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Re: Geronimo!

Definitely a big fan - this one's cute!

Re: A Dangerous Concoction

Here you show you obviously have a solid understanding of how to use lighting. The shadowing of the cat, the glow of the embers beneath the cauldron, and the flames themselves are all proof of that.

And somehow I still don't really fancy this design. I think it basically straddles the theme (obviously *something* is cooking here whether it be trouble/evil/a potion), so that only mildly contributes to my aversion(I think it might also be that dragon thing that..is..just there). Ramy, I think it's that I know you can pump out better than this. Honestly, every time I see this 'glowy' style in a thumbnail, I can pretty much guess it's yours. Sometimes it works, especially when you have a solid concept(though I think I'd say that was way back on your sunset/geisha/sea entry), and other times it just looks like blatant pandering (for some reason, people are suckers for glowy things).

It's usually a good tactic to get votes, it's probably fun for you to draw, and it takes less time than other tactics might to make it stand out...so I GET why you draw like this. I really do.

I just don't like it.

Just my raggedy two cents. :\

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=35746]The Last

It would have taken me a week to come up with that pun much less the shirt! I don't know how you guys do it, but I love the artistic...ness!! Good job!

Re: Spite

Adorable, Boots. That pot looks very pleased with himself.

SJulian1 wrote:Don't look at everything so literally

Yes. You're right. We should just follow the description of the theme... which includes nothing but food references!!

"Last week you brought the crop in; this week you cook it up. Whether you're equipped with some restaurant-grade stainless-everything master kitchen or a microwave too small to pop popcorn in, chances are you've fried, baked, broiled, boiled, charred, grilled, roasted, toasted, or nuked something to eat at some point in your life. Or at least paid someone else to. Now take that knowledge out of the kitchen and into the wardrobe with a cooking-themed shirt delicious enough to wear."

Restaurant, kitchen, cooking the harvest, microwave, ways to cook food, "something to eat," deliciousness. Man, we need to not be so literal everybody!

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=35703]Mr. Pickle

absolutely beautiful.

Re: Hot Date (RE-SUB)

Love it and voted!

Re: Maybe Mommy Won't Notice

Very cool. I could see my daughter wearing this.

tgentry wrote:In defense of this design just being about food:

a) The Pillsbury doughboy isn't food. The whole point is he is or was cooked.

b) There's nothing to say he isn't currently being cooked. The fact that the biscuits are still aligned side by side like that suggests that they are still being baked or were just pulled out and are still on the pan. Either way, I think that classifies as cooking.

I don't know why you have to defend this design. He is food, dough is in his name.he is a doghboy. most likely a bIscuit dough because that's what the company sold at the time of his origin.

Re: Had enough, or are you hungry for...?

Simple, cute, and pure awesome.

Nice!

Re: cute feast

Do I see the Linux penguin, and Pikachu? Or is that just me.

dave17 wrote:Ugh.This reminds me of the woman who put her roommate's cat in the oven and turned it on in N.Y.recently.She said she had to leave to avoid hearing it screaming and scratching to get out.Then when people were demonstrating outside her court hearing she yelled at one of then"She's DEAD b*tch!"and smiled.Not something I want to remember when I get dressed in the morning.

I wish I hadn't read this. :[

The design looks great. I really love the off-centered positioning. The appliances remind me of the evil appliances in The Brave Little Toaster. Still not sure if I could wear this though, because of how awful the bunny situation looks out of context. :[

Re: Sushi Cat

paxetaurora wrote:Cat + sushi = irresistible. GMV.

Thanks paxetaurora! Wish it was a bit more irresistible to others too!;)

PerpetualKid wrote:2. The aforementioned logo use two bones instead of utensils, has a cherry ?(or something) on top, and oh, yeah they use a friggin' cupcake. If you people eat cupcakes that look like muffins, you need a new baker.

This is problematic because it is part of the Johnny Cupcakes trademark to change out those bones with other items. It's a fairly common feature on their themed designs to use other objects there (just one example: the recent Goonies tee).

And to me, cupcakes and muffins look very much alike, particularly when drawn in a one color style- they have the same basic shape. The only real difference is that the Johnny Cupcakes version is so much more refined.

Re: The best cooking is someone else's

So far after viewing just about all the submissions so far for this derby, this is the only design I like & have voted for.

What's with this derby? Such crappy submissions, except this one of course!

Radscoolian wrote:In my original submission, I thought that two "naked" lobsters in a hot tub was too absurd to have been inappropriate, but in retrospect, I dislike the sexual connotations. Hopefully this is more family friendly.

Voted, again! :D

Re: Spite

I like it though I wouldn't buy. But at least it's a decent design.

Re: Turnabout is fair play

This is a great design!

AdderXYU wrote:blah blah blah... I hate everything

Question for you, do you think "Here I Come Warhol!!!" is on topic? Please explain why or why not.

re: truth!

Are you having fun wasting Woot's bandwith?

I love this and will own it when it prints.

PS I've missed the cute animals!

I wish that in addition to the "I'd want one" button, shirt.woot would include a "I wouldn't want one if it was the last shirt on Earth."


I'd click twice.

Re: Hot Date (RE-SUB)

I don't get what the big deal is, I liked the first sub a lot better. This one still gets my vote though.

Re: Flamebroiled Marshmallow resub

I need a marshmallow-toasting device like that. It's a cute idea. Too bad it wasn't submitted a little sooner.

But don't let your dragon go dancing...because he has two left feet.

sekiyuko wrote:Flavor last, GMV!

Flavor First, then noodles, Then 2 Eggs.

Re: Almost Too Complicated

haha, just awesome. now i know what to do if my cup noodles run out and i gotta move on to the packaged goods.

Jaiyla wrote:It would have taken me a week to come up with that pun much less the shirt! I don't know how you guys do it, but I love the artistic...ness!! Good job!

Why thank you very much!Glad you like this!

mikenytola wrote:Question for you, do you think "Here I Come Warhol!!!" is on topic? Please explain why or why not.

It's also questionable. But I find Warhol to be questionable art in general. You shouldn't draw lines between him and anyone here (at least his lack-of-effort pretension had a newness to it), but so it goes.

A journey of canned soup, however, has everything to do with a can-opener. Arguably the first step in the recipe would be "open can". So it's a witty idea, and an original idea, and a definite connection. Which are things I value a lot in this competition. So while it is also tenuous, and think it makes a pretty weak shirt in all honesty, I can respect it for what it is and, ergo, have no reason to take issue with it.

Also, finally, if you look through whoever did it's entire woot history, I would very much doubt that his or her oeuvre shows 9 weeks out of 10 (on a good 10 weeks) a person who continually, almost blatantly, forces generic, repetitive elements into a tenuous theme. You should really consider what that continual forcing and continual tenuousness implies. I do, and that is certainly part of why Ramy regularly has harsher criticisms leveled at him. Sin once and you're easily forgiven. Sin regularly, and smirk as you do it, and you're just saying "I know what I'm doing, and I know no one can stop me."

marzipanapple wrote:Definitely an awesome lighting effect! I've always wanted to do something like this, but like icymallard said, the color limit makes it quite hard. You've done a great job here though. I love the linework as well.

I'm Pleased with your comments! I wasn't sure how this would be received .Thanks peeps

I also liked the first submission a lot better.

Re: Muffaneer

i love it!

Re: Hot Date (RE-SUB)

For some reason I just don't like this one as much. I suppose that makes me crass :P

Re: Soul Food - resub

marzipanapple wrote:I love the colors you used for this! Her expression is adorable.

Aw, thanks. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how not to go over the 6 color limit.

Re: Let's bake a cake!

So how can something actually about cooking get beat out by can openers! Vote for this if you haven't already....my daughter really likes it!

Re: Let's bake a cake!

So how can something actually about cooking get beat out by can openers! Vote for this if you haven't already....my daughter really likes it!

Re: Almost Too Complicated

I regret that I have but one vote to give....how else are we to knock can openers out of the fog!

This is another shirt that I just really love. Simple and probably should have been entered into the Japan derby.

dxsmachina wrote:Aw, thanks. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how not to go over the 6 color limit.

Yeah, it's a struggle for me most of the time. It's a rare treat for the colors to just come to me.

There are some artists here that can make 6 colors look like way more. It looks like you're already traveling that road. ;) I look forward to your future entries.

Re: A Sweet Companion

Awwwww, this makes me happy. I want this.

skittlesrainbow wrote:i agree, with a bit more work this could be my favorite in the derby...

This is our first entry. It is past our 24 hour deadline to take it off. Is there anything we can do to change our design or no?