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Re: Upon Closer Inspection...

This shirt is win.

This reminds me of Kayne West....and that is not a good thing.

Re: xy files

Better late, than never.

The truth /is/ out there... somewhere.

Urtawkin2adork83 wrote:geez your annoying.
Grow up its a stupid shirt website.
Complain about something more important with some substance.
Thank you

Here's an idea, how about you catch up with the discussion rather than comment on something that's been discussed and closed between he and the artist.

Its got to be an original...because I'm loving it!

Re: i wear white sunglasses at night...

I assume this is supposed to be based on the song... You do realize the words and title are, "I Wear MY Sunglasses At Night" right?

re: whats under the bed?

love it. want it. please?

Re: Mystery of the Mind

Needs to be on a shirt comp.

Re: xy files

The Male Files? Not sure I get it. Or is that not what you meant when you titled it the XY Files?

I find myself thinking of RadioMode....new name possibly? One Woot...hmmm

JJJSchmidt wrote:E, I respect YOUR tone. My fur gets ruffled anytime someone blantantly denies the possiblity of a connection. When someone is that obstinent; I follow suit.... have purchased, but this isn't my real account, after this week I will not ever use it again. I used for the spirit of the theme, as I have seen others do.

I started this discussion because an earlier comment mentioned how familiar the hunter looked. All I got form Mr was NO. opinions are just that, don't shoot me down blatantly, or I will get angry. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, between saying I don't agree and you are wrong.

There is always a possibility of a connection... There are hundreds if not thousands of illustrations of hunters out there.... Some of them will be the same...

Kindly remember, when you first posted you stopped short of actually using the words plagiarism or copyright-infringement but you certainly insinuated it...

There is a big difference between merely mentioning how familiar something looks and posting an image with the following comment attached

JJJSchmidt wrote:I guess originality is too much to ask, huh?

Keep that in mind before you start pointing fingers. The onus is on you to prove that the work is a deliberate act plagiarism or copyright infringement.

Wow! NiceTry sure is committed to this mystery spiel! Wink wink. This monster is too cute not to vote. Greats colors!

byrbwr wrote:too bad deadfrog. and by too bad i mean i hate you.

mystery and rejection are the things i crave most now!... and typos...

deadfrog.... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... maybe... maybe not sucka!

Re: What is Willis talking about?

He's probably talking about awesome photoshop skillz... Maaaaaaaaad Skillz

imsochady wrote:I'm guessing Jewelwing. She seems to like drawing underwater stuff. But I don't see that greenish/seafoamy color. So maybe not her, but this one looks really cool!

Interesting... Maybe time to take the hint and try new colors? This one did catch my eye though.

Re: A brilliant idea?

Oi! Mosh good!, dude...
???? is TEXT as seen in the other 20 shirts rejected that had ? in them.

Re: Cats With Weapons

Come on folks! Get this back into the fog!

wootBam wrote:Its a nice break from the, "look at me im deep and moody" shirts

Yes, because cute animal shirts are a true rarity around here.

neonix wrote:But I have to ask you AdderXYU, are you familiar with this drink? You must drink a lot of it.

That joke is perfect. Even more so because Adder would say that the H is not skewed enough.

However, I know others are downing on Adder, but sometimes I love reading Adder's points. I've poked fun at him before with his rant on stick figures, but he does make sense (to me) most of the time. I like this image a lot. I wouldn't wear it because I don't care for cats and it's a cream shirt. But, I appreciate the artistry in this design.

I'd rather have a cute thing that relates to the topic than a really artsy image that I cannot see the relation.

Btw... Did woot really print that "Cereal Killer" garbage a week or so ago and then decide to throw this theme at us?

Re: Upon Closer Inspection...

This is basically the concept from the Madagascar movies. Military penguins build machines to travel around and shoot things. It's just done with a nessie type creature to fit the theme (sort of). Not creative IMO but not badly executed either.

cobolisdead wrote:Come on folks! Get this back into the fog!

This HAS to print! This is probably the best shirt in the derby this week. What's in the fog now? A poorly executed murder and more cutesy penguins? /sigh

Stormink wrote:Things rejected for crossing the PG-13 line in the past:

http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=22714

http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=26833

http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=29166

You decide is depicting murder is as bad, or worse than those...

The fact is that all three of those shirts are sexual in nature. You can't go far from Nickelodeon before you find violence. Heck, within many on the cartoons on television you find guns, and violence. What you do not find in many cases is sex, or things that are sexual in nature. I am not arguing whether it is right or wrong that violence is depicted in the world as "okay" or "PG-13" and sex is not, I am just stating that it seems to be the case.

mrwednesday wrote:I want to give this the benefit of the doubt but there are no penguins in Scotland.....

Zoos. Hel-LO.

Candihanks wrote:Also has text, the "smoke" is a question mark!!!

Really? It is amazing, you solved the mystery! There is no possible way that the author could have made a curvy line, he must have used a ? in his work! Off with his head!

Re: How we got pictures of the Yeti

I don't comment much but I had to on this one. The "yetis" (or one-eyed furballs) are exactly the same with one holding a misdirected camera. The mountains are dull and boring as well as what appears to be mounds of snow. The design seems rushed and makes very little sense. I don't like to be critical but some people do put some time and effort into their designs and I don't understand why something this mediocre gets so much attention.

Im so sad i was really looking forward to buying this shirt!

pssquishy wrote:Sorry. I know nothing about this, but this seems like your argument and it makes no sense to me:

jpeg images actually shrink the size of a dot and/or line. If that's accurate, then fair enough. And if I misunderstood your argument, I will stand corrected. But, I don't think that makes sense.

I don't think I've explained it well. The jpg and the vector file represent a line in different ways. The vector stores the location of the two endpoints and how thick it is. With this method, if you zoom in, your screen will re-render how best to show that line, which is why it will always appear sharp.

With a jpg, the line is stored as an image. Try this - take the same hi-detail jpg that Josephus drew his lines on, and use Photoshop to zoom in on it a LOT (like, click "zoom" 20-50 times). As you get closer and closer, you'll see the images start to break up into individual squares. When you see this happen, try counting the different colors there. I guarantee you'll count way more than the 5 that woot allows. This doesn't mean the artist selected more than 5 colors.

Instead, these extra colors came from the jpg conversion. The jpg file breaks down the image into a grid of squares - the smaller the squares, the finer the resolution. If you don't understand this, try drawing a 3x3 grid, and then try to make a diagonal line by coloring in certain squares. It'll look like stairs rather than a smooth line. Because of this, the jpg then compensated by adding colors to blend from one intended color to another intended color, tricking your eye. (Keep in mind, it's dealing with really small squares that you can't really pick out individually with your naked eye). But when you zoom in on the jpg, you're looking at fewer and fewer squares at a time but in the same space, thereby making each square bigger, until you get to something that looks like your 3x3 grid.

sittle wrote:.... Totally not Calvin and Hobbes, if you feel it's "all over the place" then show it, or shut it!

Nice joooorb!

Well, I don't think it is a case of plagarism, however I do think that the bunnies are very similar to these guys:

Re: What is Willis talking about?

No way I'd ever vote for this, but damn the title made me LOL.

Thank you for that.

spanishmel wrote:Wow! NiceTry sure is committed to this mystery spiel! Wink wink. This monster is too cute not to vote. Greats colors!

hoho, yeah, I figured they would only be doing a derby like this once.

It sounds like a lot of people like the colors. I don't think I'm going to resub on this one.

sittle wrote:Keep that in mind before you start pointing fingers. The onus is on you to prove that the work is a deliberate act plagiarism or copyright infringement.

apologize all around.
I will curb my negativity from now on.
I will let the OLD PROS do all the pointing and name calling. I'm just too new far all that. I come off looking like a mule.
once again, I'm sorry to all those who I have offended. Evidently I did really have a leg to stand on. Thank you all for pointing that out. I will return to my corner, and think about what i did...

Re: I think it's the rabbit

nice!

kylemittskus wrote:So, we're ok with violent murder on shirts now?

And... mystery. Remember? It's that thing called a theme that the shirts are supposed to follow...

Unlike Adder, I think that there is at least one shirt that belongs perfectly. See how it stuck to the theme?

I am ok with violent murder on shirts now. I don't know about "we"

masterkraig wrote: Congrats on yet another print in advance, juggernaut :P

Let's hope...

Re: Upon Closer Inspection...

I really like your style, yo, but I just hate penguins.

I...I used to love them. I did. Until they managed to insinuate their awkward little way into EVERYTHING! Why, penguins, why? Why can't you just stay in the icy lands where you belong? You don't need to fly. There's just no reason for it. There's a reason you gave it up. And for Pete's sake, get your cold-loving selves out of Scotland! Don't you know about global warming?

Screw the Hunter... can you believe he/she is using a bunny with the same ears as other bunnies I've seen!!! I mean come on... look at it, they are almost identical to other bunnies I've seen!!! Long, white... yep I've totally seen those ears before! Same cotton tail too!!!

nontypicalmale wrote:why do they have pizza in storage? why are nessie's eyes yellow? the penguins kind of make this just wacky, which is what it seems like he/she is going for. what would YOU put into a fake mechanical nessie with a gun in its mouth? whats "the right choice" here, Mr. design king? praying mantises? perhaps gingerbread men? I understand that penguins have been coming up a lot recently, but they're funny.

Maybe if you didn't surf around to everyone's design like a champ and talk in such a demanding tone, there might be a little useful dialogue, and it would be considered constructive criticism. (which I HAVE seen you make on some occasions)

Ha ha! They take the guise of beneficial insects, but we all know praying mantises are up to no good!

P.S. It's easy to forget that it's really the reader who applies a tone to text. I could be wrong, but I suspect Kyle didn't mean his question to be taken quite so seriously. ;-)

spanishmel wrote:I find myself thinking of RadioMode....new name possibly? One Woot...hmmm

RadioMode has another entry. This looks like a stock vector collage; there are a few other artists who submit those almost every week.

LonChaney wrote:I really like your style, yo, but I just hate penguins.

I...I used to love them. I did. Until they managed to insinuate their awkward little way into EVERYTHING! Why, penguins, why? Why can't you just stay in the icy lands where you belong? You don't need to fly. There's just no reason for it. There's a reason you gave it up. And for Pete's sake, get your cold-loving selves out of Scotland! Don't you know about global warming?

Hey, penguins aren't ONLY in icy places. There are penguins native to Australia, for example.

xtinaftw wrote:Needs to be on a shirt comp.

it was, but it wouldnt load when i tried and i tried many times.