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Re: Leonardo da Vinci's Handwriting

Leonardo da Vinci is well known for his drawings and inventions. Many of his drawings have been made into shirts, posters, etc, but often times the handwriting itself is left off. Leonardo wrote in a very unique way. He wrote in his own shorthand from right to left, instead of how Italian is typically written from left to right. I thought a self portrait of Leonardo using his unique handwriting style would make a beautiful shirt. I hope some of you agree.

zekecatz wrote:Purrfect! GMV

Agreed, on theme, and very well done for a kitty.

Re: Beside the Golden Door (RE-MADE)

REMAKE: If you voted for my previous shirt, I hope you like the re-done version...

Long before I was born, my great aunt, Celia, came to America aboard a great sea vessel. Arriving in New York Harbor she was greeted by a statue more grand and more awe-inspiring than any she had seen before. This statue towered over the ship filled with future Americans, but they were not afraid. For instead of a great king on a horse, instead of a mighty warrior with a spear, this statue was of a lady. And in that lady’s hands were a torch and a tablet. Light and words, wisdom and reason.

Years later my father would come to join my aunt, coming over from a small fishing village on the Mediterranean to the largest city in the United States. He, too, got to see the lady in the harbor, and walk inside her as well. Inscribed there, to this day still, are these words:

“The New Colossus”

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,"
--Emma Lazarus

It is from these words that I have created my portrait, inspired by the Statue of Liberty.

Re: Whimsical Ninja

Hello, midnight wooters. I'm some whimsical ninja. Please give me votes and I won't whimsically chop your dog's head off!

eHalcyon wrote:I think that might actually be too small. I'm not sure though.

i hope not, :/ i saw one that got rejected and it said to keep things above 1 pt, but i'm not really sure, i'm pretty new to this so i hope it's ok

Re: Beside the Golden Door (RE-MADE)

this is outstanding. The earlier version didn't pop out at me, though i enjoyed your behind the scenes story. This version, though, is very eye-catching.

gmv - I'd need a few, we have several Statue of Liberty fans around here!

Re: t shirt

nice idea.
now what if the Ts were made of Ts. Jk

Re: ED treatment

lmao, reminded me of run tub o' butter boy, run.

epic win

Re: Beside the Golden Door (RE-MADE)

I listened to all the great advice people here were giving me... I completely remade this shirt from scratch. I hope it's got a chance here, seeing as it's gotten a late start. I think I've spent a total of 24 (nonconsecutive) hours out of the past 48 working on this design... guess I'm really passionate about it.

Comments are welcomed... what do people think? Is it a vast improvement over the other one? Would you want one?

tallworm wrote:I like the choice of colors. It reads like lights on a LED screen. Double meanings yay!

for sure. great set of colors.

mia3mom wrote:this is outstanding. The earlier version didn't pop out at me, though i enjoyed your behind the scenes story. This version, though, is very eye-catching.

gmv - I'd need a few, we have several Statue of Liberty fans around here!

Thanks so much! I really put a ton of effort into it. Hopefully this will manage to catch up in the votes...

Re: Them's Fightin' Words Resub

great design, but might want to re-submit a version without the gradient backgrounds. woot doesn't take kindly to those ;)

Re: Them's Fightin' Words Resub

meh, like the black one better

Re: Beside the Golden Door

If you voted for this shirt, please take a look at my new version... link in my sig below!

Re: Them's Fightin' Words Resub

This is a resub for Them's Fightin' Words.
Sorry if you liked it better on black but I was warned that it looked like it was referring to Black Power, and it was not meant to be. I also think this one is quite plain and might need some color to draw some attention to it. I also fixed the names of the fingers and sized it down some. Thanks

SydneyB wrote:This is my 2nd try / submission. My 1st was rejected. I am trying to get the hang of this - I hope it is better this time. And I hope the words are big enough to read!! If they are not, does anyone have any suggestions? All SERIOUS help would be greatly appreciated!

Sydney, I'd have to say the biggest issue you have at the moment is that you used a gradient on your design. Gradients currently cannot be printed by woot, so I'd suggest resubbing without the red edge. The other thing would be to make sure you're only using 6 colors (Personally, if you used pinks and reds it would be more cohesive) I do like how you used all the different things that you love. I hope that the majority of them appeal to enough of the voters.

Re: Beside the Golden Door (RE-MADE)

This is fabulous.

Re: Nevermore

I'm a huge Poe fan and am officially in love with this shirt!! It'll make a great gift for my dad! Good luck!

mia3mom wrote:my girls love this shirt. They've been blowing bubbles constantly since Easter (bubbles in baskets).

I, um, thought of something else with the title. anybody else have their minds in the gutter?

Well I named it 'Tiny Bubbles', not 'Blowing Bubbles' L O L! But yeah it had crossed my mind.

Re: all the cool kids are doing it...

Wow. Great concept, well done.

Re: BUZZ BEE

yep, like that one. good job andy.

bruisie wrote:like the design... just don't like the color

Me too. We have a ton of green already....but it's a cool shirt!

Okay, so I completely reworked my design from scratch... please take a look at it and let me know your thoughts. I put a ton of effort into it...

Re: Camo Fish

The idea is that the white text on the heather tee will blend in somewhat with the heathering, but still give an almost "magic picture" illusion with the fish and it's shading.

easeandgrace wrote:This is fabulous.

Thank you! Hope it makes it to the fog so you can get a shirt out of it. :-)

Re: Alas poor Yorick (spelled correctly)

It's a shame that this one isn't gonna make it...the design is truly brilliant, but it's far too sophisticated to be sold for 10 bucks. Fine literature isn't really on the forefront of the interests on w00t.

violinalto wrote:[
I think this would have been awesome using musical terms (dynamics, tempo markings, etc.) - the mmms just don't do it for me.

I love the white on black, and the note placement. But I agree....it needs to say something other than 'mmmmmmm.' I would totally vote for this, if the text relayed anything musical other than humming.

bluchez wrote:Leonardo da Vinci is well known for his drawings and inventions. Many of his drawings have been made into shirts, posters, etc, but often times the handwriting itself is left off. Leonardo wrote in a very unique way. He wrote in his own shorthand from right to left, instead of how Italian is typically written from left to right. I thought a self portrait of Leonardo using his unique handwriting style would make a beautiful shirt. I hope some of you agree.

I think this is beautiful, and has an exceptional amount of potential. I'm afraid that the printing process won't do justice to the handwriting, though, and it will look like blobs. I'll give you my vote, anyway.

Re: Traffic Light: An Interpretation

fantastic

Re: your body is a wonderland

not a fan of purple, sorry!

daedalusknight wrote:Okay, so I completely reworked my design from scratch... please take a look at it and let me know your thoughts. I put a ton of effort into it...

This will be rejected for gradients in your comp. you can't do it. period.

Re: Rub Me Gently... (Feels nice)

could never get away with wearing it, but its just awesome that wuz teh funneh

wtfdeadman wrote:It's a shame that this one isn't gonna make it...the design is truly brilliant, but it's far too sophisticated to be sold for 10 bucks. Fine literature isn't really on the forefront of the interests on w00t.

*cough* did you not notice the two Poe-referencing shirts in the fog?

Re: Sunflower

Very creative! I really like what you did.

Nice

Re: all the cool kids are doing it...

hahah

Re: Georgia (the font) Peach Resub

This is a resub, my original design was sans clothes... hopefully if pinups with over sized bras and panties were ok for the nifty fifties, they'd be ok on woot.

thanks -J

sparklzk27 wrote:i hope not, :/ i saw one that got rejected and it said to keep things above 1 pt, but i'm not really sure, i'm pretty new to this so i hope it's ok

Same - this is the first derby I've entered. I only joined woot last Friday. =)

I read 4 pt somewhere, but I'm not sure how many pixels that actually is... 4 pixels on a 16x20 inch, 300 dpi image is pretty much invisibile, I think.

I wish you luck!

j1prophet wrote:This is a resub, my original design was sans clothes... hopefully if pinups with over sized bras and panties were ok for the nifty fifties, they'd be ok on woot.

thanks -J

just FYI. Somehow, woot's version of PG-13 excludes everything remotely sex.y, even if completely covered. If you think of it more as "Baby Einstein" instead of "PG-13", it helps with the woot rejections and woot voters.

Re: The Cake Is A Lie

Woot already printed a shirt like this.

brizz wrote:This will be rejected for gradients in your comp. you can't do it. period.

There are no gradients in the shirt design. The gradient is just a way to set off the shirt outline from the background. If you look at the design on the shirt you'll see there are no gradients in there. Woot will be able to see this in my print ready file, which also contains no gradients. :-)