up (Xoco)
Thoughts: Poppy is a lovely hue on Xoco. Props for trying the monochrome looks, but I’m not sold on how it all tied together. I thinking having the flames and the floral background a different color would have made the image (and thus her outfit) pop more. Arms in her skin color also would have helped with breaking up the straight solid chunks of poppy color too. But the choice of the ribbons and how they play into the flames while her leg is showing and the bottom of her dress is jagged looking was great. While the look is a bit plain (it technically has very few pieces that show us an outfit that was designed), it is a great start.
Note: some gold trim on the sleeves at the wrists and between her bust
Score: 5

2. Empress Ekko (Copper)
Thoughts: Lavender is perfect on Copper’s skin tone and hair. The layering of the dress and ruffled train worked well for me. I love the addition of the necklace, but the exact hue on the hair, necklace and shoes feels a little too matchy-matchy to me (but I don’t like things to match perfectly which I know other judges feel differently than I do). The prop was nice, but her arms and legs feel a little bare to me, so maybe some jewelry on the arms would have helped? I like the background choice a ton, but once I read Slytherin’s description of the green jewel being an eye sore, I can’t help but notice it more (I like it, but it does compete for attention for my eye against the model an her outfit which is not something you want your background to do. Learn from all the critiques I got lol). I don’t know what could have covered it though to be able to keep the lovely background.
Note: I think it is all purple and orange?!
Score: 8

3. DAVlD DUCHOVNY (Keran)
Thoughts: Pine is stunning on * and I’m surprised by how well I like pine with lavender. I like the choker necklace and the vibe it gives alongside the garter belt buckles peeking out from her shorts, but I think it is silver? I like the sheer belly-tied shirt over the crop top and shorts. The shoe choice was plain, and while I agree with the horns description wise, aesthetically the look off when I look at the image (both before and after reading the description). Description was great, clearly had passion, connection and explained color choices/some item choices. The model’s name is missing from the details though (which I think is supposed to be included?)
Note: silver choker and white on the garter
Score: 7.5

4. x_suicide_is_inevitable_x (Noelle)
Thoughts: I was wondering if someone would use the melty color palette! It is a good one and I like it on Noelle. It plays up her eyes and fair skin. Outfit is simple but cute – I like the high waisted skirt and cleavage bearing top with cap sleeves. The legs blend into the background too much for me, so I would have either chose a different background or leg choice. I am glad there is a necklace as her head looks rather plain (and I know well how hard it is to add things on top of a haircut like this!). I think some earrings would have helped perhaps? I love the idea of Noelle as lavender – “strong and well-liked, but possessing a calm, relaxed side.” Brilliant.
Note: necklace has some black?
Score: 6


5. rnadotsuki (Iona)
Thoughts: Love the leg choice with the little strappy heels. I like the use of tea green and pumpkin orange on Iona but the jacket feels just thrown on and not deliberate like it absolutely belongs with the outfit. And the flap of the jacket that blocks her face feels off on her face to me? The headbow was a good touch as it breaks up the pale locks and ties in the tea color so her body feels balanced. Solid description as it addresses the challenge and what she was going for as well as why calabash was used (I had no idea that color scheme was called that. Learned something new!).
Note: I’m not seeing any other colors used but green and orange….
Score: 6


6. khionna (Veronica)
Thoughts: These colors look fab on Veronica and make this image really pop in a good way. I absolutely adore the background/scene but I’m torn on how I like/dislike how the outfit blends into the background. I think the clothes themselves cut wise are great – the long mismatched leggings, the puff-sleeved collared blouse, high-waisted shorts, the bowler hat and fingerless gloves. It’s both cheeky and girly and slightly punk at the same time. Definitely love the pieces of the outfit an how they look together.
Note: black dots on gloves/collar and a black stripe don the shorts
Score: 9


7. Your Local Gay (Daphne)
Thoughts: In the first split second I was like whoa – there is a lot going on here. Not overly cluttered, but a lot for me to need to separate out as to what pieces are being used and why. It both blends and doesn’t blend, but I can’t pinpoint why I feel that way. The wings aren’t needed. The scarf along with the shawl look great together. The colors are bold and beautiful, but * looks almost washed out to me in them. The boot balances the ruffles on the opposite side color wise, but feels almost out of place with how well it blends into the outfit and that I can see a boot (with the ruffles in the scarf and down the one leg, the outfit looks heavy with fabric but wait no, there is this one boot free. I think the leg free could have worked with a very minimalist shoe perhaps and more skin/leg? Or maybe more ruffles down the whole legs would look more cohesive?). I’m also not a big fan of the use of flowers and stars – both can totally work together, but the daisies feel wrong with the oracle vibe (maybe something more ornate flower wise and less pastoral would have worked better) and the stars and succulents are too much on my eye.
Note: dark brown in the floral crown
Score: 6

8. Pixelplays (Ebony)
Thoughts: I adore Ebony. She and Madison are the two I probably would have auditioned with this cycle. I really like the concept behind this one, but find the execution lacking. The dress is cute and the fan and legs are perfect. The teal veil, the blue and grape purple headpiece, and the green sparkly ribbons at her feet don’t work for me though. There are three different purples in the image that compete instead of flow together (Saturn on her skirt, grape on the roses in her hair and a different hue in the background). The blue flowers shouldn’t have been included per the challenge objective, but they are a good color on Ebony. But the blue, the teal and the green along with three purples? Nope. Plus I don’t think the veil fits with the outfit (another veil choice may have worked) and the green sparkly ribbons at her feet just confuse me. Why add this color green? Why sparkly? Why ribbons at her feet only?
Note: gold, blue
Score: 4

9. Princess of the Raindrops (Mia)
Thoughts: Cute! But not terribly creative. The outfit is just a simple dress, a hat and then some matching shows. Tea green and shamrock are good colors on Mia and she does look good. But the outfit isn’t memorable or unique and it doesn’t show me much designing forte, more like I found this cute piece and put it on my model. Description was solid I like that Princess mentioned ‘washed out’ since that was a complaint I had last night with a different entry (and I agree that these colors don’t wash Mia out).
Note: white trim on the hat
Score: 5.5

10. Tink_Bel (Zahara)
Thoughts: I always adore her nature design’s <3 The leafy boa, the twigs, the tall grass and falling leaves all play into each other beautifully. The only thing I can’t just change my mind on (though I keep coming back to the image and thinking my thoughts must have changed by now) is that I don’t think all the greens work together – there is just a shade too many I think. But I have no complaints with the choices made as to Zahara’s top or bottom. I think it is the headpiece that feels not quite right to me. I absolutely love how the outfit was broken up by skin, and with the movement of Zahara’s body and how we get these stripes of skin – her ear and face, her chest and arm, her belly and then the legs.
Note: I think there is only some brown on the head branch
Score: 9

11. METTAT0N (Trinity)
Thoughts: Super cute. The color choice of sage and pumpkin was a good one for Trinity. Headpiece is a bit too busy and definitely has a bunch of white in it. I’m not sure if I am seeing things or if Trinity is wearing ripped white tights? Or is it a necklace that is making it look like she has ripped white tights on? Whatever it is, it is distracting to me. I like the background choice on how it adds to the cohesion of the design without being necessary. I don’t think the shooting star part was needed though. Description was bland – didn’t really tell me about how the outfit came together, or how the colors were decided on or show any excitement for what they designed.
Note: lots of white pieces
Score: 6

12. Destined Savior (Brooke)
Thoughts: I don’t think Destined Savior understood the challenge as I look at the black gloves and side skirt as well as the light blue cloak and cream colored flowers/tea cup/button/eye. The blue does tie in the little decals on the side of the dress and plays up Brooke’s eyes, but those extra colors shouldn’t be there. I also don’t think she read the * where it talks about what should go into the description (in terms of highlighting some of the design process/how the ensemble came together/choice made). All in all I have to give props for tying all the colors used together well, but the outfit is somewhat lackluster to me and majorly fails at the challenge’s objective.
Note: lots of use of black, light blue, and cream
Score: 4

13. RENstrawberry (Madison)
Thoughts: This outfit and image is evocative and I love the daring hat choice (which I appreciated the rain with even before I read the description). The hat an outfit didn’t say witch to me though like the description told we she was. The green and purple look great together and I love the top half of the outfit in particular. The bottom half does feel like it needs a belt or sash or something for balance. I’m not a fan of the background leaves/ground. The ombre orange is part of the atmosphere and I wouldn’t want to lose it as it does add an eerie, otherworldly feel, but the leaves and orange apples were too much. I’m also not sure what is going on, on her right side of the hat behind the veil? Is it a hair extension? I’m not sure what that darkness is but it is distracting. I wish the head mark was smaller, but it isn’t like we can resize Gaia’s items and I have no idea if there is another head mark/piece in that hue on Gaia either.
Note: looks like white bracelets on her wrists? probably part of sleeve design.
Score: 7

14. Kiwi Cannoli (Kate)
Thoughts: First thoughts were shamrock is fab on Kate, she looks so cute and innocent, and yet this whole look super appeals to me (I’m normally not much into the cutesy looks, hence why I surprised myself by how much I dig this). The big bow looks great in her ponytail, and the scarf around the neck looks good on the dress. The winged part of the scarf actually looks smooth and chic against the dress (as opposed to bulky which something like it could easily look). I would have ditched the rainboots though as that is where the outfit starts to feel bulky to me. A different shoe choice would have been able to give some pizazz to the outfit which is a little on the plain side. The background choice and description were spot on to me as well.
Note: poppy bunny decal and white ruffles
Score: 8.5

15. botticellus venus (Dita)
Thoughts: The colors are rich and they look great on Dita. I’m not a fan of the headpiece though because of the Saturn purple color – I don’t think it plays well with the Sunset purples. The description was solid, no complaints with it besides that it doesn’t show me much passion for the design. The fantastical nature of the gown is enhanced by the tarot cards and background, but for me the couch part blends too well with the skirt – I’d like the skirt to stand out more (but I do like the canopy and moon). I like the arm choice on her as the focus of the design is her fair skin and thus her face and torso before my eye is swept downward by her sash. The eyesore for me is what looks to be her leg peaking out oddly from the gown?
Note: red jewel in the necklace
Score: 5.5

Perfectly fine!! Haha!

It's a damn good format, I think. It's worked for me through countless cycles.

Oh, and since everyone's reserved their posts now, discussion can start
anytime. We don't have to wait until everyone's submitted to start a discussion!

And I wanna start out by saying WHOA!
No offense to anyone from PC 1, but these newbies are kicking some serious
a** so far.

LOL!! I really do think we need to sick Elphie on these guys. A notice will be
going out tomorrow on Description though. It's just a re-post of one I wrote for
PC 1, but it's better than nothing.

We will also send out the 'A Look Into Judging' advice series that was posted
last cycle.

I'm very impressed with Tink and Kiwi's submission so far. Princess has really
disappointed me. Her audition wasn't exactly outstanding, but it was a lot
better than this.

She was around for 3 rounds last cycle. She opted out of one, didn't submit for
another, but this was the feedback from the first challenge:

Hahahaha!! I've done that several times. The panic of screwing with another's
post exists!!

On the whole, I feel these submissions are better than most for PC 1's first
challenge, but a handful still have a long way to go. I feel like those few who
aren't at an acceptable level should perhaps gets warnings to seek out our
Mentors.