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IndependentVik wrote:I'm going to hate myself for admitting I know this . . .

The artist used Hermione's wand because she's the most famous "mudblood" in the series. Draco is a pureblood and Voldermort is, I believe, a half-blood (like Harry).

Harry isn't a half-blood. Both his parents were magical. Mudblood is the derogatory term for Half-Blood, so Voldemort is one as well as Hermione. But yes you are right about the want thing. :P

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=33048]Vlad

Here is the image bigger and crisper. I don't understand how they get so mushy when they are uploaded to woot.

daniant wrote:This is absolutely the best shirt in this derby. Too bad it's so low on the totem pole because I would buy at least 3 of these.

Thank you so MUCH!!! I have been working on it for quite a while and was only satisfied with it an hour ago. Hopefully it will move up.

Re: Gonna Make You Lunch

I want this back in the fog NOW.

People sure do like to complain a lot around here. If you don't like it, don't vote for it. Pretty simple imo. There are plenty of winners that I hated the design for, but that's my personal taste. Who is anybody here to judge others personal taste? Nobody is making you buy a shirt that you don't like if it wins, are they? Welcome to democracy people. I may just vote for this one just to spite people who purposely vote for others to prevent this design from winning. I don't like the dead bunny at all, but I don't like people being vindictive more, just because they don't like something. Constructive criticism is one thing, being douchey is another.

re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/derby/entry.aspx?id=32839]

I applaud your sense of humor DeadFrog.

jaredio wrote:I'm so glad this is out of the fog.

Care to say why?

I mean, if you wanted Ramy's shirt, dude and his girlfriend have a ton that look incredibly similar still in the reckoning.

Re: The Letterbrains (resub)

I'm glad you fixed the hand on HE/BR guy. And I miss the long hair on S, but I really like the shades on NS, which more than makes up for it.

The type is awesome. Very detailed. I'm a fan.

Shame the name of the band means I couldn't wear this to work. I love the shirt itself.

Re: The Cake is a Lion

rejected, but still awesomely funny

Re: Scientology Tabernacle Choir

I very very rarely laugh out loud at a shirt, but I did for this one. Very funny and well done satire.

Clean, professional, and looks just realistic enough to make the joke that much funnier. Absolutely awesome.

Re: The Final Showdown

Sorry about the rejection. I'm not surprised as it's a little too hot-button right now for Woot to allow it. But it's a really well done shirt. Quality work.

hbanzapan wrote:Harry isn't a half-blood. Both his parents were magical. Mudblood is the derogatory term for Half-Blood, so Voldemort is one as well as Hermione. But yes you are right about the want thing. :P

But Harry's mom wasn't from a magical family.

How can you guys tell that this is Hermione's wand anyway?

Re: Executive Five

B.J. Novak?

Re: Botanical Beard

Blueberry Garden, Anyone? Seriously? It's a cool design even if I'm the only one thinking this. GMV.

Beffy wrote:I know, those darn kids. :@ How DARE they want to wear clothes! Everyone knows they should just be stuck in rags and sacks till they're old enough to wear big people clothes!

I think the point is why should parents be shopping for clothes at what seemed to be a niche site like Woot anyway? There's a billion other retail outlets in the physical world and a ton more online that scream kid friendly before Shirt.Woot does/did.

That said, the ratio of "cute" to "non-cute" in the reckoning makes me feel slightly better about it all.

Not good enough to think that this design is anywhere near approaching an objectively good band shirt design.

Yes, differences in tastes and all of that jazz, but there's a LARGE difference between having a recognizable, popular style and never trying to mix it up in a meaningful way. Yes, Ramy and Seki have done it, but their back up styles have all been stylistically similar to each other as well.

Whereas there are plenty of other designers that always try to bring new things to the table with each design, even if you can pick their designs out of the Derby.

mikenytola wrote:People sure do like to complain a lot around here. If you don't like it, don't vote for it. Pretty simple imo. There are plenty of winners that I hated the design for, but that's my personal taste. Who is anybody here to judge others personal taste? Nobody is making you buy a shirt that you don't like if it wins, are they? Welcome to democracy people. I may just vote for this one just to spite people who purposely vote for others to prevent this design from winning. I don't like the dead bunny at all, but I don't like people being vindictive more, just because they don't like something. Constructive criticism is one thing, being douchey is another.

I'm pretty sure the people who are complaining about this particular design aren't voting for it, so I'm not sure why anyone would even say that. You're right about one thing; no one forces the people who don't like the designs to buy them, but that's not why they complain. It's because a lot of people want to see something original and creative. The people who are complaining are sick and tired of seeing cutesy animals and reused ideas. How is this original? Whether the artist meant to or not... it's Pikachu! And the title, imho, is just chocolatey. The whole "world tour" as opposed to "worlds" or "galaxy" or something more fitting with the whole direction of the shirt shows that it was clearly overlooked by the artist. Personally, as I read through the comments, I don't think anyone was being particularly "douchey" and even if they were... if an artist can't handle criticism (constructive or not) than he or she shouldn't be an artist!

On another note, voting for this to get back at the people you think are being mean is the dumbest reason to vote for something. You said yourself, if you don't like it... why would you vote for it? Vote for someone who deserves it.

mikenytola wrote:People sure do like to complain a lot around here. If you don't like it, don't vote for it. Pretty simple imo. There are plenty of winners that I hated the design for, but that's my personal taste. Who is anybody here to judge others personal taste? Nobody is making you buy a shirt that you don't like if it wins, are they? Welcome to democracy people. I may just vote for this one just to spite people who purposely vote for others to prevent this design from winning. I don't like the dead bunny at all, but I don't like people being vindictive more, just because they don't like something. Constructive criticism is one thing, being douchey is another.

So now you're whining about people whining? Way to rise above.

Re: Interplanetary Bunnies

You guys can't be serious...you put this IN THE FOG?!?!?!
This is by far the worst Ramyb shirt ever, and you losers have once again, clicked the "I'd want one" button...disgusting.
The "band" name doesn't sound like one at all.
The bunnies look like pikachu.
This does not look like a "fake band t-shirt" people!!! It looks like ramyb took a stock drawing of his and gave them instruments and put "world tour" on the shirt and called it good.
The logistics of cheating/hacking to get more votes with multiple accounts seems far fetched to me, but I sure have a hard time believing that so many people actually like this filth.

Re: Interplanetary Bunnies

I don't have kids and therefore have zero reason to buy this. But, if I did have kids, and if it were good enough to the point that I'd buy it for them, I NEVER WOULD BECAUSE I CAN'T STAND THOSE #&!@&%# EYES!

If you're going to do cute, at least do cute with normal eyes. Please. Seriously.

This is awesome. Truly. I love it!

Why would it be cnotty? I like the pun - knotty (like knot work) vs naughty. To me, cnotty just looks like a spelling error.

I like the shirt! Nice!

snarkygal wrote:You are not funny nor adding anything to this discussion.
All I will add is that, once again, Ramyb has thrown together another cutesy design that looks like all his other cutesy designs and it is racing to the top.

When will it end????? Personally, I blame Woot for starting to offer children's sizes. That was when the downfall of the Derby and IMHO the quality of shirts offered as dailies started and the cute began.

I apologize for my lack of humor (it is something that I was born with). I was simply trying to lighten the mood a bit. I don't know if you've noticed or not, but there are a lot of people who seem to take things a bit too seriously around here.

Personally, I feel that trying to diminish a bit of the hostility in the discussion actually adds more than complaining about the way that previous changes have horrendously affected designs, but apparently others feel differently. Thank you for your valued insight on the matter.

marmls2m wrote:you know what would make me really love this shirt? if they scratchy texture was only on the bears and not on their instruments. but i guess asking DF to mock himself that much is asking too much

That would have been cool.
Wear this shirt: while you spend an hour reading shirt.woot posts because you're sucked into the drama.

Re: Space Owl Solo

my favorite! GMV :D

jasneko wrote:Ha, this is great! The only thing is I think the words 8bit is a little too huge. I also love the skull!

I was actually going for huge here! The 80's weren't exactly known for their subtle style now were they? X)

godslinger wrote:This is my favorite of all your owls! I like the purple on navy and the outer space that's in the background. The whole design looks kinda kooky and I love that. What's that on his chest? GMV!

DITTO! Exactly what I thought.

domi123 wrote:It's because a lot of people want to see something original and creative.

Well then they should get busy making something original and creative then, shouldn't they? Or... don't buy the shirts that win! Ah yes, freedom of choice. Part of that whole democracy bit.

If they are so tired of cutesy things winning then that's just too bad isn't it? There are many designs that win that I personally think are not original or creative, but again that is my opinion. If the majority of people like it, too bad for me and good for that designer. Again, if people want something more original and creative then they can go ahead and do it themselves, or just leave because they will never be satisfied. Or they can stick around and never be satisfied or happy. Once again, good ole democracy. The freedom to chose your own misery!

And I said I *might vote for it just to spite the complainers, doesn't mean I will. I did say I don't like the dead bunny. ;)

Re: Scientology Tabernacle Choir

Consider getting someone to make this even if it doesn't win. I'd buy one.

godslinger wrote:This is my favorite of all your owls! I like the purple on navy and the outer space that's in the background. The whole design looks kinda kooky and I love that. What's that on his chest? GMV!

Thanks godslinger! Hope you still give the other owls some love too though. Glad you like the kookiness. On his chest - a space name tag with his space name in his space language. What else?;)

SailorButterfly wrote:lol, so the lead singer quit the band and decided to try to go solo?

Heh it is quite possible.

imsochady wrote:Hahah, awesome! I REALLY like this, especially the colors! I also like how you tease us in the other thread with a work in progress design, and then you come out with something totally different!

Yay, thanks! I was fiddling a bunch with the colors so very glad I'm getting positive remarks on them. lol.. with regards to teasing in the other thread... hehe it's unintentional, but maybe I should pretend it's not;)

hewtab wrote:my favorite! GMV :D

Sweet! Thank you: )

mjc613 wrote:DITTO! Exactly what I thought.

See above: )

hewtab wrote:i love this so much, hope it get's printed

hehe thank ya! i hope so too.

hbanzapan wrote:Harry isn't a half-blood. Both his parents were magical. Mudblood is the derogatory term for Half-Blood, so Voldemort is one as well as Hermione. But yes you are right about the want thing. :P

Harry's a half-blood by dint of his mother being muggle-born. Even though she was a witch, she wasn't from a wizarding family (oh sweet jeebus, I am so embarrassed for myself right now).

Mud-blood is not a slur for half-blood, btw. Mudblood is a slur against all muggle-borns. Hermione isn't a half-blood, either, as neither of her parents were from a wizarding family. She was all muggle blood.

IndependentVik wrote:Harry's a half-blood by dint of his mother being muggle-born. Even though she was a witch, she wasn't from a wizarding family (oh sweet jeebus, I am so embarrassed for myself right now).

Mud-blood is not a slur for half-blood, btw. Mudblood is a slur against all muggle-borns. Hermione isn't a half-blood, either, as neither of her parents were from a wizarding family. She was all muggle blood.

"by dint of"

I don't hear that turn of phrase enough.

Still - how do people know that it's Hermione's wand there?

eHalcyon wrote:But Harry's mom wasn't from a magical family.

How can you guys tell that this is Hermione's wand anyway?

Aye, agreed on your first point. As to the second . . . honestly, I have no idea whose wand that is; I can't recognize them by sight. I was assuming the other poster knew what he or she was talking about (maybe from watching the movies a lot?) so I withheld comment on that and just spoke about what I know.

IndependentVik wrote:Aye, agreed on your first point. As to the second . . . honestly, I have no idea whose wand that is; I can't recognize them by sight. I was assuming the other poster knew what he or she was talking about (maybe from watching the movies a lot?) so I withheld comment on that and just spoke about what I know.

But still... a wand is a wand. In the books you've got descriptions like however many inches of such-and-such wood with this-type core, but really, you can't tell the difference in the movies and even less so in an illustration like this.

By the way, since you're acting embarassed about knowing Harry Potter stuff... I'm not ashamed of it. My guilt is with the Inheritance cycle. Terrible books, those. But I enjoy them anyway.

Re: The Sex Drugs

This shirt can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until it gets to the fog.

mikenytola wrote:Well then they should get busy making something original and creative then, shouldn't they?

When you leave the movie theater after having watched something terrible (for the sake of argument, let's say anything by Michael Bay), would you be annoyed if someone attacked your criticism of said terrible movie with "well, how about YOU try making a better film, mister critic?"

If the analogy is too far off for your taste ("I don't have $80 million to make a movie" you might very well say) then replace the idea of a terrible movie with a terrible book.

lavalamp wrote:That would have been cool.
Wear this shirt: while you spend an hour reading shirt.woot posts because you're sucked into the drama.

lol I was feeling the same way! I'd wear the shirt though....but that's cuz panda's are my favorite animal and who can be mad at pandas regardless of the political mechanisms working behind the scenes either for or against them. ^_^