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bassanimation wrote:You've got it 100%. The further you go to try to please other people, you might lose some of yourself. Trying new things is great for your skillset, but I wouldn't suggest abandoning the things you feel passionate about simply to please others. I have seen people do that and it really harms their feelings about art later on.

That's kind of what bothers me about some people complaining that certain artists use the same styles all the time. As an artist, I know people have 'styles', or natural ways they do things. We all start out making the art that we like, and making it look how we want it to look. Not everyone is cut out to do art that looks different each time. Plus, if you do go that rout, you run the risk of not building a real group of people who are drawn to your personal style, the style that you yourself put most of your passion into.

/long artsy bloobyblabby

thank you and no bloobyblabby.

Re: Rain, Rain, Go Away...v2

Thanks for the comments and votes so far everyone! I just hope I didn't submit this one too late to make it.

Re: Go Fly A Kite!

details reformatted.

bellarific wrote:Me too me too!

Count me in as a heather gray fan! I secretly think they are somehow softer than all the rest.

Re: Check The Forecast!

concept is fantastic and the color choices perfect. well done.

Re: Last Day at the Beach

I love all the detail in your unique style.
I am a bit new to this derby schtuff. How did you do you do the gradient coloring like that?

Re: Bomb Shelter

the little guys is hilarious! the love the concept. did you resub this?

Re: ~it is clearing up~

solid concept and love the lone silohuette.
The rain is bit understated. the puzzle pieces rock. only crit is the black in the one piece. after looking closely did I finally realize them the be birds. a bit distracting. I might remove them, IMO.
But great entry nonetheless. Voted!

Re: Toadally Drenched

very cute design. Reminds me of Little Nemo's adventures in Slumberland.

wingroove wrote:Oops. Well, I'll have a better idea of how to put the composite together better next time. :P I wish I could fix it, but I don't think they'll let me redact this one...

love this !!! I have relatives who sail and I need to buy this for gifts !!! Of course I need one too

Re: simple act

A superb job on the illustration. The scene is elegant and romantic. I have to agree with the cropping look and the shirt color choice. Would look much better on a cream color shirt or perhaps lose the outline and place it on a brown. my 2 cents.

Re: Puddle Jumper

what an imagination you have. The monster beneath... hilarious and when I think about scary. Love this.

Re: Happening at the party

sequentially hilarious. love the color choices and the simple rendering. Great entry.

midgerock wrote:concept is fantastic and the color choices perfect. well done.

midgerock rocks

Re: Stormy Symphony

Ok, so I know I'm no artist, but I just had this idea in my head and I wanted to put it out there since no one seemed interested in using it

The guy in the design has all the elements of a rainstorm organized like an orchestra and he's about to the lead them in a masterpiece of natural sounds

Re: Trading Places

Oh, this is too cool. I'm loving it.

chumpmagic wrote:I haven't been here for too long, but it also seems like dropping a popular reference always get some good attention over something that is original. It may not win, but it seems to get more votes than it's actual worth (not in all cases).

Most of the long lasting shirts in the reckoning are referencing something popular. All except impostor I believe, yet that may be referencing something I am unaware of. It's something familiar, that they know and love, with a new twist.

And I like how we "chose" to dissect the voters in my art's comments :P I am not being sarcastic; I feel honored... somehow.

If there was a shirt "SPOCK LOL!" that had a copyrighted photo of Spock wearing three wolf moon, it would sell out in about 5 seconds. It doesn't take much to have huge popular appeal on woot, and the best designs rarely do. I love that Drakxxx and Crescentdebris have had as much success as they have had in printing, even though their sales are never through the roof. The lowest common denominator tends to fare better here, especially if it's referential. The very best derby designs tend to need the Editor's Choice to print (like Nightlife this week) with some exceptions in artsits who frequently manage to create designs that are both interesting, original, and can muster the votes to print (like Walmazan, Tgentry, Drakxxx/Crescentdebris).

I don't come to woot to see reference shirts, though. I love seeing talented artists produce interesting designs, even if those don't always print. My favorite artists are those who never compromise their visions, and always produce work that is distinct and wonderful.

bassanimation wrote:You've got it 100%. The further you go to try to please other people, you might lose some of yourself. Trying new things is great for your skillset, but I wouldn't suggest abandoning the things you feel passionate about simply to please others. I have seen people do that and it really harms their feelings about art later on.

That's kind of what bothers me about some people complaining that certain artists use the same styles all the time. As an artist, I know people have 'styles', or natural ways they do things. We all start out making the art that we like, and making it look how we want it to look. Not everyone is cut out to do art that looks different each time. Plus, if you do go that rout, you run the risk of not building a real group of people who are drawn to your personal style, the style that you yourself put most of your passion into.

/long artsy bloobyblabby

I agree 100% with your first paragraph. For your second one, I don't quite agree, in that I don't think people complain so much about styles as they do elements and execution. Walmazan and Drakxxx, for example, have very distinct styles, and no one complains about them. I can usually pinpoint a CMDixon, Jewelwing, or Tgentry design from the thumbnail as well. I'm getting there with your designs too.

Things that people are more keen to complain about, like fuzzy animals and levels of originality, aren't elements of style, but of content and composition. A style is one's own, and will be one's own whether they're producing amazing, original designs, or images bunnies eating lollipops in a golden meadow without a hint of irony.

And I hope I'm coming off like a blowhard here. I'm not an artist, but I loves me some t-shirt art, and I like to think I can speak with some knowledge on the matter. I also more than dabble in writing and poetry, where many of the same issues arise.

Re: Playground

Wow---that was totally cool.

Re: Robot in the Rain

i think i would have liked this a LOT more if it wer on a dark blue or even on charcoal. the light blue just seams a bit bright for a rainy day.

midgerock wrote:the little guys is hilarious! the love the concept. did you resub this?

Yes! Everyone kind of agreed the ant hill didn't make any sense. ;)

Re: Singing in the Rain V2

Low-key... nice! Want one!

Spectacular. Well designed, well executed, and my favorite movie.

Re: Trading Places

Very cool, soggy cat! Want one!

Re: A Rainy Day Walk

Interesting... it draws me in b/c I want to know what they are up to. Nice.

Re: Rain, Rain, Go Away...v2

if this doesn't win, i will have lost all faith in woot voters. otterific concept and even better execution.

Re: Hippie Shower

Nice to see some love for Art Deco here, I'm especially loving the frozen fountain motif... sweet!

musocat wrote:Low-key... nice! Want one!

I'd like one too

Re: Trading Places

Awwww. This will probably label me as a hopeless softy, but this shirt made me tear up a little. I mean, poor soggy cat, out in the cold, wet weather, and its shadow shows how happy it could be! Also, poor plant, with it's wiltedness.

D=

Your shirt makes me so sad I want to buy them all and wear them when I volunteer at the animal shelter, or possibly just when walking around to guilt people into getting a stray cat.

zekecatz wrote:rath: a hill or mound in Ireland

Bad speller : me

"One simple act is all it takes."

Version 2! We appreciate all the compliments and suggestions, we hope you like the new version better! Please re-vote

This is our first Shirt Woot Derby and our second submission, redone. We hope you like our rainy day shirt design.

Cheers!

-Furesh Design

Thanks everyone, we greatly appreciate the comments, critique and suggestions! We listened to you all and have resubmitted the new and improved design here! Check us out and re-vote if you find our design pleasing to the eye:

http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=45396

Cheers!
-Furesh

Re: RIIINNGG!!

While I agree with the murderous calls to unsuspecting victims I think the idea might be to complicated for a t-shirt. Good art though.

Re: Trading Places

I have never owned a shirt with a cat on it, but I'd have to get two of this one. Great design, great color scheme, love the shadows. Wish more awesomeness came thru in the thumbnail, I almost skipped over it.

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I have been waiting for a design this good since I found out shirt.woot existed. It willl happily be my first. It's the wallpaper on my phone already (thanks for the detail), and I'm already waiting for the package at my door. If I could vote twice I would.

ThunderThighs wrote:I worked on your signature so you can stop putting the link to your art in every post. Could still probably use some work but that'll get you going. When they're that long, it's almost easier to copy them into notepad to work on them.

Thank you!!! I am up here at 3:30 am thinking that I should have just removed the Ahab image and stuck the beach one in the signature...

How ever you knew that these were the images I wanted to use...
You are great, and all powerful!!!!! And all knowing!!!!!

I remember seeing someone else do what I did and realized even at the time that it isn't protocol(the way I had it.)

(I am sorry for the mistake )Thankyou so much for the new present!!!

Next week I am planning to simplify my entry...(if that is even possible for me) So please look for my NEW LOOK! I am thinking "something easy to print, or even printable" for a change! I am going to try. And I may try to even be funny.
Which I am not.

This should be good!

love you kind and thunderous one!

Thanks God of Thunder!

odysseyroc wrote:I'm glad to see you back! I really like your quirky yet intricate style of art.

Re: Go Big or Go Home

Thanks Rocky! and once again. (Pictured here above...)..I really love your design this week

this super sonic raindrop...Is otterific.

...And YOU are otterific.I love your style .

Re: Falling Star

I love how simple this is. And I love stars.

midgerock wrote:I love all the detail in your unique style.
I am a bit new to this derby schtuff. How did you do you do the gradient coloring like that?

MIdge, I am new to the halftone (Gradients are NOT allowed, so don't use those ever, they are not printable. You need a nice clean halftone, not tiny either, it will clog up the screens.)thing too...this is the 2nd time I have used one .

I used a brush tool to draw the clouds...I just kept messing around with the brush tools untiI I found one that looked closest to what I wanted

and I can't remember which one I used so I will have to play around next time I want to do this again just like you will...then my design guru (to whom the computer is like playing the piano...) showed me how to turn that into a bitmap. And I also forget how that happened.

Midge, if I incorporate this type of stuff into my design this week I will send you a pm about it..

Maybe this info will help a little...it really didn't take me but a few minutes to locate a brush tool that was working for me.So I am sur you can do it too...then it's the bitmap thing.

Does anyone else have any wisdom to add here on the halftone issue?

Re: Never Too Old

Good luck....your artwork (My favorite shown here above) is beautifully done and halftones WOULD be nice to have , to enhance your artwork as you see fit, but really love this one as is( and if this gives perspective... alot of the greats here (Walmazan for example) don't seem to rely on halftones(They have to be beautifully done (Like Patrickspens or Crescent debris/Draxxx ...)But if you don't start you can't have , so good luck to us both as we enter the half tone arena!!!! I think it's all about the brush tool.

Re: Stormy Symphony

HI Jeanerz!

I had to click on this to see what it was all about and then I saw it was you!

Cute and creative as always an imaginative image, good one!

(I idid see your pm...I haven't figured out how to answer it because I have had a very huge enormous fun filled yet completely wipe me out exhausting week... yesterday I began doing laundry, dishes , mopping..I have been living on popcorn and coffee and coca cola.


then I just gave up and collapsed in bed . My kids were like, whatever!

And it rained, so it was a perfect day to do what I did.

Hope you have a great week. I will look for your design next week!