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wirdou wrote:Well, I wanted to give a surprise with this design, because I'm really happy with it. It's been a loooooot of work, but I think it's worth it... But I really need some feedback to choose. BLACK OR WHITE? It's like 50-50 from the people I've asked. Hope you can help me and also hope you like it! Thanks a lot!:D:D:D

I MUST have this! This is an awesome shirt. Both ink colors are nice, but I think I prefer BLACK!

lisonallie wrote:here is a design I am working on. Any thoughts? Also it'll probably be in 1 line when it's done lol, this is just the way I sketched it.
(JOURNEY image)

It's a great concept. Something to bear in mind with a design like this is that the more specifically you draw people, the fewer people will identify with the images. In the current design, because you drew realistically, the people are distinctly caucasian, a man and a woman, and very gender-normative. That leaves a lot of people out.

A more symbolically drawn pair of people (and yeah, one of them can still have long hair and the other short, I'm not suggesting they have to be perfectly generic stick figures) would work better as a universal shirt about love.

nessa204 wrote:
**snip**

**I've edited this 4 times already and even though the file sizes have been changed on the host site it doesn't look like the thumbs here ever will
Right/command click "view image" I guess? **

Woot caches all images to their local server immediately, even if you're only previewing your post. The new image could be from the same host but would need a different name.

So I think that my other design didn't fit the theme well (on page 4 of the forum). So I changed it just a bit. What do you think? Do you like the royal blue or black better?

wirdou wrote:Well, I wanted to give a surprise with this design, because I'm really happy with it. It's been a loooooot of work, but I think it's worth it... But I really need some feedback to choose. BLACK OR WHITE? It's like 50-50 from the people I've asked. Hope you can help me and also hope you like it! Thanks a lot!:D:D:D

Well, I like the white it looks good and clean. The black doesn't seem to stand out as much on that shade of green.

thewronggrape wrote:I love the way you formed your letters, but the story being told is a bit too sappy for my taste.

Bear in mind that this is coming from the person who wants toe fungus on a shirt!

shikausstan wrote:So I think that my other design didn't fit the theme well (on page 4 of the forum). So I changed it just a bit. What do you think? Do you like the royal blue or black better?

On black - I like this alot more than your original and will vote. Nicely done.

shikausstan wrote:So I think that my other design didn't fit the theme well (on page 4 of the forum). So I changed it just a bit. What do you think? Do you like the royal blue or black better?

Love this. Prefer the black.

Definition of a computer genius: anyone who knows more than you.

some of these designs i cant even read...

gement wrote:It's a great concept. Something to bear in mind with a design like this is that the more specifically you draw people, the fewer people will identify with the images. In the current design, because you drew realistically, the people are distinctly caucasian, a man and a woman, and very gender-normative. That leaves a lot of people out.

A more symbolically drawn pair of people (and yeah, one of them can still have long hair and the other short, I'm not suggesting they have to be perfectly generic stick figures) would work better as a universal shirt about love.

ok I see what you mean!! thank you for the suggestion : ). I wonder if I did silhouettes instead of specific eyes and stuff it would be more general. I get too caught up in details ^^;.

axphw1 wrote:Here's my entry

Is this a word?

leprechaungirl wrote:Is this a word?

It says Noir.

lyonscc wrote:

LOVE IT

Favorite design I've seen so far!

Mavyn wrote:This is really well done, but other than as a JFK reference, that's not a popular term in the States. Is it? I've not seen anywhere selling a berliner, anyway.

Nah, they're just jelly donuts in the US and it's meant to be a JFK reference. I've always thought it was funny... but apparently only people who know/remember that anecdote in the states can read the shirt. Poo.
I already did the work, I guess

Thanks for the reply!!!
(cfdunbar, too!!! And thanks for the help/tips: Dolemite & Thunderthighs!)

raccoonbacon wrote:Actually, as of March 2011, "LOL" has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

CNN Living from March 25, 2011
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-25/living/oxford.new.words_1_new-words-oxford-english-dictionary-usage?_s=PM:LIVING

Wikipedia entry (look at the 3rd paragraph)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL

Looks like this should be a valid entry...

As a word? M-W added it as an abbreviation.

Is it just me, or do a lot of these shirts look like they are using more than one color in the design? There are several really good ones that might get chopped because of that rule.

I'd be interested in seeing someone do a take on Gordon Gekko's "Greed is good."

I wish I had it in me to enter this week, but taking care of a man with a hurt back is pretty draining stuff. D: Can't wait to see everyone's entries, though!

Here's my entry for the day gents! And I do say good day to you all!

Surprised no one did "WOOT".

Am I going crazy or is the Community design gone?

aerc712 wrote:Am I going crazy or is the Community design gone?

No I can't find it either. I even went in my history and the link takes me to the main derby page.

auntieclo wrote:Surprised no one did "WOOT".

Really tough to do that and not run afoul of the 'no woot references rule'. But if you're the type that likes a challenge (and rejections), go for it!

axphw1 wrote:No I can't find it either. I even went in my history and the link takes me to the main derby page.

According to Shirt.What it was rejected and removed by the artist. Comment was 'we can't run this' so I'm guessing it's too close to something from the show (no clue, never seen it).

kaleidoscopicfailure wrote:Here are a few color options utilizing the text in white.

Blue




Navy


Black


I hope the pencil isn't too problematic, i imagine it to be an extention of the picture of a drawing! either way, it can change if it needs to.

NAVY! Looks Great!!

aerc712 wrote:Am I going crazy or is the Community design gone?

Noooo!!! I really wanted that one!

jboshaw wrote:love it!

it put the song, "love is a battlefield" in my head. then i wanted the letters to have army helmets and tattoos of ladies and for there to be bombs going off in the background... wow, yeah, imagination got away from me there for a minute. still, very awesome.

Instant buy for me!

Mavyn wrote:According to Shirt.What it was rejected and removed by the artist. Comment was 'we can't run this' so I'm guessing it's too close to something from the show (no clue, never seen it).

That sucks. Don't feel bad about having not seen it, nobody has that's why it's future is bleak.

Mavyn wrote:According to Shirt.What it was rejected and removed by the artist. Comment was 'we can't run this' so I'm guessing it's too close to something from the show (no clue, never seen it).

Almost every letter was a reference to the show or something in it, which is why I loved it so much. Oh well, it was a great design and made my day!

axphw1 wrote:That sucks. Don't feel bad about having not seen it, nobody has that's why it's future is bleak.

I don't watch much Tv...and what I watch tends to be from the UK.

Mavyn wrote:I don't watch much Tv...and what I watch tends to be from the UK.

If you like Brit humor, you might like Community - very cerebral, very quirky. My sister raved about it for two years, and when I finally checked it out, I was only sorry I had waited so long. (And I'm a fan of brit-coms, myself - Red Dwarf forever!)

This brings up something that confuses the heck out of me - is there some standard/algorithm/magic code that Woot uses for which pop culture the artists can reference and which they can't? Sometimes, a TV/movie/video game gets rejected with "we can't run this"; in other cases, a different media property is referenced so much and so heavily, it seems to dominate the Reckoning.

Then there's celebrity likenesses - the written rule seems to be that they're a no-no, but then, there was that Inevitable Betrayal shirt not long ago, with Wash from Firefly playing with dinosaurs. It was clearly supposed to be Alan Tudyk - since it was highly cartoony, it wasn't considered a likeness?

I get that there are rules for a reason - not trying to be snarky, here - I just can't quite follow.

I want so many designs from this derby! You should sell at least all the fog shirts. They are all really really good!

I wanted to work this up in Inkscape, but couldn't get it looking right in time to make the weekend cut. Oh well, here's my idea. I may sub late anyway, if I can wrestle it.

eeschultz wrote:If you like Brit humor, you might like Community - very cerebral, very quirky. My sister raved about it for two years, and when I finally checked it out, I was only sorry I had waited so long. (And I'm a fan of brit-coms, myself - Red Dwarf forever!)

This brings up something that confuses the heck out of me - is there some standard/algorithm/magic code that Woot uses for which pop culture the artists can reference and which they can't? Sometimes, a TV/movie/video game gets rejected with "we can't run this"; in other cases, a different media property is referenced so much and so heavily, it seems to dominate the Reckoning.

Then there's celebrity likenesses - the written rule seems to be that they're a no-no, but then, there was that Inevitable Betrayal shirt not long ago, with Wash from Firefly playing with dinosaurs. It was clearly supposed to be Alan Tudyk - since it was highly cartoony, it wasn't considered a likeness?

I get that there are rules for a reason - not trying to be snarky, here - I just can't quite follow.

It depends on the context of the portrayal. If there is enough parody, it will fly, but if it's an exact replica without anything to differentiate it, it's not going to work. Some organizations are touchier about similarities--for example, Disney is hyper protective. Star Wars stuff is pretty touchy as well--but something like Family Breakfast makes it through. *shrugs* There isn't a hard line.

I am very disappointed with 'off topic' rejections this derby where the subject was clearly on topic, just not blatant. :/ At least 2 were rejected unfairly.

I wish they would bring back the old "SOUND" shirt with sound waves... It would have dominated this derby:

http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=6747

PLEEEEZ, Woot??