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BaldBob007 wrote:Ramy is a guy; maybe you're thinking of Sekiyoku?

why would ANYONE want to think of Sekiyoku?

AdderXYU wrote:is the grim reaper doing any harvesting of souls?

Well, I guess that's what I interpreted the little floaty skulls in the background as; but, that is subjective...

AdderXYU wrote:the fact that people are voting on this at all is, perhaps, the best reason ever that woot needs to make votes meaningless.

?? That doesn't make sense. What this shows is that rejections should happen faster. Every voter hasn't seen every single shirt that's been printed or read every comment - nor should they have to.

Re: Harvest Heist

Oh, puh-leeze!

AdderXYU wrote:why would ANYONE want to think of Sekiyoku?

I dunno... I was just guessing, sorry.

Sibyllene wrote:About 80 percent of the times that I instantly like a design, it turns out to be a tgentry. I'm not sure how it happens, because they all seem so different, but there's some level of quality that seems to be a cut above (many of the) rest. I'll definitely support this one.

Agreed. Enough that this week I looked back to find the designers of the 2 shirts I currently own. tgentry.

BaldBob007 wrote:I think this has one too many colors.

This is my second Derby, but I thought that 6 Pantone colors were allowed. I used:

Black
White
Brown
Light Brown
Yellow
Green

Junka wrote:?? That doesn't make sense. What this shows is that rejections should happen faster. Every voter hasn't seen every single shirt that's been printed or read every comment - nor should they have to.

But, of course, they can see that it isn't on a shirt template.

rdamoiseaux wrote:This is my second Derby, but I thought that 6 Pantone colors were allowed. I used:

Black
White
Brown
Light Brown
Yellow
Green

I think the fork is a separate blue/silver. If I am incorrect, I apologize.

srm8ib4 wrote:I can't believe people are voting for this.

What part of this is hard to believe? The poor art? The cute animals? The fact that it's doing better than well-done pieces?

It has all the hallmarks of believability of voting. What is accurate is "I find it repulsive that this is being voted on". Because seriously, the only thing I don't believe in the derbies is when woot makes an awesome rejection call, or something good actually makes it to print.

Junka wrote:?? That doesn't make sense. What this shows is that rejections should happen faster. Every voter hasn't seen every single shirt that's been printed or read every comment - nor should they have to.

It's off theme and poorly proportioned (seriously, does the image not look thin to you?) even if it wasn't already done.

So yes. No one should have voted for this. At all. People who DID are WRONG. Unequivocally. That it is a stolen design just makes them doubly wrong.

That anyone would vote for a design that is off theme, smooshed thin, and above that already printed means they have no concept of their power of voting. So I say again: woot would be better picking themselves. Like every other site which has standards.

BaldBob007 wrote:But, of course, they can see that it isn't on a shirt template.

This is true. But every voter doesn't need to know the rules either.

Junka wrote:This is true. But every voter doesn't need to know the rules either.

Why would you vote on a shirt if you didn't know where it would be printed?

SJulian1 wrote:May I have a link?

If you'll notice, I said, "If I could find the link..." and if I do, I will. However, I do not plan to wear myself out trying to prove a point that really I don't care about. Not sure why you do either, unless you know Ramy. But, whatever...

BaldBob007 wrote:Well, I guess that's what I interpreted the little floaty skulls in the background as; but, that is subjective...

I would say, like ALL RAMY ENTRIES, that is a very tenuous thematic element.

moreover, isn't this the second time he's been "inspired" by Staring Contest?

I mean, I guess to be fair he could have just been inspired by the fact that a reaper was in the fog.

But overall, the fact is that it's nothing special. It's not well done. The arm is jarringly bad, the face doesn't fit the style of the rest of the piece, and the overall "picture" is just chock full of those hideous tiny halftones that make Ramy's work look like pictures taken in mist. And there's zero creativity. It's an idea a hundred people had and was even listed in the write-up.

That people can keep defending the obvious lack of consideration Ramy has for the spirit of this derby makes me feel like the era of creative art and ethical art is long dead, and the consumer is fighting to keep it that way.

Re: Just Another Day...

cool clipart tshirts

CrescentDebris wrote:I did this one a bit more like my old "Fight Fire" for the circus derby... Actually, there it is in my signature. Yeah, I painted it in a similar fashion. Gahhhh, I'm tired.

Well, I hope you like it.

Close Up:

Oh noes! It's a ninja scarecrow! Looks great!

Errr, the larger view is in the first post. Thanks for the comments. My first woot design.

monkeyswag wrote:I really like the looks of this and wish you had a larger view. Nice work.

tjost wrote:

I'm not saying that anything is wrong with your style at all, I never meant to make it sound like I was saying you are a bad artist. All I was doing is pulling up artists names.

wootasourous wrote:I'm not saying that anything is wrong with your style at all, I never meant to make it sound like I was saying you are a bad artist. All I was doing is pulling up artists names.

All that you were doing was informing us that you are "sick" of a bunch of good artist's styles in deference to ramy's. Which is much like saying, "I am sick and tired of filet mignon, lamb medallions, roast duck, etc. I want some spam." If that's not insulting I don't know what is.

mrwednesday wrote:All that you were doing was informing us that you are "sick" of a bunch of good artist's styles in deference to ramy's. Which is much like saying, "I am sick and tired of filet mignon, lamb medallions, roast duck, etc. I want some spam." If that's not insulting I don't know what is.

It is insulting to the Spam, that's what. Poor Spam, making it feel all un-worthy. Maybe you should walk a day in the shoes of Spam, carrying your "meat" around all day in a square-ish can, and see how you feel about it then.

Yeah.

Re: Just Another Day...

That's pretty funny... It does look like clipart. Thanks for checking out my stuff and junk...


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AdderXYU wrote:

Janesko doesn't exist.

That is hilarious. Especially, because I know in the beginning I called her that too.

Re: I Just Call it Housekeeping

Such a cool concept, and a neat design, but why oh why does it have to be on asphalt? Green would've looked cool. Black would've looked pretty good too. Yellow...even gross olive would've looked cool. Also wondering why you chose to go with white for the heart monitor line since what I first think of is a black screen with a green line. (Haven't been in many hospitals lately though so I don't know if they look the same).

Re: I Just Call it Housekeeping

Clever :D

This is how I imagine Death spending his time at home. Always chores to do.

Re: Scareperson

I REALLY like this design, I'm just not crazy about the green. But you got my vote anyhow. :D

Re: Raccoon Harvest Time

This is cute. And nice job with limited colors.

mrwednesday wrote:How can you be sick of Fable's style if you like ramy's? They are the same as of late. I think what you meant to say was that you are sick of any good artist printing instead of ramy. I know it is difficult to comprehend that the voters suddenly seem to care about quality and originality and that this has left ramy out in the cold with very few prints, but all horrible fads here eventually wane as will ramy.

You'll just have to get your anime schlock somewhere el.....o wait you can't because no other site will print it.

hold on there tiger...

i think he was just stating that if you are sick of ramyb's glowy style then you should also be sick of any other designer's style...because that's exactly what it is, EACH DESIGNER'S OWN STYLE...

its just the way they design...a pattern...

van gogh's painting almost all have the same look to them, don't they?

dmyton wrote:It probably means that they're concerned about the copyright issues with the smurfs reference. And thus are rejecting it to avoid the issue completely.

I could be wrong.

Thanks for the insight. Appreciated.

re: scareperson

Draxxx, I love all of your work, but his is a definite must-buy for me...it's scary without being too scary, and your illustrations are gorgeous, as usual.

Best of luck to you, and hopefully I'll be purchasing this weekend!

tgentry wrote:Cranberry maybe? I'll play around and see if I can find a good alternative.

Cranberry would be awesome! I'm waiting for a great shirt to print on cranberry...

capedcrusader514 wrote:I really like it on red. woot never prints red shirts +1

never is a strong word my friend...

***Red shirt printed on 9/20/09***

Re: Eggcellent Harvester

that looks like the front bottom left to me.

BaldBob007 wrote:I think the fork is a separate blue/silver. If I am incorrect, I apologize.

fork looks like same color as the teeth.

Re: The Human Torch begins to question his new job

where is the flaming torch?

srm8ib4 wrote:Yeah this shirt is uninspired and overdone. How many grim reaper designs are there in this derby? Although the execution of the design is better than the majority of the submissions of the derby, it lacks originality. What makes a good design is not only its technical merit(i.e., how pleasing it looks), but also the idea behind the design. I think people who vote for this shirt have their minds clouded by the aesthetics of the design that they don't realize how mundane and monotonous it is. Put in another way, this isn't the most creative design I've seen in this derby.

although i do love a ramyb design, i have to agree with you on this isn't the most creative design in this derby.

SJulian1 wrote:Honestly, I think most people who hate on ramyb do it just because they want something to complain about and this is the best they can settle for... I mean, when she makes a cute and cuddly design with furry animals on it people flip out and start crying about over used ideas. But when she creates a more serious design like this people still have the same reaction.

here, here, my good man.