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Re: Keeping The Dream Alive

Come ON! If you're going to rip off an existing design you could at least change something :P

lanpartyz wrote:Tormented Dreams

Reminds me of this one a lot. http://www.gomedia.us/arsenal/index.php

cool none the less.... They have some cool stuff there.

Similarities, but its not a shirt already, maybe thats where he got the idea.
Maybe coincidence who knows

I dont care I LOVE the shirt and want it!

Re: Sleeping Problems

hahaaha this is wonderful. i want one. great job!

sigaru wrote:my dad has a tattoo like this....only much more detailed and realistic.

really? Id like to see a picture if you got it.

jpolson wrote:http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=9345

I like it. A lot.

Yay! Thank you!

narkus wrote:you continue to s-u-c-k

QFT best insult ever!

akliens wrote:QFT best insult ever!

you're welcome

Re: A Dream of High Performance

i like the idea. it's funny though because i made a short flash video of exactly this...a kid gets in a box and the box turns into a racecar. your design looks ten times as good though. nice job!!

haxrox wrote:No, you're right,...(immense amounts of erudite gobbledygook)...and yet risen above both metaphors on his winged oceanic mount.

haxrox, you nailed it I laughed so hard, I almost peed my pants.

Re: Computerized dreams

innovative idea! i didn't know that was what sleep looks like on a machine. not sure about the black background but i can't think of any better colour. well done!

Its a really beautiful shirt..

But too girly for my taste..

Re: Tormented Dreams

lanpartyz wrote:Tormented Dreams


Reminds me of this one a lot. http://www.gomedia.us/arsenal/index.php

cool none the less.... They have some cool stuff there.

I actually agree with you. I thought that a lot of Bryan's vectors looked like GoMedia vectors. I've bought a bunch of their sets and double-checked that they can be used for tshirt design.They are free for commericial use. So there's no problem there.

But, I do agree that the designs are far too similar to be purely coincidental. But, Woot staff will have to decide what's derivative and what's original thought process. It's clear where Bryan got the inspiration, but the vectors are free for commercial use, so there's no copyright infringement issue.

I personally would have liked to see the vectors used in a wholly original way. But, maybe that's just me. It's not going to set a good precedent with other artists or designers if you take commercially free vectors, but then mimic a design where the fundamentals have already been thought through by Go Media. But no copyright infringement issue, at least I don't think so.

derekfilley wrote:The piece can also be viewed in light of existentialist thought. The top parachuter is clearly not happy about his predicament as is evidenced by his frantic flailing before the gaping maw of doom. His end is sure, fixed in place as he is, but yet he insists on feebly resisting against fate. His struggle means nothing.

To the right of the picture we see a different response. This parachuter does not struggle; instead, he seems almost resigned to his fate. He has curled up into fetal position, awaiting his imminent end. His is an unlucky lot in life.

The most intriguing figure is of course the man at the bottom left. He looks neither terrified, nor resigned. Instead he seems almost apathetic, as if the flying fish of prey mean nothing to him. This is ironic, as he has not one, but two sharks circling him. A double portion of death. Regardless, he sees his situation and meets it with the cold uncaring glance of a rational, modern man of existential bent.

Too bad he's going to die.

Fantastic! This is both reflective and deep. Thank you for that.

Re: till the sharks got wings...

ps: I want to see this thing back in the freakin fog.

derekfilley wrote:The piece can also be viewed in light of existentialist thought. The top parachuter is clearly not happy about his predicament as is evidenced by his frantic flailing before the gaping maw of doom. His end is sure, fixed in place as he is, but yet he insists on feebly resisting against fate. His struggle means nothing.

To the right of the picture we see a different response. This parachuter does not struggle; instead, he seems almost resigned to his fate. He has curled up into fetal position, awaiting his imminent end. His is an unlucky lot in life.

The most intriguing figure is of course the man at the bottom left. He looks neither terrified, nor resigned. Instead he seems almost apathetic, as if the flying fish of prey mean nothing to him. This is ironic, as he has not one, but two sharks circling him. A double portion of death. Regardless, he sees his situation and meets it with the cold uncaring glance of a rational, modern man of existential bent.

Too bad he's going to die.

I love the design my *only* beef is the "incompleteness" of the top guy where we don't see his chute, and it's "off the page". To me designgs like this seem incomplete and lacking something visually--other than that its a winner.

Re: Achieve The Dream

At first glance I thought I saw the "f word" in there.....

Re: An Ugly Argly Pipe Dream

Nice colors. But, I'm totally missing the dream component. Am I just dense? It's okay if you want to say "yes".

Re: Her Head Is Nightmares

Nice concept, very artistic. I would want one except for the fact that my little brother died by hanging himself.... so can't justify my wearing this. But i wanted to let you know tthat this is a great shirt.

lanpartyz wrote:Tormented Dreams


Reminds me of this one a lot. http://www.gomedia.us/arsenal/index.php

cool none the less.... They have some cool stuff there.

nothing bad meant here. I saw the vectors before and thought to myself wow them would be nice shirts. and then I saw this design and said hey I'll buy it. I for one think everything has been thought of before.... Just pointing out that they have styles that are nearly the same. Anyway you still have my vote.

Re: Eye (resub)

That was kind of mean to tell them to resubmit this design just so you can reject it again

Great design imo. Even if it doesn't fit in with whatever "dreams" encompasses

klswoot wrote:Nice colors. But, I'm totally missing the dream component. Am I just dense? It's okay if you want to say "yes".

I was spinning off the term "Pipe Dream". Look closely and you will see pipes unless you truely are dense

cdncarlie wrote:i like the idea. it's funny though because i made a short flash video of exactly this...a kid gets in a box and the box turns into a racecar. your design looks ten times as good though. nice job!!

The whole family likes this one! I think it has a great blend of comical and art. What family doesn't have a picture of their child acting like this. (I know I have several!) I usually buy the silly tshirts for my husband, but if this wins, I may just have to wear it myself!

lanpartyz wrote:I was spinning off the term "Pipe Dream". Look closely and you will see pipes unless you truely are dense

I definitely see the pipes....just missing the dream part of a pipe dream. Unless the pipes are dreaming that they can be an argyle tshirt. In that case, I guess it works.

lanpartyz wrote:At first glance I thought I saw the "f word" in there.....

uh...yeah...no.

awesome dream. i voted for this dream, and the shirt.

derekfilley wrote:

To the right of the picture we see a different response. This parachuter does not struggle; instead, he seems almost resigned to his fate. He has curled up into fetal position, awaiting his imminent end. His is an unlucky lot in life.

Nope. He's all relaxed and happy because he sees that the shark in front of him is harmless. It can't eat him as it doesn't have a bottom jaw. What he doesn't realize is that it may still tickle him into wetting himself with its Mighty Wings of Existential Absurdity.

ROFL

AdderXYU wrote:Thanks! I wanted to add more clipart too, but I'd already spent 40 hours on it, so I figured it was fine as is! Sorry you're not doing better. If you need a totally original idea for next derby, I can help you out, I've got a GREAT idea involving Pac-Man

Pac-Man?.... Didn't you already do that in your "I'm open" shirt? It's funny though, even though this is an absolute obvious 100% joke shirt. It's still doing better than your "real" shirts (considering how long the others have been in the derby). Think about that for a while...

Re: Tormented Dreams

Bryan said in the forum it was drawn:

Bryan818 wrote:Tormented Dreams is up!!!

i wen't with grey cause the cream looked terrible on this monitor so did the asphalt.. wasnt sure how accurate the screen was but didnt wanna take a chance anyway... check it out! lots drawing scanning tracing over n over. lots of work but i love the finish hope you do too!

Maybe he did a drawing influenced by the cover of that vector pack?

Zomgroman wrote:Its a really beautiful shirt..

But too girly for my taste..

Heh... you should've seen it when I had it on baby blue!

klswoot wrote:The whole family likes this one! I think it has a great blend of comical and art. What family doesn't have a picture of their child acting like this. (I know I have several!) I usually buy the silly tshirts for my husband, but if this wins, I may just have to wear it myself!

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the support for the design.

Re: Keeping The Dream Alive

true.
don't steal designs!!!
this has been done before,
and is sold on a regular site as far as i know...
though i dont remember which one exactly...

Re: Sweet Dreams Are Made of These...

Well, I just got home from work and read through the copious amounts of comments on my shirt page. All I can really say is... "WOW!" I always expect people to say negative things in the forum... some constructive and some not. What I am surprised at is when somebody (anybody) takes their dislike for a particular shirt, and turns it in to an opportunity to insult someone (or an entire forum of people) personally.

I really and truly respect the fact that everyone has an opinion and the right to share it, but throwing around put-downs and insults is not really expressing an opinion, it's just unnecessary. When I don't like shirts, I just don't vote for them I may offer constructive criticism (mostly when asked), but I do not lash out and question/judge/insult the designer's skills, physique, political views, sexual orientation or otherwise. I just don't get it.

It's a shirt with cupcakes growing from a tree, it's brightly colored, it's supposed to be fun and/or funny. It shouldn't be the center of a rage filled debate. At the end of the derby, either people voted for it or they didn't, none of this back and forth will really matter.

I am always pleased and grateful to win or be printed (this week would be no exception), but if it doesn't happen I am fine with that. I always just figure it means that not enough people liked the shirt, nothing personal, just didn't like it. That said, it's nice to see as many positive posts and notes as negative ones. It probably all balances out in the end!

Re: Trichotomy

Even Piggybanks have aspirations too. And their aspirations have aspirations too.

klswoot wrote:I definitely see the pipes....just missing the dream part of a pipe dream. Unless the pipes are dreaming that they can be an argyle tshirt. In that case, I guess it works.

ummm as in the game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_Dream_%28video_game%29

Re: Dragonfly bomber

I can't tell what the "body" of the dragon fly looks like... can you post a close up?

Re: Things to come...

focused on the bad things in life...
money, cars, possessions.

...just my input.

Re: penguins last dream (resub)

I guess it's te smokestack that does it for me... I would definitly wear this one over any of the others.This one is great!

tgentry wrote:All the parts are identical to the vector pack illustration. The eyeball's identical, the crown is identical. The ribs look the same. I mean it's a pack of clip art for sale. It doesn't take much thought to put two and two together. If someone wants to buy it and see if that spider is in there, that flame, those wings, please do. I'm going to assume it's all clip art. At least could have done a different design so as not to get spotted. Or just said right off the bat this was clip art. It's a shame this was one I really did like.

But, if he drew it from the vector cover (without buying the set) he is supposed to give credit to Go Media. At least that's my understanding if you use something off their site for free. If you look back a few derbies, I mentioned Go Media with one of my designs...maybe "Old Man Winter". I remember posting the link and mentioning that I spoke with someone at Go Media specifically about tshirt designs. Because I bought the sets, I didn't have to mention the source, but I did.

I think I've seen Go Media elements in RiffMaster's Designs, Damienone's designs, several on DBH and maybe in Alvin's Arch Design(?). (But I may be mistaken as they may look similar, but aren't from the same source.)

I don't have a problem with them being used if they are used in an original way so that the end result is a design that hasn't been done before.