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i like your graphic / woodcut style
this image reminds me of cincinnati printmaker thom shaw

nice work

Xanzibar wrote:Nice and simple. Love it!!

Haha, thanks! :D

Re: Mario is Hopefull

Re: Infinite thumbs up

The funniest thing would be seeing someone wearing this shirt who actually looks like the guy on this shirt, doing 'his' pose.

Re: Sunny Day RESUB

Love it!

enin wrote:i like your graphic / woodcut style
this image reminds me of cincinnati printmaker thom shaw

nice work

Thanks, I actually did this in pencil, and then one of my buddies said do it on black, and make the lines white. I liked the way it came out, I loved yours too, very nice.

Re: Blimp Day

Great design but... what does it have to do with optimism?

Re: don't worry about it.

Re: Forced Optimism Is Still Optimism!

Thank you all for the kind words about this shirt. I am very happy that there are people out there who love my design as much as myself.

Conrads, please keep the pessimism out of this shirt; I will not allow that here. Save that kind of talk for a picture shirt. We are above that and so is this shirt.

This shirt is a bold beautiful blank shirt!

For the sake of simplicity, and beauty in the humble, lets bring this blank bombshell to the top 4!

Thank you all (exempt conrads) for your support. Good luck to all.

Very cool! I love this shirt! I buy very, very few Woot shirts, but this one would be a definite must have!

cobolisdead wrote:It's like TAS Joker and Movie Prime had a baby! GMV!

Hey thanks guys! I'm glad it wasn't rejected, appreciate that Shirtwoot!

Every workday can be the start of something exciting! Wear this shirt to remind yourself that bringing a golf club to work to “meet” your copy machine does not count as social interaction or a sporting activity. Wear this shirt when you need to remember that the client who has altered almost every part of your original design may just enjoy debating art with you and consider you a well educated, intriguing person! Wear this shirt to meet with your boss at your yearly review and keep in mind that getting extra “goals” and “challenges” assigned to you just means that you are a very dedicated and integral part of the company! Wear this on a Sunday in hopes that Monday will bring new people, new puzzles, and new perspective at your workplace! Optimism could be the new caffeine for employees everywhere!

Orionluckystar wrote:Very cool! I love this shirt! I buy very, very few Woot shirts, but this one would be a definite must have!

Wow, thanks Orion. I rarely buy any shirts here either. I try to create designs I would wear.

choptop82 wrote:Great design but... what does it have to do with optimism?

I think it embodies this statement from the main page...

"We want to see t-shirts that will make us feel like everything's gonna be swell, just swell."

It's subjective, but I find it a very optimistic image.

On a pessimistic note... I hate JPEGs, so here's a GIF...

Re: Cheer Up! She Found You.

Kudos, BootsBoots! You bucked the expected conventions of this derby and obviously the voting public appreciates it.
I first noticed this shirt yesterday morning and since then it seems to have climbed inexorably up the charts. I'd say it has a good chance of printing, and I hope that it does. I voted for this shirt even though I may not end up buying it myself (it's just not my personal style), but because it is a unique and talent-laden shirt design and the people who do plan and are looking forward to purchasing it should have the chance to do so. I would vote a second time if I could.
Also, I like it because it reminds me of something from the world of Pan's Labyrinth, which I thought was a somewhat disturbing but fantastic movie. Conveniently enough, I think much the same thing of this shirt design.
Good luck, BootsBoots!

This . Is . Awesome!!!!! I absolutely love this !!!
Reminds me of an old design i did in the vs derby, but i used sheep instead of people.
Ah good times.
If you wanna see what im talking about its here:
http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=23887

But this design is just plain genius!!!
Anyway, GMV!!!

Re: Why Fight When You Can Rock

Yeah, don't see the theme, but that's cool he's got a bass guitar!

I do love crazy amounts of chickens on my t-shirts. especially well drawn ones.
GMV!!

Re: Counting Chickens Before they Hatch

This is great!!! I really like the style and the concept!! GMV!!!

fllmtlchcb wrote:So... they used metal scissors to cut the live wire...?

Ahh but don't you see?? They are merely waffles and toast. They cannot be affected by electricity. or secret ninja attacks for that matter.
Anyway, Nice shirt!!

Re: a few of my favorite things

Ahh the good old stick drawing.

Nice idea, but im afraid it hasn't come out well.
Maybe you could flesh out the lines a bit?
Or make the dog look more vicious? I dunno but it needs something.

Re: Which side did you see first?

Nice design, but i just wish it were a bit bigger

Sky wrote:Yay! It's Onion!

(GMV, just on principle.)

Yay! It's Onion!

I wanted this to fog. It would have been like a test case going to the Supreme Court.

aradicallynewnerd wrote:We're all going to die, but that's a minor detail. Try not to think about it.

Does anyone have advice on producing smoother lines? I sketch, scan, and then trace over my sketch in photoshop w/the pencil tool (I started using the pencil tool because I was worried about the pen tool producing extra shades of my color) - I get the distinct impression there is a much better way.

There is . What i find ( and i use the gimp raster program by the way) is that by using larger and thicker lines around the edge it helps to cover up any weird bumps e.t.c.
Also, do you use a graphics tablet? That would help significantly.

thanks for the comments. I realized it doesn't show the motion on the last wheel about to stop on 3 cherries until you said somethin. You're right, it does look like an Aw molten rubber moment.

Re: One Smiley

Nice idea, but maybe you could have used more colour?
Maybe put the happy smiley in the centre coloured in yellow, surrounded by all those grumpy smilies coloured in red arranged in a circle.
That might make it a bit better.

WHOA! Would you look at that.....REJECTED! The shirt last week fit the theme but still got rejected, sorry man.

Re: Hello Sunshine

It's ok but i think it needs more.

Conrads wrote:WHOA! Would you look at that.....REJECTED! The shirt last week fit the theme but still got rejected, sorry man.

ooh yeah by the way, how much time went into making your shirt? 30 seconds in microsoft paint? WHOA! Good job man, way to waste 30 seconds of your life.....The shirt is teh l33tsauce

Jestik wrote:I don't like this shirt, and would never wear it, but that doesn't mean someone else's viewpoints are not valid.

To me, the artist has demonstrated their talent with previous entries, so to say they "suck" is a little harsh. Maybe this design is below their potential, but a lot of people still like it. It doesn't mean those people are right or wrong, it just means those people like it.

Adder, you will never argue people out of how they feel. You'll only frustrate yourself in the process.

However, I will add, I am completely saddened the way fantastic, original, artistic work like BootsBoots sits far outside the fog, when simplistic stuff like this shirt will print and make $. Boots (and others) deserve better for their efforts. But that's what you get when you let people vote for what they like. Sometimes you like the results, and sometimes you don't. It's just the way it is

All of the reason to have a dictatorshi-... wootatorship.

Re: Can You Dig It?

This is a pleasantly large print with very little ink, and it displays the theme better than almost all the other designs. Nice work, geekfactor!

Conrads wrote:ooh yeah by the way, how much time went into making your shirt? 30 seconds in microsoft paint? WHOA! Good job man, way to waste 30 seconds of your life.....The shirt is dumb

btw.....I TATTLED .... i am kind a sorry...never mind no i am not

Re: Room for Optimism

Yeah, I like the style as well, very neatly done, very crisp. Good Job!

Re: Seasonal Optimism on the market

Very clever, I like it. Well done!

If this goes for sale I'm buying.

Sheneron wrote:Thank you all for the kind words about this shirt. I am very happy that there are people out there who love my design as much as myself.

Conrads, please keep the pessimism out of this shirt; I will not allow that here. Save that kind of talk for a picture shirt. We are above that and so is this shirt.

This shirt is a bold beautiful blank shirt!

For the sake of simplicity, and beauty in the humble, lets bring this blank bombshell to the top 4!

Thank you all (exempt conrads) for your support. Good luck to all.

Conrads wrote:

where you say..."I am very happy that there are people out there who love my design as much as myself. "....IT"S NOT EVEN A DESIGN...

Re: Child Optimist hopes for Jurassic X-Mas Miracle!

Cool Dave!! Nice Job!

Love this... don't know it doesn't have more votes!!!