kylemittskus
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Re: Awkward Turtle

I am going to address a few issues that have been brought up as it is only fair to do so. I am going to be a succinct as possible.
1) Most of us don't know RamyB at all and have no personal feelings outside of this site against him.
2) No one is jealous of his success. Prove it? Most artists here are praised and we want them to succeed because we want to buy their stuff!
3) We want to click because we realize that there is $1,000 plus more at stake here.
4) The main problem most of us have is when a submitter (any submitter!) uses images or ideas that have already been done. The reason that this thread is so long is because he has done it soooo many times. I don't like 95% of the designs on this site, but if the design is an original idea or an original take on a common idea, GREAT! This shirt, for example, is neither.
5) I think that the fact that these threads end up in ad hominem attacks (I am guilty of this as well) is frustrating. We should be able to have a civil discourse about a shirt and its merit to print or not. Hence, this response to some of the comments that have been made, not in support of this shirt but against those of us who don't think it deserves to print.
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skaake
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runnerfrog13 wrote:nice resub, the background is still reminicient of the previous version. this would also be neat using the same dots you have here, but instead of horizontal lines, put them into moderately wavy lines
I had thought of trying to use wavy lines, but I'm using photoshop 3 and I couldn't get the curves even. I just found out about the free program, "inkscape" from a thread on the "Triceratops" entry. Maybe if I have time I'll try uploading my picture to inkscape and play around with the background.
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kylemittskus
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odysseyroc wrote:I like that the parody versions end up being infinitely more charming than the original.
This is both ironic and sad. This shirt is seriously funny, both in and out of context. And it seriously is better than the [one] that's in the fog. +1 fo' sho'!
"If drinking is bitter, change yourself to wine." -Rainer Maria Rilke
"Champagne is a very kind and friendly thing on a rainy night." -Isak Dinesen
"There are many ways to the recognition of truth; Burgundy is one of them." -Isak Dinesen