Originally posted by Evun

Great work. Very concise and informational. The visuals are fantastic, and the design of the post works well. It's a bit bland, but that comes with the assignment. Ethan: you seem to have done the most work, and it paid off. Edge: I'm not sure how you chose the facts for the video since it's just interview clips. I wish you had done more than just thinking of ideas and editing, but I'm not gonna get too upset over that.

Originally posted by Orange

To the point and letting the artist speak for themselves, in a sense. You guys were probably my favorite team!

Originally posted by Katie

business-like and professional. It seemed like a copy/paste job so the video was a great addition! You guys seemed to compliment each other pretty well.
Ethan: great work with the video.
Edge: nice job writing it up.

Originally posted by Red

no commentaries this challenge, but he did rank!

Originally posted by Matty

I enjoyed your entry. It was very simple and very much like an OP. It was beautifully executed with the writing, graphics, video, and the fun iphone app was a nice touch. But way to forget about us android users
Ethan: You really took over as leader on this project, doing what looked most of the entry, all the creative doing at least. I wish you gave more tasks to Edge.
Edge: You did a nice job with helping with the write up and the creative aspects for the whole design of the original post. I do wish you would have done something more than just giving creative aspects.
Very good and great teamwork. You both seemed to work well.

Originally posted by TheVoiceXtina

The entries look immaculately done and the premise is really cool. Regarding the entry made by Ethan and EOA, it was clear, concise and understandable. It could include details of promo appearances. Overall, it was pretty good. 8/10

Originally posted by Evun

Very well done. I liked all the humor. Your OWDWY video didn't work, and that's a shame. I do wish you had included more about the actual album -- it seems like a bit of an afterthought in the last section. However, I loved the entry as a whole. Collin: Great gif! You should have included it in the entry. Zune says you wrote the original draft of the text, and that was my favorite part. Zune: Great description of what you did. Both of you were well involved. Cute remixes/wigs/albums joke.

Originally posted by Orange

If I'm not already a fan of this artist, I'm not going to read past the third line. I'm sorry. You guys looked like you had fun though!

Originally posted by Katie

Katy Perry shade. Not cool. The thread didn't seem to have much information about the release itself or even Kesha's career.
Collin: nice job promoting her across the forum! It's a good idea.
zune: So you did the Perry remark

Originally posted by Red

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Originally posted by Matty

You guys really took the aspect of trying to sell an artist. I feel like, though, it was too much. I got the promotional aspect, but not so much as the original post like aspect. It also had quite a bit of flamebait which I’m frowning down upon. I can tell you guys had fun though, and it was very Ke-dollar sign-ha like.
Collin & Zune: I’m not giving you guys an individual critique because you both are kind of neck and neck. You all explained well what you guys did OUTSIDE of the entry that was supposed to be made. You barely talked about your actual entry. I liked you brought this challenge outside of what I asked to promote Ke$ha, but I wanted and OP thread promoting and artist’s album. It seemed like you guys spent more time on the promo avi and signature ideas (not required) other than the actual thread write up (required).

Originally posted by Yourfavefan

While I like their enthusiasm, I wouldn't say that this is the best for the original op. There is too much stanning going on and while some details are there, I would edit a lot of things in and out. Overall it's a cute way to get hyped for the album, which they succeeded very well.

Originally posted by Evun

It's bland. You had a lot to work with (more than any other team, I'd say), and it just feels so underdone. I expected much more, and I wonder if the apparent gap in how much work each member did was a major contributing factor to why this entry is so lackluster. Boyonce: You took control, and I appreciate that. You produced the majority of the entry. Hugamari: Why did you do so little? You just put in the links and track list? I wish you had expanded on "creative process and brainstorming" more.

Originally posted by Orange

Organized and classy. Great work. I also liked how you guys responded individually.

Originally posted by Katie

Probably the best layout itself. Opening with Taylor's quote about the album and involving her super real Tweet was great. My cheap laptop is very happy that you collapsed everything. But your effort seemed the most unbalanced.
Boyonce: seems like you did quite a lot of the work. Great job with what you created.
Huga:

Originally posted by Red

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Originally posted by Matty

I enjoyed your entry as well. Simple, creative, and very OP like. It was very sophisticated like Taylor in a way, and you ran with the whole Red theme with the coloring. I liked the fun fake Taylor tweet and appreciated that you put more about the singles, albums, and reviews.
Boyonce: Very nice job with the entire entry! You were a team leader, I wish you would have gave more responsibility to Hugamari. I like you took a risk with this artist, going out of your comfort zone.
Hugamari: I’m disappointed. Your bubbly and fun, but yet did not see it. You barely did anything it looked like besides the creative process. You seemed to focus on the behind the scenes aspect than the actual report itself.
All in all, this seemed like a Boyonce entry rather than a team effort.

Originally posted by JakeKills

I think the OP designed by Boyonce and Hugamari is a practically perfect OP for the Red album thread (MUCH better than the existing one ). It's informative, with the tracklist, purchasing links, the cover, the release date, and all other necessary information. More importantly, it's organized and easily navigable; the use of the drop down menus works really well for this. Finally, the overall aesthetic is cohesive, with all the font in red and the entire post centered. I think the only thing that could've made it ever better would've been if they had put a background image on the full color (as Sloth and VJoker did for Unapologetic). All in all, it's very well done!

Originally posted by Evun

That Unapologetic banner is flawless. It's a visually stunning entry. Kinda boring text, but it works. The way you used lyrics for the headers is clever. The video was well made. Sloth: You seem to be great at any design project you take on, and this is no exception. Well done. VJoker: Killer video, it captures all of her lead singles well.

Originally posted by Orange

Great artistic ability but takes away from the comments/artist. Individually, you guys seemed like a good team.

Originally posted by Katie

what a beautiful OP! I'm not sure if the contest is real or if you came up with that, but it's great. You guys worked together pretty well.
sloth: You're such a talented artist. Another great OP and great work.
VJoker: Great video and facts.

Originally posted by Red

no commentaries this challenge, but he did rank!

Originally posted by Matty

Beautiful graphics! Beautiful entry! I love, but I wish there was more. While I say that, I understand you all didn’t have much to work with because Rihanna barely promotes this early and works til the very end on everything. You both did well with what you have. Maybe talks about what to expect on the album would have been nice, like about the album itself and some producers rumored to be working on the project.
Sloth: I don’t know if I screwed up the coding somehow or what… but it was beautiful never the less. Everything was done well, great job!
VJoker: The promotional video was a bit long, but I enjoyed it. Sometimes a simple promotional video can be extremely affective to the overall design for promoting.
Great job you both, very well done and worked extremely well!

Originally posted by Muggwa

Very, very well made OP. The advanced graphics layout catches the reader's attention immediately, and given the limited information currently available regarding the album, what we do know is summed up in a concise and attractive way.

I would indeed like it as the OP of the album thread.

Originally posted by Evun

It's cute. Very complete and informative. I have no doubt inserting all those Spotify/video/iTunes links must have taken quite a while. Scene: You did the majority of the work. Good job with the text and all of the details. Energy: I wish you had done more, but your graphics look nice.

Originally posted by Orange

Another case of stan-based commentary that made me lose interest. You guys didn't look like you enjoyed the challenge either.

Originally posted by Katie

wow. I don't think I've ever seen a thread this great. You blended her entire career into a pretty, concise thread. The use of pink and quotes from stans is perfect.
Energy: Great graphics and layouts!
Scene: You've got a talent for writing. None of that text dragged on despite being the most text-heavy of the bunch.

Originally posted by Red

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Originally posted by Matty

The entire thing was cute. Very pink, I hate pink, but I’ll get past that lol. Your entry was the only one to give a lead-up to the current album via text. I feel it could have been organized a bit better with some drop down menus and such, but overall nice job.
Energy: For being the leader, you really did the least. I say that in the sense that the graphics basically took five minutes, still very good don’t get me wrong, and then the rest you did was like a peer editing. I wish we could have saw a little bit more.
Scene: You did a great job with the entry and the links! Very nice job!
It could have been stronger, but I still very much liked it.

Originally posted by Willy.

First of all, nice job guys! I love how you highlighted and really showed a selection of Nicki's achievements. The correct precision of Nicki's singles from PFRR was also a nice touch.

Unfortunately, I wasn't too keen on the way you presented the OP. My major criticism is the overabundance of the color pink. Now I understand Nicki is KNOWN for that color, but it would've been better if you highlighted certain aspects of the OP with the color pink, instead of the entire post. Another criticism I have is the adding of Barbie onto the main graphic of the thread. In my opinion, it decreases the overall quality of it all, and I feel a HQ picture of Nicki would've been more suffice. A similar criticism is the adding of Nicki's perfume into the final graphic of the OP. The OP should've kept it all about the music, instead of straying away and using one of Nicki's non-musical products for a graphic.

Sadly, I have to say that I wouldn't want this as the OP of the album thread. It has an overall vibrant and positive look, however the look is TOO vibrant and distracting and completely devalues the OP. Although I love how you provided direct streams for the singles, the Stan Testimonials also lower the overall QUALITY of the post and would work better in the OP to Nicki's Base thread. While it's important to add in a plethora of information, it should all eventually lead back into the most important subject, The Re-Up!