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sei wrote:I love this design, the exaggerated curves, the beautiful swaths of blue. I would have liked to see this on the right or left breast of the shirt instead of in the middle, but it still looks good regardless.

When it comes to subs for tee comps like this, I'm forever getting it wrong, as to what will please the majority of wooterholics. I'd agree that off-centre would've been nice but then, I only entered this for a larf, as it was my first sub, or so I thought, that had a bit of a chance. As it turns out, I was wrong again..;]

tjost wrote:Thanks for the support. I went to the site and I like it. Yeah I've been around since 2006 but these are my first subs. I have three in too, all of which I'm really happy have done so well.In the fog I have The Binge, then Earth Juice (so close to the fog) and Cloudy... chance of rain.

Welcome! That's a long time to lurk. I hope to see more designs from you.

scarchin wrote:Do you mingle with the common folk?

I'm not sweating it. It's definitely a huge departure from my normal style and subject matter, plus it's doing well, plus it's a reference to pop culture, so it does feel a bit pander-ish.

Re: Van Gogh's Witching Hour

oh man, all this excitement with a lot of the people in front of me getting rejected and I still don't think I have a chance of printing. Ah well, it's always a blast making it up to the fog anyway. Thanks again to everyone who supported my design with their votes and awesome compliments!!

BootsBoots wrote:If you remember to tell me when you take it somewhere else, I'll support it.

Thanks BootsBoots!

Re: Bluer than Blue

@illuminator
@studio1172
@sei
@jasneko

Thanks everyone!

tgentry wrote:Honestly I don't think it feels that pander-ish. Has anyone ever done a Blues Clues shirt here? It's not like there's a huge Blues Clues demographic pining for more and more Blues Clues every week. If that were the case then I'd definitely call it a pander. IMO a pop culture reference only equals pandering when it's a very popular, very overdone reference.

Thanks- I'm not saying it WAS pandering, just that it's got that vibe to it. If it WAS pandering, I would have made the clues identify Mario as the assassin and the cops would have had anime eyes. ^_^

redgarnettk wrote:I never said that ramyb's designs were not marketable, nor did I ever say that having the same "style" was necessarily a bad thing. I AM saying that those who deny the fact that his shirts do have an insane amount of similarities are, as I DID say, "stone blind". Quit putting words in my mouth that I never said.

Then you should be saying the same thing about every artist here.

Because for the most part, they all have similar designs each week.

most entries don't really relate to blue...
I had a cool illustration this week. But as I was finihsing, I too, realized that it wasn't really on topic, except for the use of the color, blue.
How do they decide which one relate and which ones don't. I can't really make sense of it all...

Re: Band of Blues

Absolutely gorgeous!

XocoMint wrote:The commentators are and have always been as bad, if not worse, than the woot staff. I discovered that long before I discovered how hypocritical the woot staff was.

I don't think it's amusing or vindicating in the slightest, just plain dumb.

good for you

Re: Riding the Cosine Wave

i don't understand where the blue reference is, please someone shed some light and pardon my ignorance.

wootasourous wrote:Then you should be saying the same thing about every artist here. Because for the most part, they all have similar designs each week.

Sure, but ramyb is the topic of this discussion. To see no similarities in ramyb, or any of the (in)frequent submitters is silly, because yes most people do have a style that they coin in some way or another. Little bits often show through in everyone's work.

Re: Tangled up In Blue

I love Bob Dylan.

Re: The Breaks

LOVE the color work on this one.

Altheahelaine wrote:Sure, but ramyb is the topic of this discussion. To see no similarities in ramyb, or any of the (in)frequent submitters is silly, because yes most people do have a style that they coin in some way or another. Little bits often show through in everyone's work.

I am not denying the fact that Ramyb does have similarities in all this work.

The point that irks me is that just making a case against Ramyb about his work is not what it should be.

If you are going to make a case against one artist that has similarities, make a case again all the artists that do that.

genavanrooyen wrote:I love this shirt! I do think it would be "more true" if Negative Bob's was a thought bubble instead of a speech bubble.

Agreed, I would like to see it as a thought bubble. Though there is something to be said for being that guy who just looks at the obnoxiously happy person and tells them flat out they are going to hit them in the head with a sledge hammer.

Re: The Binge

Hey, monster, I've been there. It'll get better.

You know what they say... the milk has to go bad before you get a new jug.

Re: Band of Blues

I must say, shame it's so late. This is definitely wearable.

sei wrote:that's because people just can't help themselves, they have verbal & mental diarrhea!

How about that people are trying to give fair warning that this sort of thing has been rejected in the past, in case the artist wants to change something and resubmit? Not every negative comment is made with malice.

If no one commented about the designs that had text or were on the wrong color shirt, those artists might not have had time to resubmit something suitable.

NameyMcName wrote:I love this; it looks so peaceful. The blue jays are cute and stand out very nicely. I'm not sure how good it would look on a person since so much of the design is on one side of the chest, but I'd like to use it as a wall hanging.

Thank you very much! I've been wanting to try a diagonal design for some time now, so I'm glad I got to do it.
I'm always flattered when someone says they would like to see my design hanging on their wall, so thank you once again!

Pi is most certainly text, in fact it's part of the Greek alphabet.......

Re: Rainy Day

Thanks for the comments! Also, thanks to everyone who voted.

Re: Band of Blues

Easily one of the cleanest designs I've seen and a great concept to boot. I envy your skills, hope I learn a thing or to. Like others, I am saddened it posted so late...

Altheahelaine wrote:Sure, but ramyb is the topic of this discussion. To see no similarities in ramyb, or any of the (in)frequent submitters is silly, because yes most people do have a style that they coin in some way or another. Little bits often show through in everyone's work.

I don't think anybody was arguing that there were no similarities, just countering the statement that they ALL look the same. And you are are absolutely right, little bits often do show, some people can't get a grasp on that unfortunately.

Re: Band of Blues

Thanks everyone for the great comments. I was very happy with the way this turned out.

I would have liked to get it in earlier, but I am going out of the state this week for a job interview and didn't have the time earlier to work on it. But I finished it and posted it anyway. I had no illusions of getting a decent amount of votes, but am happy get another best loser award.

This turned out very different from what it started out as. I was going to try to it much more flat and more of a drawn look, but lost my tablet stylus, and so did all the vector work the the traditional way. It certainly took more time, but I like the way it came out.

Thanks!
ZG.

dukeofwulf wrote:Hey, monster, I've been there. It'll get better.

You know what they say... the milk has to go bad before you get a new jug.

I just LOVE this!!! I really hope this gets printed!

Re: Negative Bob

Go shirt, go!

Re: They Pick On Me

Great design, one i would wear in public.

Re: Cloudy...chance of rain

Wow. tjost, I voted for your other T-shirt too. I would buy both of these! GMV

Shouldn't have been rejected. That's about all I have to say.

Re: Bluer than Blue

I love the things that make them feel blue, like the cookie monster eating celery, and sonic with the torn/ripped shoes. Great work!

rglee129 wrote:Thanks- I'm not saying it WAS pandering, just that it's got that vibe to it. If it WAS pandering, I would have made the clues identify Mario as the assassin and the cops would have had anime eyes. ^_^

It's arguable that one could know that there is a love for Blue's Clues at least among artists here after the myriad of designs from the mystery derby. That said while many did well, I don't think any of them actually won so who knows?

stargirl6878 wrote:no, i wasn't joking...it was a serious question...

i ask because this shirt got rejected for being off topic...

"So this contains the color blue, but that's the only reference I see."

my design is about fishy behaviour in the 'deep blue sea' and coloured accordingly. If you were hoping to purchase the other gent's design on a tee, all I can say here, is better luck next time around..;]

re: band of blues

this shirt is only wearable within the proximity of the shirt woot crowd. Otherwise it's a band of blue crayons. Think about it...

sei wrote:this shirt is only wearable within the proximity of the shirt woot crowd. Otherwise it's a band of blue crayons. Think about it...

it's still beautifully done...

hey! I had 20 votes now I have 19... that makes me sad...

Re: Blues Guitar Solo

joynerCN wrote:Shouldn't have been rejected. That's about all I have to say.

Are you color blind Woot!!! It's a Blue Jay!!!!

re: cloudy...chance of rain

I totally passed over this one. It's a bold and interesting use of two colors. Kudos.