Cycle 2:Task 1 !

Why hello and welcome to the second Cycle of Pearl.Models! It has been a long time. No actually not, but still I am REALLY excited to give the go for another amazing cycle! As you know I already announced the first six contestants. So the first thing I should do is to announce the last 6 who are going to be participating in this competition! Here are the lucky ones(in nor particular order):

7: misshorseygirl7

8: juicy-much

9: I-Love-Pigs

10: .Jhudora

11: Jannnnnu

12: Liljj123

Congratulations girls! You are now official contestants for Pearl.Models Cycle 2!
A big thank you to everyone who auditioned! It was a tough decision and I really had to think about it for such a long time, because I would have liked to give all of you the chance to show me your talent. But for now these girls [and boy] will show you what they got!

Now on to Task 1!
I have thought about something where you really have to show your creativity. It's not always about posing! Atmosphere as well as your dolls expression, the story and of course the outfit, everything is important! So for your first task, I decided to give everyone a different kind of job, which they have to portray. Here's the list:

plantation worker - Jannnnnu

artists muse - Sary.Babyfayce

roman soldier - I-Love-Pigs

hunter- starsyd3333

shaman - juicy-much

slave - xxlovexx

belly dancer - Lilijj123

pearl diver - liajm

fortune teller -  musta47

magician's assistant - .Jhudora

dompteur - Sweet_gal11

bookbinder - misshorseygirl7


Some of them are not common anymore or quite strange, but otherwise it wouldn't be much of a challenge. As I said before: It's the first task and your poses don't have to be 'in-your face-poses'. Just make sure that everything is executed very well. I want to see a great composition. However, if you are able to do complex poses and it goes well with your theme than just do it! Think out of the box and try to convey the spirit of your assigned job.
Now, you probably want to know who gets which job, eh? Well, things are going a bit different. The first 6 contestants have an edge for this part of the task! They are free to choose a job. They just have to write in the comments section which one they want and no one else can have it! When they chose I will assign the left ones to the last 6 contestants. Since Lia hasn't internet access I already assigned to her the job of the pearl diver[that's why it is roamed].

Once again here is the list of contestants who have the right to choose:

1: starsyd3333

2: xxlovexx

3:Sapphire_1000 

4: musta47

5: Sary.Babyfayce  

You five should do that as soon as possible! If you finished choosing your jobs I will tell you when the deadline is!

Have fun with it!

Some Rules & Guidelines:

+ The tasks will be completed as a club scenery and during the deadline.
+ If you have any questions or need an extension just ask me! I'll be happy to help you.
+ During the competition you shouldn't change major features on your doll, like the skin color,eyes or nose. You can change the lips and eyebrows as well as the hair, to create different expressions.
+ You have to write an explanation for every task in the comments section.
+ Since Stardoll is not glitch free you should make a screen print of your scenery before saving it. So that you can make a tinypic or an imgur for your scenery, if it doesn't load or if there are glitches.[if you don't know what either of that is, just ask me!]
+ Last but not least, poses are required!


DEADLINE is the 5th august of 2011!!!!!

Also, Lia already told me when she will be away for a few days. I am going to add anyone, who I'm not friends with, yet. Please tell me when you won't have internet access or just can't complete the task, so that i can take it into the organisation!

+ I don't know if you heard it, but Blair aka. itgonnarain is leaving Stardoll. She has been a fantastic judge for the past cycle. But now we need a new fresh judge who takes her seat. She is one of last cycle's contestants, is a successful writer for several blogs, has an upcoming fashion line, PLUS her own modeling club. She came in third last cycle and knows exactly how you feel. Her name is Elle and she is just fabulous! I am sooooo happy to have her as a judge- RockinEllee

Enough said, we are officially starting.... NOW!!

Final Task!! + Next cycle!

Our two beautiful finalists. This will be the last task for this cycle. And it will be a lot you'll have to do :D.
 I think I make it short, because otherwise I will get too emotional.

Your task will be divided in 3 parts.

1. Part: Once again you have to show us your commercial side and create a commercial for a new Covergirl's lip product. It can be a lipstick, lip gloss or a lip liner. Make sure that you are easy, breathy and beautiful and that you sell the product the best you can. You should make a beauty shot and add the name of your product as well as a commercial(not too long, maximum two boxes in the comments section). Please make it clear which part your commercial is and which part the description!

2. Part: Then...
Part two is connected with part three. You have to make a scenery which describes how you used to be. You can show us how you started in this competition or how you were as a person when you were a child. I want you to take this task personal and try to convey a specific emotion. It can be anything you want.

3. Part: Now...
So as you may have already guessed, the 3. part will be about how you feel now and how you see yourself. You should put in everything you learned about atmosphere and expression. You can make it an editorial or a story with a beginning and an end. Be creative and show us that you deserve to be the first winner of Pearl.Models! It's really close, guys!

If you have any questions feel free to ask me!

DEADLINE: The 4. of July 2011

If you need more time please contact me!

Good Luck and may the best one win!

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Now for the next cycle, there will be a twist, as I already told you! There will be 12 contestants. But some of them don't even need to apply! I will choose 6 of them before I put up the auditions! Means that if you want me to visit your suite and have a look at your sceneries, you should post your name either here or under the post I made in the club! PLUS: Three of the lucky ones will be old contestants, who had to leave too soon! If you are an old contestant(and were NOT under the final 5!!!) you might have the chance to come back for this cycle, but be fast, because I already have some people in mind!

I think that sounds quite promising, doesn't it? I can't wait to see what all the new talents come up with :). Hurry up, if you want to have the chance to become a model for the next cycle!(I'm currently working on the new prizes, which will be even better then the old ones!)

PS: If we didn't choose you to be one of the first 6 contestants, that doesn't mean that you do not still have the chance to be under the top 12! You can still apply after I posted the auditions ; ]

UPDATE: I will 'scout' for the first six models until Tuesday the 21st!

Love, Melinda!

Task 9!

Final 3!

Girls, I am sooo proud of you! From here on it's anyone's game, so give it your best with the next task!
For this task we will have a special guest judge... It will blow you away, trust me! But first I will announce the task ;).
So this week will be again a two part task. The first task is the main task and will count more than the second part. For the first task you have to create a scenery inspired by a famous painting. The paintings I have assigned to you have poses which you can't really translate into Stardoll-scenery poses. Just try to get into the vibe of the painting and make a high fashion editorial out of it! It's very common that you see a fairytale or a historical event which worked as an inspiration for fashion editorials. It can be simple or very extravagant, but make sure that your story fits the inspiration. Therefore may do some research on your assignment or the artist who painted it, or even the time in which it was made. Everything can help!

So here they are:

Ioana

'Birth of Venus' by Sandro Botticelli

Elle

'The girl with the pearl earring' by Jan Vermeer

Marte

'Whistler's mother' by James Abbott McNeill Whistler

If you have any questions or need help feel free to ask me! I would be more than happy to help you!

Now for the second part of the task. I got the inspiration from a modeling club I am currently in. It is also part of the current task and I just loved the idea! So I thought: why not do it for Pearl.Models, too? And I thought that it would be more than perfect to have the person as a guest judge, who owns the club. Now you want to know who this person is, huh? But first comes the second part:


You all have the photo function at your page, which you have to use to take polaroids of your medoll! We want to see if you are a natural beauty, so minimise your make up! The outfit shouldn't be too crazy. You have to imagine that you go to a virtual 'Go-See'(I guess you all know the term?!). You want to show your personality through your look and catch the clients attention without being over the top. After you took the photo paste the link of your photo along with your scenery description. Even in Dollywood it is important to make a good first impression. Possible clients may visit your page and think, wow I want this girl to be in my magazine. There are a lot of magazines and agencies who choose their models by surfing around and visiting tons of people. You should be always prepared ;).

DEADLINE: The 2. June 2011

I think it will be enough time. And don't forget: This is the LAST task before the finale! I'm really proud of all of you :*

Good Luck!

Love, Melinda





Wait... did I forget something? Ahh, yes! I forgot to tell you who will be the guest judge this week. It's Mel! Better known as 'bluegreen86' . One of Stardoll's super models, like the Naomie Campell of the 90's. I hope you like this comparison Mel :P. She owns THE modeling club called MelsModels. And who knows, maybe you will be in the next cycle?

Elimination 7 and Task 8!

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This has been a really really sad week. There were only 4 girls who completed the task. Meaning that Denise (ntenia) and Paulina (Pauo-Watson) are automatically eliminated. Paulina personally told me that she has to leave the competition because of  personal issues, but Denise? I gave you an extension! That's why, again(!!!!!!!) it took so long to announce the winner and the one(s) who get eliminated. It's not the first time I give an extension but I hope it will be the last time for this cycle because everything just takes soo long and I know how it feels to wait so long, since I am in modeling comps myself.

So, moving on to you personal evaluation, in order from best to worst:

At first something in general: Rounding off the edges of your joints is something you can all work on. It can take away the realism and that's not what we want as Stardoll.model! :). Also: It was sooooo hard for us to decide who gets which place because we only have the crème de la crème in this competition!

Elle: Yet again you won a task! Congrats to you my dear. You really captured the word 'action' in your scenery and it looked like you were actually moving. You are impressing us from week to week! (Loved the head tilt ;P)

Marte: Such a pity that Stardoll didn't let you put more into your scenery! We can just imagine how amazing it could have been! Pose and styling as always superb! I actually didn't thought that you can grow as much as the others because you started on top, but the body tilt, oh my! That was beautiful.

Ioana: This was just as good as the others. The styling, the curtains, your expression, you think about every little detail! It all has a story and you put the pieces together in an amazing way! This week, I have to admit that it was just my taste which put you at the 3rd place. But I want you to stay true to yourself, because that was just a minor detail!

Isabelle. I loved your inspiration and the simple background was by far my favorite, the hair and make up as well! I know your problems with putting the clothes on your doll. A tip: Place the clothes before hiding the body parts, that makes it so much more easy, trust me! Also, your joints tend to look flat and unrealistic, place the tiles more carefully and you will grow tremendously!

So, since no one is going home this week, I am going to announce the next task right now :). Girls, this is going to show us who has what it takes to win this cycle. After this task there is only one more, before the final two are competing against each other! A real modeling job is waiting for you! You will be in Choicemagazine along with this cycle's winner of MelsModels! Isn't this amazing? I know... BUT not only the winner should get the chance to work as a real model in the Stardoll-modeling industry! So talking about modeling modeling and modeling I have a little surprise for you. And guess what?! It will be about modeling! The winner of this weeks task will get the opportunity to rock the runway of Linus Leonardsson's (Dog_boy96) next Kharma collection, which will be seen at next years StardollFashionWeek! Is this good or what?(To Marte: I know that you are in the RTW collection. If you win you will also be walking in the couture collection ;] )

So, to make it a bit tougher this week, you will have to do a two part task!

First Part: Hello Mister!

You have to do a scenery with another model. But not just any model! It has to be a male model! E. g. You could use Linus himself, if you find him ;). We want you to interact with the other model. But interacting doesn't mean touching. There should be a connection we need to feel while looking at your scenery. I know that some of you already have experienced to do that kind of scenery, that's why the others have to bring their A level this time! Make it look like an editorial.

Second Part: Around The World.

For this part I was inspired by Marion Cotillards Dior handbag ad. There were 4 different cities she portrayed and you are also going to portray 4 different cities. It doesn't have to be a bag-ad or any kind of ad, because it's very hard to portray a city. So this time it would be good, to think about a story behind your scenery. Be creative and innovative! You don't have to show the city, but show it's vibe or typical things through styling and accessories.

Here are the pics of the Dior ad:

 London:

New York:

Paris:

Shanghai:

Just to get a few ideas :). Of course it isn't important in which order you do the task and there will be only one who has to leave the competition!

Your assignments:

Ioana: Moscow
Elle: Paris
Marte: Milano
Isabelle: Shanghai

If you have any question about the task, please ask me! Of course I will give you more time for this task.

DEADLINE: Saturday April 30th 2011

Good luck and have fun! :)

Love, Melinda

Task 7!

Bonjour :)

Only five girls are remaining in the hope of becoming Pearl.Models next topmodel. I will only call... Oh, I think that comes later :).

Well for this week we have ,again, something very exciting. Literally. One thing we always try to achieve, as a Stardoll-model, is to bring motion to a scenery. It can be very difficult and look kinda weird, if you don't know how to make it work. But some of you have already proofed, that they are able to bring life into the virtual world. Now it is time to see if all of you can do so. For your task you have to create a scenery in motion. You can be flying, falling, tripping, dancing, jumping, doing sports, fighting, short: everything you want ;D. Make sure that your expression fits your pose and that you make it interesting. You can be very creative, but we want to see ACTION! I don't even dare to say it, but horse hair might be good to use at this point. But there are a few hairstyles that you can also use for this task(Of course you can use which one you like, just ask yourself if it is appropriate for your pose). As always, you can ask me whaterver you want, if something is unclear.

I have some pictures for you, how a action/motion shot can look like. Some of them are real photos, some of them are my own work :) :

DEADLINE: TUESDAY APRIL 11th 2011

Good luck to everyone. I am really excited to see the results :).

Love, Melinda

Task 6!

So hello girls!

We are down to the final 7! Ohhh my gosh! Isn't it amazing? You left half of the contestants behind you and that is something you can really be proud of! Moving on to the task. I thought about even before creating the club, because I always wanted to do it myself. So here you have the chance to do a task I still wait to do :). Your task is it to create a scenery inspired by the 7 deadly sins. I want you to be really creative and show us your very own take on your individual sin. Of course the judges and I always love to see when the girl becomes the sin herself, so keep that option in mind ;). I have found a picture that I thought would be great to show you, because it shows the different side of every sin. There are some that are easier and some that are harder, but I want you to take that as a challenge and maybe even research it, because there are many interesting things in the internet and books. I also think that your facial expression is soo important, so play with features. Just don't change your eyes or nose. But lips, Eye brows and hair. You can go crazy with the make up as long as it fits the theme and is high fashion. Just go for it! Of course you can ask me questions if something sin't clear.

Also there is a surprise for you guys. I decided that you should get a reward for your hard work. The winner of this task will get immunity for the next task! I hope that gives you enough enthusiasm to do your best

Here is the picture I was talking about[click on it to enlarge]:

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You don't have to copy the picture or the way your sin is embodied there. It's just to help you if you have no clue.

Another picture from America's Next Top Model cycle 4. [I chose my name to be .naima, because of the beautiful girl in green, portraying envy, who won this cycle ;)]. The sins in order: Vanity, Envy, Lust, Wrath, Gluttony, Avarice, Sloth.

Now on to who gets which sin:

Isabelle: Gluttony(it is probably the hardest, but after you won the last task I want to see if you can continue to impress us)

Marte: Lust (remember that I said you can show us a different side? I always see you as a very androgynous girl, which is great! But now I want to see something really feminine)

Denise: Wrath

Elle: Sloth (Might be tough but I just have a feeling that you can pull that off!)

Ioana: Avarice

Paulina: Vanity

Josie: Envy

In the last post I forgot to say thanks to Gabby, our guest judge for the last task. You did an amazing job! And I think you she gave you very constructive critique and hopefully helped you a lot!

DEADLINE: 27th March 2011

Good luck to you!

Love, Melinda

Task 5 !

Wow Models!

This is already the 5. task and we are on our way to find the first winner of Pearl.Models ever. I know there are still a lot of tasks ahead of us, but I often get sentimental. Anyways, the challenges that will come are going to be bigger and better! I feel like we need to heat the competition a bit up. Therefore I have to tell you something. And let me guess..mhh, you will not be very happy! By the end of this task there will be 7 models. But currently we have 9. So, this time we have a double elimination! That means that you have to give even more than the last tasks. The chance of leaving is very high, so being in the bottom this time will probably end very sad.

It's spring!

For the task. We will give you a bit more freedom again. But there is one little thing that is new. You have to do a beauty shot. That means we will see your doll from chest upwards. Once again we want to see your commercial side, but it can be a little edgy. I hope that you can use the things you learned from the perfume challenge and show us how much you have grown. It will be a make up commercial. It's theme is spring. So you can be very colourful, if you want to. Don't forget: Make sure that the viewer should really want the make up you are wearing. No script or name necessary. Just one little tip: You may put the focus on one part of your face, like the lips or the eyes, don't overdo it. And please don't use horse hair if it doesn't look real. It will be a huge disadvantage. Trust me!

The guest judge for this weeks task will be gabby1822. She is a model herself and in the current cycle of MelsModels. She is also a judge for DistinctModels, so you can be sure that she knows what modeling is about!

If you are a non superstar and don't know how to do it or don't really know what to do in general, you can come to me and ask your questions. 

DEADLINE: 14th March 2011!  

Love, Melinda

Task 4!

Well hello my little Pearls! 

It's time to announce task 4. And I have to say that I really love this task. But I am honest with you guys, it wasn't my idea. I saw it in another club called DistinctModels owned by alice2078. I think auditions for the next cycle will start soon.

So you are probably asking yourself what your task is, right? Well, your task is it to create a scenery based on a genre of movie.If you have any questions feel free to contact me. I want you to know that you always can ask your questions if you don't have a clue what to do or if you have a specific ide but you are not sure if you are allowed to incorporate it into your scenery. Be creative with this one, You can tell your own story and make it kind of your movie if you want to. Show us a scene or anything you want, as long as it has something to do with your genre. I am really looking forward to seeing what you will do! I know that you will impress the judges and me.

Here are the different genres I have assigned to you:

iovanca: Romance

Emo.Punk.Emo: Drama

lauren-d: Action

JosieMae8445: Dancing Movie

Pauo-Watson: Thriller

Sweet_gal11: Science-Fiction

RockinWllee: Adventure

ntenia: Crime

Foxy_Roxie: Horror

(Again: If you don't know what to do, we can talk about that and you may get another genre BUT only in case of need ;P, so try your best!) 

Deadline: 28th February 2011!

Good luck to all of you!

Love, Melinda

Task 3!

Hello Models!

It's time for the next task and I hope you like it as much as I do. But first things first! I am sorry for the delay, we all have been busy these days me as well as some of the other judges. Now were back on track!

This time, we ant to see a more commercial side of you. After the last task was all about high fashion! So your task is it to create a Perfume Ad! You don't need to write a script, but if you have an idea for it or a possible name, tell us! Again you have pretty much freedom. Just make sure, that you sell the product in a way we would like to buy it! You can make this a  beauty shot, which means, that your medoll is shown form the chest upwards. I have posted some tips for the use of horse hair and I will post more and more tips, to help you with your work. Just a few things: If you are using horse hair (which I think is always very ambitious), make sure that it looks realistic! Even I have still problems with using it in an appropriate way, sometimes! And if you do a beauty shoot, it is soo important to have the right expression on your face. It should fit the theme! JUST A LITTLE TIP: I am not a huge fan of speech bubbles in sceneries, so if you have an idea for the name and you want to include the name into your scenery, be creative but don't go with the obvious! You can always write it in your explanation. BUT AS I SAID, you don't have to find a name ;D !

Also: We have an amazing guest judge for this week... it's Linnea a.k.a. .pease. ! She is a high fashion supermodel here on Stardoll and I adore her sceneries (Check out the interview I did with her here on the blog). She truly knows what it takes to be a model and I hope you are as lucky as me that we have her as  guest judge this week!

DEADLINE : 16 February 2011 ... I hope you spent Valentines day with your beloved :].

Here are some pictures of the beautiful Miss Dior Chérie - campaign:

Love, Melinda