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mikenytola wrote:He just likes to hate on Ramyb and doesn't get the concept of a style. Is it valid to not like a particular style? Sure, why not. But week after week stretching things to fit your argument makes an opinion pretty useless after a while.

It's just as true that you can put up a bunch of designers and show their similarities from week to week, and of favored designers. But you wont see that pointed out due to personal agendas around here.

And I do think that this design is stretching on the theme, so don't try arguing I'm defend Ramyb. You would fail... again.

If I fail, prove it. Show me one artist with a lineup of shirts using similar style, design elements, placement and execution. If there are so many out there this should be a trivial task. If you can't I'll just assume you're talking out of a personal vendetta against me and stretching things to fit your argument which makes an opinion pretty useless.

Re: Inspired by Silent Night

Amazing. I stared at this shirt for a few seconds, and then the realization hit me and I nearly fell onto the floor. GMV

Re: Inspired by Let it Snow

Thank you :D

tell all your friends to vote too lol

mikenytola wrote:You could go with Santa from South Park as well.


but...

The Futurama Santa looks nothing like this one. I'd say you are more on point that it's inspiration from a song is not very strong.

Either one works. I don't know the exact source but I do know that it is not original and further has nothing to do with the song.

Re: Inspired by The Twelve Days of Christmas

Hope your hand feels better! GMV

Re: Inspired by Winter Wonderland

I took the red pill.


and voted.

kylemittskus wrote:This is the creepy Boots I know and want to stalk!

I thought you'd be pleased!

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I wanted to do a bizarro Alice in Wonderland. I'm glad it came across.

Re: Inspired by The Cat Carol

Nothing like a story about a cat dying to make you feel good at Christmas.

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=37596]Inspired by

I wanted to try to do something evoking cmdixon's masterly use of halftones. Whenever I hear this song I get mental images of a perfectly still, cloudless winter night, with a gently moving aurora borealis.

Cmdixon, if you feel like I'm aping you, just say the word and I'll pull the entry.

brooklyn11218 wrote:I absolutely LOVE this shirt, and will buy it in a nano second if it wins. It's a shame that everyone is complaining and whining because of stupid things that have nothing to do with the derby in the first place.

You love and want to buy a shirt with a dead cat on it? Just so we're clear.

I have an idea, but I'm not much of an artist.

I have a little dreidel
I made it out of clay
And when it's dry and ready
Then dreidel I will play

So, I'm picturing a wistful-looking clay dreidel looking out the window and waiting for the rain to stop (playing with the antecedent for "it's").

Can I offer the idea to anybody willing and capable of drawing it?

bassanimation wrote:
You should have spent your time doing a great entry for this derby instead of causing yet more ruckus with the 4th Graders.

Parrotworks consistently submits multiple designs per derby... 2 so far this week, 3 last week, a grand total of 9 for propaganda, even if the majority of them got rejected... four in flight... the list goes on.

The idea that he spent any more time on this than he normally spends on a derby entry is hilarious. I would not be surprised to see at least one or two more within the next few days.

Re: Inspired by: Rockin around the christmas tree

Interesting concept, but it reminds me to much of the Thing Thing character. Link to game.

mrwednesday wrote:Either one works. I don't know the exact source but I do know that it is not original and further has nothing to do with the song.

See, hell can freeze over once in a while, I agree with you. I think it's a fun shirt, but not really quite on theme.

Re: INSPIRED BY: LET IT SNOW³ - V.2

Cool idea, however, I don't believe Woot allows specialty inks in Derby designs. (unless I've missed an announcement or something to the contrary)

Re: INSPIRED BY: LET IT SNOW³ - V.2

Yeah, woot doesn't allow the use of special inks like glow or metallic in derby entries.

hugeguts wrote:I like the colors. The placement seems a bit high on the shirt, and at first glance I thought "why are those people bleeding out their asses".

If they were meant to be bleeding out their asses, I'd have gotten some blood on their robes, too.

Re: inspired by sleigh ride

Wow really.... a three year old's version of http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=36225

Very original... not really Sekiyoku's attempts were way better.

uht ohhh. I'm floundering.

Re: Inspired by: Frosty the Snowman

Is the box on the right salt? If so its not too clear that it is.

I always wonder how many votes you guys are actually giving seki/ramy by arguing so much in their shirt thread. Woot obviously doesn't care that you don't appreciate what they make. I'd shut up about it and find a better way to make your point bc honestly i think the arguments just give them more votes.

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=37520]inspired by

My wife hates that song with a passion. If this prints, I'm getting her one for sure. GMV

Re: inspired by let it snow

I love this shirt! Great idea! Great colors! I will give this shirt as a Christmas gift to all of my family and friends!

Re: Inspired by Winter Wonderland

Witty comment! I love this design.

Re: Inspired by: O Tannenbaum

I loooove the concept, but I agree w/ the halftone comment

Re: Inspired by - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

Hahaha, very cute

nikkifallingup wrote:Wow really.... a three year old's version of http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=36225

Very original... not really Sekiyoku's attempts were way better.

You didn't exactly get the joke did you?

mrwednesday wrote:If I fail, prove it. Show me one artist with a lineup of shirts using similar style, design elements, placement and execution. If there are so many out there this should be a trivial task. If you can't I'll just assume you're talking out of a personal vendetta against me and stretching things to fit your argument which makes an opinion pretty useless.

Read the sentence in which the fail statement was made. It was not associated with the rest. So you have failed already.

How is saying other people have similar styles stretching something to fit a personal vendetta? Comprehend that a little bit more and it's more than obvious it has nothing to do with a personal vendetta. Or are you the only one who has your opinion? If not, don't be so conceited, not everything is about you. That's like me saying you bash X designer and I think you are targeting that towards me. Uh, no.

Every designer has similar styles, some more than others, but if it aint broke for them, why are they going to fix it? Should Jackson Pollock have painted something other than what he did? (not comparing the artists here). It's a style that you personally do not like, but if many do, and keep voting for it, then why in the world would Ramyb change it? Purely logically speaking here. Again, if it aint broke don't fix it. He didn't just submit one design in this derby, so he did one with something that wasn't' broke and tried another style in another. Nothing wrong with that.

And for me to point out the similarities would be pointless because you would just disagree and stretch things to prove your point as you always do. It's obvious you have a very strong bias against two specific designers, I would respect your opinion more if you had consistency across the board instead of such a narrow target. THAT is your personal vendetta.

Re: Inspired By: 12 days of Christmas

YES!!! I love this!!

Re: O Christmas Tree

Ok, I signed up, now how do I vote?

mrwednesday wrote:Agreed, this has nothing to do with the lyrics of the song.

On a side note, how much clip art was used to make this? There's elements that look like they were drawn in MSPaint and nothing stylistically fits with anything else. It's like all the elements were copied and pasted together.

The second time I agree with you in one derby, lighting does strike twice in the same place sometimes I guess.

brybry79 wrote:Ok, I signed up, now how do I vote?

You must make at least one purchase somewhere at woot before you can vote.

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=37596]Inspired by

ugggh im so tired of seeing these shirts..geez make something else already

capedcrusader514 wrote:You didn't exactly get the joke did you?

There's nothing really to get. There's no joke just disrespect. Not that there's much of a maturity level being shown here in the discussions rather than bating each other and disrespecting other people's work. And if that's what you consider the joke, it's not a very good one.

nikkifallingup wrote:There's nothing really to get. There's no joke just disrespect. Not that there's much of a maturity level being shown here in the discussions rather than bating each other and disrespecting other people's work. And if that's what you consider the joke, it's not a very good one.

Take it easy. If seki is taking herself so seriously as to get offended by this i feel bad for her and if you are offended I feel even worse for you.

mikenytola wrote:First off, I think this design should be rejected due to the similarities already pointed out.

That said, you really really try hard and go out of your way to attack very specific people. There is a ton of licensed merchandise for many Christmas songs, are you going to go to put this effort to point it out for all of the other designs to? Don't be so transparent with your agenda here. Stick to valid points that are obvious such as how it looks just like the illustration.

That is my point and it is obvious which is why I pointed it out.

You're more than welcome to go after the "ton of licensed merchandise" out there but I'm not sure how you get licensed merchandise for anything in the fog since none of the songs were written later than 1950's. I don't think t-shirts were big back then. If there is licensed merchandise I couldn't find it, but please let me know the results of your searches.

The one I did expect to find was the silent knight but I actually wasn't able to find anything resembling it. If all of this stuff is out there, please go ahead and post it. I don't want to see anyone win by breaking the rules, but if you are just assuming that such things exist and that I only cared to go after seki you are sorely mistaken.

I will give that it is a pattern that this stuff piles on ramy and seki, but for once take some time to think and realize that it's because they do it repeatedly. I am very happy to say that most derby artists have integrity and don't just try to copy existing designs and if they do, they are doing a damn good job because I can't find any evidence of it.

capedcrusader514 wrote:Take it easy. If seki is taking herself so seriously as to get offended by this i feel bad for her and if you are offended I feel even worse for you.

Not really offense but disappointment in the reality that people always feel the need to trash one another in one way, shape or form because there is NO originality anywhere ever. There is nothing under the sun that has not been done, so man must tear one another apart for amusement.

nikkifallingup wrote:Wow really.... a three year old's version of http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=36225

Very original... not really Sekiyoku's attempts were way better.

hi, you must be new! welcome to the derby. drinks are by the kitchen, bathrooms are in the back. the terrible designs are mostly on the top, and see adder for the complaint department.

enjoy yourself and have fun!

also, try not to make a fool of yourself by loudly proclaiming ignorant things. we seem to attract those types lately

nikkifallingup wrote:Not really offense but disappointment in the reality that people always feel the need to trash one another in one way, shape or form because there is NO originality anywhere ever. There is nothing under the sun that has not been done, so man must tear one another apart for amusement.

Agreed, i think every art teacher I've had told me that. I think you're directing your anger in the wrong direction i think the entry was a joke with no real harm meant. The comments may be a different story. I think the two sides are just getting really sick of each other. Woot used to be so different; with unexpected entries and uniqueness but this was bound to happen, to get celebrities with huge followings pushing everyone else no matter the quality of work out of their way. Not complaining just stating.

Re: Inspired by The Cat Carol

"This is where they would spent the night.
She curled herself 'round her helpless friend,
Protecting him from the cold."