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Re: Monsterskettie and Planetballs

FOG!!!! Finally! Maybe all the people from the woot-off - who actually buy stuff - are finally getting into the act. There's a lot of good artwork this derby, but not a lot of wearable art, imo.

@tascott - I don't think you have to worry about the work being scaled down. If anything, they might have to scale it up to print it on a shirt.

Sachmoe64 wrote:pretty sweet! "war" reminds me of frank frazetta's death dealer.

Yes, it does, very much so. It's the axe and horned helmet combo. For that reason alone, I'd alter the character.

As a traditionalist, I would much prefer that War carry a bigger-than-life Claymore-style weapon. Having said that, I'm not the artist and that's jut my preference.

I like this shirt, hope it wins.

gulgre wrote:This, this is what it is all about, ladies and gentlemen. This is how it shall end. Not with us mere humans, who trample our enemies afoot or ingest them with gusto, but in the epic battle between the spongy sweet goodness of cream laden confections and the earth dwelling ground crawlers. Both resistant to nuclear nefariousness, both nauseating after eating a baker's dozen, they are the final two elements, the post apocalyptic yin and yang. Always fighting, yet needing each other in a poetic slurry of that which is what we have strived to become: rail thin and sickly, or so filled with fat and sugar we have no shape until you put a handkerchief or hat on us.

A toast, to the two great victors of this world!

Cheers, sir. Cheers.

Re: There's an App-ocalypse for that!

Rock!

Okay - so the baseball shirt got knocked out of the park, err, I mean fog... Bummer, I liked it. This one is my other favorite! Please win, thank you.

Re: Monsterskettie and Planetballs

Glad you made it into the fog, bass. You deserve it with this one.

"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more."

Re: I Bet It's Better There...V2

This shirt reminds me of anime film I saw many years ago, can't come up with the name. It's about a boy who lives in the slums and dreams of getting to orbiting city above. As I recall, it doesn't go well for him...

Re: Is it really flat?

Cute.

This is the second entry in this derby with Columbus sailing off the edge.

You're probably going to be rejected for the text of the ship name unfortunately.

I really like your Earth representation...cartoonish, clean, and pleasing to the eye. And of course, funny.

eeece13 wrote:How do you know it's blood and not scorched flesh?

if it is then they should have made it look different.

Re: Unexpected Error

@Popnfrsh, bassanimation, Talesin, l0rdh3nrz - I had toyed with the idea of mixing the 9 tailed fox into this idea as well. But in the end I decided that adding that would be a bit too much and that I should keep the image focused on one joke. Also I figured a giant fire breathing fox would hint at it anyway. It wouldn't need the direct reference and 9 tails is a huge hassle to draw. =P

@nbrosas, bassanimation, DeusExSublymonal, trapical - I really need to read up on this subject. Thanks for all the info everyone.

@MadamAtom - LOL!

@solusumbra - Well I'm crossing my fingers and hoping.

@tabaddon - Man poor web browsers. I haven't had that much trouble with the one I use but I might just be lucky on that end.

@artist42 - LOL! One of the early titles was Burn baby burn!

@DeusExSublymonal - Aw thanks that means a lot to me.

@TobiasAmaranth - I don't think you mentioned it specifically but foxes are a favorite animal for a lot of people. =D

@Jedigreedo - Oh god I hope so too. No way to tell unless it falls out.

@voxnex - Zoom!

@tabaddon - EEEEE! I know.

@loaba - I'm crossing my fingers!

Again thanks so much everyone for the support and the comments. I have no idea if this will place or not (tell some friends to vote if you can, every bit helps). But I'm hoping for the best. There are a lot of strong entries in the fog so I'm sure it'll be interesting finish.

Re: four horsemen

I really like the way this turned out and it's only one color. Good luck!

Haha. I just got over excited about a shirt. Thanks for informing me. :D

Re: It Only Takes One

I'd cut it down to two rows, remove the box, and keep it on a dark colored shirt. Otherwise I think it's great! (I prefer my statement shirts to only take up the top half of the shirt but that's just me.)

lexiflexi wrote:i love everything about it! how did you do this?

I sketched it out in photoshop to get the basic tonality that I wanted and then took it to illustrator to create the cleaner lines.


Thanks for all of the positive comments everyone!

Re: A Matter of Perspective

I assumed this was a take off of "The Red Balloon" movie from 1956. I think it's ingenious and subtle.

tascott02 wrote:I am new to Woot. I have noticed several entries using halftones. My concern with them is that having them in the artwork can cause problems if the art is scaled down. Smaller dots will not hold up.
I would rather have the halftones defined when outputting the film.

I totally understand your concern. I normally don't use halftones for this very reason. In this particular case, I took a chance because I needed some color variation. I am not as skilled at using halftones as a lot of the great artists here are ^^;. Still sort of working it out.

mjc613 wrote:FOG!!!! Finally! Maybe all the people from the woot-off - who actually buy stuff - are finally getting into the act. There's a lot of good artwork this derby, but not a lot of wearable art, imo.

@tascott - I don't think you have to worry about the work being scaled down. If anything, they might have to scale it up to print it on a shirt.

I saw the WO start last night and wondered what would happen. It usually seems to be fairly calamitous, as you never know what the Woot-Off-ers will like.

As for the scaling of the art, Tascott is right. The image would probably be scaled down for the women's shirts, which would cause some wonkyness in the tones. I have a couple Woots like this, where the men's version is fine, but the women's has a moire pattern from the scaled dots. It's why I dont typically use tones, but I wanted to try it this time to see what effect it would lead to.

Re: Invasion

Re: Next In Line

http://www.splitreason.com/product/631

Re: pandemonium

Great design. Love how you defined the shape with the backlighting.

Re: Error 42

what's it say?

Re: The Very Last Drop

This is my favorite in this derby! I don't know it the cropped thumbnail conveys the overall coolness of the piece though.

DeadFrog wrote:I sketched it out in photoshop to get the basic tonality that I wanted and then took it to illustrator to create the cleaner lines.


Thanks for all of the positive comments everyone!

Wait. This is Illustrator? Holywowotters.

So cool to see this type of work done in vector. It's my program of choice, but it's a tough horse to wrangle sometimes. The fact that this is vector makes it all the more impressive to me. Looking forward to your placing, Deadfrog!

jed1nerd wrote:what's it say?

Doesn't matter. It's text.

jed1nerd wrote:what's it say?

"Vogon.G-Earth.com

Error 42: The Answer <> six by nine.
If the error persists, Don't Panic!
Collect your towel and Press Abort to End.

Abort Retry Ignore"

Re: pandemonium

THUNDERPANDA LIKEY.

A++ WOULD WEAR.

Re: Monsterskettie and Planetballs

I really want this to get printed my 6-year-old really wants it.

Re: Velociraptors

I kept meaning to come and comment here. This is an otterific design! I sort of wish the one raptor wasn't white, but eh, minor nitpick. This is way cool, I would not be surprised at all to see this place! Great job!

kinzoku wrote:Yeah I realize Pestilence is the more common name, but I put Conquest since it made more sense visually. But in any case the name shouldn't matter since it's not in the title or the design. o/

Uh, this makes no sense at all. Conquest? By whom? It's the fracking apocalypse, who is supposed to be left to conquer anything? Isn't the apocalypse the end of the world?

And besides, how is pestilence a problem visually? Some elements that fit nicely: pus, sores, boils, blood, wounds, saliva, gangrene. And the list goes on. Pretty easyly expressed (and easy to get for the viewer).

You just lost a vote due to miserable logic.

Re: Invasion

Text issue aside, this is some really solid artwork. Nice job!

Re: Diabolical Sun

You know, I really like this! Wish it got in sooner to collect more votes.

Re: It Came For Cotton Candy

Very funny. I like your choice of colors.

Re: Velociraptors

This design walks the line between ridiculous and ridiculously funny.

Re: Invasion

Great design! Your style reminds me of Geof Darrow.

GMV. :^)

Re: still hungry

Um, where's the Armageddon? Death by food?

Spiritgreen wrote:Great design! Your style reminds me of Geof Darrow.

GMV. :^)

Thanks but, I don't think this piece is as detail obsessed as Darrow.
He would have drawn the individual cigarette filters on the ground

Re: 11:15:59

Oragutan Mating Guide, i want this one so bad. It's pretty scary and not cutesy. I must have it !!! C'mon people, more vote.

tascott02 wrote:Thanks. It would be a minor revision. I am not sure if it is possible to edit the design now that it has been submitted. I guess I'll just have fun watching how many votes I can receive before the Alphabet Police kick down the door and break up my invasion party.

You could resubmit - there's enough time, and it's not as though it'll go through with the text anyway, so you might as well.

Re: four horsemen

Straight to the point and not cartoonish. That's a win in my book.

tascott02 wrote:Thanks but, I don't think this piece is as detail obsessed as Darrow.
He would have drawn the individual cigarette filters on the ground

Haha, very true! It's just the general spirit I'm feeling.

Submissions have just closed (midday Wednesday, Texas time). But hopefully Woot will let things be and consider this for an HM. :-)