Friday, December 30, 2011

Formspring: IF you could show just ONE cap that you thought was your best, what would it be?

Someone asked this question in Formspring.. It's more difficult than it sounds... "Best" by what definition? Best writing, best picture, best matching of text to picture, best/most professional appearance... etc..

It's hard for me.. I have roughly 350 caps posted here... At least 50 I REALLY like a lot, and I enjoy all of them.. trying to winow it down to just one feel's like Sophie's Choice....

Not to be a jerk, but is a caption with 5 panels still just "a" caption..? If it is, then "Ron's Summer Dream", hand's down. Not only is it my personal favorite, but it as the most fully fleshed-out story, the best overall writing, and I think does an excellent job of having you feel like that story goes with those particular pics...

Some of my more recent caps are more slick and (hopefully) professional-looking, "Are You Ready", and "Prom Protest" spring to mind, but for the complete combo-pack of writing/story, pic and overall impact, I don't think they are "better", just better done, if that makes any sense...

For single panel one-shots.. these are my top 3, at the moment :)

3rd Place

A typical sweet/sentimental Ron/Steffi cap. Visually, it's NOT impressive.. Really poor choices for scheme and layout... but the actual story/writing and the pic work so well together (to me), that I'd like to think this is a cap that is greater than the sum of it's parts :)


2nd Place:

This is a long-time fave of mine.. In this source pic, Hayden is wonderfully and perfectly feminine... without being over-the-top "sissy", or porn star curvy... The story is simple and poignant.. and the pic works very well with the back/white color scheme, with no fancy effects.


1st Place

Most strangely.. a "magic" caption :) This was a trading caption for Miss Simone. I think the story is well told, matches the pics very well, and stands really well as a single caption. I think the presentation is nice... easy to read and follow... visually interesting. If I had to pick one that was the best overall cap that I can do, this would likely be it:)

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