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This is going to be great! I love Astronomy

I predict 3 wolves parodies. Please, artists...just say Noooooooo!

What's with all of the "no pop culture" derbies lately? I am getting sick of these artsy shirts. Can we please have a fun derby again soon?

pureval wrote:What's with all of the "no pop culture" derbies lately? I am getting sick of these artsy shirts. Can we please have a fun derby again soon?

Given the number of shirts that have been pulled because of copy right concerns, I suspect this rule is going to be around until shirt.Woot can sort out specific rules. It's a hazy line, and difficult to know what will fly and what will result in a lawsuit. Even having to defend a design is going to cost them a lot of money, so I can't fault them for being cautious.

pureval wrote:What's with all of the "no pop culture" derbies lately? I am getting sick of these artsy shirts. Can we please have a fun derby again soon?

Yeah, because there aren't hundreds of websites churning out thousands upon thousands of pop-culture shirts.

Have you been on Woot lately? They're kind of everywhere, and I'm rather sick of it.

meatier stuff, or METEOR stuff? I see what you did there. Clever, Woot.

Or maybe you didn't planet that way.

curli76 wrote:meatier stuff, or METEOR stuff? I see what you did there. Clever, Woot.

Or maybe you didn't planet that way.

hahaha, so good curli, I actually tried to click "like" below your post.

Hey everyone,

I was thinking on resubmitting my "Underwater Galaxy" with a few changes...



What do you think?

BTW, what are the rules for resubmitting a previous derby design to another derby?

Edit: I plan to submit a new design too.

pureval wrote:What's with all of the "no pop culture" derbies lately? I am getting sick of these artsy shirts. Can we please have a fun derby again soon?

Art isn't fun? o_o

juliaL719 wrote:Have you been on Woot lately? They're kind of everywhere, and I'm rather sick of it.

10 in 30, so long as you define Monty Python as Pop Culture. Of those ten 8 aren't from Derbies, and of the 2 that are from Derbies one is eight months old. Since 15 of the 30 are derby prints there's a FAR greater instance of Pop culture in Non derby shirts (50%) than in Derby Shirts (13%).

Also, of the 7 that will be voted off teh island, only 3 are popculture right now, and there's a chance one of those 3 will be replaced with an non-pop by Monday.

anemality wrote:Art isn't fun? o_o

It's not that art isn't fun, it's that people who have a wealth of thought investing in pop-culture (read 75% of people) find insperation in pop culture. Derbies which exclude this exlude those people as well. The fact that 33% of the shirts woot currently prints (see above)including 3 of the top 5, show that there's a demand for it.

No pop culture derbies tend to have 1/3 of the submission rate. I really want to come up with a design for this one, but I'm not coming up with anything but Pluto and pop culture.

Well. I'm gonna make something specifically for this derby, but I also have this design that I made like a month ago and I think it could work, don't you? ROCKSTAR. It's one of those silly things...but it always makes me smile :D

wirdou wrote:Well. I'm gonna make something specifically for this derby, but I also have this design that I made like a month ago and I think it could work, don't you? ROCKSTAR. It's one of those silly things...but it always makes me smile :D

Aw, made me smile too! I'm looking forward to what other ideas you come up with. I was a big fan of Family Portrait.

omarfeliciano wrote:Hey everyone,



BTW, what are the rules for resubmitting a previous derby design to another derby?

Resubmits must have 'significant' changes made. There's not really a better definition. Re-arranging the elements won't cut it, you'll need to add, remove, change coloring, etc.

wirdou wrote:Well. I'm gonna make something specifically for this derby, but I also have this design that I made like a month ago and I think it could work, don't you? ROCKSTAR. It's one of those silly things...but it always makes me smile :D

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42701982/rockstar.png

Throw that up there! I'd wager it gets a Honorable Mention, if not Fogged.

bounty42 wrote:No pop culture derbies tend to have 1/3 of the submission rate. I really want to come up with a design for this one, but I'm not coming up with anything but Pluto and pop culture.

That's because it takes skill and creativity to think of your own ideas or clever interpretations on a theme instead of just mooching off somebody elses previous work.

There are thousands of pop culture tee sites out there because ANYBODY can come up with that stuff, it's not special.

Is it just me or is this theme like many of the recent themes in the last 2-3 months recycled?

Good timing, I just wore this the other day:



I always have to explain it (including to my mother) but I love this shirt nonetheless.

midgerock wrote:Is it just me or is this theme like many of the recent themes in the last 2-3 months recycled?

Derby 99, The Sun
Derby 103, Outer Space
Derby 183, The Stars

I'm not sure what you possibly could be talking about. ;)

bluetuba wrote:That's because it takes skill and creativity to think of your own ideas or clever interpretations on a theme instead of just mooching off somebody elses previous work.

There are thousands of pop culture tee sites out there because ANYBODY can come up with that stuff, it's not special.

So we'll do a fancy one, get 1/3 the options, Ramyb, PatrickPens, and 1 other guy will get thier shirts printed, they'll survive the 3 weeks it takes for newb status to expire, then be reckoned with fewer sales than a Pop Culture shirt would have done on day 1.

I prefer to think that there's thousands of pop culture tee sites out there because EVERYONE wants to buy pop culture stuff.

Astronomy.

Far out man.

I have a designed I started awhile ago but never finished. I'm thinking of completing it for the derby.

Really rough sketch of it (colors definitely not final):



It's a chicken constellation sitting on the planets in our solar system.

The background is actually an inkwash I scanned. Not sure if I'll keep using that or if I'll just redo the background digitally though. The reason I never finished it before is because I'm having trouble deciding how to proceed with representing the background and the nest in a deep space kind of way.

I have this unfinished work, what do you think?

I've been sitting on this rejected daily sub for a couple of months. Looks like I'll be entering it in this derby

Across the Mocha Way

odysseyroc wrote:I've been sitting on this rejected daily sub for a couple of months. Looks like I'll be entering it in this derby

Across the Mocha Way

Ooh. Lovely work.

Naolito wrote:I have this unfinished work, what do you think?

I think you need to add a giant sattelite golf club just ready to know this thing into further orbit.

bounty42 wrote:So we'll do a fancy one, get 1/3 the options, Ramyb, PatrickPens, and 1 other guy will get thier shirts printed, they'll survive the 3 weeks it takes for newb status to expire, then be reckoned with fewer sales than a Pop Culture shirt would have done on day 1.

I prefer to think that there's thousands of pop culture tee sites out there because EVERYONE wants to buy pop culture stuff.

Exactly! Great point! Why would anyone want choice? My gourd! What's the point of McDonalds offering chicken nuggets? EVERYONE wants burgers, NOBODY eats chicken. Down with chicken! Burgerz roolz!

Also, for those caring, here is a graphic of derby pop/non-pop restrictions going back to Derby 206. It has nothing to do with which entry won in each, only which derby allowed it.

First sketch -
Another year older!

j5 wrote:Exactly! Great point! Why would anyone want choice? My gourd! What's the point of McDonalds offering chicken nuggets? EVERYONE wants burgers, NOBODY eats chicken. Down with chicken! Burgerz roolz!

Also, for those caring, here is a graphic of derby pop/non-pop restrictions going back to Derby 206. It has nothing to do with which entry won in each, only which derby allowed it.

Reminded me of Marshal from HIMYM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaIGSOvjYec

omarfeliciano wrote:Hey everyone,

I was thinking on resubmitting my "Underwater Galaxy" with a few changes...



What do you think?

BTW, what are the rules for resubmitting a previous derby design to another derby?

Edit: I plan to submit a new design too.

Personally, I think you should go more along the lines of what you did with 'Fire and Ice' and maybe use similar textures with planets and/or stars or whatever else that inspires you in this next derby.. but that's just my opinion.

well since the derby theme is recycled why not recycle and rework a previously subbed derby design. I present "Hipstars". I can hear the moans already. I was hoping to see if woot would consider glow in the dark on this as well having the glasses and stahce glow in the dark.

j5 wrote:Exactly! Great point! Why would anyone want choice? My gourd! What's the point of McDonalds offering chicken nuggets? EVERYONE wants burgers, NOBODY eats chicken. Down with chicken! Burgerz roolz!

Also, for those caring, here is a graphic of derby pop/non-pop restrictions going back to Derby 206. It has nothing to do with which entry won in each, only which derby allowed it.

What does the black represent?

Mavyn wrote:Derby 99, The Sun
Derby 103, Outer Space
Derby 183, The Stars

I'm not sure what you possibly could be talking about. ;)

So the last space related derby was about a year ago? It's one thing to have just a couple of weeks in between similar contests, but I feel like a year is a reasonable amount of time. Plus, there are some folks, like me, who only joined within the last year, so while the topic might seem recycled to some, it's new to others.

In woot's defense, there are only so many topics that they can come up with. I'm sure there are times when the folks at woot are saying "what the heck should we do this week?" After a derby that had distinct guidelines (you had to know the art style in order to enter), this topic is a bit more open in terms of what people can come up with. There can be the more artistic ones, but then there can also be ones that skew towards the crowd that likes the cute designs.

bounty42 wrote:It's not that art isn't fun, it's that people who have a wealth of thought investing in pop-culture (read 75% of people) find insperation in pop culture. Derbies which exclude this exlude those people as well. The fact that 33% of the shirts woot currently prints (see above)including 3 of the top 5, show that there's a demand for it.

No pop culture derbies tend to have 1/3 of the submission rate. I really want to come up with a design for this one, but I'm not coming up with anything but Pluto and pop culture.

It's called forcing people outside of their comfort zone.

I like pop culture, I generally find it amusing. I groan every time I don't see that rule up for derbies, however, because it means it will be flooded with Mario/video games/ninja turtles/etc. The world really only needs so many Legend of Zelda shirts.

I like the pop culture entries from time to time, but with a subject as inherently beautiful and artistic as astronomy, I am totally behind no pop culture.

aerc712 wrote:In woot's defense, there are only so many topics that they can come up with. I'm sure there are times when the folks at woot are saying "what the heck should we do this week?" After a derby that had distinct guidelines (you had to know the art style in order to enter), this topic is a bit more open in terms of what people can come up with. There can be the more artistic ones, but then there can also be ones that skew towards the crowd that likes the cute designs.

They don't actually have to think that hard - there's a multi-page thread where people have suggested tons of great themes that could be used for derbies.

I like the pop-culture bans... It seems like every time we have a pop-culture derby it turns into a festival of TMNT, nyan-cats, etc. There's tons of other shirt sites that offer that sort of thing; There aren't many that offer what we get here.

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citizencoyote wrote:It's called forcing people outside of their comfort zone.

I like pop culture, I generally find it amusing. I groan every time I don't see that rule up for derbies, however, because it means it will be flooded with Mario/video games/ninja turtles/etc. The world really only needs so many Legend of Zelda shirts.

Derby 246 - 2 of top 9 were pop culture
242 - 2
239 - 4 (This was Year of Birth, so it was pop)
238 - 3
237 - 3

If we're flooded with anything it's Kiawii or turtle/bunny/penguins.

Also, for the one who asked, blacks are Second Chance Derbies, so everything was a previous submission.

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And just for References:
246 - Animals in History of 138 Submissions
2 Ninja Turtles, 1 Mario, 0 Zelda/Nyah cat/video game, 0 Turles, 6 Bunnies, 8 Penguins, 16 mice!

242 - One Word (spell your image) of 350 Submissions
2 TMNT, 6 video game, 0 Mario/Zelda/Nyah cat, 1 Turles, 1 Bunny

239 - Year you were born of 196 Submissions
1 TMNT, 0 Nyah Cat, 3 Penguins, 1 Turtle, 1 Bunny, 5 Mario, 2 Zelda, 12 Video game

...so long as you define Monty Python as Pop Culture....

please stop talking now.