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 8!

I am really really sorry for the long delay, but school was quite stressing and so on. But now we are back on track!

Sooo I hope you remember the last task.. No?! Well the most important thing about it is probably the prize! The winner will be walking on the runway of Linus Leonardssons(Dog_boy96) upcoming collection of Kharma. So without further delay I will announce which lucky girl will get the real modeling gig!





The winner for this task is...







Marte!
For me it was a tie between You Marte and Elle, but at the end of the day Linus had the final decision in his hands and he wanted you. So congrats, you can be very proud of yourself. Both your sceneries where stunning.What you can work on: on the shape of your body. I also think that you could have used real trousers our jeans for the guy to wear. And the motorbike wasn't placed correctly. It should have been much lower, because if the ground was so high we would see more of the guys legs. But still amazing job!

Elle:Your poses were full of creativity and innovation! I loved it. But the small mistakes(you know what I mean) can really be distracting and destroy the overall look, think about the whole scene, how styling and background harmonize. Also: Don't forget the face!

Bottom Two:

Ioana: I don't know what happened this week, but your scenery really lacked at all points. Especially the Edie Sedgewick one. Edie is one of my idols and I was expecting much after I read the explanation but the pose, clothing and whole background weren't convincing, you fall from the top to the bottom.

Isabelle: Your sceneries this week were good. Just good, nothing else. I was expecting a bit more since your sceneries weren't very consistent. You won one task, but everyone else won even more tasks!

So who stays?




Ioana. You are the one who stays! I hope that you bring your A game next week and impress us again.

I am sorry Isabelle, but you have to go. I felt like you weren't a hundred percent comitted to this competition, but you have to give your all every single time. I know you have it in yo, that's why you made it this far, but unfortunately you didn't manage to show us the true model in you. Don't stop modeling, but just choose one competition and bring your A game every singy task :).

So final 3! You know what that means?! Only one task left before the finale. You have to show us what you've got because the next task will be different from everything we did before.
And a huge thank you to Linus! You were a wonderful guestjudge and I can't wait to see Marte on the runway :).

Love, Melinda.

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

Elimination 6 !

This weeks task was very interesting. It showed that you are almost all on the same level, but it also showed that some of you might have the chance to win this.

I will make it shorter this time :).

Your personal evaluation in order from best to worst:

Elle: You had 'sloth' and that was one of the harder ones. You managed to come up with an interesting story, beautiful styling and pose. There were a few things you can improve on, but I think you really deserve to be the first, because you have improved the most throughout the competition!

Ioana: You always come up with those poses I have never seen and that's something very good. I love your creativity and you always try something new. I hope you can keep your level, the next task will show that. :)

Marte: You have always delivered good sceneries during this competition. I really appreciate that you changed your whole look. I was soo happy to see that! I love the motion you created, but I wouldn't have realized that I have to look at it from the side, myself. So it  was very confusing until you explained it . Though it was really amazing after that :P. Just make sure that it is already amazing without the explanation and the explanation just underlines the amazing-ness.

Paulina: Vanity was perfectly right for you :). But there are still some things we already told you, like the fact, that your scenery are a little dull. I know that minimalism is kinda your signature, but you sometimes have to translate that into something with a little more items ;D. Work on that, because the atmosphere really makes a scenery stand out!

Isabelle: You had by far the hardest and therefore your idea was really great. I feel like your limit of items is even smaller than mine, which is a pity. Your outfit wasn't good and that's not the first time. I know that you can do better. Show some curves when you use items to dress your doll! But keep your edginess!

Bottom 2:

Denise: You showed us quite a complex pose and I appreciate your ambition, but it wasn't well executed. You can place the tiles better and more carefully, I know that. I feel like you didn't grow much during the last tasks and that's disappointing. You are such a talented girl, but I start to ask myself if you are able to grow, or if you reached your limit.

Josie: I don't know what it was this week, but it was just a mess. Nothing was special nor very executed. And I am so sad and shocked to see that.You were almost eliminated last week, you may don't know it but it was hard for me to send Stefan home. I thought that you might have the chance to impress us more. You had problems during the last weeks and I  can understand that. So i hope you don't take it personal! I just think that you need a little more time to find yourself and you will make it big!

But for now I have to say that Josie, you are eliminated.

It gets tougher and tougher guys..

Au revoir 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

Elimination 5!

 Well hello my little Models,

I have told you that it will be getting tougher and tougher from time to time and that you have to bring your all to the competition to make it here! So I expected you to give your best and blow us away with this task. Some of you showed us how much they have improved and some... well they didn't do as good as they can. I have to say that I am a bit disappointed to say what I have to say. You all knew that this is going to be a double elimination, so I can't understand why you Fern didn't do the task. I mean on the one hand it is good for the other seven contestant, because only one more has to go! But on the other hand I feel said to see a girl go home, who has soooo much potential. And the fact that you didn't even ask me if you could have an extension makes it worse. But I wasn't willing to wait until everyone has done the task. I normally do that, if someone has a reason to not to the task. Now I think this competition needs to get forward and that is why you Fern are eliminated!

But wait we are not done, yet! Now it is time for the personal evaluation. In order from best to worst:

Isabelle: Finally! She can deliver more than one good scenery! :D I am so happy to see that from you and I can tell that you feel much more confident when doing a beauty shot. Maybe you should consider to do that whenever it fits the task?! I don't know, just don't lose the spark that you have right now, because it's wonderful!

Marte: You are never a disappointment, But please don't tell us about the negatives! I have recently done a task and thought: Oh my Gosh, why didn't I see that the arm is sooo big. I didn't say anything about the arm and it turned out that no one would even noticed it. Styling was great! And so was the make up. Maybe show us a totally different side of you next time? I am sure you will have the opportunity to do so ;].

Denise: Denise, Denise, Denise. You always give me such a hard time. I can see so much talent and potential and think, yes this girl has the little extra something but your tasks don't really show what the actual assignment was. I know you can do even better and that you will be on top of the list, if you just try to find a concept that conveys the meaning of the task I give you! You would be extraordinary. I think the next task will give you the chance to do so ;).

Elle: The thing about you is that I see you growing from week to week. You are climbing your way up to the top! And that's how real models do it ;]. We already told you where you can improve, but I see that you are listining to us(the smile on your dolls face was so refreshing!). Keep it up girl, because I see you as one of our strongest posers!

Ioana: It was a solid task. The reason why you aren't at the top of the bunch, is because you didn't put the main focus on you. If you place something that big near your face you should make sure that it underlines the intensity of the feeling you are trying to convey! Also, your expression was a bit 'Duh'. Meaning that there was no emotion. Just different eyebrows and maybe another mouth shape can do soo much! This will be important for the next task, so try to remember it!

Paulina: This week was really interesting. I was excited to see what you will come up with and I have to say you look girly and spring-ish. I think that this little 'ummph' is missing(maybe in the background). But it's always good to see yourself as the client, that helps you embody the product. You definetely showed versatility this week, again and I am impressed to see so many different sides of you. Always keep the edginess(which you did with the eyebrows... just saying :P!).

Bottom two:

Josie: I have never seen a pose like this in Dollywood before, though it I have seen it a hundred times before in real life. It was just great! And your expression, so high fashion. But still commercial. Your color scheme wasn't that convincing, there was nor harmony and think about everything before doing a scenery, like the hairstyle! It is part of your craftsmanship to know those things. You really need to work on the execution, you can use a lot more tiles to round up the joints, I think that's what you really need to work on, to bring it to the next level.

Stefan: I really didn't expect that. I knew that you had problems with the task, so I let you re-do it, but this? Your first try was far better, considering what the assignment was. I just felt like you tried too hard this time. You should just go with the flow. I sometimes have an idea stuck in my mind and I think: Ahh that will be great! And then it doesn't turn out that good, so what do I do? I start all over again. Your not at the bottom because it was weak, it just wasn't what we wanted to see. It is up and down with you. Sometimes you are brilliant and then you are so-so. I feel like you want this so much, but don't lose yourself!

So who is 'going home'? It's Stefan. I just feel that there is something missing. This little extra something, you have it but you lose it in your sceneries. I know that you can do even better and I want to make clear that it wasn't bad! Please keep on modeling and audition for the next cycle! It's just about practising.

There are a lot of modeling competitions starting right now. SNTM.XX cycle 7, Gracious.Models and FlawlessModels. 

I want you to look at these clubs and apply, because you can learn so much and when you will come back (and I really hope you do next cycle!) you will kick some ass! Stay fierce ;-*

As I told you in your personal evaluation. Some of you impressed us and some just strayed away a bit from the task. I need you to bring your all for the next task. Because this is going to be very tough and we will see who has the potential to make it to the top and who doesn't.

Gosh I can sound a bit picky and mean sometimes :D. I hope you don't think I'm a bitch. I just know that a few can do so much better! Take the criticism and learn from it!

Love you guys!

Hasta luega, Melinda