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Drakxxx wrote:Good morning shirt community!
Here is the line art for what I've been working on. The design is called "Close Your Eyes". Please let me know what you think.

Argh! The site you're hosting your image on is blocked for me here at work. I can't wait to see what it looks like!

lkackman wrote:Nice work on the dreamy feel to the characters. You really nailed the transparency appearance effect.

Just me being picky, but the lump in the body of the monster is a little distracting... feels like it should be slightly smoother.

good idea. Alas, I'm at work, the original is chilling out at home :/ Maybe he's lumpy cause he's gobbled up a few good dreams already ;) eh? EH?

graffd02 wrote:I think I am finished with this one...
My little Nightmare:


comments? anyone? Please?

First of all, I'm not an artist, so feel free to disregard anything I say. It does look less like a certain Hasbro toy without the graphic on its rear. I like the concept, but I'm not sure that this shirt color does it justice. Perhaps it's the color of the landscape in the background? I wish it would pop more.

Drakxxx wrote:Good morning shirt community!
Here is the line art for what I've been working on. The design is called "Close Your Eyes". Please let me know what you think.

Fantastic!!!

WHAT?!?@#* NO BUNNIES

sailormoontsu wrote:Argh! The site you're hosting your image on is blocked for me here at work. I can't wait to see what it looks like!

I put it up @ Photobucket so you can see it:


Drakxxx, I'll take it down if you want me to.

Drakxxx wrote:Good morning shirt community!
Here is the line art for what I've been working on. The design is called "Close Your Eyes". Please let me know what you think.

Oh man... This derby was made for you. I will be shocked if one of your designs doesn't print.

Sick as always sir! I tip my hat to your uncanny abilities to capture the creepiness in everything!

I didn't see any shirts like this, so despite my limitations, here it is. Anything stupid I did that I can fix in 90 minutes?
Color may not be exactly asphalt as background yet, but that's what it will be on.

Josephus wrote:I didn't see any shirts like this, so despite my limitations, here it is. Anything stupid I did that I can fix in 90 minutes?
Color may not be exactly asphalt as background yet, but that's what it will be on.

The child nudity thing bothers me, even with the censorship square, so it might not be very popular. Also, black hardly shows on asphalt, so the faces are not going to be very visible unless they're all smiling big.

illuminator wrote:The child nudity thing bothers me, even with the censorship square, so it might not be very popular. Also, black hardly shows on asphalt, so the faces are not going to be very visible unless they're all smiling big.

This is an actual nightmare I have had a few times.

It never occurred to me that anyone would think the implied nudity offensive. guess I'm a bit naive. I'll think about this more before I decide whether to submit it.

As far as the faces go, I intend them to be somewhat dim, since they are in the audience. The eyes and teeth will be white, and with a bit of dark red in the mouths that are open, it isn't only black.

SailorButterfly wrote:I put it up @ Photobucket so you can see it:

Drakxxx, I'll take it down if you want me to.

Thanks! That is awesome Drakxxx!!

Josephus wrote:I didn't see any shirts like this, so despite my limitations, here it is. Anything stupid I did that I can fix in 90 minutes?
Color may not be exactly asphalt as background yet, but that's what it will be on.

Yeah- the whole naked kid deal would probably get it removed as it can be seen as a bit pervy. Interesting problem of how to get this (fairly universal) nightmare onto a shirt. Good Luck.

I hope Joshua Hoffine shows up for this Derby.

jasneko wrote:A silly idea of mine...

Toilet nightmares - the evil bowl of chili.

i just snorted at work! bahahahaha!

Drakxxx wrote:Good morning shirt community!
Here is the line art for what I've been working on. The design is called "Close Your Eyes". Please let me know what you think.

The shirt is interesting at first glance. But- really freakin dark after looking at it a while. The bowels of hell are swallowing up this little girl (who is really hard to see). If there was a reference to some triggering event (like a book or scary doll) it might not seem so over the top. Just my two cents. I wouldn't vote for it at this point, as it comes off as a demonic tattoo.

sokowa wrote:
I really do wish i knew how to do this not at a glacial speed :/ (or do simpler ideas).

I am never ceased to be amazed at the mad illustration skills on this site. You churn this stuff out in a few hours. My style can be considered crayon-in-fist. I aspire to your ability...however long it takes.

jupilberry wrote:I am never ceased to be amazed at the mad illustration skills on this site. You churn this stuff out in a few hours. My style can be considered crayon-in-fist. I aspire to your ability...however long it takes.

Well thank you. However your "crayon in fist" style garnered more votes than both of my designs last week. So you've got nothing to put yourself down over Keep it up!
ps you did capture the guilded mask feel nicely on mister Tut.

Drakxxx wrote:Good morning shirt community!
Here is the line art for what I've been working on. The design is called "Close Your Eyes". Please let me know what you think.

WOW... just WOW!!

thurdl01 wrote:I end up with a lot of nightmares about the phoenix. Maybe that would be a unique approach.

I'm way late commenting on this, but I lol'd.

Drakxxx wrote:Good morning shirt community!
Here is the line art for what I've been working on. The design is called "Close Your Eyes". Please let me know what you think.

It looks great! This derby is right up your ally. The only thing I'd say is lose the shards (of glass? cloth?) coming off the sides. They work on the bottom, but not as much on the sides.

sokowa wrote:You will make me late for work, but I will do as you ask SUCH a slave driver, GAWD! Actually that's a nice catch, thanks.

EDIT: OK, here's the final

I have no choice but to stop

Wonderful follow-up to the Velociraptor. GL.

eHalcyon wrote:Mmm, sleep paralysis. This happens to me all the time... thankfully without hallucinations.

I can sell you some stuff to give you hallucinations. TBH, they're the best part.

jabberjaws13 wrote:i just snorted at work! bahahahaha!

Heh well glad it gave someone a snort;)
Not sure if I'm going to submit it or not.

Copo wrote:I can sell you some stuff to give you hallucinations. TBH, they're the best part.

Ha! I can't say I like those much, then again I haven't had sleep paralysis in years... seems to happen randomly and in a recurring streak. Would be cool to do a shirt related to this painting:

tgentry wrote:So basically anything that features something bad happening or a scary character is going to be on-topic here, regardless of whether there's anything specifically related to bad dreams?

I'm kind of wary about this derby because you can pretty much do anything with the disclaimer that someone could have a dream like this. So if I have a Watermelon smashing Gallagher shirt I've been working on I could sub it and say this is Gallagher's bad dream. If I have a picture of the wolfman I can sub it and say someone could have a nightmare about the wolfman. Heck, I could sub a field of pretty roses and say that's my nightmare. It really has nothing to do with nightmares other than me saying it does in the title or description.

I already see a ton of shirts I would say have nothing to do with nightmares. I kind of hope woot puts the hammer down in enforcing this derby as being ABOUT nightmares and the act of dreaming specifically to be fair to people that are handicapping themselves by following the theme.

haha. well FWIW I HATE drawing beds and people and house related stuff. I did it cause I felt I had to to sell the "nightmare/sleeping" idea. I'd much rather have drawn just a beastie on a shirt.

tgentry wrote:So basically anything that features something bad happening or a scary character is going to be on-topic here, regardless of whether there's anything specifically related to bad dreams?

I'm kind of wary about this derby because you can pretty much do anything with the disclaimer that someone could have a dream like this. So if I have a Watermelon smashing Gallagher shirt I've been working on I could sub it and say this is Gallagher's bad dream. If I have a picture of the wolfman I can sub it and say someone could have a nightmare about the wolfman. Heck, I could sub a field of pretty roses and say that's my nightmare. It really has nothing to do with nightmares other than me saying it does in the title or description.

I already see a ton of shirts I would say have nothing to do with nightmares. I kind of hope woot puts the hammer down in enforcing this derby as being ABOUT nightmares and the act of dreaming specifically to be fair to people that are handicapping themselves by following the theme.

*applause*

Would it be crappy of me to enter this? I tried it out for Shirtfight a long time ago.

tgentry wrote:While I think it's a bad idea, if they just let anything ***** get by without it being tied to *****, why would I make it harder on myself by following the theme?

isn't this a problem with the derby every week?

tgentry wrote:That's my point exactly. If just something "scary" is good enough, the people who are conforming to what the derby is actually about are at a big disadvantage. I'm probably going to wait to see how the rejections roll before I commit to a design. While I think it's a bad idea, if they just let anything "scary" get by without it being tied to dreams, why would I make it harder on myself by following the theme? I mean at that point you can just draw a cool looking scary thing or something bad happening to someone/something and it's much easier and more likely to get votes.

ya. I was thinking to myself what makes this different than "emergency" or "panic" or any number of other words that woot has used as a theme. The difference is that nightmares usually have to do with some sort of dream state. Now it doesn't have to be the normal "someone sleeping in a bed and something is happening" there are other ways to take it and be creative. Also, a play on words is appropriate I suppose. Ideally it would be nice to flip to a derby and without seeing the theme know what it is about. That'll never happen nor will most of these get rejected because they can be twisted to fit into some formula and IMO woot will play safe.

tgentry wrote:That's my point exactly. If just something "scary" is good enough, the people who are conforming to what the derby is actually about are at a big disadvantage. I'm probably going to wait to see how the rejections roll before I commit to a design. While I think it's a bad idea, if they just let anything "scary" get by without it being tied to dreams, why would I make it harder on myself by following the theme? I mean at that point you can just draw a cool looking scary thing or something bad happening to someone/something and it's much easier and more likely to get votes.

The description of the derby says "You're in a nightmare. While you're there, look around for material for this week's Derby." I think it's pretty clear that they aren't specifically looking for someone sleeping. It's "while you're there," as in, already in the nightmare. I don't think you need to wait to take that interpretation, because that's what they asked for.

Hey I didn't see this anywhere in the rules but I was curious if anyone knew if you can submit more than 1 entry in the derby?

ThePerfectCover wrote:Hey I didn't see this anywhere in the rules but I was curious if anyone knew if you can submit more than 1 entry in the derby?

Yup, you can... go nuts!

genericsmith wrote:Yup, you can... go nuts!

Cool. Thanks.

no1 wrote:isn't this a problem with the derby every week?

I'm with no1 on this one- every derby, some people interpret the rules as being strict and try to deliver exactly what they think it means. Other people are more lax and take the rules as more of a point of inspiration.

Woot has pretty much never actually been strict about enforcing the rules, theme-wise. And in my opinion, this week isn't even particularly bad so far- I see the theme on all but two of the entries.

I see more reason to crack down on halftones than on off-theme entries, at the moment ;)

Rumor has it that Adder wakes up in cold sweats from a repeating dream of the new "Shiny Louvre"

tgentry wrote:The problem is literally anything can be a nightmare if someone says it is, which is also the problem with themes like this one. I'm not singling out specific entries or artists simply because I think the problem is with the theme and instructions and not necessarily the people who are subbing entries that they think are on topic. I have no problem with looser interpretations of themes, but these kind of themes verge on "anything goes" in which case they should just make it anything goes. The examples they give are of very common nightmares and the theme is nightmares, but will they allow something that someone could have a nightmare about with no real ties in the design to the act of sleeping? If they will then this isn't a nightmare derby but a "bad things" derby. To me it's just an issue of what is woot going for and what will they allow. That's why I'm personally waiting, because I have an idea or two for nightmares that would have an uphill climb, but I could literally fit in a half dozen entries (and resubs) if it's a "bad things" derby.

I'm hoping that woot interprets the theme as bad things that can reasonably thought of as nightmares like the examples given or more obscure bad things provided that there's some connected with a sleeping person in the shirt. Of course nothing as wordy as that will ever get enforced...

tgentry wrote:The problem is literally anything can be a nightmare if someone says it is, which is also the problem with themes like this one. I'm not singling out specific entries or artists simply because I think the problem is with the theme and instructions and not necessarily the people who are subbing entries that they think are on topic. I have no problem with looser interpretations of themes, but these kind of themes verge on "anything goes" in which case they should just make it anything goes. The examples they give are of very common nightmares and the theme is nightmares, but will they allow something that someone could have a nightmare about with no real ties in the design to the act of sleeping? If they will then this isn't a nightmare derby but a "bad things" derby. To me it's just an issue of what is woot going for and what will they allow. That's why I'm personally waiting, because I have an idea or two for nightmares that would have an uphill climb, but I could literally fit in a half dozen entries (and resubs) if it's a "bad things" derby.

if i were a woot god (alas, i am not), i would allow three types of nightmares:

1. "traditional" nightmares, like josephus's nekkid-public-speaking; these wouldn't need other signs that a nightmare is taking place, because you already know what it is
2. nontraditional nightmares, like "adder wearing a kawaii tee"; these would need something analogous to a picture of someone sleeping/dreaming to indicate a nightmare is taking place
3. miscellaneous commentary on the word "nightmare" like a horse, etc.