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Copo wrote:Oh, boots. You're crazy.
You know which colors are good. Quit insisting otherwise.

I insist!

Re: Inspired by Family Ties

Very oldskool- love it.

Re: Inspired by Sailor Moon

This is lovely.

I love the colors and the feel you've created. And Firefly is probably the best short-lived TV series ever. (M*A*S*H and Seinfeld all-time best series).


But placement-wise, it looks like my crotch is going to be on fire.

And not in a good way.

BootsBoots wrote:I insist!

Alrighty. Well, I just don't like the guy's teeth. But other than that, great job.

Now THAT is a proper lion. Kudos.

databit wrote:There were so many Thundercat entries, I had to blog about it.

And post this same thing on every. single. one.

Copo wrote:Alrighty. Well, I just don't like the guy's teeth. But other than that, great job.

MAYBE I'll make a light blue version later just for you.

Re: Inspired by Air Wolf

Oh god, I love it. I would wear the PTERODACTYLS! out of this one!

Re: Inspired by Dora the Explorer

I like her lack of face.

silintli wrote:I really like this shirt. It looks like it won't get enough votes to win, but I hope this doesn't discourage you. I'd love to see more of your style.

Silintli - much thanks at your much needed comment. I have been getting a bit discouraged with the lack of votes during the past few derbies, as well as not too much feedback on how to improve a design.

I even entered this design in the derby discussion thread ahead of time per someone's suggestion, but got no response on how to improve it or anyone's opinion(while people in the same thread gave opinions on the 'known' designers pre-designs, that already get tons of response in or out of that thread!). So... that was really quite frustrating.

In other words, good timing - I appreciate you saying that!

fattyJ wrote:i dig the colors.

Agreed. This site is swarming with color fascists.

The thumb is fine. It's called a metaphor.

Thanks for the chuckle.

Also, I _have_ seen illustrations of unicorns with donkey tails.

eHalcyon wrote:Aw man, is it out of Threadless contention already? This was so Threadless-perfect.

Hooray for the corn dog!

I love the corn dog too.

cobolisdead wrote:This reminds me of Red XIII from Final Fantasy 7. Therefore, you have my vote!

Awesome - thanks!

chade2001 wrote:i just noticed what the monster is reading. is that some sort of a book on how to cook/bake little children!? hahaha...

Maybe...

BootsBoots wrote:MAYBE I'll make a light blue version later just for you.

You're too sweet. I'm seeing this one on a brown though.

Re: Inspired by Hell's Kitchen

Thanks a bunch. I'm glad to be getting some positive feedback.

Re: Inspired by The Amazing Race

I always felt sorry for the cat, durn mouse tricking him like that-_-

Re: Inspired by Sailor Moon

Thank you for the kind words, everybody!

Copo wrote:You're too sweet. I'm seeing this one on a brown though.

Sigh... fine!

Re: Inspired by The Amazing Race

I think it's clever and I actually feel like the shirt is whimsical enough that you can let some anatomy slide. However, I agree with the criticism of the stump-legs on some animals and the more detailed feet on others - it would make sense if the stump-legged critters were farther away and thus less detailed, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. Keeping a consistent style throughout the design would help.

My other nitpick is that the dog looks a lot like a fox without a fox's tail. It would've been nice if he looked a bit more like a proper dog.

Okay, so to address a few things.

One, you're really not going to appreciate the shirt if you hate cute animals AND don't know what the Chinese zodiac is. I accept that. Sorry for you guys.

Two, I agonized over what style to make this design. A lot of you think that drawing this cute animal style is easier than doing it in a more artistic style, but it's not. It's easier for me to do the animals in an artistic style because the coloring is much easier (since the drawing stands more on its own when you're limited to 6 colors) - for example, tgentry's Sun Wu Kong shirt was artistic and just one color. Can you imagine how dumb cute animals would look colored like that?

Anyway, my point is that I wanted to do a cute animal side design, but I considered a different style at several points, including at the beginning and also when I was 3/4th done with the picture and the colors weren't working out. In the end, I like the design and I'm glad that some of you can appreciate the colors and layout, even if you dislike cute animals.

Three, I am getting sick of cute animals too. This may be good news or no news, because one, I don't consider my elephant design from last week to be a cute animal entry, I consider it a visually pleasing picture with some cute elements. I also am not sick of cute staplers or cute cheez-its, for example. :p But if this image were not of the Chinese zodiac, then I wouldn't really care for it much (as it is, I love China. ) Honestly, because people complain about cute animals so much, I almost feel obligated to do them so people don't start complaining I'm selling out.

But anyway, four, I won't be doing a cute animal next week. This isn't to appease anyone, it's just a fact that I want you to know now so you can get on my case less until it happens. Haha. I wish. ;)

@ eHalcyon - Some of my long post is relevant to yours. Anyway, of course the rooster is going to catch up! Look at how hard it's struggling. :D Also these are magical animals that grow to arbitrary sizes determined by how they fit into the picture. >_> And the ox is running daintily in order to not upset the mouse and its mai tai, but it's so awesome that it's going to get first anyway (OR SO IT THINKS.) :D

Re: Inspired by Sailor Moon

would LOVE LOVE LOVE this shirt... even better if it was for Jupiter :o)

Love the shirt, Loved the show, Love the colors....HATE the placement...would have got my vote and my money...

Your art is really improving, I think this is the best I've seen from you. I wouldn't wear it on a shirt, but as an illustration, it's great. xD I love sexy girls.

Great to see you in the fog again. Very good concept too. Good luck!

I wonder if the halftones would print well.. anyway, this looks really nice, and I love the placement. (I like unique placements though...) If this prints, I might be in for one. (The only thing is, please make it as big on the bottom of the shirt as possible!)

re: inspired by mythbusters

headband and mullet...is that Solid Snake...?

itsbeth wrote:I usually don't jump on the 'ripping on ramy' bandwagon, but come on dude, you're doing semi-realistic big cats again and yet they have the same jank anatomy people brought up last time that you said you'd work on. Lions and tigers don't have long forelimbs like that and that's one heck of a big leopard if he's the exact same size as the lion. It wouldn't be so obvious if you'd at least switched up the poses.

*sigh*

The concerns that were brought up last time were that the body became very thin towards the back, that the hind limbs were strangely short, and that the tiger was in a hyena stance. I tried my best to adjust these things in this design (you can compare if you want)- and while they may not be perfectly realistic in proportion, I tried my best to adjust them as much as I could (and did two versions of the picture because I was unsatisfied with the first).

Honestly, I didn't have any expectations for this design, and while it's actually doing better than I had anticipated, it's by no means on track to hit the fog. I just did this design for my own amusement, as a thunder follows lightning and therefore thundercats follow lightning, without a particular intention of it doing well.

The main problem for me is that, when I have an idea that I think is amusing on some level, I want to do it in a style that I think is visually amusing as well. Unfortunately, the style is getting less amusing over time as I use it more and more, and I can understand why you are all upset about it. While they may look exactly the same as everything else I've ever done, my entries the past two weeks were actually an attempt to adapt the style to be a bit different (larger animals, smaller eyes), but to no avail. I can't tell you that this is the last animal picture that you'll see from me, because it's not, but I'll at least try to change something, and also do them much less often. We'll just have to see how it goes.

I love this shirt! I like the incorporation of the 'chinese zodiac race'... I would vote for it but I have not bought anything on woot yet, so I can't. I would gladly buy this one if it is a winner though.

It's a sad mushroom on a plate! Come on, you know you like it. wook how kyoot!

paulkremer wrote:I have to be honest radiomode, I usually love your work. I own 2 of your shirts, The Music Industry is one of my favorites of all time.

But this one makes me sad. It's one thing to have a blatant Mario ripoff where it fits, but quite another to FORCE a Mario ripoff TO fit the theme. I'm starting to see more and more designers use blatant references to pop culture for no other reason than specifically to use it, and it's getting old.

I realize the point of this is to get printed and get paid, but tossing aside the cleverness and creativeness I know you have inside of you for attempts like this make me sad. I hope that your future designs are ones that represent actual creativity, because those are the ones I like.

I love this. GMV.

Re: 3 seconds to splat inspired by Fall Guy

$20 says you didnt do any of that

Re: Inspired by: Hell's Kitchen

It's no fun to cook in hell.

Feedback appreciated, thanks.

Re: Inspired by Firefly

I like the placement as well, I don't think it would work as well centered...

Re: Inspired by: Firefly

I LOVE your style! This looks like it was hand done, not one of the painting / illustration programs (not that there's anything wrong with that, Jerry!). If it is, what medium did you use?

And, BTW, I like your color palette - ALMOST as much as I like Boots' :D

This is actually really cool. I'm sad that it hasn't gotten more votes.

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=29041]Inspired by

Re: Inspired by Saved by the Bell

i would think the bell would sink! hahhah

Re: Inspired by The Crocodile Hunter

Thanks everyone!

OtakuRyu wrote:Er... what in the world happened to his back? O_o is it a hunchback? And attempt at a shoulder? Sorry, just confused XD

I swear it looked normal before I put the tape across his back. Check here for a resub without the hunch.

http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=29243

Re: Inspired by Thundercats (take 2)

All of these cats look like they are not adults. That subtracts from the design for me.