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Re: Grand Battle of Flightless Birds V.2

Excellent redesign. I was never really on the fence and I really like what you've done with it. Unfortunate it does lose a bit of the ethereal feel by saturating the colors which is a negative but I think it's a definite improvement over all.

If either make the fog, it's a purchase for me.

fultron89 wrote:Hmm... I think that's a stretch for this one, I've always seen the element symbols as self-contained designs, so it'll be interesting to see what happens...
Thanks for the input!
Fulton

One test of whether text is incidental or not is to imagine the design without the text. If it still has the same meaning, then it's incidental. If you need the text to explain what's going on or to carry the joke, then it's not incidental. If yours didn't have text, you'd just have blank squares, and the meaning would be lost.

Not sure exactly what you mean by "self-contained designs" but even the numbers and letters on playing cards count as text in a derby where the rule is no text. People get caught on things like that all the time because the text is part of the design of a playing card, and isn't something you need to read. But it's still text. However, that text on a playing card would be considered incidental in a derby like this.

Rejections can be quirky, so you never know if something's going to be rejected or not until it happens.

SydsKid wrote:I...need...this shirt.
Please print. Please. If not here...somewhere!

Agreed! Hell, if I had the money, I'd donate just so the artist could get this printed on their own.

I'm going to come here every day and express my love for this shirt. I apologize for the annoyance ahead of time... XD~~~

Re: Fail

Oh hell yes.

Re: The Joy of Flight... almost

devdave wrote:gmv! very cute, i'd buy this one for sure.

Sweet, thanks devdave!

imsochady wrote:Heheh, this is really cool! Love the expression of the birdy!

Baby owl birdy! Thanks Imsochady, where've you been?

I edited this version because I also liked the fish alone without being balloons. Orz.

whalen25 wrote:this is unoriginal, reject this

Yeeeep. Been done soooooo many times as shown above and above that and above that and again above that.

marzipanapple wrote:For the record, I did google it and only found two really shoddy ones myself, but that probably because I'm a bad googler. My point is though that perhaps the original poster didn't know that there were other shirts like this. :\

Nail on the head amigo. I figured I'd notice if there were similar designs while looking for reference, but no. Maybe I'm a bad googler too. :/

Re: Up, Up and Away

Clever idear.

Re: Something I Must Do

This is amazing. And heartbreaking.

HalfWheat wrote:I think it's funny that people are arguing where yetis and polar bears live, but are blithely accepting penguins with goggles, scarves and helmets.

Part of the charm of this is the nonsense factor. As far as the rejection, I can see the logic. If so many people were reminded of the game, then it's probably enough of a game reference.

Polar bear's good. Panda would have been even more incongruous.

No kidding! +1

Re: Grand Battle of Flightless Birds V.2

I love the way the colors pop on this one. Improved!

patrickspens wrote:.


Yes, that is a cat behind him. i should have put a little close up. glad you noticed it though!


.

I love this shirt very much, I will buy two of these, you can still link close ups in this thread to persuade people!

Re: Grand Battle of Flightless Birds V.2

this one is even better i think

one thing though, i think the cloud right under the ship needs some shading lines and outlining, like the old one had. i also liked the blue lines the old one had on the ship; was nice detailing. this ship is a little plainer detailwise, but the color is better on this one

not my style personally but very well done. i also like the choir reference, i am in the choir but i wouldn't have gotten it except for my sister just watched the sound of music, and has been singing the songs nonstop for about a week now

vary nicely done

Re: Grand Battle of Flightless Birds V.2

I like the colors in this one better. It does seem to draw your eyes to the ship, but the darker brown helps break up the lighter colors. I can definitely tell what is going on in the scene at a quick glance where as the original, I had to stare at it for a minute.

Re: Your Time to Fly

but srsly its mai jetpack?

Re: Flying

I'm totally loving this design. I would absoulutely wear it! Got my vote!

Re: Simple Owl

Wow, this took way longer than I expected. I was hoping to finish with this yesterday, but I'm so happy with how it turned out. Hope everyone else feels the same way.

-Cheers!

Re: Flying

This is cool. It reminds me of Charley Harper.

Re: Something I Must Do

This is, for the first time in all my Woot watchin', the first shirt I'd actually buy. I wish there was even a chance it'd win.

As always, you're of the best Boots, and DEFINITELY most consistently brilliant.

Re: Something I Must Do

Wow, great illo!!! Very nice indeed.

Re: Death Rain

Wow, so majestic!

parrotworks wrote:Clever idear.

Thanks! I had it suggested to me from another sketch in the derby thread, so the idea isn't entirely mine.

Re: Grandma's Gonna Be Mad

Bold--but paid off. The sheer style of it compels me. So far, one of two I'd actually love to see do well.

Re: Your Time to Fly

I love the artwork on this design, even though there are some similar hirts out there. Hope it sticks around!

Re: Up, Up and Away

This is my very first derby entry ... comments welcome!

straightshooter wrote:I love the artwork on this design, even though there are some similar hirts out there. Hope it sticks around!

=shirts. Drat.

Re: Flight of the Concords

Ba-dum, ching! One of the best shows ever!

AdderXYU wrote:If I stumbled across $800 tomorrow, I would buy 80 of these.

Heh, I looked at this and was struck by it--and wondered if this was art by Adder standards. Apparently yes. This earns my third vote in the entire derby, and I suspect my last...

Misskari wrote:Ouch, that's harsh, Bass.
(See, it's funny because I have different taste in music. I'm sooo hilarious.)

I'm a sucker for cats, and this is using kitties in a fun and different way... Nice job!

LOL, actually it's an inside joke, the artist is a friend of mine. We had been hearing this one Miley Cyrus song (Party in the USA) like every 10 minutes... If you listen to the song you'll get it, hahaha.

Re: Please fasten your seat belts, and remain calm....

Ok, I'm impressed.
Vote #4.

lkackman wrote:This makes no sense now... geologically they are nowhere near each other. It is a god fix, but I'm a little on the fence with the bear. Still got my vote.

This obviously isn't a normal bear if he's providing a service for a fee. Maybe he built a boat, or he got into the penguin habitat at the zoo.

I want this so bad.
I must have it.

I've voted for Boots' entries before, but never liked them enough to buy. This I would buy.

Re: Leonardo Da Vinci's cat

this is the coolest shirt in the world! patrick is awesome!

incumalf wrote:Well done!
I know it's already rejected but for the future can we not just appreciate the art submitted and let the rejections be done by the rejectionator?

nope. woot has posted several comments in the past that they rely on us to let them know when things don't comply. Sometimes they reject things based on their own research, but often they make rejection comments that show their rejections were based on comments in the derby threads. or, more often, on tattles, I suspect.

Re: Something I Must Do

brilliant idea.

Re: Your Time to Fly

I just don't get the appeal of this shirt. Who other than a 10-year-old boy would want to wear a fake jet pack on their back? All the other ones already printed are equally as cancellation.

Re: Grand Battle of Flightless Birds V.2

Hmm, I think I like the original more, personally, but it's an excellent design either way, so I'll vote for this one, too :D