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Here's my work in progress so far. (re-sized with img tag; click to enlarge) What do you guys think? :p


Who do I e-mail to ask if it's printable, instead of submitting and waiting to be rejected or not?

Zenne wrote:Here's my work in progress so far. (re-sized with img tag; click to enlarge) What do you guys think? :p



Who do I e-mail to ask if it's printable, instead of submitting and waiting to be rejected or not?

I don't think there's anyone to email.
I do like it though, zenne. I'm still working on mine.

Zenne wrote:Here's my work in progress so far. (re-sized with img tag; click to enlarge) What do you guys think? :p



Who do I e-mail to ask if it's printable, instead of submitting and waiting to be rejected or not?

I love it. You're on to something very cool. I've been having a hard time finding my specific theme to focus on for this derby. What does yours represent?

Andy47240 wrote:I love it. You're on to something very cool. I've been having a hard time finding my specific theme to focus on for this derby. What does yours represent?

Me too. I finally had an idea today. I'm going to parody the painting "Oath of the Horatii" probably with robots. "Robotii"

I'm so keyed up about this derby I was thinking it started today instead of tomorrow!
Here's my entry: Viva La Revolutions

I ruined mine already...it was this

but now its this...didn't even get to color it.

tgentry wrote:Amazing! You outdid yourself this time, SBR. The colors, idea, style, all excellent. Those colors will really pop on a shirt.

Aw thanks TG! It remains to be seen if the voters will go for it tho.

soothedbyrainfall wrote:I'm so keyed up about this derby I was thinking it started today instead of tomorrow!
Here's my entry: Viva La Revolutions

I dig it, and I have one vote. ;)

oh my god...is this gonna be a derby without cute little animals? I mean how could you with this theme? Im kinda excited...maybe the shirts will actually be good this week. I'll try not to get my hopes up though.

TAYLORT5 wrote:I ruined mine already...it was this

but now its this...didn't even get to color it.

Why would you think it is ruined?

So who will be the first to use video game references and win it all? Or maybe just Asphalt...

I have a few ideas for designs for this I've been tinkering with. How many times can a person enter into one derby? This is with different designs or variations of the design.
Is there a limit, say to one design entry per user or something like that?

thank you

dtiger1138 wrote:I have a few ideas for designs for this I've been tinkering with. How many times can a person enter into one derby? This is with different designs or variations of the design.
Is there a limit, say to one design entry per user or something like that?

thank you

submit as many as you like. However, many similar submissions can fragment your vote count.

dtiger1138 wrote:I have a few ideas for designs for this I've been tinkering with. How many times can a person enter into one derby? This is with different designs or variations of the design.
Is there a limit, say to one design entry per user or something like that?

thank you

No, you can submit as many as you like. Different designs or variations accepted, but most users prefer not to see many variations of the same design. It just clutters up the derby page and usually splits your vote totals.

What are Ashios and why are they Pist?

I'm thinking of adding a wooden nutcracker army on the side...?

DragonStarlight wrote:

What are Ashios and why are they Pist?

I'm thinking of adding a wooden nutcracker army on the side...?

Woot cannot print designs from seam to seam, so this would be rejected. You'll have to make the image smaller.

Andy47240 wrote:Why would you think it is ruined?

its pixelated I lost the smooth lines , now I need to redo it.

Having a week to work on this derby was cool, but I think I went a little overboard... here's a link to my blog where I've posted my designs. If anyone's interested, I'd appreciate some feedback.

http://toeillustration.blogspot.com/2008/05/shirt-woot-derby-entries-for-join.html

Mucho Gracias

please post comments in this forum. thanks!

toe2254 wrote:Having a week to work on this derby was cool, but I think I went a little overboard... here's a link to my blog where I've posted my designs. If anyone's interested, I'd appreciate some feedback.

http://toeillustration.blogspot.com/2008/05/shirt-woot-derby-entries-for-join.html

Mucho Gracias

please post comments in this forum. thanks!

I really really like "Give Peace a Chance." Definitely going to be getting my vote.

imthej wrote:oh my god...is this gonna be a derby without cute little animals? I mean how could you with this theme? Im kinda excited...maybe the shirts will actually be good this week. I'll try not to get my hopes up though.

Don't be so sure about the lack of cute...

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It'll be a pet revolution!

toe2254 wrote:Having a week to work on this derby was cool, but I think I went a little overboard... here's a link to my blog where I've posted my designs. If anyone's interested, I'd appreciate some feedback.

http://toeillustration.blogspot.com/2008/05/shirt-woot-derby-entries-for-join.html

Mucho Gracias

please post comments in this forum. thanks!

I like the first one - I'm on a "family crest" kick lately, probably because I'm watching a series about a Scottish chieftain and his clan, and I like the "hack the planet" one.

eHalcyon wrote:Don't be so sure...



It'll be a pet revolution!

Hammy's looking better all the time! :-)

So.. Just want to make sure.. Are we allowed to use text?

llonvent wrote:So.. Just want to make sure.. Are we allowed to use text?

yes.

eHalcyon wrote:Don't be so sure...



It'll be a pet revolution!

That's awesome!

Still putzing around with an old idea, new execution... Is center placement (pictured) better or should it be lower right?

derekfilley wrote:Still putzing around with an old idea, new execution... Is center placement (pictured) better or should it be lower right?

/awesome images/

It's a big design, so I think center works better. If you don't mind me asking, how did you do the grunge-ish effect with the colouring?

eHalcyon wrote:It's a big design, so I think center works better. If you don't mind me asking, how did you do the grunge-ish effect with the colouring?

The grunge thing has been a long time coming, and others still do it much better than I. Originally I was inspired by annie22's shirt, and got some advice from her, I'll pass it on. The trick is to find a nice texture (tree bark, sand, graphite lightly sketched on rough paper) and bring the contrast way up. I then import it into illustrator and I livetrace it leaving the result black and white (checking the 'do not include white' option). I save the file as a .pdf so it stays in vector.

I open the vector in photoshop, sizing it appropriately. I then import it into my file, and select the black areas or the non-black areas using CTRL+the layer with my .pdf. I then select the layer I want to put the distressing on, and I simply press delete (it clears all of the color inside my selection.)

If this is unclear (lot of steps, and I'm sure i'm not doing things the most efficient way possible) then pm me and I can clarify. Also, if you pm me your email, i'll send you the .pdf file i use.

Hope that helps!

derekfilley wrote:Hope that helps!

I was thinking that you'd set the eraser to a special brush and do it manually, but that sounds much better. I know my way around Photoshop, Illustrator not so much. But I've got the general idea - I think I can do it all in photoshop. Thanks!

eHalcyon wrote:I was thinking that you'd set the eraser to a special brush and do it manually, but that sounds much better. I know my way around Photoshop, Illustrator not so much. But I've got the general idea - I think I can do it all in photoshop. Thanks!

I think you could do what he said by taking an image in photoshop, raising the contrast as he suggested, then select everything of that color and convert to a path... I'd have to play around a bit to see if it would be just that easy.

Schrobblehead wrote:I think you could do what he said by taking an image in photoshop, raising the contrast as he suggested, then select everything of that color and convert to a path... I'd have to play around a bit to see if it would be just that easy.

If I was only doing it once, converting to a path probably wouldn't be necessary. I should be able to just select highlights/shadows. I'll see if it works soon.

DragonStarlight wrote:

What are Ashios and why are they Pist?

I'm thinking of adding a wooden nutcracker army on the side...?

This is a very nice design, but besides woot not being able to print to the edges of the garment, they also can't print very fine lines. Referring specifically to the shading of the hand and arm. Read all about line thicknesses on derek's unofficial rules page (link is posted at the beginning of this forum). On that note, can somebody post a link to the shirt.woot FAQ? I've never been able to find it (if it does exist). Thanks much.

tjflashman77 wrote:This is a very nice design, but besides woot not being able to print to the edges of the garment, they also can't print very fine lines. Referring specifically to the shading of the hand and arm. Read all about line thicknesses on derek's unofficial rules page (link is posted at the beginning of this forum). On that note, can somebody post a link to the shirt.woot FAQ? I've never been able to find it (if it does exist). Thanks much.

Woot only links to the shirt FAQ when they're accepting derby entries (friday through wednesday) does someone have that link address saved?

I've spent the week procrastinating my other projects and working on a design inspired by the classic American Revolution painting, The Spirit of 76. i've got it pretty darn close to how I want it. The no faces, feet, or hands is on purpose.



I'm really impressed with the other entries planned for this week, I really look forward to seeing everything everyone has been working on!

Still not quite done yet, but I will like another's opinion. Am I going the right route?

derekfilley wrote:Still putzing around with an old idea, new execution... Is center placement (pictured) better or should it be lower right?

I really liked this when the "parent" of this shirt was submitted to a previous derby. Honestly, I preferred the other shirt (not a big fan of fists on shirts), but alas to resubmit you need to change it enough to justify. However, I do still like the image (I am not trying to insult you or anything). For some reason I think that guy in a suit, with hiss coat casually behind his back but with a gas mask on really neat! Center placement looks grate. Good luck!

EDIT: Does woot turn the word grate (meaning good) into grate (as in get on my nerves). I posted it, saw the misspelling of grate, went to change it and saw that I had it write. I normally don't mind the filters, but woot is making it look like I don't know the differences between grate/grate. At least they don't substitute two for too, though if I screw it up, I can blame a filter.

Re-EDITED: They do! Ack!

derekfilley wrote:Woot only links to the shirt FAQ when they're accepting derby entries (friday through wednesday) does someone have that link address saved?

The FAQ is reachable by the "what is woot?" tab at the top of the page. If you mean another FAQ, I have no idea and I should probably read it. XP