Shirt.Woot

Josephus wrote:heh. a LOT quickerer. can get the older intuoses fairly cheap on auction sites, and really are wondrous.

I bought an Intuos 2 6x8 for $15 at Goodwill.

There's also the tablets from Monoprice too.

Working on this pesky fellow.

jasneko wrote:... in which case that leads to another question - shadow side, 1 or 2?

Door #2 for me.

Narfcake wrote:I bought an Intuos 2 6x8 for $15 at Goodwill.

There's also the tablets from Monoprice too.

Does this mean we'll see Narfcake entries soon?

cdrewlow wrote:Does this mean we'll see Narfcake entries soon?

If by "soon", you mean after I hit Woot shirt #500 ...

(My experience is in AutoCAD, not Photoshop.)

nblottie wrote:Didn't think I would get this done before tonight, but here it is. 4 Colors on black. Hope you all like it!



Also, I think a sheep CLONE TROOPER is next on the list of animal star wars. We'll see.

I think you should consider letting the black of the shirt show through on the eyes.

Here's the final comp

nblottie wrote:Didn't think I would get this done before tonight, but here it is. 4 Colors on black. Hope you all like it!



Also, I think a sheep CLONE TROOPER is next on the list of animal star wars. We'll see.

Now I want a Boba Fetch shirt so I can have the set...if this prints. Off to teetrade!

Mere moments until the derby opens, and I haven't been able to get a design idea out of my head. If I see a similar idea go up, I won't mention it again. If not, hmm...maybe I'll hit one you guys up with a rough sketch that you could take further?

Uh...I'm seeing a lot of Nyan Cat parodies. I thought that there were problems with copyright last time there was a Nyan Cat parody.

Ahahaha...haha...

...holy Nyancat, Batman.

anemality wrote:Ahahaha...haha...

...holy Nyancat, Batman.

heh...yea. I thought everyone forgot about him. I'll probably make another non-nyan design later this weekend.

bluejester wrote:Uh...I'm seeing a lot of Nyan Cat parodies. I thought that there were problems with copyright last time there was a Nyan Cat parody.

Yup.

It's like a deluge of nyan cats.

LOL, I managed to finish 4 designs. Though this looks to be a super tough derby. Not expecting much but here are my finals:









Fling designs into the maw of the grinder that is the derby!

ChronoSquall14 wrote:It's like a deluge of nyan cats.

Although some of them (this one) are GENIUS!

There's....too many entries that I want...to comment on them all!!! I want about half the derby right now. GIVE!!! :D Awesome work, art folk!

I usually vote for most things involving cats because I am a crazy cat lady. chocolate what am I going to do?!

:reads Derby theme:
:looks at submissions:
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Here's my latest losing entry. It's dedicated to my cat Naki and his Facebook page.


Click here to meet Naki, the cat who brings me things.

Yay, cats! My favorite thing in the world! I'm going to want lots of these shirts...

At long last, my kitty pile is complete! Evil laugh!

(did you just say evil laugh?)

Yes, yes I did.

Narfcake wrote:I bought an Intuos 2 6x8 for $15 at Goodwill.

There's also the tablets from Monoprice too.

+1 to this. I've had my Monoprice tablet for... shoot over a year now. Absolutely no problems and so cheap. A great buy.

Does anyone else find themselves singing "The Internet is Made of Cats" as they look at all these entries?

suzer22 wrote:Does anyone else find themselves singing "The Internet is Made of Cats" as they look at all these entries?

I don't, but I have noticed a marked uptic in the number of banner ads for cat arthritis medicine during the last 24 hours ...

...anyone for takeout?

It would be nice to see something other than the same people and the same cutsey, unoriginal, 5-minute designs winning over and over again.

22 pages of comments in the first few days?
That must be some kind of record.

Is the 'no photographs' rule derby specific or is that a default?

I think the no pics things is a normal woot limitation, not derby specific.

What's happening with the rejecteds? There were a few, and now...all gone. Even shirt.what is showing 'removed' but not rejected, and there are some that aren't showing at all.

I'm trying to figure out the rejection anomalies myself. There are some photos that are rejected and other that are not. Not that I care, I'm just trying to understand the rules.

Mavyn wrote:I think the no pics things is a normal woot limitation, not derby specific.

What's happening with the rejecteds? There were a few, and now...all gone. Even shirt.what is showing 'removed' but not rejected, and there are some that aren't showing at all.

Dolemite wrote:I'm trying to figure out the rejection anomalies myself. There are some photos that are rejected and other that are not. Not that I care, I'm just trying to understand the rules.

Sorry, the 2nd part of my post was unrelated. There are some shirts in this derby that went up Friday, were showing rejected Sunday, and now are gone. They past the 24 hour 'artist can delete' time, but somehow are gone now. Strange.

In reference to the photo issue, the big concern is a)copyright. You have to prove that you own the rights to the image, and that can be difficult. And b) printing. Photographs are often not printable. So, if you want to create a design of your sink cat, the photo can be a reference, but you can't just slap it in on a template, reduce color and flatten--you'll end up with gradients and lines/dots too small to print.

I have a question ...

Currently there are two Star Wars themed shirts sitting comfortably in the fog, and a third steadily rising to join them.

When next weekend arrives, if Woot then proceeds to print three "Darth-Vader-as-a-kitty-with-a-ball-of-string-Death-Star" shirts in the space of three days, will we finally see the "No Star Wars" rule become a more permanent fixture for the derbies?

I'd like to start seeing "no memes" as a derby rule.

endangeredomega wrote:I have a question ...

Currently there are two Star Wars themed shirts sitting comfortably in the fog, and a third steadily rising to join them.

When next weekend arrives, if Woot then proceeds to print three "Darth-Vader-as-a-kitty-with-a-ball-of-string-Death-Star" shirts in the space of three days, will we finally see the "No Star Wars" rule become a more permanent fixture for the derbies?

Hmm I sort of doubt two of those will print seeing as one of the two in the fog kept dropping in and out and the other that's out of the fog is taking it's time to get in the fog... on the other hand I wouldn't mind the Star Wars ban being back now and then. At least while Star Wars is seeing an uptick because of the 3d release.

how do i enter a shirt in the derby?

cass413 wrote:how do i enter a shirt in the derby?

start with the derby entry page, read everything there for technical requirements for the electronic files to submit. for this week's derby, you only have half a day left or so to create and enter a design. derbies submission window closes every week at noon central time wednesday.

Where's Meowth? Shouldn't he be blasting off into the fog?

I'm in so much trouble. I want them ALL!!

lutherann wrote:I'd like to start seeing "no memes" as a derby rule.

Tempted to agree.