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AdderXYU wrote:If the shirts-on-sale stats are correct, I do believe this will be the latest submission to ever print in a derby.

Congrats on that, TG

Tgentry totally deserves to win (though I like the sky harvest much more) but on latest entry I have to correct you Adder, he posted this on a Monday morning and on the Blues derby the other week I posted on a Monday afternoon almost 4 pm and got first

BTW Adder is your name any way connected to the BBC show Black Adder?

tjost wrote:Tgentry totally deserves to win (though I like the sky harvest much more) but on latest entry I have to correct you Adder, he posted this on a Monday morning and on the Blues derby the other week I posted on a Monday afternoon almost 4 pm and got first

BTW Adder is your name any way connected to the BBC show Black Adder?

I retract that statement my eyesight must be going I thought it said AM but it's PM. Good job Tgentry

tjost wrote:Tgentry totally deserves to win (though I like the sky harvest much more) but on latest entry I have to correct you Adder, he posted this on a Monday morning and on the Blues derby the other week I posted on a Monday afternoon almost 4 pm and got first

BTW Adder is your name any way connected to the BBC show Black Adder?

The submission says 8PM, not AM, so I think it's still on point as the latest. But I did have to check yours to be sure, because I think you may have broken the record yourself with The Binge. Which is pretty dramatic either way.

And c'mon, with a caustic personality like this? Of course it's a reference!

AdderXYU wrote:The submission says 8PM, not AM, so I think it's still on point as the latest. But I did have to check yours to be sure, because I think you may have broken the record yourself with The Binge. Which is pretty dramatic either way.

And c'mon, with a caustic personality like this? Of course it's a reference!

KaylaJ wrote:this is one of the things that bothers me as well about his designs. this isn't the first time he's said he's not happy with the outcome and its not what he intended, but yet leaves it up there instead of maybe working on it. i understand pulling and putting it back will lose votes, he may have other things to do and obviously some people like it, but it just kinda gets me. why buy something the artist doesn't even seem to be sold on?

So.Much.WORD to this.
I customize vinyl toys as a side hustle. There is no way I would consider selling something or putting it up for bid if I'm not 100% satisfied with it. Just...NO.
So when I see stuff like this from any artist, it makes me scratch my head. It's like saying "This isn't even up to my standards but meh. My name alone gives it the legs to stand in this comp." At least thats how I see it. If YOU aren't that happy with it, why not just sit this derby out?
For the record, I'm not on anyone's side here-I buy what I like (which has included Ramy and Seki shirts). But as I said before, this design doesn't seem to have the same craftsmanship as some of the others that it has ranked ahead of, and that is disheartening. I would respect the artist more if he had just let this one go instead of submitting half-assed designs.

AdderXYU wrote:The submission says 8PM, not AM, so I think it's still on point as the latest. But I did have to check yours to be sure, because I think you may have broken the record yourself with The Binge. Which is pretty dramatic either way.

And c'mon, with a caustic personality like this? Of course it's a reference!

Ah, yeah I already caught my mistake above your post

KaylaJ wrote:this is one of the things that bothers me as well about his designs. this isn't the first time he's said he's not happy with the outcome and its not what he intended, but yet leaves it up there instead of maybe working on it. i understand pulling and putting it back will lose votes, he may have other things to do and obviously some people like it, but it just kinda gets me. why buy something the artist doesn't even seem to be sold on?

he doesnt pull it because he has no respect for art. only for money. ramyb, its unlikely you will step back into this wild debate and explain how you have demonstrated:

respect for rule following artists

respect for the rules

respect for the contest

and respect for yourself and your art

for the record seki, you ad-hominem slinger, you childish name caller, i was the one who provided the initial link to adder as i have a friend who is into anime cons and knew i would find it interesting. and i have before had information delivered to me by PM when making a stand against an artist i have a problem with. i know its hard for you to believe that people have integrity and caring, but it is the truth. the sooner you and your consort accept that, the better you will be at making your way in this world without recruiting enemies

Ginnna wrote:*snort* That's cute in a really twisted kind of way. I like it! Too bad it won't make it into the fog... it's great.

I humbly eat my own words. You made it into the fog! Congrats!

Re: I Just Call it Housekeeping

this is great. its so creepy-cool. i'll be honest, i'm loving the Grim Reapers in this whole [Soul] Harvest derby theme.

willybeetoo wrote:Does Zaphod Beeblebrox know the answer?
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perhaps...

Re: Time To Chillax

I LOVE this shirt - gotta have it!

Re: I Just Call it Housekeeping

brilliant

This is awesome -- hope you get to the top 3 'cause I'd buy one. And another; a friend's birthday is coming up & she loves her some squirrels.

Good luck!

capedcrusader514 wrote:This shirt is putting me in that really annoying mood where i want to annoy other people and if I could I would just repeatedly call shirt.woot and complain about this. It honestly wouldn't bother me if it wasn't for the fact that there have been rejections that are so much more less obvious than this one.

.... Have you nothing better to do with your time..?

GMV... Great design, nice tie in to the theme, and a different slant... I find it rather a boor that most of the vote-getters feature the reaper... BORING!

Re: Time To Chillax

Thrilled to see this back in the fog!

Re: Time To Chillax

This is a pretty dang crazy derby, lots of good entries.

Thanks for the votes everyone

Re: I Just Call it Housekeeping

Love the way this design leads your eye across the shirt.

Re: Gather ye faeries while ye may

Very interesting to see that at 8am, you've doubled your votes and are at the top of the hotness with 46 votes.

MotherFogger wrote:Very interesting to see that at 8am, you've doubled your votes and are at the top of the hotness with 46 votes.

Getting all your friends to vote for your shirt, huh?

I wish I had friends...

Crovin wrote:I work in the Cardiology Dept of an inner-city hospital.

Must. Have.

I work in cardiology too, admin side though. I sent this to a co-worker and asked if he thought it would be appropriate for casual Fridays.

I haven't bought a woot shirt in a while, I think I just might have to pick this one up.

Re: Star Harvester

I won't be here at noon to see my final total, but I just wanted to thank everyone who voted for it. I'm glad it was well liked overall.

Re: Flower Harvest

really cute. I'd buy this for my three nieces. wtg

Re: The owl's harvest

I really like the simplicity of your design. Big eyes always get me. nice job.

MotherFogger wrote:Very interesting to see that at 8am, you've doubled your votes and are at the top of the hotness with 46 votes.

Same thing happened to my shirt. I get 10 votes all week, then on the last day I am suddenly in the hotness with 46 votes. It has happened to my shirts 4 or 5 times in the past too.

Re: ants

you have the best ants I've ever seen. I wish it were more clear what they're harvesting. gl

re: sky harvest

I'm so upset this is out of the fog. i really really wanted this shirt. I still have hope though.

MotherFogger wrote:Very interesting to see that at 8am, you've doubled your votes and are at the top of the hotness with 46 votes.

Yeah, it happens on occasion. While I personally don't know anything about it, my suspicion is that somebody up near or in the fog might want to keep the competing designs out of the hotness by voting up a group of designs which are NOT competitive, like ours and almost all of the designs in the hotness right now, reducing the chances that one of the competitive designs which are close might catch fire today. Frankly, I have spent zero time involved in this derby since it became clear the first afternoon that our design was going nowhere.

yodal wrote:very nice. I like the layout its simple but just enough at the same time. gmv

Recognised it as being by the same person that did Little Hands due to the crack running through it. You add that to all your promos to give them a little more texture?

I usually don't care for Drakxx's work, but I have to admit, this is the perfect combination of his macabre style and the subject matter/season. And I can't believe I'm saying this, but if this prints, I'm buying it. I need some new Halloween stuff.

re: scareperson

They need to print this one as an "editor's choice" with the eyes in glow-in-the-dark ink.

Re: Midnight Havest

This is so sweet! I'd actually buy it for Valentine's Day, though!

Re: Harvesting Love

srm8ib4 wrote:One of the problems with Draxxx's designs is that they aren't gender neutral. I think the designs are cool, but I'm not sure if many girls would wear this. I actually thought this shirt was going to print this week but I'm not so sure now.

While this one is arguably more guy oriented, I bought "Steamworks Operatica" for my sister and she loves it.

sittle wrote:.... Have you nothing better to do with your time..?

GMV... Great design, nice tie in to the theme, and a different slant... I find it rather a boor that most of the vote-getters feature the reaper... BORING!

I agree it is a great shirt, and would be a lovely addition to the mix that we currently have. The only problem with it...plagerized design. Seriously, put it in photoshop and all doubt will be removed. The design is just rearranged, it all skews the same, same color values, just add a green layer over the blue, blah blah blah.

Unbelievable Woot doesn't reject this one.

CaboLH wrote:I agree it is a great shirt, and would be a lovely addition to the mix that we currently have. The only problem with it...pagerized design. Seriously, put it in photoshop and all doubt will be removed. The design is just rearranged, it all skews the same, same color values, just add a green layer over the blue, blah blah blah.

Unbelievable Woot doesn't reject this one.

F'n pagerizers.... Seriousy grab a box of keenex and cry me a river..

.. reject that, sucka!

Re: I Just Call it Housekeeping

Can't wait for tomorrow/this weekend! GOOD LUCK!

marmls2m wrote:he doesnt pull it because he has no respect for art. only for money.

So somebody who's trying to make a living should just not try if it's not their 100%? Just because somebody is not satisfied with something doesn't mean they should just say, oh well I don't want to get paid this week. Sometimes food on the table is more important than satisfying the lynch mob on shirt.woot. He should just trash the design and not even bother with it after already investing time? Life is full of compromises and you have to do what you have to do to survive in this world.

I'm sure you know if anybody waits too long to refine a design the chances of winning goes down quite a bit, unless it's something everybody really loves. Can you honestly say you put 100% effort into your day job every single day? You have never done something that was not 100% to your liking before? Anything? If you say you put 100% into everything you do you would be a complete liar, as would I if I said the same.

amesj wrote:I think its a bear that has watched one too many Psych episodes recently.

Haha! That exactly what I thought of when I saw this shirt. Definitely GMV!

My fiancee thought this shirt was REALLY awesome, I'm fairly certain she would wear it, and if not, I definitely would, so either way it would have a sale from our household.

SkekTek wrote:Agh. Work got in the way. I'll try to post the original concept here though before Thursday.

no biggie, still a great design!

Re: I don't share

I saw how cool this looked and then I saw it was in 9th, and I thought "This should really be the best loser" so I scrolled down to see that you got it.