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baseballjf14 wrote:OH MY GOD

(SNIP)

I cannot and will not allow myself, or my girlfriend for that matter, vote for or buy any of Ramyb's stuff, but on the same note, I will never again smear his name any more than it already has been.

I am initiating a boycott

You won't *allow* your girlfriend?

Does she realize she has another father?

Yow.

kevinfhuntley wrote:You can never have enough Ackbar. Well played.

Yes, yes you can.

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rglee129 wrote:Really cool! Love the texture.

thanks Robbie

uniique wrote:champion design skills. me likie!

thanks a lot Ted

dancingirl834 wrote:haha, I love your explanation. I also live in Davis, so I totally know what you're talking about. I've had far too many almost-accidents on campus, both as the bicyclist and the pedestrian!

Thanks! Maybe I'll see you around Davis

Heh. Didn't see that rejection coming.

This should also serve as an example of another simple fact about Ramy: he openly ignores rules. Don't try to tell me he accidentally used 7 colors. He's a veteran of the derbies and he should know better.

Bravo Tjost for the catch.

As far as Adder goes, when I first started reading the derby threads, I took Adder's arguments as troll ramblings. As I returned week after week, and seeing exactly what he had been ranting about, it began to make more sense. He may say it with salt, but he's right every time, not to mention summarily deconstructing every defense of Ramy offered by a) newbies who don't yet get it or b) sycophants.

baseballjf14 wrote:I cannot and will not allow myself, or my girlfriend for that matter, vote for or buy any of Ramyb's stuff

Ha! Women voting! Classic.

Re: tentacular trap

I really like this design but be careful in the future not to make details too small. It appears you have lots of lines (like the outlines around the fish) that are below 1pt. While that's fine in nice paper printing, shirts just can't hold or print that unless using an incredibly high mesh with really high newton tension and really thin thread width. That's something that would have gotten this rejected if caught. Also the halftone work appears to be really fine on the jellyfish, almost like you made it at one size then shrunk them down afterwards which artificially makes them smaller then woot print standards (this would have been highly problamatic on women and kids prints that are a smaller design). Final note the halftones that make up the rings appear to be non uniform in shape (they get kinda wonky), my guess is that you made them in photoshop then took them into Illustrator or some other vector program and did an auto trace at some point? That's usually the cause for the tone distortion. If that's the case careful on that too since woot doesn't like artists doing that, it causes distortions when printing. Again great job on the art though. I don't want you to think that I'm hammering you, I just want you to be careful in the future so that an unfortunate rejection doesn't befall you Cheers +1

Re: Awkward Turtle

If you can't get Capone for murder, get him for tax evasion. =P

kylemittskus wrote:I have ZERO idea why my comment was deleted. This is obvious copyright infringement and it should be pointed out as such.

Seems people are on the smash'em wagon, so I'll hop on. While I don't think its copyright violation, it has 8 colors.

Light Green
Dark Green
Red
Yellow
Purple
Blue
Gray
Black

Nightshooter wrote:raphael had sai's not a sword and stars. this would do much better if you had that correct.

There are some copyright hawks on here. He's just playing it safe.

npromero wrote:Oh I'm probably the last person to ask for a tutorial, ha ha ha. I will always help in anyway possible though. So feel free to ask away and Ill answer if I can.
Probably a really bad idea but heres my. crapbook account I just got my computer let one my tablet so im pretty much using it to dump sketches as I pop them out.

This is only my second derby and my entries are little kid drawings. Especially in comparison to your stuff let alone everything else posted. I just do it cause I really like designing stuff.

Im pretty much the tone-deaf guy who makes everybody listen to his crappy music.
Or in the case the dude who cant draw a strait line let alone a circle, but hell if that stops me from submitting. :P But its fun, so too bad.

Hey, man! I sent you a request. A lot of my stuff is juvenile as well. I work as an artist for a yearbook publishing company and I get a lot of the elementary schools to work with. They like me.

fuzznarf wrote:Seems people are on the smash'em wagon, so I'll hop on. While I don't think its copyright violation, it has 8 colors.

Light Green
Dark Green
Red
Yellow
Purple
Blue
Gray
Black

nope...I think the "black" is actually the navy background

Re: TIME IS UP

Wow, I overlooked this one until now. Nicely done. I think it's getting overlooked because the palette is so dark. Maybe if it had another color for the eyes, to bring them out and also catch the viewer's eye? Dunno. Great drawing; I just think the palette is too subtle.
/edit to add - Or, perhaps the shirt should have been darker, probably black since navy likely wouldn't work.

Re: Toast! (v2 - super edit)

Thanks. ^_____^

AdderXYU wrote:Tantamount implies that nothing should be higher, as well.

Ooops. Now you lost me. Being a teacher, poor language or word choice hits me where I live. But then defending it when it's pointed out gets my goat. Straight from Mirriam-Webster:
"equivalent in value, significance, or effect"
Synonymns would be 'in effect' or 'virtually'. It refers to equality within a particular comparison. Ther is no implication that notihing else could be higher.
You very definitely wanted 'paramount' (def: supreme).
Shame on you for being so cavalier, so you can march on with your rhetoric.
I usually think better of you.

palookaboy wrote:Heh. Didn't see that rejection coming.

This should also serve as an example of another simple fact about Ramy: he openly ignores rules. Don't try to tell me he accidentally used 7 colors. He's a veteran of the derbies and he should know better.

Bravo Tjost for the catch.

As far as Adder goes, when I first started reading the derby threads, I took Adder's arguments as troll ramblings. As I returned week after week, and seeing exactly what he had been ranting about, it began to make more sense. He may say it with salt, but he's right every time, not to mention summarily deconstructing every defense of Ramy offered by a) newbies who don't yet get it or b) sycophants.

I'd say more vinegar, or acid, than salt. But you're right, that doesn't preclude the fact that he's usually right, and comments because he CARES**. Kyle, too, get's hammered sometimes for trolling. But he, too, is commenting out of personal intergrity.
**Don't get mushy, Adder, I'm still mad at you for the 'tantamount' thing. ;)

AdderXYU wrote:If it will make him money, it is long enough. I give you about an hour before his sycophants (and also the sycophant brigade of the pre-derby thread) comes in to say IF IT MAKES MONEY IT IS OK. I mean hell, it obviously didn't take so little time that people won't vote. Though anyone with a shred of discernment could tell you that it's incredibly poorly composed and staggeringly uncreative.

At least it has a T in it, I guess. Unlike his other piece. Now where is that confounded piece?

I cracks me up that, other than being OT, the apple shirt was a much better sub.

thurdl01 wrote:This t's totally terrific. Totally trumps tamer turtle touring top-nine territory. thurdl01 thinks this took tantamount talent. Ta.

Tantamount! AARRRRGGGGH!

i will not explode; i will not explode

Couldn't you have used 'tremendous'? >rolls eyes<

Re: True Love

I love It!

SkekTek wrote:Thanks! This shirt design was meant for one thing- to make people get a giggle about all this drama. I'm not expecting it to print, or anything. But I wanted to make something simple for a laugh...

Just for grins, if you're still hanging out and see this - how did you do that outline? I hand't thought of something like that, but it looks great.

Cute... but, why does this Dino also have a dreidel?

tjost wrote:I really like this design but be careful in the future not to make details too small. It appears you have lots of lines (like the outlines around the fish) that are below 1pt. While that's fine in nice paper printing, shirts just can't hold or print that unless using an incredibly high mesh with really high newton tension and really thin thread width. That's something that would have gotten this rejected if caught. Also the halftone work appears to be really fine on the jellyfish, almost like you made it at one size then shrunk them down afterwards which artificially makes them smaller then woot print standards (this would have been highly problamatic on women and kids prints that are a smaller design). Final note the halftones that make up the rings appear to be non uniform in shape (they get kinda wonky), my guess is that you made them in photoshop then took them into Illustrator or some other vector program and did an auto trace at some point? That's usually the cause for the tone distortion. If that's the case careful on that too since woot doesn't like artists doing that, it causes distortions when printing. Again great job on the art though. I don't want you to think that I'm hammering you, I just want you to be careful in the future so that an unfortunate rejection doesn't befall you Cheers +1

thanks a lot, hat's great,your post is very usefull for me as i have less experience than you.And you 're all right about my working process (thumbs up).I don't know very well how to do halftones in illustrator so you're right i 'mm preparing all the layers in photoshop and sometimes there are distorsions.I will be carefull about all you mentioned in my next submissions.Iam in the process of simplifying things a lot so...

paigeg wrote:Tantamount! AARRRRGGGGH!

i will not explode; i will not explode

Couldn't you have used 'tremendous'? >rolls eyes<

Sorry, was doing that on the fly and having a hard time coming up with word options.

MathUhhhSaurus wrote:nope...I think the "black" is actually the navy background

Yeah, I see that now looking at the shirt image. But still, regardless, the limit is 6 colors. and 7 > 6

fuzznarf wrote:There are some copyright hawks on here. He's just playing it safe.

Thank you! i was playing safe

brockart wrote:How did I miss this one! This one is AMAZING!!! Nice detail on the shorts!

Thanks a lot brockart!! (o;

npromero wrote:wow this one is really good.
I dont know how i missed it either. +Uno

Thanks mate!! (o;

uniique wrote:i desperately love this piece.
show me where to buy it please

Thanks uniique , i may put it in other place in a couple of months more.

cheers!! (o;

thatrobert wrote:

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Thanks!! (o;

Re: Technologic Terra

Thanks to all for the votes , appreciated!

(o;

CVBrennan wrote:I like cereal. I like your shirt.

I can't live without this shirt! Still available? I'll buy it WITHOUT a background color!!!

Re: Triumphant Tater-Tot

fun! but, your shadows are inconsistent.

Re: Topiary Turtle Tree

Thanks for all the votes and comments everyone! I'm happy people like this one as much as they did. =D

paigeg wrote:Just for grins, if you're still hanging out and see this - how did you do that outline? I hand't thought of something like that, but it looks great.

It was actually easy- you copy the shape you want to knock out and paste it behind the art but in front of the background. Color all of it the same fill and stroke (something NOT in the design itself. I tend to use a stroke thickness that is really big to get a good block on the background (10-20 pts). Then, select all and flatten transparency on the layers (do this last, because it'll vectorize everything in the design down to shapes). This should convert the shape into one big blob. Apply a merge filter, and that should get rid of a lot of extra lines. Then, select the color of the blob (should now be an outline around your shape), and delete it. Done!

Nightshooter wrote:raphael had sai's not a sword and stars. this would do much better if you had that correct.

Actually, they all wore red in the comic books (which is what it's all based on), so it's a perfectly valid Leonardo.

Re: turned-over turtle

I think you found somebody's kryptonite.

mrsjamie wrote:fun! but, your shadows are inconsistent.

You are 100% correct. It's mostly because I don't really know how to do shadows, so I fake it. I'm working on it.

kiki2294 wrote:Pretty much love it. I definitely want one. A shirt, I mean. I'd like some French toast too, actually...

Thank you so much for your comment! I am really glad you like it. I was debating whether to make the toast more textured but oped for simple instead. I wasn't sure what people would think. Thanks!