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female wrote:I'm not sure I get this outside of the derby. Without the title there's no explanation in the design about why there is a sheep with three heads on the shirt. It's just a sheep with three heads, with not a whole lot going on. And apparently the other sheep thinks with their rear end. Just not quite clicking for me.

I think anyone with a science mind would jump to the thought of Dolly, but maybe not. :p

Thanks for the comments and votes, everyone

Re: The Big Election

Interesting, but there's no way that's incidental text, so I'm pretty sure it'll be nuked before long.

cobolisdead wrote:SDS is blocked for me, what is it saying?

Well, it's got Edgar 1st, tgentry 2nd, this 3rd, and geekfactor 4th.

I know it's wrong, though, because it assumes geekfactor's vote count is only one above 5th place. It kept assuming that even after Mona was rejected, and that made its estimated vote count go down. Rejecting things from the fog really messes this stuff up.

thatrobert wrote:

I'm fairly sure this is already in the top 3, but I've been wrong before :P

arcsus wrote:Well I think it's great. Keep your chin up, it's still possible to get a HM.

Much Thanks! Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

:c)

peppersagooddog wrote:i would LOVE to see a close-up of this.

though this is a late entry this time, i see alot of potential in this first attempt.

ive seen a few statements like this and it always confuses me...if a design isnt submitted on friday afternoon, it always seems to be considered too late to win.

why is that?

nothing against you, pepper. ive noticed others saying the same of other entries as well.

obviously this design is bucking that trend this week - submitted only one day after the derby opens - but is it the general consensus that if you dont submit at noon friday, its too late to gain votes? do people just stop voting after the weekend? its like they feel as though they only have one vote to give. it can be very frustrating for those of us that have things to do during the week and cannot submit until the weekend.

*stepping off my soapbox*

Re: Lincoln trades his top hat for a helmet

hahahaha i like it too!

Re: Walk

yeah i'd wear this!

Re: Houston... Get the Boom Outta The Shot

It needs the American flag in there...

SailorButterfly wrote:I hope this shirt is winner rather than a Best Loser.
I know SDS isn't right, but I'm still holding out hope that this prints....

With the way this gained and maintained momentum, I still think it'll print. But it's crazy it got such a nod at Best Losers.

Rejected because: Unbelieveably, similar shirts exist. http://www.cafepress.com/ElectricLoveGoo.347194848 (sic)

Meheheh. Reading that made me laugh a bit.
Better luck next time ramyb.

carlover323 wrote:i'd buy 3!!!! GMV!!

Thank you!

thatrobert wrote:

thanks Robert!

Re: Ahead of it's time...

definitely my favorite this time around.

Re: Dodge

Why the rejection????

Re: Moon Landing Studios

This is such an excellent execution of the idea. My one complaint is that there are some people who think this is the real story, not alternate history. But that has nothing to do with the artist.

Good job!!

I'm really bummed this one got rejected, I was really looking forward to buying one.

Re: terminaber

why not the Linconator?

cobolisdead wrote:Neat, I like the upside down Pyramids. GMV.

Thanks for the post! Looks like I'll need to try harder next time.

Re: Battle of the Iron Clads 2

Why is this not winning? I want this shirt! My favorite hands down in this derby - the artwork is amazing and I'm a huge fan of naval history and especially this battle.

Re: What if Eve tricked the Snake?

if we're goin to be accurate here, why int eve naked?

Golfingkazaa wrote:True i guess its not alternate history just history

My initial guess was stoneage cave art? Guess not.

JadenKale wrote:With the way this gained and maintained momentum, I still think it'll print. But it's crazy it got such a nod at Best Losers.

Like I blogged, I'm not going to let the fact that something is likely to print stop me from writing about a great design...

bradyson wrote:Meh, not a best loser. Oh well, at least I feel that I had a decent entry this derby.

Hey, don't get discouraged. I'm honored you care if you get a BLA! You do nice work -- if you stick with it, you can all but count on a BLA, HM, AND a print.

Re: MONA

aw this got rejected :[

I'm a long-time lurker, posting just now, and I'm familiar w/ image copyright law. I know you're fine with this one. Great shirt, great work, so unless your submission signs an implicit contract w/ Woot or something totalitarian like that, take it to CafePress or sell it somewhere else. Don't let your idea die here!!!

P.S. No words. I think it works in a lovely way without words.

picasserole wrote:You are meant to see many additional colours but what you're expected to understand Heartline Twist, is that the extra colours are just an illusion. The illusion is accomplished by juxtaposing the appropriate colours in correct proportion to each other. Here are the 6 colours required for a satisfactory print as per the above design:
1/ Black, 2/ Royal( tee colour ), 3/ Grey, 4/ Ochre, 5/ Light Blue, 6/ White.

The six colours don't include the tee - so you could have an unofficial "seventh".

Not understanding what you mean by "juxtaposing proportions" - are you overlaying colours and changing opacity? Because that isn't allowed - everything must be solid with no partial transparency. The best you could do to mix colours is to combine halftones, but that's tricky - and if that was your intent in this design, then your halftones are far too small to be printed.

thatrobert wrote:Like I blogged, I'm not going to let the fact that something is likely to print stop me from writing about a great design...

oh don't get me wrong, I'm all happy it got the nod, rob. I just want it to print as well!!

sfabro wrote:ive seen a few statements like this and it always confuses me...if a design isnt submitted on friday afternoon, it always seems to be considered too late to win.

why is that?

nothing against you, pepper. ive noticed others saying the same of other entries as well.

obviously this design is bucking that trend this week - submitted only one day after the derby opens - but is it the general consensus that if you dont submit at noon friday, its too late to gain votes? do people just stop voting after the weekend? its like they feel as though they only have one vote to give. it can be very frustrating for those of us that have things to do during the week and cannot submit until the weekend.

*stepping off my soapbox*

i would be happy to share why i said this, with no animosity. ive been watching since derby one, and i also happen to be damn near autistic when it somes to statistics in my head. now, it is NOT impossible to achieve a win on a design submitted on a monday morning, but your odds suck. from experience, this design in particular (now dont get offended designer cause im bout to be brutal) is good in alot of ways but it is 5th-8th place good. it will not win a print because 1. there are alot of people that pick a favorite or two on day one and stick with it, or never look again.
2. there are already dino designs, so the first ones up get the dino + cute vote.
3. this designer isnt well known (yet) so they dont have the "friend" vote.
4. based on my many many weeks of watching a derby, i can usually tell you on monday who is and is not gonna be fogged at the end.
now im not going to share everything i know, mostly because if some of these regulars ever caught on they would completely frag up my stats ahuhu.
i hope this answered your question.

sfabro wrote:ive seen a few statements like this and it always confuses me...if a design isnt submitted on friday afternoon, it always seems to be considered too late to win.

why is that?

nothing against you, pepper. ive noticed others saying the same of other entries as well.

obviously this design is bucking that trend this week - submitted only one day after the derby opens - but is it the general consensus that if you dont submit at noon friday, its too late to gain votes? do people just stop voting after the weekend? its like they feel as though they only have one vote to give. it can be very frustrating for those of us that have things to do during the week and cannot submit until the weekend.

*stepping off my soapbox*

General consensus is that Friday sub is best, Saturday works well, Sunday is cutting it close, Monday needs some real good luck and Tuesday is near impossible (and has never happened).

Re: Chainmail Never Goes Out of Style

This design is great. It's the only design that hasn't been rejected that I would actually wear. GMV!

thatrobert wrote:Hey, don't get discouraged. I'm honored you care if you get a BLA! You do nice work -- if you stick with it, you can all but count on a BLA, HM, AND a print.

Thanks for the complement Robert! I'm not discouraged. I'm just pushing myself to improve and possibly earn a BLA, HM, or print. I enjoy getting comments and feedback even if constructive criticism is offered; therefore, I certainly care about getting a BLA!

I agree. I love the design and the color, but I don't want sheep turnip. Still, you've got my vote.

Re: Columbus discovers seven stranded castaways.

I want one. How long have they been on that island?

eHalcyon wrote:The six colours don't include the tee - so you could have an unofficial "seventh".

Not understanding what you mean by "juxtaposing proportions" - are you overlaying colours and changing opacity? Because that isn't allowed - everything must be solid with no partial transparency. The best you could do to mix colours is to combine halftones, but that's tricky - and if that was your intent in this design, then your halftones are far too small to be printed.

Not understanding, or reading too quickly perhaps? F.Y.I., O.P. colours are a given in the present context, which is why I made no mention of the fact. You also failed to notice that one of the six colours I listed, has sitting alongside it in parentheses, 'tee-shirt colour'. Think thusly dude, an aggregation of pixels, at a suitable resolution( I'll leave that for you to guess ), variously coloured( as per my 6 colour pallette ), sitting adjacent to one another and blending a bit at the edges, if printed right, thereby creating the impression of additional colours, hues, and tonal variations. That's the last from me on this topic, so don't anyone else bother to query the colour issue as it shan't illicit a response, not from me that is. Over and Out!!!

bflohl wrote:it's ?!? :-(

Ahead of it is time.

eHalcyon wrote:General consensus is that Friday sub is best, Saturday works well, Sunday is cutting it close, Monday needs some real good luck and Tuesday is near impossible (and has never happened).

Slightly off topic perhaps but could someone inform this 'newbie', where precicely and when, is the dope on the Derby #78 Theme posted. I've been unable to locate it thus far. Is it by any chance posted at noon the day before!

picasserole wrote:Not understanding, or reading too quickly perhaps? F.Y.I., O.P. colours are a given in the present context, which is why I made no mention of the fact. You also failed to notice that one of the six colours I listed, has sitting alongside it in parentheses, 'tee-shirt colour'. Think thusly dude, an aggregation of pixels, at a suitable resolution( I'll leave that for you to guess ), variously coloured( as per my 6 colour pallette ), sitting adjacent to one another and blending a bit at the edges, if printed right, thereby creating the impression of additional colours, hues, and tonal variations. That's the last from me on this topic, so don't anyone else bother to query the colour issue as it shan't illicit a response, not from me that is. Over and Out!!!

I was only informing you that you could have used one more colour, since you only named five (the shirt colour doesn't count as one of the six).

If you were doing it with pixels only, that also wouldn't be printable, as it would be too small for the silkscreen. If you made it large enough, I doubt that the effect would be the same. The mix would probably be noticeable, although I wonder how noticeable. Might end up looking neat anyway.

Sorry if my comment offended you. You clearly have artistic talent but it sounded like you misunderstood some of the technical requirements for printing, so I just wanted to help you out for next time. I still don't think that this design would have been printable, but I hope you submit something again using a similar technique (and a less rejectable idea ) so that we can get Woot's word on whether or not they can print it. In that vein, you should submit the hi-res print-ready file immediately so that they can verify right away - otherwise, they'll reject it according to what is visible in the shirt comp (i.e. more than 6 colours).

Good luck next time.

picasserole wrote:Slightly off topic perhaps but could someone inform this 'newbie', where precicely and when, is the dope on the Derby #78 Theme posted. I've been unable to locate it thus far. Is it by any chance posted at noon the day before!

The new theme is posted Thursday each week at noon central time (this is also when the previous derby ends). Sometimes they are a few minutes late though. You can start submitting on Friday at noon.

SailorButterfly wrote:Well, it's got Edgar 1st, tgentry 2nd, this 3rd, and geekfactor 4th.

I know it's wrong, though, because it assumes geekfactor's vote count is only one above 5th place. It kept assuming that even after Mona was rejected, and that made its estimated vote count go down. Rejecting things from the fog really messes this stuff up.

What's SDS? It tracks votes, I assume? How is it accessed? Thanks!