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CarbonSasquatch wrote:Thank you. I totally get the part about not imaginary enough, but could you share the secret of the template, please? I downloaded the shirt outline from the Derby Entry page, it's the Adobe Photoshop version. I had to reduce the ppi to get under the 500kb limit. Does the whole design have to be made directly onto the shirt outline?

You need to have enough of the shirt on the image you submit at 600x600 pixels for them to be able to see where the design goes on the shirt, and how big the design is meant to be, relatively speaking. You don't even have to use the actual design template they provide, though you do need the design on the shirt that you submit to be on the correct shirt color.Quite a few people use a 'real shirt' template provided by a user (Jack) that can be found on the world of woot page. Some even draw a rough shirt shape; as long as they can tell where it is supposed to be, how big it is, and the shirt color, you should be OK. Oh, and you might also get rejected if your shirt image doesn't show enough of the detail of the design that the viewer can tell what they're voting for. I had one rejected for that once.

mjc613 wrote:This shirt should do well with grilled meats, earthy cheeses, pasta dishes and pizzas. Enjoy poolside or on the beach as well!

S.Angiovese

great review. The wines are all 2,400 kopek.

tgentry wrote:I think a good entry deserves a second chance to fix what didn't work the first time regardless of who does it. If it's a design that didn't resonate the first time then what's the big complaint, other than the minor annoyance of one extra entry in 300? If it gets votes then it's a relevant entry. The fact that it's a slow derby suggests to me the more entries the better, especially since the entries this week are getting relatively low vote totals. And my entry this week clearly isn't going to printed so I'm not sure what all the fuss is about.

I'd like to speak up once and for all and say that I would just like to see good artists quit submitting here outright. Actually, can I include some others that aren't necessarily good artists but I'm tired of competing against? If it suits everyone, I'd really like for tgentry, jamescho84, JadenKale, SkekTek, mihalis aya, rglee129, sokowa, zenne, haxrox, eHalcyon, daedalusknight, FableFire, Failoan, redghia69, edgarrmcherly, geekfactor12, riffmaster18, RobGlenn, superspryte, kenney9226, Bryan818, Sachmoe64, dsladek, ansharp, Josephus, artulo, and wooterer to please quit entering because it isn't fair to those of us who want me to win. I realize that if they all quit entering I still wouldn't win, but I'll amend the list at that time. Thank you everyone for helping support this worthwhile cause. (sorry if I left anyone out)

dasmonkeyboy wrote:Welcome to the Wonderful World of Woot Shirt, bro...

where unfortunately people are not consistent in their comments depending if you're a "favorite" or not, sorry you got such carp for what others do often

bluchez wrote:I'd like to speak up once and for all and say that I would just like to see good artists quit submitting here outright. Actually, can I include some others that aren't necessarily good artists but I'm tired of competing against? If it suits everyone, I'd really like for tgentry, jamescho84, JadenKale, SkekTek, mihalis aya, rglee129, sokowa, zenne, haxrox, eHalcyon, daedalusknight, FableFire, Failoan, redghia69, edgarrmcherly, geekfactor12, riffmaster18, RobGlenn, superspryte, kenney9226, Bryan818, Sachmoe64, dsladek, ansharp, Josephus, artulo, and wooterer to please quit entering because it isn't fair to those of us who want me to win. I realize that if they all quit entering I still wouldn't win, but I'll amend the list at that time. Thank you everyone for helping support this worthwhile cause. (sorry if I left anyone out)

I'm delighted to be on your list! Now, can I actually win something better than 3rd and 4th before people get to hate me? This week would be nice. I'm broke.

Re: Footballland

awesome for all of us football lovers, unfortunately this is woot, and if your design isn't fantasy, monkey, ninja or dork related, it doesn't stand a chance...

woot really needs to work on that!!!

tigerlillies wrote:where unfortunately people are not consistent in their comments depending if you're a "favorite" or not, sorry you got such carp for what others do often

Actually, everyone who submits clip art in their designs get crap, no matter who you are. I didn't give anyone any this week since I submitted a clip art based piece (and expected crap for it, which I received), but that has nothing to do with whether you are a "favorite" or not on that particular subject. The "favorites" with proven artistic ability will catch MUCH more crap for clip art than the average entrant 99.3% of the time.

tgentry wrote:Thanks James and ansharp. I just also wanted to add, woot now has a built-in cost to resubbing. This resub will likely not appear in the redo derby, which is one less shot I'd have then. That was a risk I was willing to take because I liked this entry in this derby. I'm not just throwing around resubs willy nilly. I think it fit really well and the changes were an improvement. I certainly wasn't out for a quick buck. I don't need the money from woot, it's simply a creative outlet that happens to pay as a bonus. Plus there are easier, less degrading ways to make a quick buck, like freelance work or becoming a gigilo.

In your case tg, I think this design is perfect for this derby because of the globe and the imaginary country. I definitely see your point here. Gigilo, heh. Certainly probably get less flak....

I'd buy this in support of rachel ray's secret addiction.

bluchez wrote:I'd like to speak up once and for all and say that I would just like to see good artists quit submitting here outright. Actually, can I include some others that aren't necessarily good artists but I'm tired of competing against? If it suits everyone, I'd really like for tgentry, jamescho84, JadenKale, SkekTek, mihalis aya, rglee129, sokowa, zenne, haxrox, eHalcyon, daedalusknight, FableFire, Failoan, redghia69, edgarrmcherly, geekfactor12, riffmaster18, RobGlenn, superspryte, kenney9226, Bryan818, Sachmoe64, dsladek, ansharp, Josephus, artulo, and wooterer to please quit entering because it isn't fair to those of us who want me to win. I realize that if they all quit entering I still wouldn't win, but I'll amend the list at that time. Thank you everyone for helping support this worthwhile cause. (sorry if I left anyone out)

I appreciate the kindness of inclusion on your list. I'd like to cast my vote with you to convince everyone else to quit entering, too! C'mon people, give bluchez a chance! I know that he and, oh, let's see, maybe Notjosephus hasn''t been used by anyone- yeah, he and Notjosephus ought to get a chance to go one, two!

Re: République de Vapeurland

I have been concerned that the letters won't show up since there isn't much contrast. They don't show up very well on my home computer.

GravityJMB wrote:This is really, really cool. GMV!

THANKS!!!!! I really like it, too!

Re: THE PANDA'S REPUBLIC OF A.MELANOLEUCA

The Pandas Want to create a new nation in the middle of China.

Re: PIGS: Province of Intergalactic Swine

beggin strips!

srglancey wrote:I can't believe this isn't getting a few more votes. I think it's clever.

Thanks! This is my first entry, so I'm just excited to be in the double digits.

Re: THE PANDA'S REPUBLIC OF A.MELANOLEUCA

Your flag is awesome.

Re: Triceratopolis

Thanks! This is my first entry, so I'm just excited to be in the double digits.

Eastaer wrote:Click here to see a better quality of the image. It got a little blurry in the transfer.

I like this except for the colors, too bright and rainbow-ish

bluchez wrote:Actually, everyone who submits clip art in their designs get crap, no matter who you are. I didn't give anyone any this week since I submitted a clip art based piece (and expected crap for it, which I received), but that has nothing to do with whether you are a "favorite" or not on that particular subject. The "favorites" with proven artistic ability will catch MUCH more crap for clip art than the average entrant 99.3% of the time.

I really don't want to bring people into this that are not involved in this particular discussion, but not every clip art piece gets carp -- one is even still a hot seller. And, I wasn't referring to your piece. I am just asking for consistency.

Re: THE PANDA'S REPUBLIC OF A.MELANOLEUCA

This is by far my favorite design of this derby. Please submit it to Threadless.com if it doesn't win, and I'll buy it there.

Re: Youbetchücan!

How funny -- gotta smile. Hooray for positive attitude, high hopes and pluck! gmv

bluchez wrote:I'd like to speak up once and for all and say that I would just like to see good artists quit submitting here outright. Actually, can I include some others that aren't necessarily good artists but I'm tired of competing against? If it suits everyone, I'd really like for tgentry, jamescho84, JadenKale, SkekTek, mihalis aya, rglee129, sokowa, zenne, haxrox, eHalcyon, daedalusknight, FableFire, Failoan, redghia69, edgarrmcherly, geekfactor12, riffmaster18, RobGlenn, superspryte, kenney9226, Bryan818, Sachmoe64, dsladek, ansharp, Josephus, artulo, and wooterer to please quit entering because it isn't fair to those of us who want me to win. I realize that if they all quit entering I still wouldn't win, but I'll amend the list at that time. Thank you everyone for helping support this worthwhile cause. (sorry if I left anyone out)

I don't think I deserve to be on the list, but I am very much flattered. And bluchez, you've been in the top ten the last two derbies and are probably going to make top ten this week as well. It's only a matter of time.

On the whole resub issue... I joked in the cyberpub this week that I was disappointed by the resubs, but of course the real reason I didn't like seeing them was because they're such great designs that had already proven so popular that it makes my position in the fog that much more tenuous.

Seriously - both Cho's and tgentry's resubs deserve to be here. They were such near misses in the last derbies they were entered, and now they're here and improved. Cho redrew his entire design - the incredible amount of effort put into it is apparentt - and tgentry made some great additions to an already wonderful design.

Also, I don't think resubbing like this hurts the chances of HM and getting put into the do-over derby. Wasn't Zenne's Summertime entry a retooled resub?

redghia69 wrote:How funny -- gotta smile. Hooray for positive attitude, high hopes and pluck! gmv

I NEED to buy this for my dad.

please win. you got mine, and eveyrone i know on shirt.woots votes. (ygmaeikoswv)

Re: Griffinia

I'd like to thank everyone who has voted and kept this design in the top 20 up to this point. a benchmark for me. this is my first design to pass 100 this early in the derby and stay in the top 20 this long.

NeoNcP wrote:I like this except for the colors, too bright and rainbow-ish

I was going for bright and fantastic. Just like when we all played those games for the first time, they made our jaws drop.

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=17034]Stereophonica (Redubbed

Love it love it love it. Even better than the original. Come on people. Lets get this one up there.

Re: Worm Hole Republic

GMV! I love this shirt. I've been interest in wormholes ever since playing Time Splitter : Future Perfect. I love the simply design of the shirt, yet the thought of a worm hole is ever so complexing.

wow! this pig flying makes me think of the summers I spent shooting flying pigs on my ranch in Greece. I will buy 1!

spuddy50 wrote:Revote for this little pig. He has some changes (Ahem..his province is listed), and he was doing real well but got rejected mid flight.

Thanks Wooters!

Re: The Pica Republic

@SaritaBeth - I hope your confidence isn't misplaced! Thank-you for the support.

@Mootsfox - Thanks!

@barabajagle - I know there are plenty of straight men who would be comfortable wearing "cute" stuff as well. I was targeting two demographics in this design, and I was aware that it was risky because I could end up alienating both sides. Hopefully the risk was worth it.

@judycallgirl - The dog just woke up.

@cheer4vols - the "translation" in the description isn't a real translation. The motto isn't a real Latin phrase - there actually isn't any meaning in it at all. The phrase is actually from a standard piece of filler text commonly used in typography. If you're interested, you can read a bit about it on Wikipedia.

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Re: PIGS: Province of Intergalactic Swine

possibly the greatest shirt of all time. i will buy 3 and then make another account just to buy 3 more.

Re: THE PANDA'S REPUBLIC OF A.MELANOLEUCA

This is very good. I think you could have a good late push.

Re: PIGS: Province of Intergalactic Swine

awww the pig is super cute. reminds me of my good firend nick. ;-)

Rudy165 wrote:I NEED to buy this for my dad.

please win. you got mine, and eveyrone i know on shirt.woots votes. (ygmaeikoswv)

Thanks for the support! I hope you know lots of people...

superspryte wrote:I thought it would be spelled Oblivion. ^_~

Correct, and if you change the spelling and resubmit, you'll get votes and orders from here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252838,00.html

Re: Porcine Nation -- Pigs _will_ fly!

Funny! Great work!

Re: Brokeville...Where Money Is But A Dream Version 2

Same problem as before. Will be rejected for having images of U.S. currency.

Re: THE PANDA'S REPUBLIC OF A.MELANOLEUCA

Excellent job....this is awesome!!

Re: THE PANDA'S REPUBLIC OF A.MELANOLEUCA

Thanks for all the comments. Mr. Gentry, I am amazed not only with your artistic ability but with the clever ideas within your designs week after week. All comments are welcome, positive or otherwise.