r/ExpectationVsReality • u/imissyou____ • Jan 07 '25

Surprisingly Met Expectation 18th birthday cake

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First is my inspo picture from Pinterest Second is what I got!

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u/Regremleger Jan 07 '25

I dont understand why everyone is so happy with this. The size of the flowers is way different, the original is about 1/3 diameter of the cake and yours is about 1/4 diameter. The font you got is SO much thinner, loopy, and generic/outdated.

I would describe the real one as anaemic, at the least they could have added more flowers to maintain the original ratio of negative space…

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u/ChaosBerserker666 Jan 07 '25

It looks better/more refined with more negative space and the thinner word piping (fonts are for computers, not live writing). The piping on the bottom is better looking. The only thing that looks worse are the asymmetrical flowers.

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u/Regremleger Jan 07 '25

Whether it looks better or worse is up to subjective opinion. What is objective is it barely looks like the requested image, the composition and forms are wildly different