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choumore wrote:Is it just me or someone else also get error message when submitting an entry?

Holy scaffolding dude, don't know what you did, but this is hilarious (thanks for writing on your detail, radiomode)

Re: Master of the Earth and Sky

Wow! Though I can't help thinking that I've seen that dino illustration somewhere else, I love this. The details are fantastic and the colors really pop! Well done.

choumore wrote:Is it just me or someone else also get error message when submitting an entry?

also, something related to this seems to have broken the community pages as well, since my replies aren't showing up in the right place

OH WAIT, I KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS IS BREAKING EVERYTHING.

xazothia wrote:Holy scaffolding dude, don't know what you did, but this is hilarious (thanks for writing on your detail, radiomode)

I think Woot went nuts with the daylight saving time. How the time change affects the voting is certainly beyond my imagination/

Re: Time to Fly, Little One

Good to see some purple in the derby. Awesome design too!

Jussslic wrote:Learnin how to fly! Hope you enjoy it!

I think this is a great design. I wish more people would vote for it.

sakleehop wrote:Copyright issues with the Wonder Woman character?

Was wondering the same thing myself ...

Re: Need for speed

For the record, I want one in Men's Large if it doesn't make all the way to printing here! I've got a friend who looks like a sloth and he gives sloth hugs!!! :D

choumore wrote:This is a tribute to my childhood dream of being a pilot.

I love those days sitting on the roof and staring in the big blue sky. Too bad I never had them.

And I love how this version has a distinct Japanese Manga/animation feel. Remind me of "The Place Promised in Our Early Days".

Re: Red Flew

What medium did you use for your artwork?

Re: Stay Grounded

I love shirts that creatively incorporate musical references. As a former choir and band member, this shirt is fantastic!

Re: The Joy of Flight... almost

The colors and the simplicity of the design make this a great shirt. GMV

Zyphron wrote:sure the Kid is falling
and the moon is there
and ET is there

in the Derby shirt, it implies that the Kid crashed into what looks to be the moon, or that the moon was really made of Glass or something that is close and can shatter.
the cape, the Kid, and ET are falling in the derby shirt.

in the Shirt you found off google ET Threw the Kid off the Bike and is flying away in the Light of the moon

both have shared elements but Both are Different Entirely.

should we just point out that there are countless "official" ET shirts that were printed....

The fact that there are countless shirts works against this. For Woot to say "similar shirts exist" they don't need to be identical, they just need to be similar, and the more there are, the less likely Woot is to want to print another shirt with the same theme. Woot has, in the past, rejected shirts with dandelions because they felt there were too many dandelion-themed shirts elsewhere. But none were exactly the same.

I'm not saying that it will or should be rejected. That's up to Woot, and I'm terrible at guessing what they will do. But it's possible that they could decide that ET had been overdone on shirts.

I. want. this. shirt.

Re: Flying

GORGEOUS! Love the colors on the heather gray. Would most definitely buy.

This was the shirt that made me take the time to log in and vote for. I absolutely LOVE it, and I will definitely be in for one if it sells. I will be quite disappointed if it doesn't.

Re: The new guy

Beautiful.

Re: The Joy of Flight... almost

Already mentioned this in the derby thread, but I love this design. It looks great on olive!

Re: Red Flew

This had better get printed!!! I really love this shirt.

Re: Stay Grounded

Already said this but wanted to say it here--as a musician, this really made me laugh! Would definitely buy--my brother-in-law said he would too. :D Well done--love the design on navy!

Re: Invisible Jettison

Copyright issues with the Wonder Woman character?

Re: The new guy

I like the design, but (as other people have said) I wouldn't buy it because of the color.

Re: The Joy of Flight... almost

Love the design, don't love the ugly color.

Re: Sky Fishing

The more I look at it, the more I love it.

Re: Gaseous Irony

Ugly color...but the science joke makes it awesome anyway!

(oops, somehow posted in the wrong topic? someone please delete this)

Misskari wrote:Just say no to Comic Sans! ;) Er, text in general, I guess.

I agree...PLEASE just say no to Comic Sans MS! Seeing that font on a shirt makes something inside me die a little. Okay, slight exaggeration, but still, if you do another design with text, it will look a lot better if you either find a font that's less overused, or write the text by hand. Overused fonts that will automatically look bad in a design include Comic Sans MS, Arial, Arial Black, Impact, Curlz MT, Times New Roman, and possibly Helvetica, among others.

(Sorry about the double post...I thought I had posted in the wrong topic and got really confused for a minute there, and then the edit option went away.)

Paradox55 wrote:I just don't get the appeal of this shirt. Who other than a 10-year-old boy would want to wear a fake jet pack on their back? All the other ones already printed are equally as cancellation.

Personally, as an aviation professional I love these type of designs and I'm well beyond 10. Also not a boy. Although I agree it's been printed before I gave up a looooong time ago trying to foresee what woot would consider a "similar shirts exist" design.

Re: Given to Fly

I think it looks great on the heather. One of few shirts where it actually works.

Do you like to watch gladiator movies?

Re: Fail

Oh quit your whining...

It is a funny shirt, and I didnt even see the "FAIL" at first. I did actually laugh out loud once the image displayed.

+1, and I think it is well done. Who cares if it is or isnt a ripoff of something else. That's the whole point of a parody.

Good job.

murphtronic wrote:Good luck reaching the fog, man. This shirt is really great and original.

I love this shirt soooo much.
BUT
This shirt, or a very similar one, have been sold on threadless. It was in different colora though.

Re: Evolving flight

Guaranteed no kittens, no penguins - and this time no dogs. From primitive insects to the parachute, and doodling back down to earth with the aid of six hatched and sketched colours on cranberry.

Re: Fail

You know, I think swirly halftones look neat, it's just kind of lost its novelty and now I don't really get it. I can see using them to simulate glow, but here I'm not certain what they're meant to add to the design. It's just gratuitous swirly stuff.

See:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/wootdesigncontestentries/922349/7df20a44-0f82-4e76-9670-9995b4257835.jpg
AND
http://s3.amazonaws.com/wootdesigncontestentries/922349/The_last_unicorn-gkd8o8-s.jpg
And I know this isn't by him but
http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=32326

It's all in that same vein. I get it, it's aesthetic, but it's become a bit generic so it's lost that appeal for me. Now it seems a bit gimmicky, and it doesn't fit with the silliness of the shirt. Which... well, as pop culture references go, just ok. The art is well done, and there's not doubt there's skill there, I just don't think the composition is particularly creative or cohesive in how it's presented. Obviously plenty of people like it, though.

Re: Grand Battle of Flightless Birds V.2

The original was just short for me, but this one has my vote. The kiwis, in particular, look much more defined: well done.

EclecticMuse wrote:
Just one question--how do you effectively use halftones? Newbie here.

Print them on a blank page, wad it up, pile your tinder all around, with larger sticks ready to add later, then strike a match and apply to the center of the halftone! As it begins to light the tinder around it, start gradually adding larger pieces until you have a conflagration!

Re: Something I Must Do

Thanks for all the comments! I'm happy this is breaking hearts.

kirklandsigs wrote:I think this is a great design. I wish more people would vote for it.

It made me laugh out loud, well done, I love all the birds, but mostly the instructional diagram's steps.

Buonvino wrote:It's like the fish version of "Space Oddity"; the equivalent of man's brave endeavors into space.

"Tell my fish wife I love her...
...she knows!"

...To me, at least. Probably a left-field interpretation.

I love that song. And it's not far out in left field at all. It might have even subconsciously inspired the design. I pictured the conversation as:

"I have to do this."
"I know. I love you."

Re: Ride it, baby! Yeah!

The whirlyjig ride!