Shirt.Woot

jasneko wrote:Thanks omar!

Thanks very much xxchange

The mouse one is also mine - I tried filling in the shine on the jar but it looked a little off I think - but thanks for the suggestion, and so glad you like my style!:D

I also added a yellow teakettle - do you prefer the blue or yellow?

Blue most definitely.

I wonder, did you fill it in as a solid, or did you try a marker-type sketchiness thing? (Not explaining myself well. Sowwy.)

Alright, my culinary experiment is complete.


Toasted nuts, serves 4...



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Narfcake wrote:Too Swedish. My vote goes for blue-on-blue.

Hehe ok thanks. Teatime or Bonjour?

xxchange wrote:Blue most definitely.

I wonder, did you fill it in as a solid, or did you try a marker-type sketchiness thing? (Not explaining myself well. Sowwy.)

Thanks xxchange. I'm not totally sure I understand your question, but as to the coloring, I filled in the teakettle as a solid, and then did the shadowy color with a paintbrush and eraser tool. Not sure if I am answering the right question

jasneko wrote:Thanks xxchange. I'm not totally sure I understand your question, but as to the coloring, I filled in the teakettle as a solid, and then did the shadowy color with a paintbrush and eraser tool. Not sure if I am answering the right question

Yeah, that's what I was asking. I was thinking that perhaps it might looked better filled in with this sort of style:
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/63048/63048,1261313057,4/stock-photo-marker-ink-stroke-sample-template-in-black-blue-and-red-43154590.jpg ...instead of solid...

jasneko wrote:Love it with the details!
One comment - I'm guessing the sausages at the bottom are helping for balance, but they look a little strange. You may want to remove them, or maybe add some detail or something... the whole design is great, but something looks a little off/unmatching in that corner. Or maybe instead of them, you could prop up the toast with a little muffin?

Here is an updated version


I kind of liked the precarious nature of the sausages in the bottom corner... I may try to revisit it before I submit

Thanks for the feed back Jasneko!

Spiritgreen wrote:Alright, my culinary experiment is complete.


Toasted nuts, serves 4...



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I SO want a flaming squirrel...just saying. Freaking awesome, Spirit!

Spiritgreen wrote:Alright, my culinary experiment is complete.


Toasted nuts, serves 4...



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Beautiful artwork, but I don't see the kitchen.

jasneko wrote:Thanks omar!

Thanks very much xxchange

The mouse one is also mine - I tried filling in the shine on the jar but it looked a little off I think - but thanks for the suggestion, and so glad you like my style!:D

I also added a yellow teakettle - do you prefer the blue or yellow?

I prefer the blue as well. If you wanted a different color in there, I might do red or green. Yellow is a little too jarring.

Spiritgreen wrote:Alright, my culinary experiment is complete.


Toasted nuts, serves 4...



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Friggin sweet, Spirit!

wootvan wrote:Beautiful artwork, but I don't see the kitchen.

I think it's okay to show just the cooking process or kitchen implements or chefs. It's more about being inspired by the kitchen concept, not literally showing the four walls of a kitchen.

Right? @_@'


(Thanks for digging the art, wootvan, bassanimation and Radscoolian!)

paigeg wrote:I've been looking at this post for a while, mulling it over. I like the sink washing dishes, Goldberg-style. IMHO, you can't fail with a glitzy, useless contraption. Though, the pretzels are attractive, but 'kitcheny'?
I don't see the animal crackers fitting the theme, and I don't know how the other two would look. Especially with 'really detailed... picures of food'. Tough job with six colors.

Pretzels are easy to make at home, in a kitchen.

For the animal crackers, I was thinking the kitchen = big top. Plates for rings, kitchen towel for the tent, etc. I suspect the food pRon would be the biggest challenge, but I've seen work here of a similar level.

Meh.

paigeg wrote:I love clicking on folks' blog/site links. This one is so cute! In a totally disturbing way, which is a good thing.

Thank you!

Based on the entries I see so far, one would hope that Woot would include Link along with Mario when they want to not outright ban video games from future Derbies.

I think a video game ban needs to happen.

The derby has been open for 20 minutes, and there are like 8 Link entries.

Edit: great minds, eh ChaosDoctor?

One the one hand it's awesome to see so much enthusiasm near the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, but man, that's more Links than a bag of sausages. :D

ChaosDoctor07 wrote:Based on the entries I see so far, one would hope that Woot would include Link along with Mario when they want to not outright ban video games from future Derbies.

I totally agree, at the risk of sounding like everyone's grandpa.

Link is quite the popular one this time around! I'm predicting a "No Link" rule for the next derby. :P

This derby is going to be nuts. Already a huge number of quality entries - great topic!

TonyGreyfox wrote:This derby is going to be nuts. Already a huge number of quality entries - great topic!

Agreed! It was a relief to have a more open topic, wearable ideas flowed better than the past few derbies. Could have done without the video games though!;)

To anyone interested who wants to throw in their preference... still having trouble deciding on the shirt color for this one...
Royal blue, red, brown, baby blue.
Thanks!

jasneko wrote:
To anyone interested who wants to throw in their preference...

Brown seems to help carry out a monotone approach, so it gets my vote.

jasneko wrote:To anyone interested who wants to throw in their preference... still having trouble deciding on the shirt color for this one...
Royal blue, red, brown, baby blue.
Thanks!

I really like the red!

Gotta say.
Nothing says "in the kitchen" like a video game elf.
Tell ya whut.

ChaosDoctor07 wrote:Based on the entries I see so far, one would hope that Woot would include Link along with Mario when they want to not outright ban video games from future Derbies.

Not to toot my own horn, but I pointed this out before this Derby even opened.

ETA: ... TOOOOOTTT!! TOOOOTT!

missmelis wrote:Not to toot my own horn, but I pointed this out before this Derby even opened.

ETA: ... TOOOOOTTT!! TOOOOTT!

If you were tooting any more of your own horns, you'd be Gamzee Makara.

ChaosDoctor07 wrote:If you were tooting any more of your own horns, you'd be Gamzee Makara.

LOL, I wonder how many people will get that Homestuck reference?

DianaSprinkle wrote:LOL, I wonder how many people will get that Homestuck reference?

All of them, now that you've referenced the reference :p

DianaSprinkle wrote:LOL, I wonder how many people will get that Homestuck reference?

ChaosDoctor07 wrote:All of them, now that you've referenced the reference :p

I still don't get the reference (Homestuck?), but I shall smile and nod and hope it's not meant to imply that I was being horribly obnoxious with the horn-tooting.

What I wouldn't give for just one derby to ban both pop culture AND animals. Crazy, I know.

I love Star Trek and I love food, I even love the drawing, but why is Picard hawking pastries? Why is Darth Vader flipping eggs? Why is there a cat making bread? Why is there a bowl full of Super Mario power ups? It just doesn't make any sense to me.

Am I thinking too hard?

missmelis wrote:I still don't get the reference (Homestuck?), but I shall smile and nod and hope it's not meant to imply that I was being horribly obnoxious with the horn-tooting.

1. I highly advise looking into it.

2. Nope. You could almost say that I was "trolling" you...

Spiritgreen wrote:One the one hand it's awesome to see so much enthusiasm near the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, but man, that's more Links than a bag of sausages. :D

It's not enthusiasm, it's trying to capitalize on the release of something popular. It's trying to recreate what bass did with Portal.

Most of all, it's sad and disappointing.

It also excludes a lot of people. Hate to say it, but I don't play video games. Last video game I thought was worthwhile was Asteroids. So, all the Link references are completely unappealing to me. I wouldn't even buy one for my BFF who is very into Zelda, since I don't know enough to know if one is a 'good' play on the game or not.

Where have all the rejected shirts gone? I don't see any, is woot changing the game?

WierdBMD wrote:Where have all the rejected shirts gone? I don't see any, is woot changing the game?

I was wondering this as well...So far, based on shirt.what, no shirt has been rejected; if anything, they've been removed.

This was my late-night entry. It's my tribute to Homer's conquering of the Murderhorn.

laurafoy wrote:What I wouldn't give for just one derby to ban both pop culture AND animals. Crazy, I know.

I love Star Trek and I love food, I even love the drawing, but why is Picard hawking pastries? Why is Darth Vader flipping eggs? Why is there a cat making bread? Why is there a bowl full of Super Mario power ups? It just doesn't make any sense to me.

Am I thinking too hard?

The cat is making bread because cats knead, and you knead bread. It's a logical deduction to me. Even Darth Vader makes a bit of sense as he's a parent, and parents often cook for their children. The Mario breakfast made me chuckle because breakfast IS essentially a power-up for the average person.

I'm just saying most of those aren't just shameless "LET ME ADD THIS REFERENCE FOR VOTES" They have a clear thought process behind them.

Meh I've worked as a cook for the better part of a decade in both pastry and savory and nothing currently in the fog is floating my boat. I'm disappointed. I was super excited when I saw the theme.

jasneko wrote:Agreed! It was a relief to have a more open topic, wearable ideas flowed better than the past few derbies. Could have done without the video games though!;)

To anyone interested who wants to throw in their preference... still having trouble deciding on the shirt color for this one...
Royal blue, red, brown, baby blue.
Thanks!

Red!

Here's my entry this week:

Trouble in the Kitchen of the Ristorante

there absolutely have to be a BAN on videogames characters or any existing icons overall. Pictures are not allowed so we can consider videogame icons as pictures too because they were designed and thought through by other people. Using these characters is cheap and very unoriginal. But most of the public will vote for those entries because they seem so familiar. I am all 100% for originality when it comes to this kind of contest. Artists and designers should come up with their own and be rewarded for that. Otherwise, seeing how many entries with unoriginal characters get a lot of votes may encourage the artists to become less and less original which is a big no-no

sirend wrote:there absolutely have to be a BAN on videogames characters or any existing icons overall. Pictures are not allowed so we can consider videogame icons as pictures too because they were designed and thought through by other people. Using these characters is cheap and very unoriginal. But most of the public will vote for those entries because they seem so familiar. I am all 100% for originality when it comes to this kind of contest. Artists and designers should come up with their own and be rewarded for that. Otherwise, seeing how many entries with unoriginal characters get a lot of votes may encourage the artists to become less and less original which is a big no-no

I wish there were more people like you.