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laggyg wrote: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...

Harhar.
And about the receptionist job, of course I could do it, but it would have to be in Maine.

Laggy does woot ever yell at you for getting people off topic?

Re: Urban Safari

I'm gonna buy this if it wins. If it doesn't win though, I'll buy it on Threadless when it wins there >.o Great work!

mrwednesday wrote: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.

Glad you like it , and thanks to everyone who voted!

I always languish over shirt color... trust me I clicked many a time between slate and silver. In the end it just seemed to pop better on the lighter color.

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

Thanks! Me too!

amreli wrote: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.

thanks for checking it out! And thanks again for the suggestion.
Ya that's the fun of being an artist you never stop learning
I'll try to upload a version 2.0
heh heh

ApeLad wrote:Thanks! Me too!

its sooo close!!! Fog dang you! Fooog!!!

Re: Beat Down

Thanks very much marzipan, PixelPants and jmig!

The plan was for this to be weird and have ominous lightning, so in that sense at least it succeeded. ^__^

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

the waves are made out of sand, and people have made "sand castles" out of water.

Re: Watching the Humans

Yeah, cute as all get-out. ^_^

I really like your color choice. A regular blue wouldn't have seemed as cosmic or wearable as this teal kinda blue. +1

loychandler wrote: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?

Ha Ha, no the snake is not stoned, he's in a trance!

Thanks for your suggestions. I'm pretty new to this and have just started using photoshop a couple of months back for making my woot entries. When you say "Triangles on the snake's body and on the girl's dress", do you mean that this sort of 'half-toning' clashes with the way the illustration is done?

Simple but striking. I really like this.

babitha wrote:Interesting title- reverse roles indeed. why not the Lady Charmer instead?

Yes, that would have been good too! This one is called 'snake charmer' because the lady is not just being charmed by the snake, she is also charming the snake

wubupon wrote:I agree that he represents the story well and it is a really nice looking shirt, but I really can't support the idea that it is role reversal. The roles are as follows. The role of the children in the story for most versions is that the children are the victors against the evil witch (in fact in one version, the witch actually is turned into gingerbread) and the role of the witch is as the loser who gets killed by the children. It accurately portrays the roles as is and not the roles reversed. I think that for it to be a true role reversal, the witch should be sitting there waiting to eat the children. Although, even if it were the witch eating the children, it may still not seem like a clear role reversal (possibly because some people have heard a version where the roles are reversed). Honestly, I wouldn't know any good way to be able to settle this dispute.

So the real role reversal should be the three of them happy gathering at the table. That work for both versions.

Re: The Quick Brown Dog

Love it.

Re: THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEWOMAN

Really nice. GMV

blanked wrote: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.

Sorry, didn't think of that.
I will fix it and resubmit it,
thanks

Re: peanut butter and jelly picnic

This is great! I love the colors.

JRSly wrote:Why would an octopus be in a separate bathtub full of water to bathe? It makes no sense!?

Don't think about it, just vote for it!

I really wish this was getting more votes. I want it.

Re: A Baby Ate My Dingo!

When I first looked at the thumbnail I wondered why the baby was eating a turd. Then I opened it up and lol'd. But, I still see is at a turd in the babies mouth.... Sorry!

Re: Watching the Humans

MUST. HAVE. THIS. SHIRT! Come on little star, get into the fog!

Re: Urban Safari

Looks great!!! It's a refreshing departure from simply cutesy designs.

polluxoil wrote:I love all your designs, but I think this one is my favorite of all of them so far. I hope this stays in the fog and prints!

Thanks, polluxoil! I appreciate your continued support.

polluxoil wrote:I love all your designs, but I think this one is my favorite of all of them so far. I hope this stays in the fog and prints!

I agree. This and last weeks designs have been some of your best. I love how you blend clean, sharp line work and atmospheric halftones. Very wearable and very hip.

Re: Watching the Humans

Twinkle, twinkle little t-shirt!

curli76 wrote:Not sure if you're joking. . . I didn't get that it was a Garfield reference at all. It's a human sized orange cat that looks nothing like Garfield. Garfield never playfully wakes up Jon with his paw the way the guy is, so as a role reversal the idea that this is Garfield falls flat, too. It's very obviously a reference to cats who wake their owners up while standing on top of them and incessantly pawing them in the face when all they want to do is sleep. . . not sure where the artists got their idea from, but I posted the same exact idea in the Derby forum, and I also did not have Garfield in mind at all.

Actually when Uniique and I were coming up with ideas, it was all based on my annoying and fat cat Smudge. I didn't even think Garfield, in fact all I could think of was my experiences with my own cats. I can see how people kind of thought it was Garfield, but it really was our own versions of our cats. I did some color tests based on a blue shirt which is why the orangish color came about, it looked good on it. Uniique did an awesome making those colors look great.

stingray69 wrote:Great expressions on the animals.

I think my favorite part of this is the little doodles of the mice exhibiting all the different colors. They're adorable (but alas, not on the shirt..)!

Re: Flying and Swimming

I think the design is fun, but it looks like a dressed up version of Twitter's Fail Whale. Otherwise, I like it.

Re: Now it's our turn

Why are those snowballs attacking Santa Claus with unsharpened pencils? :P

grrlmarvel wrote:Actually when Uniique and I were coming up with ideas, it was all based on my annoying and fat cat Smudge. I didn't even think Garfield, in fact all I could think of was my experiences with my own cats. I can see how people kind of thought it was Garfield, but it really was our own versions of our cats. I did some color tests based on a blue shirt which is why the orangish color came about, it looked good on it. Uniique did an awesome making those colors look great.

I agree; cats don't come in too many colors; you've got orange and several shades of black, white, grey, and brown. On a colorful shirt like this, you gotta go with the orange.

I wasn't accusing anyone of stealing my idea; just saying that I understand where it came from, and it wasn't from Garfield. I really hope this prints.

thewronggrape wrote:I don't really get what the role reversal is here.

What's the common relationship between hippos and rhinos that is being reversed?

Or is it the relationship between birds and hippos that is being reversed? (Birds usually wear hippos on their noses but now look a hippo wearing a bird... um, no.)

To me, a role reversal would be a hippo picking out bugs/scraps from a birds feathers and beak. This, however, doesn't fit the theme IMO.

Agreed. And I don't really understand why the rhino has a pillow on his stomach...

dmaddoxx wrote:Haha. I love the way the magician looks. GMV.

When I saw the magician, I instantly though Harry Potter and Potter Puppet Pals. Wizards are kind of like magicians, right?

bluetuba wrote:Why are those snowballs attacking Santa Claus with unsharpened pencils? :P

Hahaha


It's still a nice looking shirt though. Good job!

Re: Tinkering

My favorite, gmv - would totally buy one if it printed

Re: The Vegetable Man

I cuss,
You cuss,
We all cuss for asparagus.

-Gary Larson

Re: Playing with my pet

this is a great concept and design!

stingray69 wrote: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.

Thanks a lot! Yes, those are indeed halftones, perhaps I should have included a closeup though.

Re: The princess, the dragon, and the prince

nice; like the dragon.

Dont listen to them! The placement is perfect! I would get this for sure

Re: Urban Safari

Incredible fun; agree about the great style for an illustrated book.

Re: Children are terrifying

so cute + such excellent monsters + shadows