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Dat foot~ A solid and nicely scan rebuilt you did there my friend ^^ The extensions on each side are flawless and the seam present on the scan is invisible now. You did a very good job here, keep up the good work :3

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Wow sorry I uberly and uterly forgot to post on VD for the voting system and next VD theme....

Voting system

The old one was a ranking system like you know but producing the final ranking out of everyone is a bit tricky.

The first step was to collect everyone rankings and convert them to nicely formulated ones. Like if you put two vector at the first rank, the third vector is ranking at the third one not the second one.

Once it's done, I compute the median ranking for each vector and rank them accordingly to it. I use median and not average to smooth out troll vote like everyone first but one and so on.

I know ranking each vector was painfully long for most of the people but at least it was more rational than other voting systems in my eyes. Now that said, I'm not close minded and I can propose another voting that might be troll proof too and appealing to those who are not fond of ranking everything.

Proposed voting system

Since AP came into a newer version with more troll proof stats for individual entries, we can perhaps use them, namely: Download count, comment count and fav' count.

Here the process:

• Contestants post their vectors on AP and then in VD topic like always.

• At the deadline for the results, VD staff collect the stats for each entry AND the time and date of the submission on AP.

• Given the stats, the time span and a nicely formula to determine, a score is given to each vector.

• The vectors are ranked given their note which gives us the ranking of the contest.

I still have to come up with the formula but I think it can be a nice alternative. The nice side effect is that the vote is more open to public since it's on AP front page.

VD next theme

Somehow a Monochrome to Colour theme would be nice. It's been 2 years and half since the first one, I think the time has come to launch a new round with our current super star vectors line-up ;3

It looks really good :3 Somehow the art and the colours in particular remind me of Wakfu somehow: warm and pastel. The extensions are well done. The only detail I am not too sure about is that the character is centred but it is not a big problem anyway.

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Thanks for badge :3

Oh~ I like it. You did a good job changing the colour tones while keeping the grainy feeling of it. The colours are more vivid and I prefer them to the original ones. I'm too sure about the cast shadow under the title and I think you can do a little more work to incorporate your signature into the wall, it's kinda plain right now or just too big and thus too noticeable. Thanks for the dedication ;3

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I think you should double check your vector a little more thoroughly because there is a lot of colour leaks and z-order problems. If you want, I can circle them all but it might be better for you to find them first ;3

It's been a loooong time since I last voted for Vecta Desu~

@200M : Over-all it looks nice but from close up it looks a little blurry too, some outlines are lacking the finishing touch and some blurred shapes are too uniformly blurred.

@joab : Over-all it looks nice from there is a lack of finish at some points (for example: near the right shoes and the piggy)

@merc-chan : Over-all it looks real nice. A higher resolution would have been appreciated to see the small details but it's a real problem. There is some glitches with some part of the outlines (for example : the outline end for the calf of the front leg, the curve controls are crossing each other probably) and I found a z-order problem too near the buttock and the skirt, an outline for the folding is under the skin.

@akiranyo : It's really nice. I don't see anything wrong with it but some outlines would have been better with some more thickness variation like the hair. It's a little too uniform. It feels like she's going to say: "Do you want to the cake I'm doing or me~ ?" X)

@TheAkuma : Oh bright colours~ It's a solid vector work, I really like it. Some outlines would have been a little simplified though in the thickness variations but it's not a big deal. The fluffy parts outlines could be somewhat further improved I think.

@wonderngo : H2SO4! I really like the artworks from this artist. What I see here is a solid vector. There is not much to see but if I was picky I would say there is a little z-order problem with on of the ball of the pendant and the dress. Also the ribbon on the right arm is under the fore arm stuff outline.

@VestigeL : Outlines wise, it is really nice but to my eyes it's a blur feast. I think blur should be used more sparingly or at least not that uniformly but with variation as to fit better with crisp parts.

@acidtreat101 : It looks nice but there is a few points to address I think. The outline colour for the hair seems a little too greenish. On the left part in red of the bowl, there is two little colour leaks. The gradient used for the outline colour of the left elbow is not really well done. The joining zone of the socks and the legs could have been a little better too.

@dolce-yasmin : I have mixed feeling for this one. I'm not a big fan of the gradient mesh tool but you're are using skilfully here so I don't mind too much. The jacket colours look a bit dull. I think a tint of blue would have made the trick probably. The eyes are too blurry though. I think it would have been nice too if you kept the sketchy feeling of the outlines and went for a watercolour style vector but it's just my personal preference ;3

Now time to vote~ @TheAkuma - 2 @akiranyo - 1 @wonderngo - 1

I hope I will be able to enter for the next round ;3

Well, I have no merit using that specific word since it's a French one and I'm French ;3 Thanks again ^^

Most of the time, I do a better job at doing the outlines than the colours x) Hopefully it's doing the trick in the end but I appreciate being complimented for the lines. Thanks for the comment and fav' :3

I put the AP's svg system at work again~ Thanks for putting it in place and thanks for the comment and fav' :3

Thanks for the warm comment and fav' Acid :3

I think it's an inverted A but well in this case it's a magic character some it can anything anyway x) Thanks for the comment and fav'

I wonder if can I achieve something these days as good as that lighting wise. I think I was more creative before but perhaps it's just a question of available time. Future will tell :3 Thanks for the comment and fav'

What are you not sure about the motif on the fence ? It's a bit too much ? Anyway thanks for the comment and fav' Cherub :3

Thanks for the comment and fav' and sorry for the not very unique reply I just did ;3

Thanks for the comment and fav' I appreciate them coming from you, the most productive waller on AP ;3

I feel giddy being on Aki new screen~ x) I think I set it aside because I was not sure what to do with the comments I got at the time of SZ. But since I forgot them since and I have a bit more confidence about my vector, it was the right time to put it again in the open I guess ^^ Thanks for the comment and fav'

Well, I don't think the lack of details is really a problem since I tried to keep it somewhat as simple as possible. I have the tendency to overblown the amount of details so I guess for once I achieved simplicity ;3 Thanks for the comment and fav'

You have to explain me the courageous side of this wallpaper but thanks anyway for the comment and fav' ;3

Thank you for your kind comment and fav'

Like I love to say my wallpapers are future-proof resolution wise ;3 Thanks for the comment, fav' and badge ^^

Thanks for your explosive use of adjectives ;3 This wall is so old in my mind that I feel like it was done by someone else x) Thanks for the comment, fav' and precious badge ^^

I'm not sure it's a proper usage though x) It's a real blur feast so it's not "really" a clean way to vector but at the time I was focussed on doing painting effect with vector. Now people discover gradient mesh in Illustrator so it's less of a challenge and Inkscape should get it too one day. But try Inkscape, it's buggy and slow at time but it's a really nice vector tool :3