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It's okay, I can cross your path now!

edit: the items are:

lucky number seven
lucky number eight (chinese culture)
ladybug
rabbit's foot
and....
heart
star
horseshoe
clover
blue moon
pot of gold
rainbow
red balloon :P

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But seriously, it's mai lucky charms.

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Poor, poor kitty. It didn't choose to be unlucky.

Thats not really lucky its just super unlucky. now there is no luck left. i think your logic is flawed.

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Srsly I wants to huggg kitteh... And also I wants to steel hiz golds...

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wicked design!

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Is that Death's lucky sickle behind the horse shoe?

you could have done better. Nice concept. Pretty bad artwork. Maybe an extra night would have been better

Cute idea! It's hard to see on the black shirt though, so I think I would like this better on a lighter color. It would make it more cheerful too

Cat with pig feet?

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I don't know if i am following the logic here...
Black cat on a black shirt? His he suppose to be camouflaged into the background?

In addition i would like to finally see something that's not a chibi animal for once. You can only "beat a dead horse" so much until you finally realize it is dead.

Funny how the generic lucky symbols used on this shirt look IDENTICAL to those on Ramy's horrible bad luck shirt...

Draug wrote:But seriously, it's mai lucky charms.

srsly.

sekiyoku wrote:It's okay, I can cross your path now!

edit: the items are:

lucky number seven
lucky number eight (chinese culture)
ladybug
rabbit's foot
and....
heart
star
horseshoe
clover
blue moon
pot of gold
rainbow
red balloon :P

LOVE IT! GMV.

Though, I did think that the blue moon was a blade, I think it is because of the shimmer/shine effect. But, now that I read what it is, I can tell it is a blue moon.

I think this is a great shirt. It's adorable and if you have a heart you can't help but feel bad for the poor black cat. He's just trying to improve his image.

Also in decent lighting it should be no problem seeing the cat in this shirt. I wouldn't wear it on the street at night I guess.. assuming I want the occasional person crossing my path on the dimly lit street at night to see my cat shirt. Other woot shirts are harder to make out. No one I know has ever seen cookie monster on his blue shirt.

As for the "chibi cat" claim, it's just a normal cat. It's not a realistic cat but it's a normal cartoonish cat. It's not like her dog in the lucky pup shirt (not that I have a problem with the dog).

Also Colim09 is just plain wrong. Everyone used these items. They don't LOOK anything like the ones in Ramy's design.

I have a good feeling that if you wash this t-shirt a few times then everything is just going to fade away into the background.

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i'm one of those people who like my shirts to be understood the first time you see it, not a where's waldo search. saying that sometimes you don't need to throw everything in. just having a pot of gold with clovers on it, maybe a ladybug flying around, and then put the rabbit's foot on the cat i think would be enough.

as for the red balloon, while i know its in lucky charms i've never understood how its lucky, can someone clue me in?

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Uhh, black on black? People do know that this will print nearly invisibly, right? Look through the forums for pics of Nevermore shirts...

My feelings and opinions regarding the artist and this shirt style aside, it is an objectively true statement that this shirt will not print well.

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I really hope that that cat's stationary... otherwise his tail's about to break. I'd seriously reconsider the choice of a black shirt. The cat's going to be invisible.

I was wondering what was up with the fog (about half of which is nothing but poorly-drawn animals) but then I looked at who was contributing...

odysseyroc wrote:Is that Death's lucky sickle behind the horse shoe?

Ahhh-hahahahaha!

Exactly what I thought. In fact, I thought that the Seki justification story was going to talk about how the dog was really an evil dog who had stolen the Grim Reaper's scythe and hid it amongst the lucky looking things and was going on a leprechaun killing spree. I suppose my brain is a little twisted.

Edit: Oh, it's a cat. Sorry. My mistake.

nyren wrote:Uhh, black on black? People do know that this will print nearly invisibly, right? Look through the forums for pics of Nevermore shirts...

My feelings and opinions regarding the artist and this shirt style aside, it is an objectively true statement that this shirt will not print well.

i think the gray will show up on the black. the asphalt shirt is notoriously bad. that being said, this shirt, like the majority of others is still unwearable to me.

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What a cute kitty, and I like her for going out and helping herself to as much luck as she can find, its a good idea!

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The whole design seems stiff and too dark to be on this color shirt. Not to mention the cat's face is extremely disconcerting considering there's barely anything there. I do like the idea of a black cat trying to gain acceptance by accumulating lucky things, but not this way.

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This is not a cat's body. Cats are not this wide...this is like a beagles body with a cat head and tail.

nyren wrote:Uhh, black on black? People do know that this will print nearly invisibly, right? Look through the forums for pics of Nevermore shirts...

My feelings and opinions regarding the artist and this shirt style aside, it is an objectively true statement that this shirt will not print well.

Not true. Lighter black on dark black is visible. The other way round is another case

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Very nice work like always! and awesome idea!

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too cute. Great style as always.

tholmp wrote:too cute. Great style as always.

No offense, but how does this have any kind of style? I see no discernible style here at all. I see the familiar seki elements, but no style. Walmazan, Drakxxx and tanniver have styles that are recognizable across all kinds of themes and subjects. This is recognizable as seki due to the stiff, beady-eyed kitty.

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Nice idea, good execution. GMV.

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I knew who submitted this from the thumbnail. Once I opened it up, I saw elements from other designs in the cart. Once again, there doesn't seem to be anything original from Seki. Same chibi cat character and rehashed elements from past designs to make up the rest.

As others have mentioned, it will be very hard to see after a few washes.

colinm09 wrote:Funny how the generic lucky symbols used on this shirt look IDENTICAL to those on Ramy's horrible bad luck shirt...

I've never ascribed to the whole seki = ramy theory (and I don't automatically dislike their designs - I have a seki shirt, and there have been non-winning ramy shirts i'd have bought), but their entries in this derby are outrageously similar beyond likely coincidence.

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loveengrey wrote:I have a good feeling that if you wash this t-shirt a few times then everything is just going to fade away into the background.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

fairnymph wrote:I've never ascribed to the whole seki = ramy theory (and I don't automatically dislike their designs - I have a seki shirt, and there have been non-winning ramy shirts i'd have bought), but their entries in this derby are outrageously similar beyond likely coincidence.

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There's no theory to which to subscribe. They just squeeze out some designs and toss 'em out to see what sticks. Of course, they always include a first post describing the "thought" behind the design, but that's just for show.

I really like this shirt - the cat is adorable and, while the thinking process this cat undertook is well beyond the capability of my little beast, I think it's great.

fairnymph wrote:I've never ascribed to the whole seki = ramy theory (and I don't automatically dislike their designs - I have a seki shirt, and there have been non-winning ramy shirts i'd have bought), but their entries in this derby are outrageously similar beyond likely coincidence.

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You don't have to hate them, but I'm glad some people can acknowledge their uncanny similarities...

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Considering how many awful cat entries Seki has submitted, one would think that at some point her cats would start to look like real cats instead of just blobs with the correct number of limbs and beady eyes. If you can only do one thing, at least do it well.

That cat sure isn't lucky in the anatomy category.

colinm09 wrote:Funny how the generic lucky symbols used on this shirt look IDENTICAL to those on Ramy's horrible bad luck shirt...

That's because they work together on nearly every design and share elements/clipart... It's not like it's against the rules or cheating or anything. Sharing their clipart galleries helps them churn out gristle at a far faster rate than if they had to each draw each shirt from scratch.

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I was going to vote on this until I realized that the shirt design would fade because of black on black. If anyone can convince me otherwise I'll change my vote.

Kassiandora wrote:I was going to vote on this until I realized that the shirt design would fade because of black on black. If anyone can convince me otherwise I'll change my vote.

I could point out that others have said above that light black ink against a dark black will be fine, it's dark black ink against a light black shirt (asphalt) that causes serious issues.

However, since I don't want you to change your lack of vote because I feel this shirt is abysmally executed, I will not point that out.

nyren wrote:I could point out that others have said above that light black ink against a dark black will be fine, it's dark black ink against a light black shirt (asphalt) that causes serious issues.

However, since I don't want you to change your lack of vote because I feel this shirt is abysmally executed, I will not point that out.

I'm not sure I would 100% agree with this. Even on my computer monitors at home and at work, if the screen isn't tilted to just the right angle, the black-on-black just disappears. I can't conceive of this showing up particularly well on a black tee.

However, the target audience for this shirt seems to skew decidedly female, and don't they all supposedly want people staring at their chests all the time? (Though perhaps without a perplexed, squinty expression.)

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You have got to be kidding me.

Dreariest shirt ever. This does not say "luck" to me, this says "black cat on a black shirt dragging stuff in a black wagon."

EclecticMuse wrote:You have got to be kidding me.

Dreariest shirt ever. This does not say "luck" to me, this says "black cat on a black shirt dragging stuff in a black wagon."

No, I think the dreariest shirt ever was her "dead cat for Christmas" shirt. That was depressing on a scale I didn't know possible.

hmm i thought it was a dog at first.... couldn't figure out what was goin on
was going to say i was surprised that this was in the fog...then i remembered who the artist was B^P

shirt.woot.com:

Omelets made great cute cat/bunny/puppy GMV!


Can we please get creativity back?

mrjameswack wrote:shirt.woot.com:

Omelets made great cute cat/bunny/puppy GMV!


Can we please get creativity back?

Most of us prefer cute to creative any day of the week. Cute makes you go squeeeee! Creative makes you go W T F?

raevynpheather wrote:Most of us prefer cute to creative any day of the week. Cute makes you go squeeeee! Creative makes you go W T F?

It is possible to blend the two .

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I really don't have a problem with the fact that you and ramyb win all of the time with your cute chibi shirts, but I do feel like there is some sort of joke/conspiracy lately to see how poorly drawn you can make a shirt and still win. Seriously, like another guy said, take another night if you need it to make sure your lines are solid and the shading/perspective is right. The two of you seem to fog in two hours after you submit, so its not like it is a huge/risk or cost to make your chibi stuff look a little bit more presentable.

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I must have this shirt! It is awesome! I own a black cat and have had black cats since I was a child.

bethlehemstarr wrote:Ahhh-hahahahaha!

Exactly what I thought. In fact, I thought that the Seki justification story was going to talk about how the dog was really an evil dog who had stolen the Grim Reaper's scythe and hid it amongst the lucky looking things and was going on a leprechaun killing spree. I suppose my brain is a little twisted.

Edit: Oh, it's a cat. Sorry. My mistake.

Yeah, I had a similar thought regarding the bucket of golden "presents" that the animal put in the cart. I didn't think Woot approved of dirty jokes or restroom references.

I figured Seki would post something about how they're really lucky sun rocks that fell from the sky, hence their yellow color, or maybe moon rocks that were covered in lemon juice, which I think is lucky in some cultures.

Still, it's in poor taste to have something that looks like fecal matter on a shirt, even if they're supposed to be yellow moon rocks or whatever.

nyren wrote:
I figured Seki would post something about how they're really lucky sun rocks that fell from the sky, hence their yellow color, or maybe moon rocks that were covered in lemon juice, which I think is lucky in some cultures.

and I've been using lime juice all this time. Darn it! No wonder my luck hasn't turned.

raevynpheather wrote:Most of us prefer cute to creative any day of the week. Cute makes you go squeeeee! Creative makes you go W T F?

Good lord. This is a truly, sadly ignorant statement.

For one, your apparent definition of "creative" seems to imply that you have no idea what the word it really means. It doesn't mean bizarre. It means involving some element of creativity. In other words, it means not shamelessly and mind-numbingly repetitive and rote. It's hardly mutually exclusive from cute.

For that matter, why is "squee!" and inherently superior reaction to puzzlement?

Why don't we just quit trying and let the same 7 people just make shirts for woot?

Hektikshok wrote:Why don't we just quit trying and let the same 7 people just make shirts for woot?

That would then be Cafe Press.

Hektikshok wrote:Why don't we just quit trying and let the same 7 people just make shirts for woot?

We've lost plenty of good artists already.

raevynpheather wrote:Most of us prefer cute to creative any day of the week. Cute makes you go squeeeee! Creative makes you go W T F?

If this is a cynical reference to the Jhonen Vasquez comic book character, I applaud you.

If not what jmmbell said.

artulo wrote:We've lost plenty of good artists already.

Yeah, and with instances like this current chibi domination in the fog currently, this site is bound to lose plenty more.

Not to be a downer, but I logically can't figure out why the real talent around here even bothers
with this derby. Creative, original and well executed dose stand a snowball's chance in hell against the belligerently cute and the pop culture references.

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a black cat walking towards you is good luck, but if it walks away from you it means it has stolen your luck (that's one of the superstitions anyway)

sonny2009 wrote:Yeah, and with instances like this current chibi domination in the fog currently, this site is bound to lose plenty more.

Not to be a downer, but I logically can't figure out why the real talent around here even bothers
with this derby. Creative, original and well executed dose stand a snowball's chance in hell against the belligerently cute and the pop culture references.

To be fair, this derby topic was disinteresting. There really weren't good submissions, in my opinion, even from my favorite artists whose works I generally adore. Everything was lackluster. RamyB and Seki's work was consistent with their previous works - rushed and recycled. So, their fans voted for them the same as always, ignoring the content of their works as always.

It's not a surprise that they are dominating a derby with an uninteresting theme. Remember the Palindrome derby? No entries in this 'style' won that. All three winners were wonderful. That was a complex and interesting theme. This is not.

Maybe next week, if the theme is intriguing, we'll get more of the awesome entries we miss?

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I wanted you to win sooooooo badly! Now I'm going to go cry.

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I hope this makes it into a second chance Derby and WINS. I sooo want this on a shirt because it looks a LOT like my cat! Do you have a file of just the graphic without the shirt in the background? I would love to set this as my background picture on my computer... :-)