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Ahhh, I guess it would make more sense to see the mouth opening but I really set out to draw them as goofily as possible. I was frustrated and wanted to do something quick. I'm glad I'm not loosing it, and definitely shocked that you did that comp for me. That's pretty awesome of you.

Canadian vibe? SHHHHHHHHHH (they're watching us).

mastertang490 wrote:hahaha! that's pretty great

Thanks! I think it's already doing better than it was by the end of its first run... haha. Still far from the top, but doing better nonetheless

I heart this shirt and you should as well, (you being the viewer of this comment).

Jack31081 wrote:i take it you've never played tag...

Or the fact that IT could mean 100 different things. Maybe the person designing it thinks people who work in I.T. suck or thinks they they are "it" ie what matters. etc etc etc. Maybe they thought the person really liked that balderdash book by stephen king. The shirt is incredibly vague unless you're in that state of mind. That's why. Have fun with your terribly designed, generic wal-mart/kohls-esque shirt.

I like, I voted for it.

goldfishinapicklejar wrote:Or the fact that IT could mean 100 different things. Maybe the person designing it thinks people who work in I.T. suck or thinks they they are "it" ie what matters. etc etc etc. Maybe they thought the person really liked that balderdash book by stephen king. The shirt is incredibly vague unless you're in that state of mind. That's why. Have fun with your terribly designed, generic wal-mart/kohls-esque shirt.

Except the shirt is called "tag". Sure, it's a name "tag", but the average person would piece it together.

sherah1 wrote:i feel like i'm the only one who hates the look of livetrace and especially poorly executed livetrace. this appears so amateurish. i expect it to get the asphalt/hipster/deconstruction vote like it did before, but please look closely before voting for this.

I looked closely. Turns out I like it more now. Thanks for voting!

Re: are we there yet?

Real men drive Pintos.

dotz02x wrote:if only this came in black and the black was white that would look really nice and i would buy it cause I don't really see people wearing red nowadays

Riff, I love your designs. The red doesnt appeal to me that much, but you still have my vote. Love your "specific CHaos", "digital takeover" and "roughstyle" shirts from DBH. Wish I'd known you had some designs there before buying a bunch of shirts from there.

Re: National Colorblind Day

Freaking Awesome!

thank god awkward isn't winning

BDV wrote:This shirt basically describes my food repertoire between April and October. Funny story, it was 55 degrees outside on Christmas day, so we made steaks on the grill.

yeah it was 28 in Wisconsin so we made flank steak on Christmas

Re: The Ninja Spiral

this honestly is like my favorite shirt :-(

gregsilvers wrote:yeah it was 28 in Wisconsin so we made flank steak on Christmas

flank steak on a searing hot cast iron skillet = gooooooooood

Re: Sunday Papers

This shirt rocks. One of my favorites of all time. I have no idea why it didn't get many votes first time and now again. Am I the only one who loves this?

Re: Fight Song

The edges look kinda rough... looks like it should be vectorized.... otherwise its nice...

shmeedles wrote:My favourite derby entry ever.

I KNOW!!! Why will it never win? I so desperately wanted this to win both times. Glad to have a kindred spirit, at the very least.

Re: Impulse Buy

I Didn't even see this... EVER! This is the best! I hope that everyone else sees it for the first time like I did, and buys it. Hope you win!

welcmbak42 wrote:thank god awkward isn't winning

I'm highly amused that this guy came back out of the woodwork just to hate awkward again. talk about persistence

triblinator wrote:I Didn't even see this... EVER! This is the best! I hope that everyone else sees it for the first time like I did, and buys it. Hope you win!

Edit... I know why. The preview doesn't look anything like the shirt. I wish there was a way you could resubmit it, I don't think you can. Unfortunately, I think everyone will see that tag and not click further. = (. Great shirt, nevertheless.

sherah1 wrote:i feel like i'm the only one who hates the look of livetrace and especially poorly executed livetrace. this appears so amateurish. i expect it to get the asphalt/hipster/deconstruction vote like it did before, but please look closely before voting for this.

That's funny I have a feeling too. I have a feeling that I am witnessing someone trying to sabotage an artist's hard work and a truly great design. Not only that, but trying to insult the people that might vote for him "the asphalt/hipster/deconstruction vote"

Do you have some sort of vested interest in this design not doing well? Or a personal vendetta against the artist?

also, you might want to consider striking up a friendship with "DeathbyT" that also posted a negative comment here. You both have exactly the same typing style, use of punctuation in sentences, capitalization habits, and grammar preferences. In fact, if it weren't for couple of (. . . .) these and I didn't know better, I would guess you were the same person

vishneda wrote:goelzjs!!! what ever happened to you, man? You were a major player in the early derbies.

He always had clean execution and clear concepts. He is missed.

triblinator wrote:Edit... I know why. The preview doesn't look anything like the shirt. I wish there was a way you could resubmit it, I don't think you can. Unfortunately, I think everyone will see that tag and not click further. = (. Great shirt, nevertheless.

I know, I wish I could resubmit a new thumb! I don't know how I would go about doing that tho...

WonderWooter wrote:That's funny I have a feeling too. I have a feeling that I am witnessing someone trying to sabotage an artist's hard work and a truly great design. Not only that, but trying to insult the people that might vote for him "the asphalt/hipster/deconstruction vote"

Do you have some sort of vested interest in this design not doing well? Or a personal vendetta against the artist?

also, you might want to consider striking up a friendship with "DeathbyT" that also posted a negative comment here. You both have exactly the same typing style, use of punctuation in sentences, capitalization habits, and grammar preferences. In fact, if it weren't for couple of (. . . .) these and I didn't know better, I would guess you were the same person

Dude, the comments area is for comments about the design, both negative and positive. I'm sure Derek doesn't care what people say, as long as the votes keep flowing in. It's okay that some people like it, and some people don't- not every style is for every person. One person's "amateurish" is another person's art. And those posters aren't the same people. They've both posted about other stuff before, so neither account was created for attacking this design.

As for the design itself, it's not my style- but I'm glad this best-of derby has such a wide-ranging collection of styles. I think it's one of those shirts that will look totally different on the final printed piece, so if it prints I'm going to be eagerly awaiting some pics. It might end up being one of the more unique shirts Woot has.

AdderXYU wrote:Except the shirt is called "tag". Sure, it's a name "tag", but the average person would piece it together.

Except they probably didn't read the title, and last time I checked when you're wearing the shirt you don't have a small neatly formated ascii title describing the shirt you are wearing hanging under it.

jeremyhi09 wrote:I feel like I don't understand this shirt. Why is that guy wearing a gas mask? What is the point?

Are you serious? He is a street artist. Look at his hands. They are holding paint cans. They are toxic when sprayed.

CreationsFromChaos wrote:This is an awesome design... very cool... hoping it places...

Wish this came in kid's/teen sizes - my nephew has no concept of geography.

goldfishinapicklejar wrote:Except they probably didn't read the title, and last time I checked when you're wearing the shirt you don't have a small neatly formated ascii title describing the shirt you are wearing hanging under it.

Also they could have misinterpreted "Tag" to be short for "Name tag" since that is what it is. But GREAT JOB!

shan24 wrote:
Here's a closeup of the map so you can see the road signs.

I love this, but no one I know will understand this. Humor is lost if you have to explain it.

trunkwontopen wrote:I like the color.

hapeninhap wrote:thats pretty sweet. i'd buy it. and yeah the color is coo

Thank you for the kind words. =)
If you're reading this and haven't voted, please take a look at the design and consider a vote. Yes, /shameless beg for votes.

About the Shirt Fight Song:

I kinda agree about the placement. haven't decided.

My biggest complaint, from a musician standpoint, is that it should have bass clef on one of the sides. That would give it almost instant credibility with an entire population of people who buy t-shirts with notes on it.

Plus, being a bass clef player, I probably wouldn't buy this.

Re: America's Answer

This shirt is great. I wish it would win, but it looks like it's already too far behind.

Re: aquatic repellent

love this shirt! I would buy at least 3 of these bad boys. We went through this spell growing up where we watched the old Batman's.

This is the same movie where the town councilpeople are reduced to different colored ashes and Robin (or maybe Penguin) sneezes and mixes them up. Aww, what happened to well thought out plots like those?

This is really amazing. I hope I can buy it!

Re: Evolution of Sound

mjc613 wrote:I love this, but no one I know will understand this. Humor is lost if you have to explain it.

I say vote it up, wear it, and be an enigma. The leet-speak definitely needs a road map to follow it anyway. Thanks for the nod!

I want the design, but the placement is WAY too low. Woot should step in and save a T-shirt in jeopardy.

Re: tag

Cool design. My only gripe is that it might look kinda funky in person, all blown up like that.

Before reading the comments I took "IT" to be a reference to IT staff, and "tag" to refer to what is on the shirt. A tag. But whatever.

MGIFF wrote:Are you serious? He is a street artist. Look at his hands. They are holding paint cans. They are toxic when sprayed.

Actually, I didn't notice the cans either.

dekonstruct wrote:Ahhh, I guess it would make more sense to see the mouth opening but I really set out to draw them as goofily as possible. I was frustrated and wanted to do something quick. I'm glad I'm not loosing it, and definitely shocked that you did that comp for me. That's pretty awesome of you.

Canadian vibe? SHHHHHHHHHH (they're watching us).

Congrats on the monster shirt man! You seem to really have tshirt designing down well.

That's amazing that you came up with this as a quick and goofy shirt. I'm not surprised that it got thrown back in because it's a great design, which is also the reason that the one line on the moose was bothering me so much. It looked like a huge puzzle missing one piece to me, so I had to see how it would look with the edit.

Wait who's watching us, the giant grizzlies, the mental moose or the rabid squirrels!? Truth is they all look pretty frightening..

Re: Traveling to Nowhere

love this little guy!