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Re: Owner of a Lonely Heart

@kender42 - lol

ad5smith wrote:unless your a single teacher that doesn't have time or money at present time for a gf, (sigh) maybe some day

awww ... someday ad5smith, someday! (if that's what you want;)

horstlee wrote:I didn't even think of the UMD connection. Now I doubly love this shirt. *sigh*

Come ON people- VOTE!

Heh, YES! What Horstlee says!

cat thing wrote:Maybe you should try threadless? The style reminds me a little of this shirt: http://www.threadless.com/product/606/We_re_on_the_same_level . Threadless seems to print a bunch of simple but cute and sweet shirts like that...

Funny, I guess I don't look at threadless much, because I had the idea the shirts are more detailed than your exampled - I guess it's a mix! I wonder if it's harder for a simpler design to succeed on threadless? Hmmm well thank you for your suggestion and example cat thing!

grrlmarvel wrote:http://www.teetonic.com/ ... is a good one with a more cartoon bent to it. Design by Humans and Threadless sometimes gets a bit more abstract, but the nice thing about this piece is it works in a lot of areas. Good luck!!! I'm pulling for you!

Interesting, I've never even heard of teetonic before, are many wooters there?
Do you really think this could work with DBH? (I would have had the same hesitation for threadless, but the above poster showed an example that fits... though I still wonder if simple designs have a harder time there). Thanks grrlmarvel, for the suggestions and the support!!

sasham62 wrote:
Total Eclipse of the Heart

Total Eclipse of the Heart: It's beautiful and I love the song.

Whoah! To be included in your top choices... thank you so much, Sasham62

I personally like this shirt. I think its funny, but when my friend saw it, she was horrified. I think this killed the image of Wizard of Oz for her, lol. I'm still planning on buying it, though.

And as for the tree. I didn't really see anything wrong with it until someone else mentioned the whole "Steam coming from her head" thing, but I think it was done well. New to Woot, but I'd like to see more from this artist, especially in regards to reimagining of classics.

rachelwootswii wrote:could do what i do...pop some pills then drink a cup anyway.
sometimes coffee is worth a little pain.

i'm leaning toward that route. i miss my yummy coffee goodness.

kender42 wrote:I like it, but would have liked to seen his heart meter empty...as in a dead Link. If he isn't dead at least half a heart left.

I like the heart meter, but think it needs to be placed somewhere else. I was thinking at the top right, but don't think that will work either. The heart meter is great, if you could use text you could really flesh out the game feel to it.

Either way I would want one.

I see the heart meter as belonging to the chickens more than Link. It is holding up a heart how Link would when he completes a heart container. I assume the heath bar is there because it refills when the one is added too. I like its placement for that reason. Plus the title makes me think it features the chickens over Link.

It is a great shirt though.

Re: I can read your Heart

No way you did not win!!! too bad man. This was the best work in here.

You should sell it somewhere.... it can sell very well.

JadenKale wrote:is it me or is this t-shirt coming off as a bit more purple than royal blue?

Hmmm, it does a little now...But it shouldn't be...interesting.

kcman011 wrote:I think this design, coupled with the two most recent derbies (including this one) are starting to show a trend among the voters. They've had their fill of the same old tired, rehashed, chibi-ness and are starting to pay attention to more artistic designs. I know that there are two fogged entries right now (the penguins and ramy's) that fall in that category, but I don't see either of them placing as they were late-comers to the fog and there are some solid designs ahead of them, namely drakxxx's, tjost's and patrickspens'...or this could all be wishful thinking on my part

I second that notion. I have personally had my fill of the rehash of the same design with just a different background. Also, I HATE CATS! Just knock it off, you must be mocking us!

Lagbert wrote:The high lights are a nice upgrade to your design. Did you consider putting 3 wolves in the picture to capitalize on the 3 wolf moon meme?

Haha! Thanks! I first wanted to do that, but then i wanted to make the design more about the connection between the wolf and the moon.

Re: Total Eclipse of the Heart

I ♥ it!

thatrobert wrote:

Thanks for the award!! Allways great to be considered the best at something, even if it is losing

Re: Raining Hearts

very nice! hope you win!

Re: Meme cats find true love

Our Movie Genre THIS BETTER WIN! I NEED THIS SHIRT.

Re: They Beat the Same

voted. the design is genius and the link reference is just so subtly hilarious

Re: Is THIS what you were looking for?

loving this.. huzzah for the fog! Now.. let's go for the win. I need me this shirt.

stardamsel wrote:Yep, I think I need to re-submit. Are there guidelines about that? Do I need to put "re-submit" in text on my detail pic or anything?

Newb questions, I know, but... I are newb. :-) Thx!

Well, snap. I guess I missed the re-submission deadline..? Can anyone tell me the rules regarding re-submission?? The FAQ's aren't all that informative regarding deleted/rejected entries.

I'd like to know the rules for next time!

stardamsel wrote:Well, snap. I guess I missed the re-submission deadline..? Can anyone tell me the rules regarding re-submission?? The FAQ's aren't all that informative regarding deleted/rejected entries.

I'd like to know the rules for next time!

You can no longer submit entries after Wednesday at noon. You can no longer vote after Thursday at noon. The 1st winner for the derby is shown that night. Lotsa stuff to remember

Re: the club

This is absolutely fantastic, but the thumbnail image does no justice to the whole picture.

Re: under lock and key

Love the design! It looks like a really beautiful tattoo.

I bought my first Woot shirt last week, and it was Venn Vittles. Obviously, I have a thing for your designs.

banzaaiii wrote:you know its funny, no one has even mentioned the fact that both the tigers wings are on the right side of its body. even though all the hater posts were deleted, not one mentioned it, even though its a fairly objective, legitimate point to make in the arguement that this is a bad design.

this. I'm so confused. I read this post this morning, and it made me scroll back up to look at the wings, which I thought were both on the right side of its body. But I'm looking at it again a few hours later now, and the wing position looks different from what I remember. Am I going crazy? Or did it look different before?

Edit: Oh no, wait, I see what I did... this morning I must have completely overlooked the little tip of the back wing that's visible over the tiger's head. And I was looking at the front wing and seeing two wings close together rather than one wing with two layers. I'm too exhausted to do anything involving actual thought process today.

sokowa wrote:You can no longer submit entries after Wednesday at noon. You can no longer vote after Thursday at noon. The 1st winner for the derby is shown that night. Lotsa stuff to remember

Thx, sokowa! So, if next time I want to re-submit an entry, do I just submit my modified design? Is that all there is to it? Do I have to notify anyone that it's a re-submission?

stardamsel wrote:Thx, sokowa! So, if next time I want to re-submit an entry, do I just submit my modified design? Is that all there is to it? Do I have to notify anyone that it's a re-submission?

if you resub within 24 hrs of your initial submission you have an option to remove it completely (there's a little "X" on the right side of your image I believe. After 24 hrs people usually just sub a second version with the words "RESUB or V.2" (for version 2)

Be aware though that this could potentially split your votes.

missmissa07 wrote:Such a great shirt! I love your style and execution in all the shirts you make.

Plus, I saw the other day you are from Urbana, IL. I live in Urbana as well (I'm a student at the U of I), so I have to vote for a fellow Urbana-ite!

Awesome! Gotta represent!
ILL - INI!

Re: Love has no age…

I think I'd like this more if it was on a bright red shirt! You could thicken the dark outlines to make the katchup and tomato stand out more if needed

cmdixon2 wrote:Hoping you get another print this week. I haven't been terribly impressed with this derby, but I think your piece is by far the best and is wonderfully done. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Keep up the great work, man.

Thanks very much Chris. I admire your work greatly, and it's awesome to hear your praise.

Also, thanks to everyone who voted and commented on the design, as always, you guys are a big reason I keep doing these shirts, and your support is invaluable to me.

sokowa wrote:if you resub within 24 hrs of your initial submission you have an option to remove it completely (there's a little "X" on the right side of your image I believe. After 24 hrs people usually just sub a second version with the words "RESUB or V.2" (for version 2)

Be aware though that this could potentially split your votes.

Ohhhh yeah, the little X! I see :-) Okay, cool... thanks for your help, sokowa!!!

sasham62 wrote:Total Eclipse: Again, beautiful and I love the song.

Then there are shirts that are beautiful/well done but I wouldn't wear as a shirt:
Halftone Heartrise
Helical Hearts
Cross my Heart
Heart of the Cards
The Heart Of The Matter
Two Birds and a Heart
Grow a Heart
The King and Queen of Hearts and Shot Through The Heart
Heartgyle
Fallen Hearts
Paisley Heart
Heart Spiral
Long Live The Queen
Lacy Heart
The Hart of Hearts

Then there are shirts that I would buy with one "minor" change:
The heart always wins: I would prefer the cards to be white. That's my preference.
Lion Hearted (Resub): The eyes look sad. I'd like happy eyes. That's my preference.

There are some that I just don't get (which I won't list) and there are some where I just rebel against a design where the designer has nothing to say about it.

Okay, I don't get Heart of Iron. I really like it, and I see that it's over the heart, but it doesn't say "heart" to me.

To anyone I didn't list: That I don't like a particular shirt doesn't mean it's bad.

Thanks Sasham62 for the Lion Hearted comment I liked the emotion conveyed with the eyes but I see what your saying, I'll rework it for the future here or elswhere.

bassanimation wrote:I'm working in the same dimensions. I think it's just going to take more practice for me to get the line thickness right. I used a 15-25 round brush on this guy. I think I might need to go to 30-35, and learn to draw 'around' the shapes, as opposed to following my lines directly.

Your lines look great Bass. The largest I use is a 10pt. round brush at 300 dpi, and woot has always printed my lines sharp and clean.

Re: Total Eclipse of the Heart

I like this Jaden, the heart seems just a bit low though, and I know it's because of the top burst. Great job!

Spectrolite wrote:This is my first entry in a derby. I've bought a couple shirts from here before and thought why not try out a design?

So here's a happy sunbear with his heart on his sleeve...er, fur.

I like that his nose is like an upside down heart! Way cute!

icemonster wrote:I hate woot this week. What a crappy derby. What crappy entries. I hate all the entries for this week. Shame on all of you for even voting.

What I'm curious about is do you really hate ALL the designs this week or just the theme so much that everyone's is bad by virtue. You mentioned the bookshelf one, and I like that one too but it kinda had to be in a heart. What would you like to have seen, do you have an idea, no one can steal it now because the deadline has passed for subs. Let us know, I'm sure we're all interested.

Re: The King and Queen of Hearts

Not quite my cup of tea but I see you put a lot of effort into all your pieces. Keep up the good work and tell your daughter to keep it up too

so cute

Re: They Beat the Same

nice. +1

HujoeBigs wrote:Sakleehop, Fair enough and this wasn't a personal attack on you. Im just tried of all this copyright stuff. If Woot has a problem with it, they will take it off. But seeing as they havent they seem to not mind it at all. Personally I preffer good use of parody, and the thing is it sells. I just dont like when it blantly trying to use just a character to sell a shirt and not try to get some humor in behind it. That is all.

Hello HujoeBigs - no problem: no harm, no foul and no offense taken. I can understand your disdain for copyright issues - especially since there always seems to be at least one design per derby that crosses that particular line. My comment raising the issue was neither an attack on nor criticism of the design - merely concern that it might be a problem. But of course, Woot always has the last word on whether a design survives scrutiny - it is after all, their (legal) neck on the line. Clearly, they don't see a problem with They Beat The Same and it's a resounding hit with the voters.

Parody is extremely difficult to pull off well and there aren't many who are very adept at doing so. But when done effectively, it's hard to beat:
I loved "The Binge" - it was the perfect parody!

Perhaps we'll chat again some time.

sakleehop wrote:Hello HujoeBigs - no problem: no harm, no foul and no offense taken. I can understand your disdain for copyright issues - especially since there always seems to be at least one design per derby that crosses that particular line. My comment raising the issue was neither an attack on nor criticism of the design - merely concern that it might be a problem. But of course, Woot always has the last word on whether a design survives scrutiny - it is after all, their (legal) neck on the line. Clearly, they don't see a problem with They Beat The Same and it's a resounding hit with the voters.

Parody is extremely difficult to pull off well and there aren't many who are very adept at doing so. But when done effectively, it's hard to beat:
I loved "The Binge" - it was the perfect parody!

Perhaps we'll chat again some time.

Thanks Sakleehop

Re: Total Eclipse of the Heart

Jeez, Jaden, you're killing it here :D Nice to see you doing well, good luck!

artulo wrote:Jeez, Jaden, you're killing it here :D Nice to see you doing well, good luck!

I know!!!! ^^; Who knew this would be so well received! I know I won't win, but it's amazing how well everyone enjoys it. Thanks for the luck!


Also, thank you Walmazan and Tjost!

Re: Heart Attack!

The most fun entry in the entire derby, easy

IndependentVik wrote:The most fun entry in the entire derby, easy

It's a bummer this isn't in the fog. I think the blood squirts and realitic valve action might be killing it for some but HE'S RAMBO, you can't have a cute traditional heart. I applaud you sir!