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Re: Easy Optimism

Sorry seki, just not doing it for me...

Spomo wrote:I like this a lot more than the original, but I think the wings get lost in the wind. This is Icarus correct? If not this should be.

Thanks for the positive feedback!

The wings are intended to be a transformation of the wind. Symbolism is rooted in the Tarot Fool card rather than Icarus (that's why the butterfly wings rather than mechanical or bird wings). Traditionally, the Fool is so intent on the beauty of a butterfly flitting before him that he's oblivious of the dog nipping at his heals and the cliff he's about to step off of. Push it a few steps into the future, transform the butterfly, keep the fatalistic grin / oblivion of his dire situation.

Re: Planting for your future

hope u guys like

Of course! I always do

Re: Group Hug

This is a cute design, but I'm confused about who the celestial objects are! If the white one's the moon, and the next one up is the sun... what are the others?

Re: Planting for your future

hope u guys like

Re: These ice-caps look plenty big to me...

Re: The Optimistic Duckling

holy carp i love this shirt! you can do it little buddy...get to the top so i can buy you!!

Re: Cheer Up! She Found You.

I'm not sure how to react to the piece. I think I really like it . . . only thing I know for sure is I can't stop looking at it.

Re: Optimistic Courtship

awww sad... I can't vote! why woot!?!!?

klutzypuma wrote:awww sad... I can't vote! why woot!?!!?

you have purchase something from Woot first.

Re: A Wish Come True

Clipart EXPLOSION!!!!! KAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!

Re: Infinite thumbs up

I LoLed.

Re: Grim Optimism

Poor squirrel, trading an acorn for his life. Makes ya wanna cry, don't it?

ReflectiveRobot wrote:I feel somehow guilty for liking this so much! Wrong humor is sometimes the best humor, right?

You know it! Some of the best humor is morbid.

HeartlineTwist wrote:I don't mean to sound alarmist when I get into this mildly related mini-rant, so...yeah.

Comparing this to Row v. Wade in anything other than style is disastrous. Row v. Wade, in my opinion, is a terrible, terrible shirt concept. Yes, it was appropriate in context of the derby it was printed in. But putting one of the most controversial, hot button court cases on a t-shirt just boggles the mind. For me (I'll go ahead and throw out that I'm a college-aged male), it borders on tacky at best and tasteless at worst. I don't know why it strikes such a nerve with me, but I just think it's a terrible thing to put on a shirt. Thus, comparing this to that kind of bothers me. Stylistically, sure, but there are other stick figure shirts to compare it to .

I mean, I think even the haters can agree that this concept wouldn't work with actual people without losing the charm it has. And that doesn't mean the concept itself is flawed.

Umm, its a shirt, stop being a dumb ass.

Re: Don't cry over spilled milk

.... MAGNIFICO!

SLRisius wrote:Thanks boots! I appreciate the support from week to week.

I knew it wasn't going to do well based on my color choices and subject mater, but what am I supposed to do? I don't change my style to match the whims of the woot voter. This shirt is totally me as with most of my designs, with no compromise.

OOPS My girl friends account was left open! That was me.

Re: Optimistic Sabres

What?

Re: The Counter-Productive Optimist

Yep, this one should definitely take it all.

Re: A Wonderful Day

CUTEST MONSTER EVAR. Reminds me of the Cloverfield interview where JJ Abrams said that the monster was a "1,000 year old baby".

HeartlineTwist wrote:What process did you use when you made your own before?

i made them with traditional screen printing. i was surprised that the screens were able to hold such detail but they turned out fantastic

Re: Don't cry over spilled milk

Lemme see...design's not on a shirt template and uses text during a no-text week. We can look forward to a rejection, can't we?

Re: Don't cry over spilled milk

There are 2 problems with this entry. First, you did not put the design on a shirt template. Woot requires this since it shows them where and how big the design should be on the shirt. Second, this week, no text is allowed. I recommend you withdraw this, and resubmit on a shirt template (several are available on the entry page) and without words. Good luck.

arclamp wrote:Lemme see...design's not on a shirt template and uses text during a no-text week. We can look forward to a rejection, can't we?

Why, afraid it's gonna make top 3?

AdderXYU wrote:
And I'd say that any figures would work with this concept, so long as one was sad, one was happy, and the bag face looked like the sad guy's face.

You are free to take up the challenge of drawing the same concept in a realistic style. You can post it here and we can all see how it would turn out.

Thanks for the support, also sorry to those who are upset about it, hopefully I won't be as controversial next week. :p

Re: Easy Optimism

Everyone arguing against this shirt and it's usage of stick figures seems to have lost sight of the fact that IT'S A T SHIRT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET OVER YOURSELVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whoops never mind - this site is so confusing!

sekiyoku wrote:You are free to take up the challenge of drawing the same concept in a realistic style. You can post it here and we can all see how it would turn out.

Thanks for the support, also sorry to those who are upset about it, hopefully I won't be as controversial next week. :p

I don't think anyone is saying that realistic people are the way to go here. Personally, I think this design would have worked extremely well with simplistic hand-drawn characters akin to Edgar's people (his entry this week is a good example). I'd have to see it to say for sure, but I can easily imagine it.

Re: The Dodo Skips Through History

awesome illustration!

eHalcyon wrote:I don't think anyone is saying that realistic people are the way to go here. Personally, I think this design would have worked extremely well with simplistic hand-drawn characters akin to Edgar's people (his entry this week is a good example). I'd have to see it to say for sure, but I can easily imagine it.

While that may be true, I don't think that's a huge artistic step up from stick people honestly :/

Jykinturah wrote:Wow. かわいいね。

I agree, though without the Hirugana keyboard. Dai Kawai.

Love the poem too! GMV

Re: Prince Pucker Up

Cute. GMV. Love your user name, btw.

yemicculus wrote:Yay it's Onion?

Yay! It's Onion!

stltravis wrote:I don't know what happened, because I had a comp of it on a template and for some reason it did not upload....Let me know if it is necessary to re-submit.

Yep, you'll get disqualified with the template.

choptop82 wrote:Yep, you'll get disqualified with the template.

WITHOUT I meant. Without the template.

Re: Lil' Goliath

Go here (http://powstudios.com/images/optimo.jpg) to see a hi-res image.

Re: Bliss

This shirt... if it wins, I'd have to buy it for my media professor. We discussed this very power of the ipod in class, not two weeks ago! GMV

klutzypuma wrote:awww sad... I can't vote! why woot!?!!?

buy some Manos, the Hands of Fate

BootsBoots wrote:Oh! And I added some more wallpaper sizes. Since you guys were using it, I thought that might be nice.
www.jamiemelanimarshall.com/wootwallpaper.html

just another reason i love boots boots :P

Thanks for the wallpapers, and GOSH PEOPLE...vote for this shirt! First artistic shirt in a long fkin time!!!