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Josephus wrote:ha! Isn't the south edge of Australia almost at the antarctic?
-eHal thinks he's so smart.

There are no penguins in the northern hemisphere. That takes care of any weather issues.

Re: Murder Mystery

I could possibly buy that this is about a murder mystery. But I know the context this shirt was designed in.

But this is just gross. NOT PG-13 as PG-13 is usually defined:

"There may be depictions of violence in a PG-13 movie, but generally not both realistic and extreme or persistent violence. " (from http://www.mpaa.org/FlmRat_Ratings.asp)

This depiction of violence is both realistic and extreme.

Plus, this is actually one of the worst looking designs I have seen in the fog yet. Maybe I can't appreciate the halftones because I'm not a designer, but this looks like one of those cheapo 1980s shirts they sell to tourists on the beach.

Disappointing this is in the fog.

cobolisdead wrote:It wasn't getting enough votes to stay in the hotness that much today, meanwhile that Penguin Loch Ness Monster was killing the top spot of the hotness all day. A pity as this was dominating for the first two days or so, and now its down to fifth.

This really needs to climb back into the fog.

If I have to pick animals. I will always pick photorealistic ones over cutesy pandering penguins even if the cats don't make sense. Here's hoping this can get its spot back.

The subtle colors on cream shirt show off the cats expressions and details really nicely, great job! I'm disappointed this fell from the fog. Hope the community knows enough to rally and vote it back where it belongs.

spanishmel wrote:Your comment made me smile so big!!! Thank you!

eh, asphalt is done to death

marmls2m wrote:eh, asphalt is done to death

Agreed, but the colors of this are great! (It's better than asphalt-colored colors on asphalt.)

I love this design and the colors really make it fantastic! Good Job

my sense is this won't print/wear well. what do others think on the "printability" of it?

Re: usual suspects

Love it, love it! Nicely drawn, 'cept for copying the kitty head. Would have worn this proudly.

Re: How we got pictures of the Yeti

I really like the simplicity of the design, but I wouldn't go for it for the same reasons:
The camera is plain wrong, and the copy-flip-paste really bugs me.
Please just redraw the dude on the left and resubmit! My little girl would love this!

melanion90 wrote: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.

sure you do! Look at Shrek... for sure not rated R and there are sexual references about her soon to be prince "compensating," with the ogre and donkey winking and nudging each other. AND The magic mirror is having a mock dating game for Prince DuLoc. Talking about Snow White the host says, "Bachelorette number two is a cape wearing gal from the land of fancy. Although she lives with seven other men she's not easy."... these are clearly sexual references in PG-13 movies. Certainly there are also visual representation of sexually suggestive imagery in children's movies as well (i.e. the excessive mermaid cleavage in The Little Mermaid for one example).

mrwednesday wrote:There are no penguins in the northern hemisphere. That takes care of any weather issues.

Though there are puffins/the off brand birds who swim in icy waters. :P

I think this shirt would be just as effective without the blood spatter/brains being shot out. With that small change we still have an "on-theme" shirt without the needlessly graphic bit.

xtinaftw wrote: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?

oh, yes, i know the original lyrics--my submission with the plain "i wear my sunglasses at night" will be reposted shortly; there were some odd upload issues earlier today.

SailorButterfly wrote:I'll post again to say I'm satisfied with this. I just mainly didn't like the implication that this design was pandering, but really, that wasn't from you anyway.

Here's the real mystery of the design:
why would a cat kill a mouse and not eat it? XD

My cats bring me mice ALL THE TIME that they've killed and not eaten. Or ones they've not even killed and just want to play with....

I, for one, love this shirt and hope it prints. It's one of the better shirts I've seen in a while.

AdderXYU wrote:Read this thread and tell me if woot has double standards or not.

Someone at shirt.woot has a daughter who is in love with One Piece fan-art, and the duo responsible for questionably on topic and repeatedly poorly executed work is providing it in place of immunity from the rules of the derby. That is the only explanation that I can possibly work out as to why, week in and week out, there are two users who could submit german cranberry apple pie bake-offs and not get rejected.

Gah, another disappointing derby, don't remind me! Still, I'm glad there's An Unfolding Mystery.

Re: Femme Fatale

Perhaps this is redundant, but like everyone else I have to commend you for the colors. Just gorgeous. Wonderful, clean illustration. Good job.

Oh man this better win!

Re: What the heck is in a hotdog?

I like the concept but it'd have been way cuter with a hotdog pondering the origins of his existence...with really cute fat animals in the thought bubble. Cute pigs sell.

Re: Femme Fatale

Outstanding work. A great design, and the colors really invoke that mysterious detective story mood.

Hmmm...I hope this makes it back to the fog....

*mourns*

Anyway, nice shirt!

Re: The Usual Suspects

I never owned Guess Who, so I thought it was playing off of the Brady Bunch opening, even though the faces don't match the Bradys.

dshindell wrote:How is this not on topic? Both the reason these lights come on and the amount of money it will cost you are always a mystery to most people. Apparently 10 people within the first three hours of it being posted thought it was on-topic. I call shenanigans on WOOT!

Shenanigans indeed, I love this shirt. It's always a mystery as to what those symbols actually mean.

Cormano wrote:Beautiful.

Thank you!

I like this one, it's pretty cool.

HeartlineTwist wrote:I'm personally interested that none of these rejections were violence based.

Here's one: Rejected because: A little too gruesome thanks

mitchellp wrote:So here's my second try at this! I made some adjustments on the baby platypus and turned him the other direction. And I'm liking it much better. And I hope you do too. Feel free to check out my original submission and give it a vote too.

Basically, Mr. Duck is upset because he suspects the new hatchling belongs to the milkman, Mr. Beaver.

Give me a vote if you like it! Thanks!

Here's a close up.

I actually like the original one better, but I'll vote for this too

Josephus wrote:ha! Isn't the south edge of Australia almost at the antarctic?
-eHal thinks he's so smart.

But it's still warm there, isn't it?

I'm not smart where it counts. I just happen to know some random trivia about animals.

hookajoe wrote:My Arabic is a bit fuzzy, but that's definitely text above the biohazard-like symbol.

Hindi, I think? It's Ohm, which HAS been grounds for rejection before in a no-text derby, but so far this has gotten a pass. Maybe the artist will get lucky.

Re: Mystery of Cliché Island

A closeup might be nice...

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

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

gdfckndmnt

virgquest wrote:Love it, love it! Nicely drawn, 'cept for copying the kitty head. Would have worn this proudly.

Thanks for everyone's kind comments.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and the kitty head was just intended to do that in some generic fashion.

My original vision was for each figure to be drawn in the style of that artist. That is probably beyond my illustration skills and a lot of effort for work earmarked for rejection.

rellikeht wrote: 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 understand why something this mediocre gets so much attention.

I completely agree. It's blowing my mind that this has so many votes. Kind of depressing.

Re: Mystery of the Three Seashells

Lol i'll need this when i eat at taco bell =-D

sbaszto wrote:sure you do! Look at Shrek... for sure not rated R and there are sexual references about her soon to be prince "compensating," with the ogre and donkey winking and nudging each other. AND The magic mirror is having a mock dating game for Prince DuLoc. Talking about Snow White the host says, "Bachelorette number two is a cape wearing gal from the land of fancy. Although she lives with seven other men she's not easy."... these are clearly sexual references in PG-13 movies. Certainly there are also visual representation of sexually suggestive imagery in children's movies as well (i.e. the excessive mermaid cleavage in The Little Mermaid for one example).

Sure, but the difference is that it takes a mind like yours and mine to know what those things mean, where as in most cases violence is pretty straight forward.

wootchawant wrote:two comments:
1) the shades are purposely positioned to look just fine on women--they will hit well above the bust.
2) the almost invisible face is the whole point, and the .psd final print form has the lines just a bit lighter to ensure that they will be printable.

enjoy...

lol yeah... our boobs are not that high up

melanion90 wrote:Sure, but the difference is that it takes a mind like yours and mine to know what those things mean, where as in most cases violence is pretty straight forward.

Less drama at Threadless

Candihanks wrote:Less drama at Threadless

Always. But Threadless alum would most likely tell you in far more blunt tone what they thought of an entry that truly sucked.

JadenKale wrote:Always. But Threadless alum would most likely tell you in far more blunt tone what they thought of an entry that truly sucked.

Remember, at woot you can only vote up. At threadless, you can always vote down.

mitchellp wrote:There are only 3 beds. I hope one of these penguins is a girl

I only see two beds.... but yeah, either way, one of them should be a girl or something...