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artmusicsoul wrote:This concept wasnt about color. But since you decided to talk about it, the colors I chose were supposed to be representative of 70's retro-style coloring. I wouldn't change it for the world. I didnt make this design to please everyone on here. I made because I enjoyed it. Dont vote for it just because I represented Marley after you bashed the colors. Next time, I will e-mail you my design and let you put in the color since you know so much.

Touchy much?

Re: Grim Optimism

THIS IS AWESOME--I WANT THIS SHIRT.

edgarrmcherly wrote:

Way beyond awesome.

Ravenlock wrote:Maybe I'm the only one, but I get desperation out of this shirt, rather than optimism. The squirrel looks (to me) very scared, and is clearly offering up the only thing they have in the world in the faint hope that it will let them escape the inevitable. Which it almost certainly won't.

Frankly, while phenomenally well executed (seriously, bravo), it makes me more than a little sad.

I don't know, I see the little guy being quite unconcerned with his own wellbeing and simply looking to make a friend, even in the most unlikely of characters. That's pretty optimistic to try and befriend death himself if you ask me :p

Re: Grim Optimism

I must have this

Re: A Wonderful Day

It's always a wonderful day when a Canadian wins! Good job!

AdderXYU wrote:Which should make anyone with eyes want to tear them out.

Is woot really so devoid of serious designers now that this is OK? "Oh, well it's on the way to the fog, so it's alright." Seriously? Man, in that case why didn't they print the photo of the fat infatuated kid that made it into the fog during the Dessert derby? What about Chuck Norris in pigtails? How could that have been rejected? It's in the fog and people like it, it must be worth printing, right? Popularity is the only rubric by which quality can be judged! Which means Milli Vanilli and Vanilla Ice are still the cornerstones of musical enlightenment. Which means Twilight is the great American novel. Which means remakes of classic films are more vital than the originals. So to the fog with these gorgeous stick people! Disposable "art" is the only real art anyway. So says the United States of Idiocy.

Get over yourself. Sometimes to articulate a simple idea you need a simple image. Besides, as stick figures go these are extremely artistic.

IndependentVik wrote:Touchy much?

hahah yeah im totally touchy.

Re: Easy Optimism

Wow. Sorry about your comments.

I am not going to leap into the pseudo-intellectual fray here by directly responding to anyone's battlecries, but I will give my opinion. I think using stick figures for this design is genius. Just like you, I don't think the joke would be as instantly accessable if you'd used more detailed artwork. In fact, I think it would get in the way of the simple, clever punchline. Not every concept calls for beautiful, richly shaded and impeccably detailed vector work. Not every T-Shirt needs to pass for fine art (after all, they're just T-shirts).

Kudos for not letting the snippy comments get you down, but if that starts to happen, just think of what E. E. Cummings might have gone through if there was such a thing as poetry.woot!

"More of this avant garde, uncapitalized gibberish? What is this site coming to?!"

Thanks for the excellent design. I'll be getting one if you make it through the fog.

Re: Easy Optimism

makes me smile each time i look at it.

GMV!

Re: Cheer Up! She Found You.

And so shatters my dream of owning this shirt. sigh...

edgarrmcherly wrote:

This needs to be made, with text, before on front and after on back. Would be a definite buy for me.

Re: Cheer Up! She Found You.

FREAKIN A...

*soooobs*

Re: Cheer Up! She Found You.

You going to put this up for sale anywhere else? I really want one

Ditto - sorry this wasn't voted up. I want one. Let us know if your selling it anywhere else.

moonlightmile12 wrote:Ditto - sorry this wasn't voted up. I want one. Let us know if your selling it anywhere else.

I'm going to start a store just for failed woot designs eventually. If all else fails, you'll find it there someday. Thanks so much for all the liking, you guys.

BootsBoots wrote:I'm going to start a store just for failed woot designs eventually. If all else fails, you'll find it there someday. Thanks so much for all the liking, you guys.

If you put this design on Cameesa, you'll have my $20.

Paradox55 wrote:As are many woot voters apparently.

if you print this elsewhere, please let me know.

Peraud wrote:makes me smile each time i look at it.

GMV!

How do I vote for it?

Re: Cheer Up! She Found You.

if you put it on ebay, you have my 10.02 and a button.

This shirt is awesome. I want it!

prncesssly wrote:This shirt is awesome. I want it!

Please let me know if you put this elsewhere as well!

Yay! You fogged!

I would like this shirt a lot better if the cat didn't appear to be rising from my belly.

Re: It's a Beautiful Morning! (Resub Green)

Obviously this is the best shirt/color choice ever.

sharptoothpiranha wrote:Why even bother with this site? Don't like? Then getta H E L L out!

to add to your thought, if you don't mind--
Or as I prefer, "Don't like it? Don't vote for it."

Vote for something you do like, and applaud those artists for their wonderful detail, concepts, or even stick figures.

I like woot...b/c "woot" is something you say when you're happy about something. But perhaps that's rather optimistic of me.

edgarrmcherly wrote:

And THAT is why Edgar is cooler than your walk-in freezer.

snowtato wrote:Wow. Sorry about your comments.

I am not going to leap into the pseudo-intellectual fray here by directly responding to anyone's battlecries, but I will give my opinion. I think using stick figures for this design is genius. Just like you, I don't think the joke would be as instantly accessable if you'd used more detailed artwork. In fact, I think it would get in the way of the simple, clever punchline. Not every concept calls for beautiful, richly shaded and impeccably detailed vector work. Not every T-Shirt needs to pass for fine art (after all, they're just T-shirts).

Kudos for not letting the snippy comments get you down, but if that starts to happen, just think of what E. E. Cummings might have gone through if there was such a thing as poetry.woot!

"More of this avant garde, uncapitalized gibberish? What is this site coming to?!"

Thanks for the excellent design. I'll be getting one if you make it through the fog.

Did you really just compare cummings to stick figures in a favorable light?

Why yes, stick figures are SO avant garde. That is why children make them.

Re: These ice-caps look plenty big to me...

I love it!!!

soyokazefuhen wrote:You never saw my rant about Row v Wade. You should be more concerned about me.

Granted, this one doesn't bug me so much. At least this one doesn't have 2-3 other predecessors that were much better.

Aw...but I bought Row v Wade for my boyfriend in law school...

The irony there is that he's adopted and anti-abortion b/c he <i>could've</i> been aborted. But he wears the shirt with pride.

Typically, I'm not much of a stick figure person, either, but sometimes the concepts are just right.

What an interesting thread! Great way to use up time when I should be reading about physical chemistry.

By the way, does anyone know what the colored checker next to our ID's stand for? Does it mean how many woots purchased? Or how long we've been a member?

Re: Easy Optimism

What an interesting thread! Great way to use up time when I should be reading about physical chemistry.

By the way, does anyone know what the colored checker next to our ID's stand for? Does it mean how many woots purchased? Or how long we've been a member?

Drat! I've been discovered! >.> <.<.

The truth is: I created an account because one of my friends was always raving about the site but nothing every really struck me as something I would order on a whim. I'm not too loose with money. But when I saw that shirt I knew I had to have it and I logged on for the first time since I joined. Just thought that saying "joined" would sound better than "logged on".

And my apologies for mistaking for a dude sekiyoku. My bad. As an apology I swear to purchase enough shirts to build a massive quilt of hilarity. =P

GolgiBody wrote:What an interesting thread! Great way to use up time when I should be reading about physical chemistry.

By the way, does anyone know what the colored checker next to our ID's stand for? Does it mean how many woots purchased? Or how long we've been a member?

Hover over the square with your mouse...

At least its not Organic Chemistry.

bradyson wrote:Hover over the square with your mouse...

At least its not Organic Chemistry.

Ohh, thanks bradyson. Yeah, I burned my organic chemistry book after I finished that series.

eHalcyon wrote:@OnyxEyez - Thanks! I was surprised and delighted to see it making a run at the fog again.

@realitytwist - I hope this makes it so you aren't disappointed!

@sbaszto - I was actually going for a more "blissfully unaware" feeling, where the monster doesn't know all the mayhem he's caused. My take on the theme was not "optimism in a a bleak situation". Rather, I wanted to show an individual that was simply optimistic in nature, always looking at life like it's wonderful.

@DeadFrog - Thanks for the defence!

@Oeberon - I was told the same by someone else too. Writing silly poems like this is a nice break from the usual stuff I do.

@Schrobbs - I haven't submitted for several months, so it's not a big deal. Nice to have you back, sir!

@PhilSandifer - Thanks for your comment, and I appreciate the input. Re the lack of "any real energy" - I think I agree. What do you think would have been a good way to convey more energy? My first thought now is the addition of motion lines to show the monster's movement, but I don't really like motion lines - I don't think they mesh with my thick-lined style, since they just come out looking clunky.

@HeartlineTwist - Thanks for defending my work as well.

@Xanzibar - Much appreciated, Xanz.

@PhilSandifer - A friend of mine mentioned the meltiness as well. Re: the contrast between the monster and the background - that is exactly what I was going for. I wanted to differentiate the foreground and the background to, as sekiyoku said, "give the perception of depth". I tried to do this through my colour choices (using a dark green for the silhouette) and through the style - i.e. no outline around the background. I'll admit that the melted appearance of the buildings was actually not intentional, in that I didn't mean for them to look melted. However, I did intend for the cityscape to look messy and NOT clean or crisp, since it is supposed to be a city in chaos following the destructive wake of the monster. I deliberately avoided the use of straight lines and right angles, since that would imply a relative lack of destruction. The intended feeling I had in mind for the silhouettes was that of ruins and rubble, with separate buildings having fallen and crumbled into one another, forming a single massive heap of debris. Given your description, I'd say that I succeeded.

@sekiyoku - That was my explanation when my friend pointed out the melting. As I said above, I avoided the use of an outline for the buildings because they are background elements and shouldn't be as sharply defined as the foreground. When I was new to the derbies I tried to use six colours every time. Now, however, I feel that I shouldn't go out of my way to use the extra colour(s) if I don't have to. In this case, I don't think I do.

@PhilSandifer - I think that the use of right angles would actually have clashed with the monster rather than meshing better. If you look at the monster, you'll see that it's made up almost entirely of curves. The buildings are similarly smooth and rounded out. Overall, I believe it adds to the whimsy of the scene. Right angles would have detracted from that, in my opinion. But again, thank-you for the constructive criticism.







Thank-you everyone for this last-minute push. I am honestly floored, stunned, and [insert more synonyms of ecstatic disbelief]. I am actually feeling optimistic for a third place finish now! My only regret is that it would be at the expense of tgentry's design, which I personally feel is the best of the fog both in idea and in execution.

Man, I really liked this shirt. I wanted it to win so bad...Great shirt. Let me know if there is any way I can purchase it in the future.

Re: Cheer Up! She Found You.

Awwwww, well if you do sell it I want one too! However, I now have gorgeous new wallpaper on my laptop!

dannymach wrote:Man, I really liked this shirt. I wanted it to win so bad...Great shirt. Let me know if there is any way I can purchase it in the future.

Check back tomorrow night, and if it's not up then check the day after. It might still make it.

Re: Sunny Day RESUB

hahahaha cute, cute, cute!
i want to buy this NOW.

Great shirt. Any way to buy this?