Comments on "The Truth Is In You"

Well, I couldn't get my words in before the last contest's thread closed. I figure most of those involved in "The Truth is in You" (here) may check this thread out, so I'll post here. I don't mean to cross any bounds, but I'd like to respond.

I'm glad the winning artist responded to the other reactions of the designers involved in the contest. It helps give an understanding of what "truth" is really in rougefemme.

Rougefemme, I find it difficult to follow your theories and explanations of what good art and design is. I'm assuming that by color "armony" you are actually referring to "harmony?" I don't totally agree with others that your color use was completely incorrect, given the composition and feeling behind your design. Overall composition is my concern. What I find difficult to distinguish is what "awesome" means to you. It's just one of those words that is used when someone can't come up with a relevant description of why something is correctly generated in terms of colors, techniques, meanings, and overall composition. In response to your body paragraph, I do know something about art, design, and illustration techniques, so I will contest your justifications of what truly is "good design." True, there are, and were, many important and distinguished artists that hold a tremendous amount of creativity. But the funny thing is is that not everyone agrees with who are the best artists. It is a matter of what works of art hit each of us in a way that allows us to step inside the artist's mind and know what they were feeling when they created the work. The true artists create from the inside out, from what drives from inside their hearts and souls. They don't create art for what the world expects from them. That's called commercialism. Design from within, use the knowledge that you have, strive to learn more, and know that failure is the source for greatness that can be achieved. What do I feel when I look at your design? I have resolved that your definition of "The Truth is in You," means that we are all shiny, happy fairies in pixieland. I know that everyone is entitled to their own interpretations of what things mean, but I find it difficult to come to terms with yours. I agree that this was probably not an easy contest to judge given that the word "truth" presents itself with such a broad range for meaning. And by selecting yours as a winning piece shows that the contest wasn't truly inspired by the X-Files tagline, "The Truth is Out There," which gives the feeling of that which is unknown... almost to a dark side where no one has ventured before. (And, no, that's not just my interpretation. It is the depiction that is completely generated by the X-Files.) I don't mean to bash you or your work, only to give constructive criticism. If you, or anyone else, feels attacked, then keep your opinions to yourselves. Constructive criticism should help us learn and make us stronger in design and conceptual knowledge. Lastly, your piece has a weak use of typography. Technically speaking, it does not work with the rest of the design in terms of font selection and placement. Given the look and feel of the rest of the piece as elegant and fantasy-like, the copy should follow this technique. It doesn't flow as it should. And in response to one of your comments, you can judge work by your taste. If you have good taste (knowledge, experience, skills, and understandings) with design, you CAN absolutely judge a piece of work. Congratulations, rougefemme, wear your new shirt with pride!

Generally speaking, there were some good compositions, and others that were a bit immature. I'd love to know what the selection process was like and what types of conversations were held in the judging process. It would be beneficial to all of us if there was a conclusive description given by the judges of why they selected the piece that they did. I think this is something that would be a great addition to DesignContest.net, and should be considered.

Congrats again. Good luck to everyone in the future.

cyrclstar

cyrclstar- well, firt.......was my mistake to write armony.....sorry.........and yes, I meant: harmony.....
I said..."awesome" cause..........i didn´t want to write a huge text explaining wich posters and why I think they are awesome.....(like you did now......)

BY other side..........thanks for your opinion.......I liked it........and im agree with you about it would be very comforting to all of us........knowing why the judges choosed the winner.

I didn´t feel attacked by any reason ..........by you or others.......i just feelt like their critics where quite superficial, and I would like that they did it like you did............and before the contest ends, not after...........your critics are good when they have a positive proupose..........not just cause you are not agree with someone........that´s not professional.

And talking about taste.....I can say if some design or art piece is great , cause i have a good taste, but iif something is not what i like.....if is not "my own taste" that´s not enough to say a design is not good, that´s also neither professional nor objective....

Congratulations rougefemme, it was a very diverse contest. I am curious to learn a little bit about you. I must admit that your piece didn't speak to me personally, but obviously it spoke to others. Your text in here makes me think english is not your first language?, and as this forum has a diverse membership, I am curious if your design spoke more to others closer in age, or cultural similarities to you.