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mrwednesday wrote:Shading is all photoshop effects so it doesn't lend itself to realistic lighting. It can only come from one direction.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. The lighting can be done in a realistic way here. The problem that I have with it, is the shadows don't really follow form, they pretty much just mimic the outline. Take the head of the dead bear, imagine it as a sphere, and it's a pretty poorly modeled sphere.

Re: Gorgon Love

I really like the idea and the art is great as well, but it's too subtle for me. As someone else mentioned, it just looks like hair unless you're really inspecting. Still, major props for the great concept! If it doesn't print here, consider making the snakes a little more obvious - and be sure to let me know so I can vote for the revised edition.

xazothia wrote:this? they're not really that similar.

FWIW, that shirt wasn't printed here on Woot. It came in third in the Derbylympics, but only first place winners (in three events) were printed. However, I think riffmaster printed it himself somewhere else.

Mancho wrote:"Flaming cauliflower" Nice. Interesting way to put it. I haven't quite made up my mind yet whether I like that style of explosion. Bassanimation has a point; that's kind of what explosions do. Are there any "better" techniques?

If you Google explosions, they kind of all look very similar. They do sort of resemble firey Hell-broccolis. It takes a bit of practice to do this type of stuff. Xtreme Park was my first try at it, so admittedly there was room for much improvement. I think PPens did a better job than Xtreme Park . Looks radical! I can't wait to buy it so mah bear shirt can have an explody pal.

Re: BADZILLA

Looks like Cupcakeosaur's day is no longer so wonderful.

Re: I Think You Knew My Father

For some reason I thought it was a picture of a rose growing out of a pile of dookie. Perhaps because I'm potty training a 2 year old.

Re: MONSTER crush

hey, are you wanting to portray the monster as holding mistletoe or holly? 'cause mistletoe has white berries...otherwise, adorable! you have my vote

Switchback930 wrote:To me, this illustrates the typical shirt.woot derby. Cute animal gets posted, critics demand the entry to be destroyed, Woot community can't reject the overall 'awwww' factor of the shirt.

Exactly! That is precisely what started going through my head about halfway into this design

cute bunny = derby entry
angry boy = the critics
sympathetic monster = woot community

mrwednesday wrote:The concept is a cute thing going through the forest whacking things on the head. Cramming in whack-a-mole doesn't really change that.

I see how the cute animal with a hammer is similar in general concept, but there's no forrest I see. It almost looks like a magician in the background? I see two cute things with large hammers about to beat something, but other than that the two are very different. Recent derby winners have been far closer in concept and execution to existing shirts than I see here. Just my opinion though. It'll be up to Woot.

bassanimation wrote:It almost looks like a magician in the background?

It's the fairy... from little bunny foo foo...

patrickspens wrote:Exactly! That is precisely what started going through my head about halfway into this design

cute bunny = derby entry
angry boy = the critics
sympathetic monster = woot community

Dude....now this shirt HAS to make it. PLEASE!! -drops down to beg-

xazothia wrote:It's the fairy... from little bunny foo foo...

Ah ok. I have no idea how that one goes past the first few words, lol. I just recall the first bit as a song.

sekiyoku wrote:
I appreciate all the constructive criticism, but a lot were things I considered when doing the design and then made decisions about.

You're not going to get any better as an artist if you just disregard criticism like this :/

I mean some of it could be chalked up to your artistic sensibilities, but a lot of these ideas would really improve your piece. Really simple things like making the turtle look like it's walking, or moving the smoke so it's drifting behind the gun, would make an incredible difference.

Remember that people aren't attacking you or your art (well, some of them are), they're trying to help you out. They're the ones buying the shirt after all :P You should resubmit this piece after taking some of their critiques into account!

Is it me, or is this exactly like when Bob the fish got a hold of Earthworm Jim's super suit?

0_o

Re: With heads like these who needs luck? (RESUB)

Thanks for the vote Smiley!

Re: Monster Tea Party

GMV, but what is up with the red one? It looks odd where he meets the seat/stool, like their is a line missing.

Jaggerthehyena wrote:before you call yourself a geek and intelligence, please actually know what you're talking about.

wut

What is that brown thing? This shirt leaves me confused...

Re: The Veggie Gang: High in Vitamins, Low in Morals

What is the problem with the tomato being there? There is always the one white guy in a black gang. You always have to watch out for that guy though, because you have no idea what he had done to get himself respect from his group.

Best shirt so far!!

Either way, this makes me frickin laugh aloud...I would totally buy this shirt because it is soooo...strange

Re: Fishy Thoughts

SPECTACULAR!!!!

Re: I Love You Too, Chubby Demon

Absolutely fantastic, Drakxxx! As with most of your designs, the more I look at it, the more I love it.

skirochester wrote:outside the lines.

6 colors on white.

Same, I would like it on another color than white. and maybe without the red crayon

Re: defeating the death bubble

Glenda's evil empire must be destroyed.

Re: defeating the death bubble

This might be the greatest mash up to happen since the guy with the chocolate bar bumped into the guy who just happened to be walking down the street with an open container of peanut butter.

Wow. This is amazing, and it's a crime it's not getting more votes. Is the shirt creme colored? I don't remember seeing creme before on shirt.woot but I also have a bad memory.

(The shirt color fits the design perfectly by the way.. and I'm gonna buy it if it's chosen)

I like the expressionless face, it makes the excessive/unexpected force very nonchalant and innocent.

The placement of the turtle in front of the hare is odd though.. I almost would rather have just the turtle, though that may obscure the concept.

Re: Oops I missed, let me try again :D (v2)

Totally awesome illustration. I love your use of colors here. You make it look so easy. I think this is one of my favorites of yours in a while.

definitely wouldn't wear it though P:

Re: The Veggie Gang: High in Vitamins, Low in Morals

That tomato thinks she's the queen... and we're all the sorry people.

Bacon is good for me!
Remix style...

Re: I Think You Knew My Father

I think the words explain it pretty well. It is Frankenstein's monster giving a flower to the pretty girl.

gibreaux wrote:I think the words explain it pretty well. It is Frankenstein's monster giving a flower to the pretty girl.

Or not...

Re: Oops I missed, let me try again :D (v2)

Completely irreverent rendition of Whack-a-Mole. I would buy this in a heartbeat and I would keep a mallet just like this one around to use on anyone who compared it to "Little Bunny FooFoo."

technogeek01 wrote:I think it's "La Chupacabra".

I know it's spelled "El Chupacabra" all over Google Search, but I'm a native spanish speaker and "El" doesn't sit well with me.

"El" is masculine, but since "Chupacabra" ends with an 'a', it is feminine. Thus, it would be preceded by a "La".

Like el problema, or las manos

Don't be fooled by its tame appearance. Number nine is a formidable foe. Choose your door wisely. And good luck.


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Re: They're Magically Delicious!

Rastafarian leprechaun? haha j/k really like this! in for 1

Re: MONSTER crush

aww, how creepy <3 +1

Re: NAUGHTY AMOEBAS

I MUST OWN THIS

Re: MONSTER crush

I really like this. And you don't need to consider yourself ugly or be self-hating to be able to relate to this at all. Really hope this wins!

I'd love to see the tortoise behind the hare but with the hare laying dead feet/inches before the finish line. I think you could add a checkered finish line and make it work. My suggestion for the change would fix the smoke issues and motion issues without making you redraw the main 2 components. I like the expressionless tortoise (I too see a hardened killer). You'd get my vote if you fixed those issues.