Re: Derby #4 Maps
"hic sunt dracones"
Earlier cartographers used the Latin phrase "hic sunt dracones", i.e., "the dragons are here", or "there are dragons here", to denote dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of the infrequent medieval practice of putting sea serpents and other mythological creatures in blank areas of maps.
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Oh this is very pretty!!
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I want this shirt so badly!
P.S. Somehow woot's formating isn't defaulting to including the image or title of the shirt, I wish it would!
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Oh man, I really love this one. I hope it gets more votes. I would totally buy this shirt!
Edit: Ugh, I really hate that the # symbol in titles breaks the thumbnails when you comment. Manually fixes it.
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Ooh, mountains for scales. This is one sweet design!
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This is some stellar cartography! GMV
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Stunning! I would SO wear this.
tgentry wrote:This is some stellar cartography! GMV
Hahahaha! Stellar cartography!
DianaSprinkle wrote:
Edit: Ugh, I really hate that the # symbol in titles breaks the thumbnails when you comment. Manually fixes it.
I'm an spoon, what did you use to fix the thumbnail?
EDIT: I really dislike that they filtered "spoon" merely because now my use of the word "an" looks out of place.
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I've got to make the inevitable comment, I suppose ... I like this design, but not as a shirt. The artistry and detail are fantastic, but when worn and viewed from any sort of distance, I can't help but feel that the finer details will be lost, and this will look like just another swirly dragon shirt.
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i am guessing this is supposed to be aa baby blue, but why does it look like aa aqua to me? weird.
kwilder wrote:I'm an spoon, what did you use to fix the thumbnail?
EDIT: I really dislike that they filtered "spoon" merely because now my use of the word "an" looks out of place.
LOL, it's really complicated. I hit the reply on a different shirt that doesn't have a # in the title and copied the code. Then I close that and replied to this one and pasted the code in and then I replaced all the info with this shirt's info. Basic manual fix, pain in the butt. =/
The problem is with the # symbol in the title itself so only woot can really fix it permanently. I'd suggest people avoid putting # into their titles.
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great
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Amazing!
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you are wonderfully talented, sir.
Awesome! totally awesome!
here there be dragons indeed!
very clever use of stile blending the dragon into the island form! i love it and will almost certainly buy it if it wins!
dragons rule!
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My only vote in this derby so far, and likely my only on period.
I'm not a fan of dragon shirts in general, but I do have a thing for maps with "here there be dragons" (and variants) written on them, which this certainly is. The art is well done, the graphic doesn't feel in any way blocky, the fact that it is an island depicted and not a dragon is sufficiently subtle to make me happy, the detail is nicely sketched, and I like the shirt.
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Love this, great work.
Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=42346]Derby
I don't even like "dragon" shirts and think this is beautiful!
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Quite clever, and I love the little fish in the corner :D Well done!
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I love this!! I would buy it right now if I could! =)
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Very clever idea, and it has great composition. Great entry!
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If this prints it'll be my first baby blue shirt.
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Beautiful shirt! Always loved maps myself, and this shirt is simply a wonderfully executed idea. Mountains for scales are great, and the distance scale in the corner really adds a nice touch.
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Fricking Awesome! Might just have to recruit some votes for this T... would love to have one!
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Excellent concept AND execution.
I love the art - love dragons, and have to agree that I think this would be amazing as a poster, but as a T-shirt it might lose a lot in translation.
Excellent design.
Brilliant, simply brilliant.
Thanks everyone for all the great comments and for the voting!
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Would living underground mean being digested?
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Very cool! One woot vote for me.
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In New Orleans--I need this! It looks like the Gulf Oil Spill!
