User blog:Chrismh/Coord Competition Round 18: Floral Fashions

''Usually I try to wait at least a week before starting up the next round- but I am so excited, actually, we both are! That's right, I'm not the only one working this round ;3 this is a collab round between myself and Jo SHININGSTAR. We both came up with the round theme and what-not, and we'll both handle judging. Be warned, this round is ultra-hard!''

''But first.... ''

Top 3

 * NightBellRose - It was perfect, both in color and styling. Everything looks great paired together, and while I was concerned over the shoes not having any sort of sock, but at least they aren't sandals or impracticle heels. Everything combined to create a lovely fall outfit~
 * LauraSakuraba and Otaku0910 - For both of them, the colors chosen had be concerned greatly since they kinda screamed spring, not fall. However, they also provided earthy tones to balance them out and create sweet, practical fall attire any cute idol would want.
 * Ruruzuzu - This one definitely kept the color scheme I was requesting in mind. Overall I loved the first three pieces- they matched so well. The only problem I had was that while I liked the coloring of the boots, for some reason to me they looked strange.

Storyline
(I came up with this part on my own XD you guys know me, I like to add a little story to these~) 



''The "Sweet Blossom Flower Shop" has become in bad shape and is in desparate need of repairs. However, the young, budding florist, Sakura Midori, is having trouble getting business due to the shops odd location. 'To repay her for her kindness and efforts towards them, several Idols have decided to band together and hold a performance at her shop to catch the eye of fans and flower lovers alike while wearing special, one-of-a-kind, unique flower fashions! ''

Rules

 * Creativity will be judged this round as well. You can earn creativity points by different criterias, such as those of below.
 * The more the types there are in your coord, the higher the creativity will be.
 * The more variation the collections of where the card is from, the higher the score.
 * You have to base your coord on an actual flower!
 * However, you are not allowed to use common flowers: Rose, Daisy, Sunflower, Tulip, Lilac, Lavender, Lily. The more unheard the flower is, the higher your creativity points could get as well.
 * You are forbidden from using Coords from My Little Heart.
 * You're only allowed 1 cute piece in the entire coord.
 * You can't use any coord piece with flowers on it. This includes patterns.
 * You have to tell us what flower you used when you submit your entry. If you're basing it off a special color variation of what the flower typically looks like, kindly describe the flower to us, or leave a link of an image online when you submit.
 * Failure to follow any rule will count in the coord being disqualified, but not yourself so you are free to try again if we have to do that.
 * Also, because I know Jo would want me to include it; do not upload duplicates. I can't be held responsible for what Jo does if you do XD
 * The winners of this round will have a custom made image of your coord outfit like the one below in Jo's example coord for you to display on your user page. (co-host round exclusives)

Mine
I provided 2 examples because I honestly couldn't decide which one was better. I used the same skirt (but alternate colors) for both, because look at it, it looks like a flower. How could I not use it? It's the only cute piece both coords have as well. I'm not overwhelmingly happy with either, but I spent at least an hour trying to do these and I'm not really feeling well, besides, mine are only examples so they don't need to be perfect as long as they follow rules.

Coord 1 - I know the shoes are a little out of place, but I really wanted to use them. The coord overall kind of reminds me of cosmos flowers, even though I can't say it's shaped very flowery; the way the colors sort of gradiate between light and dark reminds me of them. Which is why I chose an accessory that would match by combining the darker bold colors with the pastels.

Coord 2 - I think this one came out a bit more successful. I saw a picture of some flowers called a calendula that were yellow-orangey like this... or maybe marigold flowers, or a Ranunculus...

I like flowers but I can't say I have the patience to try to find one to make coords from.

Jo
I went with one coord because I poured my heart into this thing, and I am workin' it girl! I have based mine off the bird-of-paradise, with its flowers being orange represented in the top, and the leaves of the beautiful plant in the skirt. The purple represents the small buds in between the orange. A coord like this is where you can earn a great amount of creativity points. I incoorperated a premium rare top and a winged accessory, and these are challenging pieces. Now, its not that I'm saying I encourage you to use these items because it can be difficult, and if it goes wrong it can go down.