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Trying something a little lighthearted this week. I hope you guys can forgive me.

Re: Grrrrrrrr. Make me some tea!

ha. yes + monocle points.

You made asphalt not suck so hard, . I really like the colors on it. ALSO, Villainous Velociraptor was on reddit and people were eating it up, so congrats on that.

defenestration wrote:and what historical event is portrayed on the shirt? looks more like the wearer's belly is thinking of red and blue clouds.

Very true.

JRWorkshop wrote:I think is too generic to represent the actual historical fact. The Zeppelin Hindenburg was a rigid old fashioned hydrogen dirigible. This is just a Superbowl blimp.
And the Wright brothers....IDK
I think you can do better than that. Actually, you still can. Just my humble opinion.

It's stylized. I think it looks neat, but other than that I'm actually really terrible at history. I mean really terrible. On a college exam, I once wrote a two page essay about how Attila the Hun was a Viking and wrecked havok in his Viking ship with his Viking helmet, and his Viking underlings (because I saw it on Muppet Babies once). He wasn't. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I'm not bothered by historical inaccuracies.

capedcrusader514 wrote:You made asphalt not suck so hard, . I really like the colors on it. ALSO, Villainous Velociraptor was on reddit and people were eating it up, so congrats on that.

really? haha awesome! I don't go there often

I wish there were more blue in it. That blue and cranberry or whatever color it is are beautiful, nevertheless, awesome.

Re: No Parking Zone

very nice...also, interest on ticket why we're skipping Moon for Mars.

Re: Grrrrrrrr. Make me some tea!

I like the illustration but I don't get it (yes I know it's supposed to be the Boston Tea Party)

tgentry wrote:Yeah I agree about that. The top and bottom feel tacked on and IMO kind of make it off topic. Would love to see it without those.

Did you sub this at Threadless or somewhere? This seems very familiar for some reason, like I scored it there or something.

Yes, I sent to Threadless I while back. But it was a bit different, the dictator had a gun pointed to his head on the last shot. Hehe. I changed because some people thought it to strong. I made him just sad on this version, instead.

tjost wrote:I don't know Boots, those patches on thier backs look an awful lot like signs, which woot said don't do. The thing is that if these elements weren't labled you'd think these guys were just terrorists blowing up a modern blimp. I know you can do better Boots, this looks rushed, remake it with the wright brother in period costume with their airplne next to them, make the Hendenberg(sp) look more like the original and get rid of the labels and I think it'd be great.

The sign rule confused me. Usually when they say "incidental text" they call it the "stop sign" rule, but this time they said "no signs, but text on something like the Declaration of Independence is ok." I really have no clue what "incidental text" means this time around.

And the design wasn't rushed at all. I spent more time on this design than I've ever spent on a derby entry. So it's funny that you say that.

Re: The Angry Girlfriend

very nice -- like the style.

Re: i have a dream

I'm going to do the classy thing here and say "someone tooted". Just look at it with a more perverse eye.

tjost wrote:I don't know Boots, those patches on thier backs look an awful lot like signs, which woot said don't do. The thing is that if these elements weren't labled you'd think these guys were just terrorists blowing up a modern blimp. I know you can do better Boots, this looks rushed, remake it with the wright brother in period costume with their airplne next to them, make the Hendenberg(sp) look more like the original and get rid of the labels and I think it'd be great.

I second it. Playing with history inaccuracy is one thing. But this seems too rushed.

Re: Ocean(Titan)ic 815

This shirt is a Candidate. nuff said.

defenestration wrote:and what historical event is portrayed on the shirt? looks more like the wearer's belly is thinking of red and blue clouds.

I think the historic event is the election of a black man to be president. By combining the "Obama logo" with clouds, he's saying MLK is looking on from the great beyond at the moment, seeing his dream fulfilled.

It took me a minute to get it, though. I think it's actually a pretty cool idea.

At first I thought to myself, "Uh oh, here comes politics. This is doomed." Then I realized that you can only vote up, not down. Those who supported Obama will vote for it, those who didn't can't "anti-vote" for it. So it's got real potential.

I'm sure the comments here will get ugly, though, since those who don't like him will have no other way to tally their dislike.

Re: Ben's Motivation

yep...the other side of Ben.

The Wii character-style bodies kind of weird me out... like having an enormous front butt type thing going on. I dunno.

JRWorkshop wrote:I second it. Playing with history inaccuracy is one thing. But this seems too rushed.

What about it looks rushed? I spent more time on this derby entry than I ever have. And I like how it came out.

Re: By Merlin's Beard

How do you think he did it? Magic? Ha.
Fortunately for Arthur, liquid nitrogen will shrink the metal slightly, allowing him to remove the sword.

Re: Sale Lot

religious references are generally rejected at woot.

And the ostrich says, "how did you guys even get here?"

This is great. Awesome concept. Sad it was made on a gray shirt...again.

theWanker wrote:Then I realized that you can only vote up, not down. Those who supported Obama will vote for it, those who didn't can't "anti-vote" for it.

Unfortunately, this is very true.

theWanker wrote:I'm sure the comments here will get ugly, though, since those who don't like him will have no other way to tally their dislike.

We can tattle by saying that it's not a historical event (like I already have).

parrotworks wrote:In many future history books

Not history.

JRWorkshop wrote:I second it. Playing with history inaccuracy is one thing. But this seems too rushed.

It's obviously historically inaccurate, but it's funny. The idea that the Wright Bros. were bitter old men that couldn't stand the thought of other flight technologies is both original and entertaining.

I'm not sure about the "rushed" thing. Usually when I see "seems rushed" as a criticism the design looks sloppy.... what is rushed about it?

Lagbert wrote:
As a side note: The Hindenburg went down in 1937 and the Wrights first flew in 1903. I highly doubt there would be any animosity between the wrights and the zeppelin liner.

I was thinking it would be funny if the bros wanted to destroy future flights, as if they were competition...

Re: Green Screen Landing

Saved

Re: Kitty Hawk 4 Eva

this is great boots!

Re: Apollo No-No

This was Buzz Aldrin's motivation!

Re: Darwin at Galapagos

nice idea, well done. I assume the halftones in the sky aren't too small?

Re: I want my MTV

I love it, and I voted for it, but the hand looks a bit off to me. The way it's drawn, I feel like the base of the hand suggests that the top should be wider....it's sort of like you took the bottom half of a giant's hand and attached it to the top half of a baby's hand.

But again, I really like this.

Re: The Last Battle – The Golden Age of Piracy’s blood

Awesome illustration and with only 2 colors! You've really captured the old timey piratey thing here.

Re: Darwin at Galapagos

I love the water around the feet and turtle and around the beach.

Re: How'd You Like Them Apples?

@notnorm: Thanks! History seems to have overlooked the monkeys making mischief in the apple tree. ;-)

Re: Titanic Trespass

They sailed right into forbidden territory-the lair of the Emperor penguin!!

Re: The Angry Girlfriend

Spiritgreen wrote:Nailed it. (The design that is! ^_^)

Hehe, thanks Spiritgreen!

lonelypond wrote:very nice -- like the style.

Thanks very much lonelypond.

Or it could just be Jean-Baptiste comte de Rochambeau who was a French General who fought on the American side in the Revolutionary war vs British general if you changed the uniforms up a bit. And be a play on the victory of the Battle of the Chesapeak...

Re: Beer is proof that God loves us...

Wow, the lightning looks so good!

Re: titanic!

I think this is really funny, but what I don't get is why we see the part of the squid that's underwater but not the part of the boat that's underwater.

Still love it, though.