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Re: New Begining

i like the design, and the flow of the lines. good concept. i'd want one.

Re: New Begining

I really like the way you did those wings. "New Beginning" refers to pollination, yes? The head doesn't strike me as hummingbird-ish, but I still like the look of it.

mrwednesday wrote:That's the point, but it's never stopped them from rejecting Drakxxx before.

His previous rejections have definitely been in more of a grey area.

Draug wrote:Ah, if only this didn't have that boxed effect, it would be a lovely shirt...

I would have liked to see the lines on the sides broken up a bit more. I tried to use the silhouettes of trees on each side, but they just didn't look right, so I wound up submitting the design without them. I'll have to keep working at it to see what I can come up with.
Thanks!

eHalcyon wrote:I really like the way you did those wings. "New Beginning" refers to pollination, yes? The head doesn't strike me as hummingbird-ish, but I still like the look of it.

Yeah... it's more like a magical humming-jay Thanks!

Re: Forest Reborn

After seeing my share of devistating forest fires in California and northern AZ its always nice to see the renewal that follows.

illuminator wrote:Yeah... it's more like a magical humming-jay Thanks!

For no good reason, I thought it was a kinder, gentler (quieter) woodpecker. Which fits the theme, too.

Re: Rewriting The Stars

GMV. Nice idea.

Re: Alchemic Purification

Awesome does not begin to describe this shirt. Simple, but great.

At first, I actually wasn't so sure about the color of the shirt, but I now believe it may be the best choice...Kind of gives it a chalkboard sort of feel...Very cool. I'm very hopeful to see this print.

Re: Origami Reincarnation

I love folding paper cranes and I love this. Really hope it prints!

Re: Forest Reborn

Nice. A fire burned through about 2 miles from my house. I drive past it on my way to work, still startling to see, 3 months later.

Re: New Begining

Glad to see you back subbing! Nice design!

lindab53 wrote:GMV. Nice idea.

Thank you!

jasneko wrote:Yay, plants! Thanks PoetaRossa!
(Not sure why the design would be awkward on girls... I must be missing something.) Glad you like it, thanks!

Eh, I'm probably just overthinking it. I thought it might end up looking something like this (scroll right on the picture to see what I mean)

although it seems the size and shape of your design are actually closer to this. (right again)

Re: Somebody's Stolen Our Molecules

...... nice... 'nuff said!

eHalcyon wrote:I recall people saying that Edgar's watercolour-ish halftone design (I think it was just called "Air") came out very well. Since this design is only a single colour on black (and white at that), I'd be a little more optimistic. It's usually more difficult to print fine details on black because you need an underlayer of white, but that's not the case this time given the derby limitations.

As an owner of "Air", I can attest that it came out brilliantly.

As for this design, I think it'd print fine. However, I do think the design is somewhat boring conceptually, if well executed.

"Plants rising from ruin", though fitting for this derby, is a fairly done to death motif, and I'm leaning more towards designs like "Reboot" that have a more compelling visual.

Re: Rewriting The Stars

This is really really cool, but, is the black border supposed to be around the image in the shirt comp?

BootsBoots wrote:I would like to point out that on dictionary.com, definition number 5 for "renew" is "to revive."

Yeah. That's right. What? What? You can suck it, Adder. ;)

Thanks for some explanation Boots, it really helps to tie the design to the theme. This would fly really well with the indie music crowd, which thrives where I live (Austin, Live Music Capital). Cool design, and if it doesn't make it, I'd love to see you add color and resub it elsewhere. I think music people would really dig it.

hurricanejane wrote:Holy hairball on a new leather couch. You were waiting for this day, weren't you ... cats spewing kittens? Really.
I'm utterly mortified at the crassness to which the sanctity of "Iz R Cute Kitteh" has been subjected to.
What has the woot come to? Heathens!

..... when it prints I'll need two.

LOL, you should see her other kitteh works. You would be amazed at the sheer power of the wackyness. I love it.

Re: I needs a new face

Extremely creative design, even my boyfriend likes this one and he's a hard one to please with shirt designs. Very good job, I hope this makes it!

Re: REBOOT

Just wanted to come and say, once again, that this is really amazing. The halftone work and shading are kickazz. I really love this. Super job.

Re: Alchemic Purification

Rules about text aside, this design is really cool! Magic and alchemy fans will definately get a kick out of it. Nice work with the texturing and shading work on the bg as well. Artists here always manage to stun me with their nifty Photoshop brush-fu.

<--also an FMA fan XD~~~

the box is what kills it for me. I'm sure others feel the same. take the time to quickly resub with it flowing instead of the restricted feeling and i'm sure it'll go farther.

Re: Man, I Really Love Dinosaurs

Cool illustration, but really, really difficult to link to the theme without the explanation. Even when I read about the design it's sort of hard to understand. But, I'm not super clever with visuals, so mleh, jokes on me!

Here is a new composition picture that shows the design placement better.

Doople wrote:I really like this design.. I'd buy it just because it really pops, though I don't think I'd sport it well. ^^

lol. i agree with that statement. Even in a size S it's gonna look huge. Maybe it could be oriented on the design should have been oriented on either the left or right side. Either way, a very effective shirt.

bassanimation wrote:This is really really cool, but, is the black border supposed to be around the image in the shirt comp?

Thank you for the compliment. As for the black border, I forgot to delete the layer before I converted to jpg...oops!

Link to large composition:
http://i45.tinypic.com/mrd2m0.jpg

Just took at look at the large image, and it took my breath away. Absolutely amazing line work.The best of luck this week Drak. Though I'm a fan of pretty much all your submissions, this one in particular is really something special.

Fatstrat06 wrote:It's transparent white

I don't think it's possible to print with "transparent" colors though.. it's going to look like gray, not white.

Re: REBOOT

Gorgeous. I think this is my favorite entry in the derby so far.

It appears I'm on a bit of paint kick this derby.

Re: Peyote Bird

Please vote for this one (for some reason the other version won't get deleted when I try to fix it).

This is based on the Lakota tribe interpretation of the water bird, otherwise known as the Peyote Bird.

I spoke to a Lakota Translation forum as to a proper name for this piece (however, I know that woot's page would mess up the link should I use the characters in the titles I was given) so I must thank mikekat39 for his insight and translations. I was torn between two translations:

"I restore the whole world for them":
Makȟásitomni kiŋ Wičháwečiyutȟeča

or "Holy Peyote Bird":
Uŋȟčéla Ziŋtkála Wakȟáŋ

I quite like the first over all, however the second is straight forward. Thank you all for looking.

Large Image

Re: Woo Hoo!

I love this. Cute and funny

Re: Rinse Cycle

Messed up the first upload... oops.

I am still fairly new to this, this is my second idea for this derby. The most common example of recycling now is laundry, and what better feeling of renewal than a nice set clean clothes, am I right?

kinzoku wrote:If you did a more forward-facing angle, that would have gotten him into the same space without... sacrificing his hip-bones. A bit harder to draw, though.

That was actually how I originally drew it out but it didn't really get the pulling the car thing across, it just looked like there was a smart car behind him.

Re: Peyote Bird

nice

Re: A Fresh Coat of Paint

fun

Re: Rewriting The Stars

Much better! Love it <3

Re: Rewriting The Stars

Destiny is written in the stars. This little boy is making his own destiny by "rewriting the stars".

This is a resub. My comp pic for the first entry showed a black box around the design, which was not supposed to be part of the design. Also, I've done a little editing to make the whole design not quite so square.

I'll pull the other submission if this one takes off. Thank you for all the votes on the first submission!

xSn0wfl4kex wrote:Much better! Love it <3

Thanks!