Below are the makeovers for each contestant, including each new avi, custom title, location, signature, etc. Following this, I will post the blurbs each of you sent me regarding the makeover challenge. Both the makeover itself and the blurbs will help the judges decide which contestants took the challenge seriously and strived to improve their assigned contestants' image and which contestants didn't. Let us know what you think!
Addicted
made over by Su-Barbie-A
avatar:
custom title: The bees knees
Location: The Asphalt Jungle
NP: Material Girl
Below are the blurbs each of you sent in outlining:
a) what you did to makeover your assigned contestant and why you made those decisions
b) whether or not you liked your makeover
Formatting, while appreciated and respected, will NOT be taken into consideration for these blurbs.
Addicted
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Originally posted by Addicted
So after chatting with I'mRihannaFan, it was obvious that I wanted to keep Rihanna as the primary focus of his profile, he loves her and even his name has Rihanna in it. I've noticed he's had a few avi's in the past of the 'Hard' music video, so I chose an avi of a photoshoot from the Rated R era. I edited the photo myself on Photoshop.
For his custom title I used a line from the song 'Hard' but I also think the line is catchy and can be relate-able outside of Rihanna.
I found out that he loves Fantasy films, his favourites being Lord Of The Rings/The Hunger Games. So for his location I chose the iconic Middle Earth. In his signature I wanted to showcase some of the other artists he stans for, Bruno Mars and Nicki, so I included them, with Rihanna in the centre as she is the main artist. I also included Bruno's latest single in the NP section. The quote at the bottom of his signature is one of my favourite quotes from The Lord Of The Rings.
After speaking with him he told me that he's a pretty shy person and doesn't have that much confidence. I wanted to make his profile look the opposite of a shy person, to give him that confidence aspect he is lacking. That's also why I chose the quote and custom title as they are quite inspiring/cocky. Also he is straight so the boobs in his avi fits well
AdamAL4
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Originally posted by AdamAL4
I asked NICKIMINAJ his three favorite Nicki Minaj songs, and he chose Muny, Itty Bitty Piggy and High School, very diverse choices that set him apart from the next Barb. Each of these songs is represented through Melvin's profile: High School through NP and avatar, Muny through custom title and Itty Bitty Piggy through signature. NICKIMINAJ also tol me that the color that best represents his personality is brown/beige, so I used the color for both his avatar and his signature. Also, NICKI told me he had a vibrant personality, so I told him to use the smiley as I thought it matched him well. Lastly, knowing NICKI, I know he likes to write elipses with spaces in between each dot like this:
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so I included that in his sig too.
I didn't like the makeover ririfan21 gave me because it didn't match me very well. The custom title was rather basic, and the avatar was the album cover of my least favorite Mother Mother album. When ririfan21 gave me my signature, it wasn't even formatted, so I was nice enough to format it for him. The quote, while it can pertain to running, can also be about basically anything.
I'mRihannaFan
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Originally posted by I'mRihannaFan
A) Pika stans for beautiful girls as Katy,Rihanna,Nicki & Katy. That's why I chose "beautyland" as location and the "young,wild & hot" custom title fits his favourites so well.
So does the "well behaved girls rarely make history" quote by Rihanna as the signature.
I chose a Miley photo for the cover cause she has just started the era, so she's the most appropriate from his favourites.
The NP I chose is Double Rainbow, a new confirmed song by Katy Perry (still not out tho )
B)I really, really loved my make-up by Addicted. It really fits me so well. The photo he chose as avatar is from the Rated R. Damn so sexy!
The best thing he did for me (I think I'll still use after the round) is definately the signature. I love the format, and that quote is brilliant. So meaningful!
The only thing that didn't drive me crazy is probably the custom title. "Go hard or go home". It's cute tho.
Kavish
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Originally posted by Kavish
a) For the challenge, I had to make over Su-Barbie-A. In order for him to be comfortable with the change I would be proposing to him, I first asked him what are the things that he likes. He said he was obsessed with RuPaul's Drag Race and hinted to have a preference for Alaska Thunder****. Knowing nothing of Drag Race, I looked up to it and found things to include as his Custom title, NP (which is a song used as runway theme in the show), Location (which is 'World of Wonder' a.k.a producer of S4) and I looked up for Alaska gifs and made a combination avi out of them. As for the signature, I can up with a quote of Alaska which I thought was bitchy (in a good way) but Su-Barbie suggested another one, which I thought was bitchier and better, so I let him use the one he wanted. Finally, I told him to change his ATRL theme to something colorful/pink to fit this new persona.
b) NICKIMINAJ had to make me over, and I am very glad how it worked out. He approached me to find out the things I like, and gave me a wonderful avi. I really love my make-over, and if I choose to stan for something else besides artists, you would see me as NICKIMINAJ made me right now. I'm glad he could see what I wanted, and he did it perfectly. Thank you NICKI.
NICKIMINAJ
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Originally posted by NICKIMINAJ
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Originally posted by Kavish
I think I've already used artists I stan for as my avi/sig etc ..
If I had to change my look on ATRL and make people see me as someone new,
I'd stan for Yugioh or Pokemon ( ) I know it's not music related but I think it shows that I also stan for anime.
But it's up to you to decide
I like dark colors
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Originally posted by NICKIMINAJ
Avi:
Custom Title: DUEL?
Location: Kanto Region
Sig:
Quote:
"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a new beginning. The end is where we START from."
-Kavish
NP: Gotta Catch 'Em ALL
Also change your theme to "Console" until the judges see it! (Goes with the makeover cause you said you like dark colors!)
My reasons for what were picked are pretty self explanatory. I made the avi to signify who Kavish would stan for, Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. The custom title, DUEL?, is the most popular quote from Yu-Gi-Oh. The location, Kanto Region, is the main region in the Pokemon game.
I asked Kavish...
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How do you want ATRL, as a whole, to see you?
that question received an answer of...
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If I had to change my look on ATRL and make people see me as someone new!
So thats how the signature came about. It talked about making new beginnings from past endings and striving to be the best.
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Originally posted by NICKIMINAJ
My makeover was...eh! It was decent. As everyone saw, my avi was a complete mess but that's okay. My NP was not changed, as it was "HIGH SCHOOL" before the makeover, so I didn't really get that. My custom title and location options were funny, I liked them. My signature SLAYED tho and I will be keeping that. Other than that, it was pretty good.
Thanks Adam, Overall good job
pika
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Originally posted by pika
When I was interviewing Stevie, a lot of the things I thought about him before changed.
If we're being honest, I thought he was pretentious as pretentious could be. Every time I saw him around the forum, he was always discussing artists I thought he fake stanned for to look ~cool & hipster~ (Adam teas). But when I interviewed him, I saw that he wasn't like that at all. He came off very chill, honest and calm when he answered my questions. He doesn't really care what others have to say about him as long as he's satisfied. If he stands out that's fine, but he won't jump through hoops to get people's attention. And that's the type of makeover I waned to give him, something that doesn't really scream "LOOK AT ME" but will make you interested if it catches your eye. I chose blue, black and white silver as the colors in his sig since he said those colors were his favorite. He told me his favorite music videos were "We Found Love", "L.E.S. Artists" and "Tears Dry On Their Own". I chose We Found Love to be his avi since it has those blue colored scenes which relates back to one of his favorite colors. His custom title is "a placid loner." because I feel like those 2 words describe him in a nutshell. One describes him as a person and the other his lifestyle. His location is "not where I want to be." since he wants to go to Italy or Greece this Summer but can't. His top ten favorite artists right now are Amy Winehouse, Radiohead, St. Vincent, PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple, Rihanna, Florence + the Machine, M.I.A., The Knife, and Kanye West which explains all of them being in his sig. I included his last.fm and the links over Amy Winehouse and Andy Warhol for personal touch. Furthermore the quote that's from Andy Warhol was put in because he told me it's one of his favorite quotes from a famous person. Finally, his "Now Playing" is "the 00s" since that's the decade his favorite songs came from.
I did not like my makeover. I'm sorry but that avi. However, I did like the quote he put in my sig and my custom title.
ririfan
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Originally posted by ririfan21
Here's the Mother Mother avi. http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4777601_lg.jpg
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Custom Name title
Adam told me he liked the band named "Mother Mother"
So I decided to get an album cover from the band for his avi.
His signature "“You only ever grow as a human being if you’re outside your comfort zone.” -Percy Cerutty"
Referres to running.
He told me he like to run track and cross country.
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For my makeover I think Stevie did a good job because I told him the story behind my username.
He told me to put NP: Not Rihanna
Because I don't listen to her no more.
And my avi & signature is about Nicki Minaj.
Of course she's my idol.
And my signature is in blue font.
I love the color blue.
Overall, I love my makeover.
Stevie
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Originally posted by Stevie
a. For ririfan21, I chose the avatar I did for him because he stressed to me that he loves Nicki Minaj. Many of the other components of the makeover were based on that as well, but they were a bit deeper. I chose the location "21 Elm Street" for him because he likes the number 21, and also in Nicki's verse on "My Chick Bad" she raps about the "nightmare on elm street", so I thought that would be cool to incorporate. His now playing was "Not Rihanna" because I thought that would play off of the humor in his username, he is no longer a Rihanna stan. For the signature, I chose one of ririfan's favorite Nicki quotes, in his favorite color. I also chose to keep the links he originally had to his Nicki gifs and receipts, but I made it a little cleaner by putting a link in "Nicki" and one in "Minaj". Lastly, his custom title "bright in the twilight" was based off of his love for the Twilight series. However, ririfan's personality is relatively colorful and upbeat, so that's where I got the "bright" part from.
b. Overall, I did like my makeover from pika because it showed he actually put some time into it. I'm the kind of person that wouldn't wear a "location" or "now playing", but the things he provided for me in those two areas were fitting based off of the answers I gave him. As for the custom title, again, it was probably fitting. But I don't know if I would want to refer to myself as a loner. I liked the avatar. Lastly, the signature was probably my favorite part, because although I wouldn't wear a bulky signature like that, he really put a lot of time into it and it looked cool. It managed to show some of my favorite colors, artists, links, and a quote that love all into one. So yes, I think he did a good job.
Su-Barbie-A
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Originally posted by Su-Barbie-A
Makeup Time!
What I did for Addicted and why I did it: When I messaged him and asked him what he likes and what he didn't like, he said that he loved vintage things and also the '80s so I thought a good idea would be the '80s because of the neon colors, the music, kylie minogue and all that but in my opinion it was going to be too predictable to go down that route so I went for vintage because he also told me that he used to wear Marilyn Monroe avatars and because the '20s and '30s are such classy eras where fashion, love and old Hollywood were big things.
I created 6 avatars and told him to pick the one he liked because I didn't want to give him something he wouldn't like to use, the signature is a quote from Cruel Intentions even though that's a movie from 1999 I was focused on love and seduction, the custom title was supposed to be "I got the *****, I make the votes" because he likes Brooke Candy and because womens started to vote during the '20s but it was too long so I chose a slang used during that time for something marvelous, the location is one of the first films of Marilyn that started to give her a space in Hollywood andthe NP is Material Girl by Madonna as you might know the video is inspired by Marilyn's film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".
I told him to use Century Gothic as his font because I wanted to give him a classic look, overall I went for this classy and Marilyn Monroe-sque look from the '20s.
My makeover:I do like it because right now I'm obsessed with RuPaul's Drag Race specially Alaska Thunder****, Kavish gave me this quote by Alaska but I thought it didn't make much sense nor was funny so I told him I was going to use a quote from this video:
Why are people formatting their blurbs? Like is there no limit on formatting anymore, am I going to have to go into Photoshop and design a Graphic Novel everytime I want to post in this thread? It's getting a bit silly now
Why are people formatting their blurbs? Like is there no limit on formatting anymore, am I going to have to go into Photoshop and design a Graphic Novel everytime I want to post in this thread? It's getting a bit silly now
If it makes them happy since it doesn't count for anything I guess
Oh also I forgot to write about whether I liked my makeover, I must have missed that part
I'll post it here if you wanna edit it in or w.e
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I really liked the avi I chose from Barbies list, I stan for Marilyn and have used her avatars in the past so I was pleased with that. I hated the custom title The Bee's Knees It makes me cringe. I liked the location a lot seeing as I love Marilyn ha films. I didn't mind the quote in my signature, I like the film its from and would consider using it myself. I like how Barbie ran with the vintage theme as that's a big part of my life but I think there were some touches missing.
And you are right about the sig .. I didn't think the original one was THAT good,
but you came up with something better. I'm glad you're still using the avi
Wow I didn't know we had to write in detail what we thought about our makeovers. If you want to include it or not:
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I didn't like my makeover that much. I didn't get the custom title, or location but I did like the font used for the custom title. And I can't listen to Double Rainbow seeing as it isn't out yet so I didn't get that either. I also don't like how my avi was in such low quality. However, the quote in my sig is amazing and I never knew Rihanna said it so it just made it even better. I only changed the formatting of it since I like things to be either centered or on the right. Overall, the makeover doesn't feel like me and was lacking a lot, but it wasn't terrible either.