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Re: The Angels Have the Phonebook

The image of an angel becomes an angel, what have you done!!! Run for your life!

icymallard wrote:its just that when competing against a shirt of Ramyb's cutesy caliber, there is no chance.

Not really true.
Woot has cultivated an audience that is attracted to the kind of design that RamyB makes.
See DianaSprinkle's fogged entry for an example.

naeylonsidhe wrote:The Two Queens was Patrickspen. He is an amazing artist and had he done this one it would have an entirely different feel to it.

I do like this one though. and I agree the red really pops and looks fantastic.

Yeah, I'm definately not as good as Patrickspen; this is only my fourth entry.

I'll work on making the other demon not so childish. I had wanted something large there, but that was before I put in the spider.

paigeg wrote:You need to pull this down and re-sub on a shirt template. It will be rejected. Also, is the text part of the design, or no?

^This.

effiew wrote:OK, that's hilarious

Must buy!!

catcatattack wrote:This is awesome. I just registered in the hopes I can figure out how to vote for it!

You only get to vote once you've made a purchase (to help ensure fairness).

This shirt is the best representation of cuteness and just the right amount of holiday creepiness without being over the top or even the slightest bit morbid. The shadow reminds me almost of the opening credits to My Neighbor Totoro, but, you know, spooky.

Crossing my fingers for a miracle. My favorite derby entry, I'd love to buy it for my son.

Re: CARVED

Why hasn't this been resubmitted? It's great and I want one.
It's not because he's got another shirt in the derby too, Ghost Grinder? At least I hope not.

DianaSprinkle wrote:The Hallowoot dailies were choosen awhile ago but I'd heartfully recomened submitting some dailies as well to woot. With the quality of your recent entries it's a shame they aren't get the votes needed to print. =D

I agree. You're clearly able to produce fast enough so I would recommend working up at least one every few weeks to submit as a daily. Sad to see this one drop out. You'll get one soon though, I know it.

rkenimer wrote:OK, it dropped out of the fog. This is not good, we need a surprise comeback so we can have a Drakxxx and Coffeybean hallowoot, not a bunch of bunnies.

Coffeybean, please consider submitting this as a hallowoot daily, in case it doesn't win (assuming you haven't already).

DianaSprinkle wrote:The Hallowoot dailies were choosen awhile ago but I'd heartfully recomened submitting some dailies as well to woot. With the quality of your recent entries it's a shame they aren't get the votes needed to print. =D

Well thanks for all the kind words. I had high hopes for this one, but oh well. I definitely want to do some daily entries and have been tossing around some ideas, so we'll see how that goes. Thanks again everyone.
There's always next derby.

Re: Who's next?

WOW, i usually just let out a small giggle when I find something funny.. but this made me laugh like a hyena.. love it rofl

Re: hello pumpkin

AAAAAAAH I LOVE IT

Re: Halloween in love

impressed :D love it!

Re: Candy House

wooo nice

I absolutely LOVE this! It makes the literary geek in me squee; especially 'cause of the Halloween slant.

Re: Two Great Holidays

very nice! =]

Re: Slow Death

Wow, to heck with whether this is halloweeny enough, the idea is awesome and I especially like the way the turtles menacing yet somehow cutesy eye is trained on Senor Snail.
Also, great work on the scythe. It looks great.
Hope this one comes out on top!

Re: Stale Candy Haul

hahaha i love it!

jovan wrote:This should be higher. I might buy it.

I think designs tend to print higher than it often looks on previews...at least for the women's sizes.

I was actually going to comment that I think this design handled the placement of two round objects on the chest quite well, avoiding what is normally problematic. And, of course, the colors are great, I love the use of pink on a Halloween shirt. My only comment is that the neck/spine looks odd, more like an artificial metallic construction as opposed to bones....was that intentional? Finally, I'm sad this isn't doing better. GMV and I typically really don't like skull designs.

Re: Too soon?

what... the.......... .....

Re: Deadlocked

woah, i loveee it! :D

Re: Ghost Grinder V.2

re-voted! Great design, hope it wins!!
BlindDog3D

claranorth wrote:Yeah, I'm definately not as good as Patrickspen; this is only my fourth entry.

I'll work on making the other demon not so childish. I had wanted something large there, but that was before I put in the spider.

Finished fixing it just after the derby closed. Ah, well, thank you all for the input. I'll try and work faster next derby.

coffeybean wrote:Well thanks for all the kind words. I had high hopes for this one, but oh well. I definitely want to do some daily entries and have been tossing around some ideas, so we'll see how that goes. Thanks again everyone.
There's always next derby.

It is sad to admit but cool art usually doesn't print here. It does well at times and I have some somewhat close calls myself with cooler design, but it seems like something the majority doesn't care for. One of the biggest games we have to play as artists is "know your audience," and this design would do a lot better with a different crowd.

I don't want to discourage you from doing stuff like this here (just because I haven't seen it doesn't mean you can't !!!), but I will say you are making it harder for yourself. I hate to say it, but I would recommend your first entry should be something that appeals to woot voters. But really its up to you... I don't even listen to myself, continually doing designs that I know aren't suitable for this crowd. Just thought I would share what I have seen.

Also feel free to view woots print history to get a better understanding of what I am talking about. http://shirtwhat.com/archive_s.php

I do like your style and concepts and wish you the best of luck in future entries.

Re: Who's next?

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Re: A Night in the Life of Dracula

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Re: MONSTRotreme

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Re: Vamp dress up

I agree with Thumper, the mirror needs a "reflection" shine/streaks, also.

Love the retro look and colors. Boots are gr8! Love the nod to Vampirella, too!

I will give it a vote for sexy-chocolate retroness and the fact that she's a redhead.
BlindDog3D

Re: Candy in a Flash.

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Re: FrankE says...

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chumpmagic wrote:It is sad to admit but cool art usually doesn't print here. It does well at times and I have some somewhat close calls myself with cooler design, but it seems like something the majority doesn't care for. One of the biggest games we have to play as artists is "know your audience," and this design would do a lot better with a different crowd.

I don't want to discourage you from doing stuff like this here (just because I haven't seen it doesn't mean you can't !!!), but I will say you are making it harder for yourself. I hate to say it, but I would recommend your first entry should be something that appeals to woot voters. But really its up to you... I don't even listen to myself, continually doing designs that I know aren't suitable for this crowd. Just thought I would share what I have seen.

Also feel free to view woots print history to get a better understanding of what I am talking about. http://shirtwhat.com/archive_s.php

I do like your style and concepts and wish you the best of luck in future entries.

Haha, right after I make this comment it jumps back into the fog... everyones out to prove me wrong... I HOPE !!!!

missmelis wrote:Although they are disgruntled consumers...

OF BRAINS

They are disgruntled because they went to Wall Street and Congress and didn't find any brains.

Re: Owl O'Lantern

Very cool design (cept for the aforementioned edges), +1, but aren't those gradients?

Re: Ghost Grinder V.2

I was so happy this had been staying in the fog, now it's out? Even though it's not really my style personally, it's a great Halloween shirt and, of course, the artwork is amazing. GMV.

Re: Beware of the Raisins

Thanks for all the votes/comments and stories this week everyone! And remember... buy name-brand candy for the young kids with great costumes, and save the raisins for the older "kids" that drove to your neighborhood

Re: Tha't My Boy v.2

I like the navy version better, has more of a night-time feel. I think I'd like it better if the adult's eye were closed as well, but the puppy is adorable!

chumpmagic wrote:It is sad to admit but cool art usually doesn't print here. It does well at times and I have some somewhat close calls myself with cooler design, but it seems like something the majority doesn't care for. One of the biggest games we have to play as artists is "know your audience," and this design would do a lot better with a different crowd.

I don't want to discourage you from doing stuff like this here (just because I haven't seen it doesn't mean you can't !!!), but I will say you are making it harder for yourself. I hate to say it, but I would recommend your first entry should be something that appeals to woot voters. But really its up to you... I don't even listen to myself, continually doing designs that I know aren't suitable for this crowd. Just thought I would share what I have seen.

Also feel free to view woots print history to get a better understanding of what I am talking about. http://shirtwhat.com/archive_s.php

I do like your style and concepts and wish you the best of luck in future entries.

yeah, i understand what you are saying. I usually try to just take it design by design. My first few entries were definitely more simple. These last few, including "whack-a-meerkat" from the safari derby, are the only ones that I've really gone off the deep end with detail and shading. I love doing a simple cartoon style as well. It just depends on what fits the design best. I try to hit both sides of the fence as much as possible. I'll definitely try a simple one next derby.

Re: Get back in your grave

Clever!

Re: Beware of the Raisins

The old movie poster look is very cool - nice job.

Re: Night of the Unwanted Candy (RESUB)

Really well done guys!