Sorry AJ, but uPro gets my vote.

uPro's skin might use simple shading, but with the colors chosen, and the design of the skin, it works so well together.

I don't really like the green in this palette which is why uPro gets that extra edge. If it wasn't for that green dominating the skin, AJ woulda got that extra edge too.

It's just that the colors in the palette don't work well with the skin that AJ designed. The blue is so calm, while the green is so fresh. If you really understand what I'm saying.

I see a lot of points why AJ's skin could be better.

Now time for my own arguments.

Now shading is Upro's skin just pretty much better. I feel like he managed to use the palette a way that suits his skin amazingly. The fact thatbhe used less colours and shading makes it less messy. I think that is a good part and even though AJ did a nice job, I feel like uPro understood the palette a bit better.

The originality is a bit meh in this situation but i think AJ would win that even though it is a bit meaningsless for my vote.

The design is kinda equal so I'd rather go for how the shading suits the design. And uPro will probably win too. He went for a "simple" design and used a simple shading to rounden the skin instead of spamming shades every where to make it look messy while being ok.

Now there are no "easy road" for this palette. upro went for a path that suited his idea. AJ went out to use the whole palette and it worked fine.

I will vote for uPro as i find it a better skin. AJ did a nice job, and uPro is a hard one as he is a very experienced skinner. Good luck to both of you

Fair enough then, I've been viewing simple skins here as giving up, but now I think about it, very few have gone for detailed this week. I went detailed very quickly as I knew what my best option was, but I highly doubt anyone else in the bracket (I appear to be the only petrolhead) would have known about said option, nor can I think of another option allowing the same degree of freedom. And even then I may have gone a bit "hectic" so to say.

You aren't the only one who went a lot simpler than I was expecting, so I apologise if I've been bashing.

PrototypeTheta

uPro

PrototypeTheta uPro's... Shading is lazy, you only used 2/3 of the colours available. While the design is more understandable, it's very simple, which is not what you want in a skin battle. Hat layer has good form though.

AJ gets my vote.

I only used 2/3 of the colors available, because the green was unnecessary for what I was going for. I also made it simple since the palette was very limited and I would rather go for a simple shaded skin than a, "hectic."

The using 2/3 thing isn't really a drawback, I just think there's merit if you make use of the whole palette.

But I really don't feel simplistic skins are a good idea in a contest, I play the skinning game too, simplistic is a tonne easier to do. That could just be me though...

I get what you are saying, but again the palette was limited. If the second week of PBL's palette that Hawkstormer will make has a lot of different colors I will show a lot of detail, but due to this palette being limited I am going to do a simplistic skin.

uPro for prez 2014

uPro

PrototypeTheta uPro's... Shading is lazy, you only used 2/3 of the colours available. While the design is more understandable, it's very simple, which is not what you want in a skin battle. Hat layer has good form though.

AJ gets my vote.

I only used 2/3 of the colors available, because the green was unnecessary for what I was going for. I also made it simple since the palette was very limited and I would rather go for a simple shaded skin than a, "hectic."

The using 2/3 thing isn't really a drawback, I just think there's merit if you make use of the whole palette.

But I really don't feel simplistic skins are a good idea in a contest, I play the skinning game too, simplistic is a tonne easier to do. That could just be me though...

AJ's looks like someone puked skittles on an alien. uPro's is not very well shaded, but it looks like an NES character and is well designed. Team uPro!

ChileanMiner5

uPro
I only used 2/3 of the colors available, because the green was unnecessary for what I was going for. I also made it simple since the palette was very limited and I would rather go for a simple shaded skin than a, "hectic."

Easy for you to say. You're biased toward yourself. Who isn't biased toward themself?

Who cares that my skin was simple. The palette was VERY limited. Plus Peyton also made a simple skin, but I will say that he did use all of the colors unlike me but it doesn't matter if I use all the colors or not. The skins aren't based on whether or not you use all the colors, it's the quality. Finally, of course I will favor my skin over his. We are in a competition! Yeah, I will definitely favor the other person's entry rather than my own, because that makes perfect sense! Let me just change my vote for his skin now, because I don't want to seem biased towards mine!

uPro
I only used 2/3 of the colors available, because the green was unnecessary for what I was going for. I also made it simple since the palette was very limited and I would rather go for a simple shaded skin than a, "hectic."

Easy for you to say. You're biased toward yourself. Who isn't biased toward themself?

uPro gets my vote for reasons.

uPro's shading is pretty good, you guys seem to be judging by color count. Just because it's simple, doesn't mean it's not well thought out. AJBoo's is just random and all over the place. I don't see what you guys are talking about, he did pretty awesome.

PrototypeTheta uPro's... Shading is lazy, you only used 2/3 of the colours available. While the design is more understandable, it's very simple, which is not what you want in a skin battle. Hat layer has good form though.

AJ gets my vote.

I only used 2/3 of the colors available, because the green was unnecessary for what I was going for. I also made it simple since the palette was very limited and I would rather go for a simple shaded skin than a, "hectic."

AJBoo's is... Confusing, I'm not keen on the design, but the technique is pretty good, one of your best skins in terms of technicality.

uPro's... Shading is lazy, you only used 2/3 of the colours available. While the design is more understandable, it's very simple, which is not what you want in a skin battle. Hat layer has good form though.

AJ gets my vote.

Idea: AJBoo
Shading: AJBoo
Design: AJBoo
Implementation: uPro

AJBoo: It looks a little hectic.
uPro: Feels like you took the easy road of a palette battle.

Overall: AJBoo