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capedcrusader514 wrote: why are there so many awesome enteries this week.....

My thoughts exactly.

ramyb wrote:This isn't really the type of shirt to fade- there's a major difference between this type of shirt and one like nevermore, which is that for lighter colors on a dark shirt, woot puts a white underlayer underneath the ink to make it stand out more. If anything, it will be more visible than it is in the comp. For a shirt like nevermore, on the other hand, the asphalt shirt is darker than the comp in the first place, and there is no white underlayer, so the ink fades quickly and blends in with the shirt. I have designed several shirts with relatively dark colors on black, and all have survived great in the wash because of the white underlayer.

Anyway, I'm really glad to see that some people like how this turned out, it was definitely a fun experiment to say the least

That's actually very good information to know... I see very discussion regarding the shirts themselves... and the quality of the Woot shirt/print...

bellarific wrote:My thoughts exactly.

Agreed... a lot of people griped and moaned when the topic was announced... but then again, many did the same thing last derby...

ultrajinx wrote:LIEK HO MI GOSH VOTE KTHNX

You know, I was going to vote for your shirt until I saw the comment you left..... Decent shirt though!

capedcrusader514 wrote:Again, yes I would like this. Now go print.

Might this be a Mike Caro reference...?

avhienda01 wrote:Hah, well, I don't know if I should take that as a compliment or if I should be slightly offended. Either way, I kinda chuckled when I read your comment. I don't know what kind of person you took me as with my previous designs, but I was always designing things that I liked and would have worn myself, and I know I'm never going to stop, whether I get printed or not. Still, I find it a little amusing that I surprised you with this one - gotcha! ;]

And about the halftones, you may be right, but I still think they have a really nice way of helping the sky fade out in a way that I don't think would have worked out the same way if I had cross-hatched it out as well. Hm. Thanks for your opinion, nonetheless.

This is actually the first I've seen of your work, and I'm pretty impressed. I think Adder was saying the roundness of the halftones doesn't work with the rest of the piece. It doesn't mesh well with the vertical and horizontal strokes in the composition. I think crosshatching would work much better, especially if you make it look as if it was pine needles or hatched leaves framing the work.

The wings on the flying owl also seem just a little too short. I believe they should look about 3 times the body width.

I really like the subtle hint of the fire using the lighting and smoke.

themorningof wrote:GMV. Reminds me of Tetris or this:
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

It took me a second to figure it out... but that is a really addictive toy...

Re: Pretty Like The Boys

Takes a minute... but once it sinks in... I really like this... +(5000/2)/(2.5*10^2)

Re: the Phoenix

While this looks pretty cool (I know someone who does paintings that resemble this), woot can't print that far down the shirt. The edge of the art has to be at least one inch away from the seams.

Re: Delusions of Grandeur

Please give Ramy+Seki the lessons they need on cute. Saccharine and well-drawn. GMV for Delusions of Grandeur.

Re: Bedtime Bird

sweet

Re: Delusions of Grandeur

I love the concept, but something just seems off...as if the bird and worm just don't match to the shadows very well. And yes, I realize the shadow is supposed to be different.

But it doesn't seem to match up properly. I'm not sure exactly how to make it better, but it just doesn't feel quite right yet...

This is easily the best design in this derby. I very much want this to print!

Nice work.

Re: Flight Academy

This is exactly the sort of brilliance that Woot used to print! Clever concept, great artwork! Exactly the kind of shirt that deserves to be printed this coming Friday!

I will wholeheartedly give this shirt my full support and hope that we can experience one week where clever and good can beat out crummy and phoned in.

Re: the Phoenix

it's an interesting idea to be sure, but i think the composition needs work. it looks like a discheveled chicken... the phoenix is a more noble bird... but that's my opinion. take it as you will.

KevinMCombes wrote:I can't believe that despite the fog increasing to 9 shirts, Drakxxx so often is just outside of the fog. I mean, previously he would land around 5th/6th place, now 10-12th.

So obviously there's something about the voters (fraudulent or not) that they just WILL NOT push Drakxx into the fog. It's scaffolding.

It seems the amount of votes within the top 15 designs has increased dramatically since the introduction of the 9 spot fog, which could be part of the reason. I think Drak is seeing his usual amount of votes, which right, is never enough.

My earlier post could also explain part of it.
Drak rarely attempts to cash in with pop culture references or cute jokes with his designs, and that's obviously what people want to pay money for on this site. Look at the last derby winners. 3 shirts of deformed animals blowing each other up, and all of them looked like they were done by the same person.

Though I know Drak has been voted to print a good amount of times since he started getting involved in the site, this is simply not his venue. Even though he obviously has hardcore fans of his work here, it usually takes a miracle or a great injustice to see even his best work make it to print.

The fact that Drak continues to submit knowing he hasn't a chance in hell of beating out the cute garbage is quite a mystery to me, as I've mentioned before. His, and quite a few other artist's talents are wasted in the weekly derby.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

Re: Independence

I have no clue why this hasn't fogged already, it's magnificent and belongs on everyone's upper body. or lower. either one.

Re: Bedtime Bird V.2 (Side Placement)

Upon suggestion and discussion.... resubbing with a side placement.

Collaboration with Arparham

Feedback and votes appreciated!

paulkremer wrote:This is exactly the sort of brilliance that Woot used to print! Clever concept, great artwork! Exactly the kind of shirt that deserves to be printed this coming Friday!

I will wholeheartedly give this shirt my full support and hope that we can experience one week where clever and good can beat out crummy and phoned in.

Well scaffolding now that means I'm gonna have to bring it even bigger for the next derby, do you know what type of pressure that is Plus I think I'm gonna get carpel tunnel if I do too many of these marathon derby submission rolls. I'm honored to get such high praise though. Thanks again!

xazothia wrote:While this looks pretty cool (I know someone who does paintings that resemble this), woot can't print that far down the shirt. The edge of the art has to be at least one inch away from the seams.

hey, thanks! yeah, i know it's low on the shirt but it looks so much cooler there. will they reject because of that?

easy vote.

Re: Flight of the Great Horned Owl (resub)

Very impressive illustration, avhienda01. gmv.

sgreenip wrote:hey, thanks! yeah, i know it's low on the shirt but it looks so much cooler there. will they reject because of that?

yeah, they will. I agree that the placement looks good! Woot's just not equipped to print that way.

Re: Independence

This is a really nice piece of artwork and it's one of the pieces this derby that helped motivate me to put the extra time and detail into my last entry. Great job and keep it up!

Re: Flight Academy

taninniver wrote:Interesting - and oddly appropriate for the design.
Thanks for enlightening me!

This is a great piece taninniver. I'm bummed it's not doing better. It also made me look up info on the Cras, a bird I'd known of but was lacking in knowledge of. They're awesome. Keep it up.

Re: Flight Academy

I like it, nice "detail fade" for lack of an educated term.

Re: Don't Call Me Robin

Wow! GMV

Re: You're So Vain

Ooohhh...so pretty, and what a nice flow. Really digging this JK!

Re: European Swallow

This a European Swallow... not an African Swallow.

I haven't attempted a vectored design in a while, so I spent entirely too long working on this. Comments and suggestions are always welcomed.

Re: Birding

Great work on this one Travis. Reminds me of your sky harvester design, though this one has a cleaner feel. I like it.

Re: Flight Academy

sugareeali wrote:Ooohhh...so pretty, and what a nice flow. Really digging this JK!

Thank you, sugar!

Re: Owl Eyes

I love the art work... Awesome pen strokes portraying the feathers, however even on a man this shirt would look like a pair of boobs. You would never get a woman to buy this shirt without different placement.
JMHO... ICBW.

Re: European Swallow

Awesome!!! I love the MP refrence!!

GMV

Re: Crassowary

I am liking this soooooooo much!!!

Re: Stupid Parrot, This is a Black-Tie Affair

Really like your pallete on this one. It wouldn't have worked near as well if you had actually used black for the penguin and tux shirt. Great job.

Re: Flight Academy

Re: The Crane's Mortal Enemy

My favorite in the derby. Probably the only one I'd buy. Great job!

Re: European Swallow

This is great. I've been wanting a an MP shirt for a while, but most of them are so in-your-face and heavy-handed. This one is perfect!! GMV!

Re: The Phoenix (resub)

thanks for the input on the one inch rule! i also decided to stick to the 16x20 rule, too in this resub.

Re: You're So Vain

I like the flow this design has from the top right to bottom left. I'm getting a retro vibe on it too ala Partridge Family or the old NBC Peacock. 2 things though I wish the thumb portrayed a little more of the piece and less text, and the blue for the body looks a little off to me. I know I know peacocks are super cobalt but maybye shifting to a blue with a little more green tints to it, it's been my experience that blues in that range have poor color fastness on a non based white shirt (lots of shirt fibralation and a funky problem with the pigment particles as they pass through the screen). Anyways nice piece.

tjost wrote:Great work on this one Travis. Reminds me of your sky harvester design, though this one has a cleaner feel. I like it.

I thought the same thing (mostly because of the simplicity and the colors)... sky harvester is still one of my favorites that didn't print.

Very pretty, clean design.