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cheesesandwich wrote:Those aren't cupcakes, those are battle-bots trained to kill the enemy.

Ohhhh... in that case definitely GMV.

Re: Sweet Dreams Are Made of These...

Back in the fog!! Good luck!! I voted for this because I think my wife would love it, it sure looks tasty to me!!

AdderXYU wrote:The fact that I can tell that the source material for this was from qwantz.com means I read too many dino comics

That's exactly what I thought when I saw it.

Re: Sweet Dreams Are Made of These...

Looks like today was pretty light on the hate mail for the cupcake shirt. That's a relief! Now I just have to figure out where to dig up a couple hundred more votes...

hmmmmmmmmm... I wonder if I could convince riffmaster to use a few of his 500 proxy votes on me.

ElectricFever wrote:dog is cute at the end of the bed too lol

Thanks, I appreciate the comment.

darthv8r - Thanks for the compliment! The blog ain't much, but I enjoy it.

There's a dearth of good pipe t-shirts out there. Should this unfortunately not make the cut, what are the chances of you printing this up elsewhere once the rights to the design revert back to you?

It's just that cool!

maddux31 wrote:Back in the fog!! Good luck!! I voted for this because I think my wife would love it, it sure looks tasty to me!!

Crossing my fingers! Thanks for the support.

Re: Minds Eye Resub

And here i was hoping to hit 100 this Derby.. ahh well.. to the land of mediocrity i remain....

Unless i can get 40X the love!

Re: Night Mare

Ack! Only 44 votes.. thats scary....

This is nice... but the cupcake is a lie.

lilelffaerie wrote:but of course ;o)

really though, your style has already improved since the last derby, so keep it up!

Whered my mind go!!!!

Go Lyss go!!!

up to 69th in a day... thats impressive...

love the design!

Re: Time Runs Out While You Stand Still.

...how embarrassing...I guess the "not being able to run in dreams when you have someplace to be," concept didn't quite get through....

*hides face in shame*

Iambusyeating wrote:This is nice... but the cupcake is a lie.

Noooooo... cupcakes are far more truthful then regular cakes.

Re: penguins last dream (resub)

its back in the fog! keep it going, i love this shirt!

klswoot wrote:One of mine was rejected too. It was definitely on theme in my opinion, but it wasn't a contender, so no big deal. Kind of silly to reject the lower voted entries at this point. All it does it make people feel bad. Especially when they put a lot of time into their entries.

I totally agree.

Dreams are hard to define, I mean it's more than just what you see when you go to bed. Martin Luther King, Jr's dream probably wasn't while he was sleeping. And this made it through 5 days, why the change of heart woot?

Re: What Dreams Are Made Of

this is my first time really reading the forums for the derby entries. i just got to ask, are they always so insulting and angry? every shirt in the fog has some seriously negative comments, some resorting to name-calling. i thought these were here to voice opinions and the like. this makes me rethink woot altogether....

Re: penguins last dream (resub)

Just wanted to say one last thanks to everyone who has supported my design this week, its been really exciting for me to be in the fog.
Even if im not there when voting ends, it was great being in there for a short time.

And congrats to the designs that do end there. Its been back and forth with the cupcake tree all day. kept me on the edge of my seat!

Thanks again. my the best shirts win!
-mwm

Re: Sleeping Problems

I like this design, but it's not actually on topic. If you're having sleeping problems, then you're probably not dreaming about anything ...

lmallen wrote:I like this design, but it's not actually on topic. If you're having sleeping problems, then you're probably not dreaming about anything ...

True, you wouldn't be dreaming, but this is an interpretation of what causes "Sleeping problems" using the traditional "Sheep jumping fences" symbolic representation of sleep

Re: Sweet Dreams Are Made of These...

Thanks again to everyone who has voted or will vote for me between now and 1pm tomorrow. This has been a pretty interesting week (comment page, fog, forum, probations, etc), so I am definitely glad I decided to submit this week.

Congrats to the other contenders on a pretty tough competition this week. We shall see what happens tomorrow. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

<crosses fingers>

ReneaKat wrote:this is my first time really reading the forums for the derby entries. i just got to ask, are they always so insulting and angry? every shirt in the fog has some seriously negative comments, some resorting to name-calling. i thought these were here to voice opinions and the like. this makes me rethink woot altogether....

If there's something to complain about, it will be brought up. The longer a shirt is in a top spot (and not necessarily in the Fog at that, but top ten, as well) the greater the likelihood there is for an issue to arise, only to be met with those who agree, and those who don't. Most often, this issue escalates to arguments, and eventually sophomoric name calling as the voting week comes to a close. The community at woot is incredibly active; not only are there long discussion threads for "controversial" entries, but it always spills over onto the main derby forum, as well. A whole 'nother argument about the same shirts and topics can exist in two places at once (and then woot self-destructs in an antimatter annihil... wait... nm)

That's partly why I've stayed completely away from the main forums this week, as even though I know things are being said about my shirt there, it's hard to keep up and keep organized. Might as well have everything consolidated in one page.

Oh, and to answer your question: Yes, since Derby #1.

lmallen wrote:I like this design, but it's not actually on topic. If you're having sleeping problems, then you're probably not dreaming about anything ...

It's perfectly on topic. It's a dream about counting sheep and the lead sheep gets stuck under the fence it was supposed to jump over. Does that sound like a scenario anyone trying to fall asleep would create in order to soothe the mind into falling asleep or is it something one's mind would imagine in a dream after finally achieving sleep? The latter, obviously.

tgentry wrote:I really like the look of the sheep, very funny. Seems like there should be numbers on them though or a sleeping person somewhere to really get the counting sheep thing across. Just looking at the shirt without knowing the theme I might just think it was a bunch of sheep in a field and one of them got stuck under a fence.

Ah numbers . . . thought about it but "no text". BTW, i was so happy your "healthy eating" shirt was available. One of my favorites. Gets lots of laughs at the office ;)

Re: Womansaur

His dream woman is one that will dominate him.
OR
His nightmare is a woman that will dominate him.

Either way, I want that shirt.

Re: Pickles Have Dreams Too

I love the pickle, please bring him back in later derby's!!

broomcorn wrote:I love the pickle, please bring him back in later derby's!!

He'll be back. His future's so bright, he has to wear shades.

tgentry wrote:I really like the look of the sheep, very funny. Seems like there should be numbers on them though or a sleeping person somewhere to really get the counting sheep thing across. Just looking at the shirt without knowing the theme I might just think it was a bunch of sheep in a field and one of them got stuck under a fence.

That would've been a good idea but for the 'No Text' rule in this derby. Well, someone did joke about photoshopping text onto the flying penguin to get it rejected. They probably would have been after this one, too, but it hadn't completed it's meteoric rise to the fog, yet. Thank goodness! Those sheep look like sensitive souls.

But, honestly, without knowledge of the derby's current theme, would you have guessed each of the submitted designs was about a dream? Some are far more obvious than others. A line of sheep? Maybe. Cupcakes on a tree? Maybe. A little boy 'driving' a cardboard 'car?' Probably. Etc. Etc. They're great designs, though, and they deserve their votes. It all depends on what designs or dreams the majority of voters respond to and what they want to sport on a shirt.

Re: Sleepless

I think it's time for a Best of the Rejects week. I want this shirt.

Re: Sleeping Problems

I was really disappointed when the "Sleepless" infinity sheep shirt got rejected and none of the other shirts in the fog appealed to me. But when I saw this shirt I was overjoyed, and I am very happy to see that it is in the fog now. I'm definately in for one.

jmblya wrote:darthv8r - Thanks for the compliment! The blog ain't much, but I enjoy it.

There's a dearth of good pipe t-shirts out there. Should this unfortunately not make the cut, what are the chances of you printing this up elsewhere once the rights to the design revert back to you?

It's just that cool!

word, i would totally buy this if you produced it off to the side if it did not win

Re: The Things That Dreams Are Made Of

I really love this design, really.

ycagwyw wrote:I think it's time for a Best of the Rejects week. I want this shirt.

I want it too, Woot. Sell it outside of the derby, please.

parkermc wrote:That would've been a good idea but for the 'No Text' rule in this derby. Well, someone did joke about photoshopping text onto the flying penguin to get it rejected. They probably would have been after this one, too, but it hadn't completed it's meteoric rise to the fog, yet. Thank goodness! Those sheep look like sensitive souls.

But, honestly, without knowledge of the derby's current theme, would you have guessed each of the submitted designs was about a dream? Some are far more obvious than others. A line of sheep? Maybe. Cupcakes on a tree? Maybe. A little boy 'driving' a cardboard 'car?' Probably. Etc. Etc. They're great designs, though, and they deserve their votes. It all depends on what designs or dreams the majority of voters respond to and what they want to sport on a shirt.

Lol, they do look like sensitive souls. A perfect description. I also like the overall composition/design and colors and feel it would look great on a t-shirt.
I also agree that art/design is subjective - and that will probably never change. Good luck sokowa.

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um.. i want one now....

Re: variation on a dream

billy, i dig it.

Re: Dream Analysis : According to Freud.

This shirt is wonderful it fully deserves to be in, not only is it a beautiful design but it really exemplifies the competition better than any of the others in my opinion, plus my psychology of consciousness professor would love it!

Re: Apple's Dream of Market Share

This is more accurate than most people want to admit. Apple would LOVE to be Microsoft - to matter to the rest of the world, to have a corporate structure that produces more millionaires than any other company in the world, the list continues...