Welcome everyone! Robin here with my unsolicited opinions on the looks for this week’s episode of DNTM5. It’s All-Stars season, so Dimi has begged and pleaded the best of the best non-winners to come back and compete again, and I’m going to give my thoughts on their looks till I lose interest/burnout (hopefully longer this time). Since the rules have changed for this season, I’m going to change my rules too because I can do it! I’m still going to critique the photos like usual, but I’m going to give out STARS! Because it is All-Stars! Plus I will be awarding the top photo from each model per season and which season had the overall best photos for that episode as well! Finally, remember: will I be critiquing you on if this will be on Vogue or Truck Stop Monthly? Probably not. Someone else can do that. I’m just having fun looking at the photos and not taking it too seriously. It isn’t like this game is life or death. Or is it??? 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Category Theme: 🌺 Botanical World 🌿 ℹ️A world where flowers and plants are larger than life. Pose CONFIDENTLY among GIANT BLOOMS and OVERSIZED leaves, creating a striking high-fashion editorial image. Styling, pose, and expression should work in HARMONY with the surreal botanical setting to deliver a POWERFUL and ELEGANT fashion shot.ℹ️ What I’m Looking For: 🟢An image with flowers/plants that demonstrate a larger-than-life atmosphere or some resemblance of it in your story. 🟢A pose that shows confidence 🟢Styling in your outfit, the pose, and facial expression working together with the setting. 🟢Overall shot delivers something powerful and elegant 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 First Up! Season 1 Gabs: This is a nice image. The model fits well with the scenery and gives a statue-like fairy feel, like the one you would encounter on a quest. Maybe you know this land, and you encounter the traveler to tell them about the dangers it might bring. The pose looks fine to me. I think, depending on the scenery/situation, it might not be the best, but it works well for this, and it lets you show more of the great outfit you have. Maybe open the arm more that holds the flower you have. Speaking of styling, I love the whole ensemble, and everything goes together with the outfit, style, and scenery. I love your hair blowing in the wind, and the sparkles (or maybe seed things) in the background make it look like it is windy in the back without being too over dramatic where we could lose focus on you. I don’t think I’m getting full powerful in the shot, but I do see elegance with the colors and brightness. I think maybe if you opened up more that would help, but I do like the pose in general. AngieKStan: I think this is a fine image, but when I think of Angie, I don’t think of casually lying down. I think of fierce, striking, showstopping, which the colors of the image give, but the body/pose is not; we will get to that in a moment. The overall image doesn’t fully give a larger-than-life atmosphere. Yes, the mushroom looks kinda big, but everything else looks average size to me. I see a waterfall in the background, and all I’m thinking is, dam what if you were there? Underneath that, and then surrounded by these gorgeous flowers that are very big. I think that would be better. This is giving " Hey, come to this paradise vibes. The pose is okay, but it needs more confidence because I see your (right arm) just dangling (from my perspective), and it should be more on your leg or something. That would have helped more. The face is stunning though; no note on that besides stunning, and I love that clavicle. What you do present, though- with the outfit, pose, and facial expression- does work together, just not fully what the prompt was asking, but I am not going to discredit something that is good even if it missed the prompt in my eyes. Overall, I think the shot was fine, but I think you could have gone another mile with it to make it so much better. Ohemgee: When I first saw this, I was getting disco 70’s vibes. Maybe the bell-bottom pant legs or the bangs you had, but I liked it. I like the concept of the photo, but I think the execution was a tad off. Part of me thinks of the angle of the shot. You lose focus of the Venus flytraps, and to me the story is you being surrounded by them, but you don’t give a flying shit about it. We lose that from the angle. Maybe if you had different sizes that could have helped, or have them closer to you, but I must say I do love the palm tree sunset in the background; it makes me want to preorder GTA6 so bad. I like the pose. The hand on your hip and your overall stank face (which is a compliment and gives Allison Dilaurentis from Pretty Little Liars vibes) help sell this so well. The styling of the outfit is interesting. I like the outfit and the accents of the leaves/flowers around it, but I’m a bit mix on the pink part because it kind of blends in a bit with the plant you are on. Maybe make the plank a bit darker to help with that and what about wearing some stockings and gloves because it does match your skin tone a lot. I can’t think of a color that would best fit (my mind jumps to green, but there could be others), but be aware of the color blocking. Hopefully Torimarie can give some feedback on it in the critiques because they probably had to deal with similar stuff like you did on their season. Besides that, I think the overall shot delivers something powerful, maybe some elegance, but a lot of power. Jordie: This is a good start. The first thing that catches my attention is the pose, and it is very elegant but you show command in it. I love the wind flowing in your hair, and that helps so much with it. The image is fine; I sent a larger-than-life atmosphere, but it isn’t super grand. If I replaced the flowers with leaves, then it wouldn’t be a big difference, but it still fits what was being asked in a superficial way. One thing I did notice was your fingers looked a bit off on both hands. The hand pointing down the middle finger looks like it was placed last minute and got squished to a mini finger, while the hand touching the flower looks like you have extra fingers and they are turning into tentacle fingers. Be careful with that because I don’t know how the judges will respond, especially with this being All-Stars. Besides that, I think the styling of the outfit is nice, low-key; the outfit looks like it was made from the flowers, which I say as a compliment, and I could see this in a magazine, especially like a fragrance ad because the flowers you are around give me perfume stuff, and I think they usually show off the notes in an ad. Next Up is Season 2: KaliMinaj: I really don’t want to get banned for saying this, but the image looks like the birds are helping you choke yourself. They have the string and if you follow it straight to your neck with that dark shadow...Disney Princess got a kink which I guess to each their own. Besides that, I think this is a fine image, but I not meeting the prompt. Part of it might be the birds, but I think another is that the flowers behind you don’t demonstrate a larger-than-life atmosphere in the image. They just give a backdrop, and that is it and I think they need to be more involved with the image, hence the “larger than life” part. The pose is fine; the arm that is lying down next to you feels a bit awkward. Part of me wished you were in some of the water, like your dress was touching so why can’t you? Maybe one leg up or something? I also wished your hair was tied up. I can see the vision of this being a great photo; I just think a couple of more touches would have helped. I like it, but I just don’t think it fully stands out the best from other photos I’ve seen. Medusaluh: So I’ve seen from other people that your photo or outfit is like a reference (I think), but I am not going to Google that because that isn’t my pay grade. I must say, I hope to see more of your own personal style/brand unless you just do references, which is perfectly fine; that is your thing (which is something for all). Usually I see like a signature color, or maybe a country, or always having a purse. With that being said, I’m just going to give my input on the image and no outside stuff. The photo is interesting. Clearly taken from an old camera, maybe hand-painted because of the texture/style. At first glance, I thought it was one of those background people posts where the feet aren't on a flat surface, which makes the background look awkward, but clearly I see it is a flytrap. It is kind of giving me the impression that you are in a windstorm as well. I like it because of the juxtaposition of the model being very calm, especially in dangerous situations. I’m not the best fan of the pose because it is just standing there, but it does help with the story, though. The outfit is interesting. It is giving me, I am going swimming. I get out of the pool, then I trip and fall into a patch of grass, and I took half of the grass with me when I stood back up. This was a bold risk, and I think overall it was a hit, with some choices that could be hit or miss depending on the person. It makes you think. Manyomash This is so gorgeous! So beautiful, it is giving wedding-day realness. The flowers are big and blooming. Your pose is giving, look, it is my special fucking day, and if anyone wears fucking white I will make sure they will suffer an agonizing death. The style of the scenery, the flowers, and you is chef kiss. It probably looks so comfortable too. I know I only look at magazines for the pictures of men’s butts, but I could see this in a bridal one very easily. This is a great start to the competition, and I will fight on a hill if anyone says this is bad. I have my knife ready (for banning purposes, I do not have a knife, don’t ban me, please). Maris This is cute! I love the color choices you made with this, and sitting on the flower in a way that lets us see the whole flower is a nice touch. It is a beautiful scene, well most of it. The two giant leaves are kind of eh. Part of me wishes they were on the side of the image, sort of like fanning you like palm fronts, or maybe just gone in general and show off a beautiful backdrop. They aren’t horrible, but I think better options could be used. The dress is really nice, and I love the hairpiece you have too. The pose is cute, but the hand pose next to your face is a bit weird. It looks like you are trying to do the call me sign, and it just throws away the fantasy. I think if you just mimicked what the other hand was doing it would be okay, or have a flower in your hand and throw it in the air. Something than what you were doing there. Also, maybe it is me and not being a fan of feet, but the foot on the right side (one not in the water) looks weird, more specifically the toes. They look way to long and not proportioned right like the other foot, and we didn’t get sad sob backstory that you had a messed-up foot from saving someone from a burning fire, so be aware of that cause as mentioned before, idk how strict the judges will be on this stuff because it is All-Stars, but I feel like they will be. Besides that, good job! Next Up is Season 3: Seong This is great! It’s giving warrior-type vibes, who is either preparing for a final battle or maybe a wedding...maybe both??? I do think the flower/plants demonstrates a larger-than-life atmosphere but you did it in a way where it didn’t engulf you, which allowed you to add other elements like the Geese (or is it a Swan????, I want to say Goose). I like the darkness in the setting, but still enough moonlight to lighten you up. Part of me wished you had a little bit of light in the center of the flowers that were in the water to illuminate it more, but that is me being nit picky/curious. I The pose is great. The body is open and as you are directly looking up you are focused on the fan and it is strong. Every part of your body has purpose; nothing is just letting loose. Powerful and elegant for sure in this photo and it draws me in to wonder what is going to happen next. After finishing this, I think maybe illuminating a bit of the darkness would help with the flowers a bit because we don’t want those to get lost since that was teh prompt. Thiii I think this is neat. There are some choices that I think I would have made differently, but that is the joy of this competition. The perspective of how the photo was taken is interesting because it makes the person taking the photo small, and the WHOLE world is larger than life, including the model, which was a fun take. I think the story here is maybe you are trying to show off the shoes, like maybe an ad for that or something, but I’m not a fan of the outfit and here is why. Everything blends together. Yes, we can see some of the different layers, but the colors all blend in, and at a quick glance, that could be one bodysuit, or a first draft 3D Printed Outfit. I love the details on the shoes, but they look a bit pale. They could have been more standout since the focus was on the perspective that I’m seeing in this photo, or did something different with the shoe. I don’t know what your vision was, but that is what I was getting. I think if that was executed well this would be an interesting risk that would work well (for me tbh). The pose is good; the face, though, is giving me bratty child. Maybe it is the two random-ass pigtails (which either can go or be put somewhere else; they felt off). Overall, I like the concept, it is something different so far, but I think some choices were a bit off. I think this would be a fun image to play around more to make it grander and sharper, though. honey Part of me wished that Dimi kept the non-elimination part a secret because this look gives me I just found out this week nobody goes home, so I’m good vibes. It just feels safe. You are just chilling on a giant flower, and that is it. This is a good start, but it needs to go up a couple of more levels. The pose is giving standing-up-lying-down vibes. I could Photoshop you onto a beach chair, and people could think, oh, you are lying down, and never think you were actually originally standing up. The outfit is fine; I wish the entire thing covered your feet, but I do like the lace parts. The details, like there is no sign of wetness on the bottom of the cape/drape touching the water, take things out of the illusion. I just wish you did a bit more on this one. Goomybear You love that purple. I must commend you on the color blocking because I feel like that was like an issue I mentioned before since you used a lot of purple tones. Would like to see some diversity in other colors, but if you can work your purple nurple, then purple it. I think the image is fine. I don’t see a larger-than-life situation. In your case, I think you need to be engulfed by it or maybe change the lighting to more of a nighttime setting. I like the upper part of the pose. Very dainty in a nice way. I do wish the hand that is in the plant had something on it. Idk what plant you are touching or if that is a real plant or not, but I think it would be neat if something was on it, to give it more of a realistic (in the sense of the photo) touch. I don’t know what I’m seeing with the foot pose. Maybe it is the feet-only part or just how it is presented because I’m confused. I’m not getting confident. I do love the styling of the outfit though; it does give me like a camouflage style from a certain angle and you could be that plant. Hell maybe the story is that you are being chased by a hunter and use that camo to hide from them. Overall, not a bad first shot. Lewis First, the scenery/backdrop for this shot is breathtaking. I love the colors, and that giant ass flower is so nice, and the way it balances/works with your dress is great! The only critique I have on it is that the portion underneath the flower is a bit weird with the coloring. It gives aquatic colors. I think if you changed the color of the sky into a bright blue sky, it wouldn’t confuse me with underwater colors, especially since the purple flowers give me coral reef vibes lol. Everything else, though, I love! The pose is nice and I like you holding your dress. I am not a big fan of the other arm on your head/eyes close part. The way it looks kind of gives like “shit I have a long day ahead; I gotta get through this”. I think you need to have more of a “wow look at this amazing day. I’m beautiful, baby” vibe, so maybe a pose like eyes open, smiling, using your hand to push your hair back because it is breezy. I think that would look a bit better and show confidence. Also, if you see the clouds, they are giving cumulonimbus (spelling) which could lead to a storm, and we don’t want that so maybe a more uplifting pose could balance it out. Those little details I”m poking at. Overall, good job! Finally Season 4 GuiltyAsSin This is an interesting one. It doesn’t scream larger than life to me, but I feel like the frame situation has something going on with it. I like you doing the whole holding the frame, stepping in or out of it? I do think there are some technical errors, though, to be aware of, such the stepping part, because the image has you stepping through the image, but from looking at it you are already through the image unless your pose is supposed to be that; then it just looks kind of weird to be honest. Then there is that awkward blur at the bottom of the image and on the left side too, which I don’t understand either. I think I could look past the pose part for now (even though it is All-Stars), but the out-of-the-blue blur parts idk, unless that was something you didn’t do. I would also say that tree in the background is distracting because it is the same type of wood as the frame, so it looks like a weird copy is happening. I think if you move it in a way where it isn’t in your focus, it would look a bit better, or maybe just do something in general, but maybe you had a vision, and I just didn’t get it. Besides that, I do like the outfit; it is very nice, but doesn’t fully fit the scenery...maybe the sand, but nothing related to the blue part. I think the overall picture does offer a mystery, though, but since I know what the prompt is I don’t think I can say it is a mystery. Marquis This is giving me Whoville meets Riverdale meets Tim Burton who made out with Ryan Murphy in the closet for 7 mins vibes. The outfit is an interesting touch, and it does well with the background, but idk if it fits well with the scenery. It feels out of place, like we could put you somewhere else that is much more suited for you. The pose is okay; I think the way you have your foot up is placed where it doesn’t seem connected to the flower, but your face feels a bit emotionless. Maybe because the outfit is causing pain or something. Lowkey I know male avi’s need outfits so this could be something sold in the shops, but besides that, I just think this was a miss. What I think would be better is if you were wandering in the forest in a dark cherry color flowers blooming, surroundings with maybe a warm amber/fire background, sort of like a medieval times atmosphere. Maybe you could be a prince looking for your love and you are cutting through those blooming flowers or something because this is not giving. Fancy I like this. This is giving very funky beats vibes as you are walking through this field. The flower you have your hand on is giving like a fancy cane you have. I like how you are staring at the camera to give some sense of eye smooching to the person looking at it. I do wish you showed some crushed flowers on the ground to give some color on it, but I guess your shoes helped, and I am not a fan of the clouds. I wish it was either full dark with illumination or just clear blue skies. The cumulonimbus ones are not working out for me, but after seeing the image for the 10th time, I think the flower you are holding isn’t a cane, but an umbrella, which makes me wish we had some resemblance of rain happening to help with that. Besides that, great start! CupidStunt This is giving me a romance novel cover. I like the atmosphere that this photo brings, but the issue I’m having is your outfit kind of absorbs into the flowers a bit. I wish you made the rose colors more stereotypical red (so a bit brighter) so we can see them more, because I think that will make your outfit color easier to see. Maybe add a necklace too; well, you have one but something else and bigger. That small key ain’t unlocking big secrets in this romance land. We know he loves you, but do we know if he is your cousin or not (idk what secrets are revealed in these stories so we are going with the cousin theory)? I think it is interesting that you are holding onto giant stem of a rose. I wonder how much the photo would improve if you pricked your hand and had blood dripping on from it, might be bad ass or not. The pose looks fine but something about the legs looks a bit weird but maybe it is the lighting that makes like that. Overall, I think you have a fine photo, just small little improvements to move it up more. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Results Top Photo from Each Season Season 1: Gabs Season 2: Manyo Season 3: Seong Season 4: Fancy Average Scores From Each Season: Season 1: 3 Stars Season 2: 3 Stars Season 3: 2.9 Stars Season 4: 2.5 Stars 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Rankings: 1st: Manyo 2nd: Seong 3rd: Fancy 4th: Gabs 5th: Medusa 6th: Maris 7th: Jordie 8th: Lewis 9th: Ohemgee 10th: Thii 11th: Goomy 12th: Angie 13th: Cupid 14th: Kali 15th: Guilty 16th: Marquis 17th: Honey 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 As you can see with my process, in any ties I just went with which photo I liked better in the tie and went from there. With fewer photos, I can be more critical and add more categories to avoid these stakes, but again these are my opinions; they have no impact, just for funsies. So we will see how my critiques went with the actual judges soon (like now because I saw Dimitra post the blog) and will update the stats when Episode 2 photos are posted! Looking forward to the next set of photos. #DNTM5 #SorryIForgot #DimiThrewAChairAtMe #DontDoItAgainBitchSheSaid