Comments from the SpaceSuit Design Contest 2008:
- Judge "A" says:
- I was drawn to Lightfoot's entry both by the design and the humor right away. The suit is a combination hard/soft suit where the ears are handled by extensions on the helmet. The helmet isn't merely a bubble - featuring a cover with embedded light (?). The suits also show a lot of detail - like helmet rings, gloves, and knee protectors - giving a sense that the suits are functional. Both girls are nicely placed into their setting - even if HoniBuni has claimed more than half of it.
- I was drawn to Lightfoot's entry both by the design and the humor right away. The suit is a combination hard/soft suit where the ears are handled by extensions on the helmet. The helmet isn't merely a bubble - featuring a cover with embedded light (?). The suits also show a lot of detail - like helmet rings, gloves, and knee protectors - giving a sense that the suits are functional. Both girls are nicely placed into their setting - even if HoniBuni has claimed more than half of it.
- Judge "B" writes:
- Lightfoot - Personal Territory
- Using very functional looking spacesuits, Lightfoot constructs a drawing that's "picture perfect". The muted color scheme is realistic, and while the gravity would be miniscule on this asteroid I very much like seeing Snowi and Honi having different gravitational orientations. The "earsocks" look like they'd work, and I'm oddly fond of the wrecked spaceship looking like a 9-volt battery with wings. Finally, this panel had the best dialogue of any of the entries. If there's one small suggestion that would improve the picture, it would be to make the shadows solid rather than using shades of gray, but that's a minimal improvement on a very good picture.
- Discussion: Contest Time! SnowBuni SpaceSuit Design in the Pseudo Comments forum
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