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Re: Split Personality

Very cool/abstract design. I love how you can flip it and it works upsidedown too...very cool touch! GMV but as ocho said, it may be too abstract for wooters - from my limited experience here they tend to prefer the more cutesy, straightforward designs...

You'll have to let us know if you sub this somewhere else...I'm pretty new here, and I've never been to any of the other t-shirt sites but I'd be more than willing to sign up somewhere else to help vote =)

Re: Killer Penguin

This might just be the greatest t-shirt I've ever seen

Re: Good Morning!

I love it! My two cats play King-Of-The-Hill during the night with my wife's butt.

Re: Fantasy

Yeah, this is the kind of thing I was hoping for in this derby. A word of caution, it looks like you have gradients at the edge of your design. If you used halftones to achieve that fade effect, you may want to show a close up or risk rejection. It's hard to tell in the images you used. Also, voters typically dislike when designs fade out like that. You're better of having one complete graphic. Cool design, though.

matthewart wrote:
I tried to upload the new and improved Forbidden Robot. But to no avail. Curse my noobie-ness. If any one is interested it can be seen on my site right here: www.matthewart.com

Not sure if this is what you were trying to do, but if you want to use the updated design you'll have to submit it as a completely separate entry. It happens here all the time. Call it Forbidden Robot 2.0 or something.

Re: Fly Swatter of Doom

I like the updated colors better...I think it pops more on the black shirt. Nicely done. The new thumbnail is a plus too, glad someone listens to me every once in a while =P heh...

ApeLad wrote:Very nice! He's got a bit of an Invader Zim vibe. GMV.

Pshhh...way to steal my comment from the original version's thread! haha j/k =P

The "of DOOOOOM!" in the title screams even more Zim than the original design did too. I love it! =D

Re: Skull and Cross Katanas

EVERYONE knows Ninjas and Pirates are mortal enemies. Nice mash-up of the two...but I'm not really seeing the role reversal. Maybe if there were ninjas on a boat flying this flag or something...

Still a REALLY cool design though!

Re: Cat Toy

Great expressions on the animals.

Re: Be the Ball

This should be doing much better in the voting. Hopefully you'll at least get an Honorable Mention out of this.

Re: The princess, the dragon, and the prince

If only it were a dragon saving a prince from an evil princess…now *that*'s role reversal.

I noticed two things that make this feel a little off. First, the scale isn't accurate. Orcas are bigger than penguins but not that much bigger. However, I think it just makes the shirt that much more epic in the end. Second, I think the perspective is weird with the mecha's left flipper in front of the whale. I'm having a tough time figuring that out. Still, I'd love to wear this shirt.

matthewart wrote:You are quite right amreli... I can't believe I didn't catch that. I redrew the hand and arm. A HUGE IMPROVEMENT. Thank you for your eagle eyed critique.

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I tried to upload the new and improved Forbidden Robot. But to no avail. Curse my noobie-ness. If any one is interested it can be seen on my site right here: www.matthewart.com

I look closely at others' work if it's drawn well to try to learn for my own benefit! It does look much better in the revised version. And yes, like someone else mentioned, you need to upload a completely separate entry and you need to add v2 or something to the title.

Re: Udderdentified Flying Object

The high-five makes this design.

Re: Nothing is free in the forest On GREEN Now!

While hiking in forest, He saw coffee and doughnuts in the forest with a small for free sign and thought he'd have some, a bear was lying in wait. Well we see the results.

No One Leaves Coffee and Doughnuts in the Middle of the Forest!!
Moral of the story nothings free in the forest.

strawberryicee wrote:i agree. same faces and similar arms and legs with only slight modifications. if you asked me, i'd say that PatrickSpens made himself a separate account and modified his drawings ever so slightly to pass them off as another artist's drawing (don't know why he would do such a thing). either that or someone else is plagiarizing his work because this looks all too similar to the classic PatrickSpens style / coloring. just my thoughts.

The faces and arms/legs are very generic versions, so I don't think that's a valid factor...you can find plenty of other designs with those kind of faces and/or arms and legs. Overall, the design is much less polished than patrickspens' work (no offense to the artist, because I think it still looks great). And as for color palette, he was originally working on a Royal Blue template in the pre-derby thread, which was NOT a patrickspens kind of palette. I don't think it's similar enough to be considered plagiarism, I think it's someone trying to improve their style. Also, his first submission was in Derby #92 (woo, shirt.what!), so makes even less sense.

Re: Split Personality

I think I just spent a full 7 minutes staring at this design rightside up and upside down. So much attention to detail!

Do not feed the trolls.

thatrobert wrote:Please UNVOTE this version and VOTE for the new improved version here: http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=54352

But... I like this one better.

Re: Forbidden Robot

Hi! I just wanted to say that even though we just happened to have the same idea, I really REALLY like your shirt! It's very cute. GMV!

Re: Fly Swatter of Doom

This shirt is so cool! Like many others who came before me, I LOVE the Invader ZIM-ness of it. And I like the new title, too.

Re: Snake Charmer

Very good concept. However, the mix of illustration and vector graphics does not match (Triangles on the snake's body and on the girl's dress). Pick one style and stick with it.

Is the snake supposed to look stoned?

Re: Forbidden Robot

Powder Puff Girls Meets Wall-E at forbidden planet!?! Isn't this Anime style terribly pop culture? Bug out eyes may be cute to 10 year olds. Demographics over age 12 please.

oldbdeyes wrote:Yay!! Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy

evilaelf wrote:Beat me to it!

Cute shirt!

Hee!
I was actually inspired by my previous "My other car is a mustang" attempt, but I certainly did think of the song while I was doing it.
And thanks!

Re: Death Gives Life

Love in the eyes of death! And the carnivorous plant... you made such a great comment here on the circle of life. Hope it moves up!

This is my favorite! I hope it scootches up into the Fog!

Narfcake wrote:Hahaha! ... but where's the exercise wheel?

GMV anyways.

Should have an exercise bike!

noisdois wrote:lol, I wish that counted for two votes...

Me too, but I'm a one-account kind of guy =P haha

gayemeyer wrote:Yay! I finally purchased a shirt and so i voted on your awesomeness!

Good deal! I remember talking about that with you and Ocho a few derbies ago. So what shirt did you end up going with? My money is on "Shelf Life" - I know MY mom loved that design, and we just got ours in the mail a few days ago. Don't worry, she promised not to wear it if I'm wearing mine and vice versa =P hahaha

ochopika wrote:Hah, you working people and your work (I'm still looking for that). I love your analysis of the cat's expression, lol.

Hey, look at it this way...being unemployed gives you more time to perfect your already-awesome designs! =D

And I'm a master at doggie facial expresions (as a former dog-trainer I kind-of had to be) so it's only natural that cats would be my next step while working at a vet. And speaking of...we're looking for a full-time receptionist, are you good at answering phones?

wubupon wrote:I just realized. The cat looks like your boyfriend :-D

If that's the case, her boyfriend must be a real sour-puss...heh...see what I did there? Ok, ok...it was Sirius GPP, I know...

Re: Neglected Pets

Hahah, awesome!

Narfcake wrote:I'll raise your 98# Rottweiler with a 110# English Mastiff. And she's a lightweight at that.

Yah, even for a female that IS a lightweight for an English Mastiff. I just had to give a bath to a 205-pounder at the vet I work at the other day. No easy task =P Thankfully he was a laid-back sort (in typical Mastiff fashion) and didn't put up a fight. We couldn't lift him into the tub so we had to break out the extention hose and wash him in a run instead...

Re: Ocean of Sky

The design is really spectacular! I don't really like the shirt color choice though. I think slate might have been better, and it makes me wish we still had heather grey because I think that would be perfect.

Re: Scissors, Paper, Rock

good lord you are brilliant

rglee129 wrote:Anyways, I'm not sure why they don't seem unified. I even drew them together as one picture. I honestly am not bothered by it or it anything, but I really need to step away from designs for a week or so to get a fresh vantage sometimes.

I don't think the average person will really care. I'm not sure I'd notice it just passing by on a shirt. The concept is clear and as I said the art is really well done.

Giving it a second look, I think what is causing the disconnect for me is that the penguin mecha has so much depth. It really pops out of the shirt. The orca by comparison looks really flat, which is what was giving it that postery look I mentioned the first time. So the perspective looks out of phase.

Anyway, good luck and I hope it's a print!

Re: Flying and Swimming

Looks fantastic! I'd much prefer royal to light blue, but it really doesn't take anything away from the design.

Also, it seems like it's been a long time since you've submitted. Welcome back!...?

Re: Shoot the Curl

Looks really good. I'm really missing something though because I don't get it.

Re: Honey Farmer

I'm really sad I didn't click on this one earlier. It's really great. The bee cow is hilarious and the design looks great on the shirt.

stingray69 wrote:But... I like this one better.

Oh yeah? How so?

Re: Back Side of the Moon

Very funny!!!

Re: The Raindrop's Umbrella

This is nice. But a higher placement would be better (and maybe the Drop a bit larger), as is the ground will wind up being across the nipples or lower of us girls.

Re: Watching the Humans

Thanks marzipanapple glad you liked ,

Hey wubupon maybe its that way as many scientists say we are star dust , or as Moby say we are all made of stars! (o;

Thanks a lot for your vote and words harrylives7 , thanks jchristianreed , and thanks to all supporting this one , appreciated! (o;