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Re: Who is the Bearded Vigilante?!?

I love the symbol on his chest! GMV!

Re: Cowboy Robots.

Awesome job! I love the way you drew the robots! GMV!

Re: Maybe she said it for a reason

Cute! Looks like a logo shirt! I doubt that I'd wear it, but I'd get ti for the wife. GMV!

Re: Let Them Eat Ice Cream!

Um yes if this ends up not placing PLEASE submit this to Threadless or something .... I really, really want this shirt! kthxbye

What the ..?

Why did "Midnight Ride of Marty McFly" along with some others get rejected for not depicting real history, whereas this remains in the fog?

Seriously, "Midnight Ride" was parodying the midnight ride of paul revere with Back to the future ... how is that any different from this shirt?

Don't get me wrong, I like this shirt, but what the hell, woot?

TurboGraphx16 wrote:Like I said before, what's done is done; obviously the Jennifer Lopez fan who continues harassing me simply can't have his/her mind changed. Once again, if anyone is angry at me, they have my sincerest apologies. There's still alot of time left in the Derby, so anything can happen.

screw you and your dickish insulting of me. im glad this is back in the fog, because your actions almost caused it not to be. everyone can make fun of me all they want but i know im right and so does everyone else and thats all that matters.

i cannot wait to buy this shirt.

Re: Maybe she said it for a reason

I love this. gmv

Re: Vincent's Alternative

i dont get it. whos that supposed to be?????? it doesnt make any sense!?!?!?!?!?!?

i think if i dont get it most other people wont either, which to me makes it a pretty bad shirt.

Re: Dinosaurs Who Are Communist for Some Reason

hahaha this is a great shirt. i dont look good in red so i wont buy it but its almost as great as some stuff you see in target and walmart and other places where alot of people shopt. neat job !!!!!!!!!

GigliWasAGoodMovie wrote:screw you and your dickish insulting of me. im glad this is back in the fog, because your actions almost caused it not to be. everyone can make fun of me all they want but i know im right and so does everyone else and thats all that matters.

i cannot wait to buy this shirt.

Sorry to disappoint, but this is soon to be out of the fog again :P

Re: Lady Liberty

Very cute design, but yeah, the dinosaur looks like it's too low on the shirt (sometimes woot rejects for being outside the printable area so be careful!)

Navy looks green on my computer too. If those are Pantone colors, they look really nice though! :D

Also generally entries that are submitted Fri through Sunday have a chance, although most winners are submitted on Friday. (this site has a lot of fun statistics http://www.shirtsonsale.info/2007/09/shirtderby-winners-by-date-and-color.html)

Re: If Hitler was a Painter...

Hitler's dream in early adulthood was to become a famous painter. The bottom line? He was denied entry to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna after being told he was "unfit for painting." We all know what happened after. But what if he got in?

kdubbs29 wrote:Considering that mine, and several others were DQ'd for having fictional characters, I don't know why this one isn't suffering the same fate. That being said, I personally think that this shirt, as well as other rejected shirts featuring fictional events should be allowed. Woot needs to be more explicit with their rules, and more consistent with their rejections.

As others have said, it's not about zero fiction. it's about some history.

ramyb wrote:Sorry to disappoint, but this is soon to be out of the fog again :P

i hope not, it diserves to win.

Re: Tiananmen Square Revisited

Simple, yet funny. GMV.

AdderXYU wrote:As others have said, it's not about zero fiction. it's about some history.

and the midnight ride of marty mcfly contains some history. seriously, what's up with the inconsistency in rejection criteria?

Re: Joan of Arc - Righteous Indignation

IIIIIIII Like it!

Re: Prime Minister Obama

I'm not a big fan of political shirts, but this is funny. GMV.

Re: One Small Step for Mon

Moon Runnings! GMV!

GigliWasAGoodMovie wrote:i dont get it. whos that supposed to be?????? it doesnt make any sense!?!?!?!?!?!?

i think if i dont get it most other people wont either, which to me makes it a pretty bad shirt.

Wow...

Here, learn something: Gigli Was Horrible

This shirt is good. Smart people with an ounce of art history will get it.

AdderXYU wrote:As others have said, it's not about zero fiction. it's about some history.

... but the point he's making is that many of the shirts that were rejected did include "history" intertwined with another fictional medium.

Take the Back To The Future shirt for example. Back To The Future is a film that has many elements that are ingrained in the fabric of cinematic history. 50 years from now people will still discuss the flux capacitor and remember the immortal character that is Doc Brown. The "Midnight Ride" shirt that was rejected combined elements from that movie with elements from the historic story of Paul Revere. That's really no different than this shirt, which combines Columbus' historic discovery with Gilligan's Island.

Granted I don't think the McFly shirt had any chance of printing, but I still believe it's hypocritical to reject one and not the other, and frankly I'm shocked that you (Adder) disagree on that point, as you've been a staunch advocate for clear and unbiased rules for these Derbies for as long as I can remember.

I don't mean this to come off as an attack, but is it possible you're a tad bit biased in this situation because the design in question is by Edgar; someone whom you are openly a huge fan and supporter of?

Re: Awherica

Neat idea. GMV!

Oops, not only did I accidently double post I made a typo :/

personnemaime wrote:It doesn't matter whether people are right or left handed when they play the cello. Conventionally (read: pretty much always) the left hand goes on the fingerboard and the right hand holds the bow.

With cello, left hand on the fingerboard ALWAYS.

(When playing in an orchestra, if things were reversed, players would constantly be hitting each other.)

ramyb wrote:It's an alternate history where he isn't one of America's greatest icons

Does he still one slaves?

Re: Let Them Eat Ice Cream!

Great shirt! I love the placement. GMV!

Re: Pirate Einstein

Cute! I'd definitely get one for my Father in law. GMV!

striker138 wrote:Wow. That looked alot better before I submitted it. Gonna have to go back make some changes methinks. ahuhu

Ya, the image quality inhales sharply and creates suction but the idea is looking funny.

Re: T-Rex Arms and the Extinction of the Drive-Thru

Cute! GMV!

Re: Let cake eat them!

i'm a little concerned about the balcony part. it looks a bit awkward, or as a friend said "like an armpit boob." but the cake part is awesome.

GigliWasAGoodMovie wrote:screw you and your dickish insulting of me. im glad this is back in the fog, because your actions almost caused it not to be. everyone can make fun of me all they want but i know im right and so does everyone else and thats all that matters.

i cannot wait to buy this shirt.

Okay, well for your sake (and ramyb's) I hope this prints.

That being said, I'm going to gracefully exit this thread as I don't want to argue anything with you. :-)

Re: If the Vikings Had Conquered Egypt...

Now I am going to have to get this shirt and sing the "Immigrant Song". GMV!

GigliWasAGoodMovie wrote:i dont get it. whos that supposed to be?????? it doesnt make any sense!?!?!?!?!?!?

i think if i dont get it most other people wont either, which to me makes it a pretty bad shirt.

It's Vincent Van Gogh, and this is most definitely not a "bad shirt" by any means.

Re: National Turkey

Nice idea. Not a big fan of turkeys, but I think you did it well. GMV!

GigliWasAGoodMovie wrote:i dont get it. whos that supposed to be?????? it doesnt make any sense!?!?!?!?!?!?

i think if i dont get it most other people wont either, which to me makes it a pretty bad shirt.

i get it. this is vincent van gogh who painted starry night and later cut off his ear!!! it makes so much sense!!!!

i think if i get it, most other people will too, which to me makes it a pretty awesome shirt.

Re: Moon Landing Studios

Awesome! I like your drawing style! GMV!

Re: Alchemy 1 Physics 0

Reminds me of Full Metal Alchemist! GMV!

TurboGraphx16 wrote:... but the point he's making is that many of the shirts that were rejected did include "history" intertwined with another fictional medium.

Take the Back To The Future shirt for example. Back To The Future is a film that has many elements that are ingrained in the fabric of cinematic history. 50 years from now people will still discuss the flux capacitor and remember the immortal character that is Doc Brown. The "Midnight Ride" shirt that was rejected combined elements from that movie with elements from the historic story of Paul Revere. That's really no different than this shirt, which combines Columbus' historic discovery with Gilligan's Island.

Granted I don't think the McFly shirt had any chance of printing, but I still believe it's hypocritical to reject one and not the other, and frankly I'm shocked that you (Adder) disagree on that point, as you've been a staunch advocate for clear and unbiased rules for these Derbies for as long as I can remember.

I don't mean this to come off as an attack, but is it possible you're a tad bit biased in this situation because the design in question is by Edgar; someone whom you are openly a huge fan and supporter of?

I think the midnight ride shirt is the only rejected shirt which was both movie and history, so I understand the issue. However, while the one in question clearly includes columbus landing on an island, McFly has a delorean, michael j. fox, and a silly hat. The concept is certainly marginally historic, but the execution is just a movie scene with a hat. Edgar's shirt is an equal mix of history and fiction.

It's a rather moot point anyway, though, since if it wasn't rejected for being a movie, it likely would for being an image lift from the movie.

AdderXYU wrote:I think the midnight ride shirt is the only rejected shirt which was both movie and history, so I understand the issue. However, while the one in question clearly includes columbus landing on an island, McFly has a delorean, michael j. fox, and a silly hat. The concept is certainly marginally historic, but the execution is just a movie scene with a hat. Edgar's shirt is an equal mix of history and fiction.

It's a rather moot point anyway, though, since if it wasn't rejected for being a movie, it likely would for being an image lift from the movie.

I agree, as it took me a few seconds to "get" the Paul Revere reference, and I'm fairly confident that most people who see the shirt would think it's simply a Back To The Future shirt. This shirt does encompass more history than the McFly one, and I do believe it deserves to be here.

Side note, as I pointed out in the Van Gogh thread, great job on that shirt; awesome idea, and even though I'm not the biggest fan of asphalt shirts I may have to buy one if it prints.

Re: R. Mutt's Modern Art

First time not using the official woot shirt comp... kind looks crappy might resubmit...