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DianaSprinkle wrote:Whew!

This is awesome I don't wear white shirts though, so now I have the moral dilemma of, 'Do I vote for a shirt I'll never buy/wear just because the idea/art is really well done?'

For now, the answer is yes <_<

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thanks peoples!

Altheahelaine wrote:But what I meant was, ramyb is not in the fog, seki is. Basically.

Yeah, seki isn't catching flak because many people don' t know there is any association so people who may not vote for ramy are fine voting for seki because they think they are distinct individuals. And because they don't see her name enough people don't follow the trends and she wins much less than ramy as well.

ramyb wrote:For those who don't get the shirt, it's a zombie dog. There once were three trick or treaters and now there are two. I thought the imagery was fairly clear, but wanted to keep it subtle enough that you need to do a double-take to see it. The dog doesn't have candy, it's eying the next animal in line, and there are bones, part of a costume, and a bag of candy scattered around.

Nothing about the dog indicates he just devoured that other trick or treater, though, to me. Other then the pile of clothes, there isn't really any indication. Also he looks pretty placid, maybe if he looked more.. like he was stalking or about to pounce on the cat/rabbit in front of him or something to indicate viciousness.. but as of now it just looks like he's waiting in line for some candy.

Altheahelaine wrote:The pointer, of course. We are a respectable family establishment, here. Besides, E.T had four fingers. He doesn't have a middle one. ;)

Oh yeah!! So E.T.'s words are having to be replaced by special characters because he's wishing the witch a safe flight? Yeeaaahh Riighttt.

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Is it just me, or does that pumpkin top look like it belongs to a completely different, much smaller pumpkin?

mitchellp wrote:Oh yeah!! So E.T.'s words are having to be replaced by special characters because he's wishing the witch a safe flight? Yeeaaahh Riighttt.

He literally can't throw the middle finger. He has four fingers. Tuck your thumb into your palm, and try to flip me the bird.

Also; he could be pointing and swearing. I do that sometimes. The other day I was in the drive through line at the bank. Previously I was trying to explain to my friend the color of this car I had seen that was just this terrible, terrible gold/green that looked like vomit, to be honest. A jeep passed by me that was the same color and I pointed in my excitement (she was in the car with me) and I yelled "THAT F-ING COLOR!"

Altheahelaine wrote:but as of now it just looks like he's waiting in line for some candy.

Yeah, that's what I thought too, even after looking at the image for a while, hence my above confusion.

EinnaFK wrote:WIN. Is this supposed to remind me of Sam from "Trick or Treat"? Cause it definitely does and it is AMAZING. As was that movie. As is your art. Really well done! GMV

I noticed this too! That movie is awesome!

I'm not sure whether I like this revision better than the original. The panels still bother me a bit, but I do think this is the best design so far. Improve it if you can, but don't do anything too drastic. GMV

mrwednesday wrote:Yeah, seki isn't catching flak because many people don' t know there is any association so people who may not vote for ramy are fine voting for seki because they think they are distinct individuals. And because they don't see her name enough people don't follow the trends and she wins much less than ramy as well.

That is all true, however to be honest I would prefer this fogged instead of Seki's. At least I can't go buy this at a walmart, or a target, or anywhere on line, even if I can buy some previous ramyb shirts. Lesser of two evils.

BootsBoots wrote:Thanks guys! Mmm... guts.

I like it... but is that text incidental? The text usage seems awfully similar to 'And then I was like BOO!' from last year, and that one got shot down for non-incidental text.

Not trying to be a wet blanket, just confused.

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This might be my favorite yet...

EinnaFK wrote:WIN. Is this supposed to remind me of Sam from "Trick or Treat"? Cause it definitely does and it is AMAZING. As was that movie. As is your art. Really well done! GMV

YES! Greatest Halloween film in years. I was seriously blown away by how fantastic Trick r Treat was.

I saw some images of Sam before I actually got to see the movie, and the character inspired me to do this design.

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Come get your face on! Lets scare some people.

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Resubbed to changed the thumbnail. Sorry, please vote again. =D

muk1 wrote:I like it... but is that text incidental? The text usage seems awfully similar to 'And then I was like BOO!' from last year, and that one got shot down for non-incidental text.

Not trying to be a wet blanket, just confused.

I think that one got axed because similar shirts existed and the only thing that made that one different was the text (I think).

Jestik wrote:a lot of people (including myself, of course) looked to you for great things when the Halloween derby was announced. Drakxxx, you do NOT disappoint!

(and excellent choice of color. Cranberry is perfect for this one!)

I agree. Sorry mrwednesday, I think the cranberry looks great. I felt like the design got a little lost on the asphalt color. The creepy creepiness looks really good on cranberry for some reason- "She Never Sleeps" is still one of my all time fav's. And this one is one of my new fav's

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Sorry...I knew I shouldn't do it...but I couldn't resist Nosferatu AND Sesame Street in the same design. *sigh*

Oh and also...for those who've never heard of Nosferatu, its a German expressionist film from the 1920s based on Bram Stoker's Dracula...I think the first vampire movie ever made and a pretty iconic expressionist film which can be found here.

BootsBoots wrote:I think that one got axed because similar shirts existed and the only thing that made that one different was the text (I think).

Do people really not understand this shirt if they take the text away?

If you need text to understand what is going on in this shirt then that is kind of sad.

Very funny!

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Haha this just keeps making me laugh, ¡es de puta madre!
+1 and pleaseee print!

Altheahelaine wrote:

PMed you

awesome!

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That anyone can defend this as original or good or not proof-positive that this guy is in this for money and not even a shred of art, and that he is a spiteful, disrespectful member of this community, is beyond me.

Every element is from somewhere else. Even Seki's cat this week at least has bigger eyes than normal... from these two that's a HUGE bit of originality. But here, we see a backdrop identical to prior pieces. We see desu critters who each look pulled out from an earlier design. We basically see Ramy thumbing his nose at us.

Combine this with a simple, simple fact: this is POINTLESS. There is no concept here, regardless of what Ramy implies. It is three adorable costumed critters. Even if Ramy's half-assed attempt at creating context is his actual intention, there is nothing to give anyone that feeling except his word. And seriously, by this point, is his word worth anything?

And mikey, seriously, not that we didn't all know this already, but it's very hard to pretend you are here for anything than kissing otakubutt when you spew out such childish mockery in response to opinions you cannot refute or invalidate. Especially when another member is repeatedly calling you out on that, and you are ignoring it just to carry on flaming. Seriously, you go to show that for every legit Ramy fan that there might be, there's at least one ignorant, reactionary flamer trying to insist that the people making negative comments, no matter how true, are more trolly than the supporters.

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You will get rejected because that is obviously the count, parody aside :/

Remember when tjost's first cookie monster sub got rejected because it was definitely cookie monster? I think the same thing will happen here.

love it!

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I think just to be safe, sumbit the one without the text as well. Can't hurt.

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Words cannot describe.

I have to give you credit for one thing, though. Despite being significantly less talented than your boyfriend, with pieces like this that show less creativity than his already tired work, and deformity more prevalent than his worst stuff, and simply a lower standard of design, you seem to regularly get support far ahead of his. I don't know what mediocrity note you strike, but that alone is impressive. If also incredibly sad for the community.

Honestly, either way it's my favorite shirt so far.

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This is inspired by my obese, slutty dog. She has a bee costume but it is not as revealing as this. Sadly, the candy bag/hive did not comeout the way I thoght it would.

Altheahelaine wrote:You will get rejected because that is obviously the count, parody aside :/

Remember when tjost's first cookie monster sub got rejected because it was definitely cookie monster? I think the same thing will happen here.

I tried to make it less the Count by making his face more gaunt (with cheekbones)and taking away his smile, but you're probably right. Oh well...I just mainly wanted to do this for fun regardless of rejection or recent Sesame Street shirt sales;)

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It's 6 colors (red, white, green, dark blue, blue, and yellow) and thanks for the suggestion of changing the shirt color but I like how it looks now and think Batman isn't too hard to spot. I may reconsider.

And I know this is the same concept as the design I submitted 2 years ago but it is a completely new design. The previous one was only in 72dpi, had more than 6 colors, and was formatted incorrectly in Photoshop so I completely redrew and redid the design while making a few (but nothing major) changes. I feel i's a different enough design especially since it's not like I slightly altered a previous existing file which most resubmissions are. It's a completely new file drawn from scratch. But ultimately it's up to Woot and I did consider that this might get rejected but thought it would pass but we'll see.

Altheahelaine wrote:Do people really not understand this shirt if they take the text away?

If you need text to understand what is going on in this shirt then that is kind of sad.

My concern was the text is a punchline unto its own - it plays off the fact kids refer to pumpkin innards as 'guts'. I saw it as separate from THE punchline of the shirt, though obviously related. I genuinely don't know if that makes it 'incidental' or not. Thus the question.

truffleshuffle wrote:I tried to make it less the Count by making his face more gaunt (with cheekbones)and taking away his smile, but you're probably right. Oh well...I just mainly wanted to do this for fun regardless of rejection or recent Sesame Street shirt sales;)

muk1 wrote:My concern was the text is a punchline unto its own - it plays off the fact kids refer to pumpkin innards as 'guts'. I saw it as separate from THE punchline of the shirt, though obviously related. I genuinely don't know if that makes it 'incidental' or not. Thus the question.

given dsldek's "larping mishap" from well over a year ago (one of the first incidental-text derbies), this should be fine. In that shirt, there is a pretty substantial textbubble that takes it from a bunch of confused nerds around some passed-out guy to showing that these nerds mistakenly attacked him in the midst of some HARDCORE AD&Ding! So the punchline was used to explicate the entire piece.

Of course, woot is incredibly fickle about their rules, so who really knows what will happen here, but since this works with or without text, I think rejecting would be outside of precedent and also one more instance of woot making terrible rejection choices while keeping terribly rejectable tees in play.

muk1 wrote:My concern was the text is a punchline unto its own - it plays off the fact kids refer to pumpkin innards as 'guts'. I saw it as separate from THE punchline of the shirt, though obviously related. I genuinely don't know if that makes it 'incidental' or not. Thus the question.

I've never heard anyone refer to pumpkin innards as guts but I don't doubt that you have. I guess it's up to bootsboots to tell us but I doubt that was the point of the shirt. To me, the point of the shirt is pumpkins carving people. The joke is, people carve pumpkins. Hence the title, we carve people.

Incidental:

1. Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident.
That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.

if it is not necessary for the understanding of this shirt, which it isn't, it is incidental text.

krouth wrote:This has been done MANY times:

This

and this

and this

...and so on, and so on...

The examples you show look horrible. You would expect to see those on your 80-year-old grandmother. I would drop dead before wearing those examples.

I personally like the design made by seki much more. What brought be to woot in the first place were the cute and unique designs (style not content...ok, maybe a little content). As for the originality of the idea, sure it's not unique but neither is a witch on a broom. It's symbolic of Halloween and if we can't use these common symbols, we would be off topic and just be drawing spooky things. Then it wouldn't be a Halloween derby, just a super spooky derby...

nami474 wrote:The examples you show look horrible. You would expect to see those on your 80-year-old grandmother. I would drop dead before wearing those examples.

I personally like the design made by seki much more. What brought be to woot in the first place were the cute and unique designs (style not content...ok, maybe a little content). As for the originality of the idea, sure it's not unique but neither is a witch on a broom. It's symbolic of Halloween and if we can't use these common symbols, we would be off topic and just be drawing spooky things. Then it wouldn't be a Halloween derby, just a super spooky derby...

Those are just three examples, don't act like those are the only ones on the internet. Good lord. I wish I still had my shirts from when I was 8 so I could take a picture. They both had giant eyed kittens with white 'realism' dots in their eyes, too.

Altheahelaine wrote:Well, don't take it to heart. Some of the garbage that prints here obviously is the product of frenzied fan girls who go for OMGOSH CUTE PRETTY SHINY SWIRLY or people who just want to see things that people don't like win, for the troll value. Or at least, that's what I tell myself.

Yeah, I've definitely noticed the whole "troll value" thing here and there, or just voting the heck out of something that will certainly get rejected for violating like 20 rules at once.

But yeah, I try not to let it bug me - I just accept the fact that my style and taste seem to be somewhat different than a lot of the folks here. My designs are just a nice break from my otherwise busy and stressful days.

who is this billratio guy? his shirts are awesome!