ChaosDoctor07


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Re: Behold a pale horse...



Here's something to consider:

Merriam Webster's online dictionary's definition(s) of nightmare:
"1 : an evil spirit formerly thought to oppress people during sleep
2 : a frightening dream that usually awakens the sleeper
3 : something (as an experience, situation, or object) having the monstrous character of a nightmare or producing a feeling of anxiety or terror"

This, to me, seems to be the third definition of the word. From my understanding of the derby's description, it's the second definition that the Derby is looking for.

"Don't believe in the you who believes in me. Don't believe in the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself."

xaon


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Re: Close Your Eyes


There are so many details, this illustration is awesome. Great job, both of you!

creativedv8tion


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SkekTek wrote:This started out as a simple tentacle monster, but then as I added more touches, I thought it would pass as a decent Cthulu. Definitely terrifying if it comes out of your dreams.

Hope you like it.



Nice design.

'Cthulhu', by the way. ;)

RobFnVA


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xaon wrote:I really like your choice of colors. Awesome design!



I agree - the colors are great and the design is awesome but I agree with another poster that I'd make the nightmare part more outlandish. Monster faces or something in the purple mist that gets transformed by the dreamcatcher.

xaon


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Re: The Guardian


A great idea, and very well-illustrated. The detail on the monsters is very good.

rmkrueger


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Re: Behold a pale horse...



to bring up the anatomy argument, what the hell is wrong with the horse's skull? it's forehead type thing is round. even playground horses have proper anatomy.

jewelwing


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Re: Close Your Eyes



Been waiting for this. Epic!

jewelwing


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Re: Your Friendly Neighborhood Baku



So rad. The details are great, like I love that one little snaggle-tooth on the left. I don't know anything about Baku, so I'll forever take everything you wrote in the description as total fact.

jewelwing


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Re: Your Friendly Neighborhood Baku



So rad. The details are great, like I love that one little snaggle-tooth on the left. I don't know anything about Baku, so I'll forever take everything you wrote in the description as total fact.

ChaosDoctor07


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mrwednesday wrote:Not to belabor the point but this causes you feelings of anxiety or terror.....really?



Me? No, it doesn't. I'm referring to the image of "Revelation" that people are interpreting this as when people say that it's "nightmarish", rather than this specific image itself.

"Don't believe in the you who believes in me. Don't believe in the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself."

walmazan


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colinm09 wrote:Walmazan, I'm becoming a huge fan of yours. Ever since your octopus shirt a few derbies back, I've been consistently voting for your shirts. I look forward to seeing your awesome submissions every week!




Thank you Colin, I appreciate your comment and support!

Andy47240


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Re: A Rough Night in the Nut House


Good design Beefcoat!



sbaszto


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Re: The Sleep of Reason Produces Flying Turtles



I know everyone has given this praise, but it's important to show love when it's due. This is really unique looking and raises the bar on video game reference shirts. I love the video game genre but have been offput by many recent entries, but this I'd wear and buy as gifts! congrats and good luck.

riffmaster18


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Re: Neurotransmares



thanks! glad you guys like it

rglee129


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ramyb wrote:Fantastic illustration- would you mind posting a closeup so I could see the halftone work, especially on the table? The texture you achieved is awesome :D



Thanks for the kind words everyone. Great stuff!

edit: I had a close-up of the desk at actual size here, but just realized I did the sizing wrong, so hold on a bit and I'll fix that...

edit: thanks for the patience... here's achunk enlarged for detail at about the size it would print on the larger shirts. The shading on the characters is the shirt color showing through the white (actually warm gray #1) and then there's messy black ink stuff and lines strewn about. The human is softened with the slightly darker gray dots.

dbkaplan


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Re: An actual Bag o' scaffolding



Just when you get all giddy because the mysterious woot box has arrived, you are overwhelmed by the smell of actual scaffolding. What a terrible dream...

picasserole


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Re: The Diabolical Monster Dream V2.


More detail and a few other improvements in version 2.View Large Image Here!

sarahann0123


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Look at some of the other top shirts, they show sleeping people and the things that are clearly their nightmares - other shirts that only depict monsters/objects don't make it clear that it's a nightmare, even if the title is defending it.

Shirts that show things that inspire terror (to people or intangible characters) are on topic. Death and post-apocalyptic settings inspire terror in most people. Who cares if the child-death is on a stupid playground horse, the setting is obviously scary enough for a nightmare...it's dark, there's a skull and little fires!

colinm09


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Woot reference is a rejection...

...and just no.

-Matt Colin

ChaosDoctor07


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sarahann0123 wrote:Look at some of the other top shirts, they show sleeping people and the things that are clearly their nightmares - other shirts that only depict monsters/objects don't make it clear that it's a nightmare, even if the title is defending it.

Shirts that show things that inspire terror (to people or intangible characters) are on topic. Death and post-apocalyptic settings inspire terror in most people. Who cares if the child-death is on a stupid playground horse, the setting is obviously scary enough for a nightmare...it's dark, there's a skull and little fires!



Again, I think the difference is the difference between, above, the second and third definitions of "nightmare." I still think that it's the second one that makes a shirt fit this Derby.

"Don't believe in the you who believes in me. Don't believe in the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself."

ChaosDoctor07


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bassanimation wrote:Wow, this is awesome CMDixon. I really love the color choices and the imagery.

Also..tentacles = win. :D :D :D



Agreed on everything but the tentacles...Well, for the person, that is.

"Don't believe in the you who believes in me. Don't believe in the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself."

grypes


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Re: Dead Sea



WOO HOO!! I'm climbing!!!

grypes


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Re: Globophobia



Bootsie is made of voodoo. Everyone should vote Bootsie!!

imsochady


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Re: The Diabolical Monster Dream V2.



Cross-hatching is wonderful! +1!!!

Lamuril


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Re: Behold a pale horse...



Who knew Death could be so cute?

Lamuril


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Re: The Wooden Boy's Nightmare



Haha so clever!

MissJamieD


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mrwednesday wrote:Not to belabor the point but this causes you feelings of anxiety or terror.....really?



Just a thought, but I believe this would cause a parent feelings of anxiety or terror.

Altheahelaine


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Re: The Diabolical Monster Dream V2.



<3

I live, I learn, and so aid my end while I believe I'm winning

Lamuril


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Re: The Sleep of Reason Produces Flying Turtles



Even though it's the second derby in the row to have a Mario shirt in the FOG, I at least like the creativity in this one. You can't tell right away that it's a reference to our favorite plumber.

Great work! I really like this shirt and hope it wins. You deserve it after the obvious effort you put into it

Izzyshiddizzle


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mrwednesday wrote:I'll make this short. I already brought up revelation and the fact that it is a vision and not a nightmare because the two ideas are completely distinct thus proving you didn't read any of the comments.



I did read all the comments. Your argument doesn't hold up because throughout the entire bible, visions and dreams go hand in hand. I would consider a dream such as the one referenced as a bad one. And what do we sometimes call bad dreams? That's right, a nightmare.

mrwednesday wrote:As to your point, what you are arguing is that anything can be a nightmare meaning anything and everything is on theme. While that may be fine for you, it is obviously not for many many others including people who would usually support ramy but are getting fed up.



I never said anything can be a nightmare. I simply said that this design, in my opinion, definitely fits the theme then explained my reasoning for thinking so.

mrwednesday wrote:Third, what you see is a cute chibi death on a playground horse. What you can't see is the theme because it isn't there. Show anyone this image who has no idea of what the theme is and ask them to guess it, you will not find a single person who would say nightmare and that's the problem. I say again, the theme should be in the design not the title and not some convoluted description. If it's not apparent it's not on theme.



If this were true, then I would argue that almost all the designs in the fog right now are off topic. I would guess that the theme was monsters, fear, or something like that. Go take a look, there's a dragon, a clown, a monster getting shot with a dart gun. The ones that show somebody sleeping are definitely more obvious but, if you think about it, those even seem as if the sleeper is unaware of the monster in the room.

Lamuril


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Re: Globophobia



I really like the look of this, but I'm confused as to what's goin on.. Is it a balloon-bear eating clowns and that's why the clown is frightened? (Is that guy at the bottom a clown?)

Lamuril


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Re: Neurotransmares



I dig the colors going on in this shirt. Would be such a sweet design to wear around!

Lamuril


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Re: Nightmares Taking Hold



This is so beautiful and amazing. What great detail and color!

Man, there's so many great designs in this derby... I hope there's some Honorable Mentions sold!

kaseyfleming


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Jestik wrote:great colors!



yeah, this turned out awesome~!

MissJamieD


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Re: crush



This is absolutely refreshing and wonderful! GMV and sincere hope for a print!

Fatstrat06


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ramyb wrote:and his name that sat on him was death :O

(Saved)



Maybe i'm just colorblind, but is this shirt black or navy?

Congrats to ramyb for staying out of this debate. He's obviously proud of his design and his work, and rightly should be.

ChaosDoctor07


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Fatstrat06 wrote:Maybe i'm just colorblind, but is this shirt black or navy?

Congrats to ramyb for staying out of this debate. He's obviously proud of his design and his work, and rightly should be.



Apparently, from one comment I read, it's on navy, though I had trouble distinguishing it myself.

"Don't believe in the you who believes in me. Don't believe in the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself."

ChaosDoctor07


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Fatstrat06 wrote:Maybe i'm just colorblind, but is this shirt black or navy?

Congrats to ramyb for staying out of this debate. He's obviously proud of his design and his work, and rightly should be.



Also, not sure if I would congratulate him for staying out of the debate...I'd be interested to hear his thoughts on it. That being said, the design itself, as you implied, is still fairly good(not my taste, but still), putting aside the on/off topic debate.

"Don't believe in the you who believes in me. Don't believe in the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself."

SkekTek


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creativedv8tion wrote:Nice design.

'Cthulhu', by the way. ;)



Thanks- yeah, right after I subbed it, I realized I forgot the second h. Oops.