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Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=25344]inspired by

my kind of shirt. hope it gets more votes

Re: Catch-22

funny little dudes : )

Re: Inspired by The Cat In The Hat

Cool design!!! Would like this for my kids, maybe for me too. Really like the font too on the design & comp! :c)

deebaser wrote:damn cool indeed!

thanks

Re: Inspired By The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Really?

Re: Inspired by How to Draw 101 Animals

I'd buy this one

Re: Insp: The Water Horse

Really neat work on this one. Not sure if I'd wear it, but I have no fashion sense anyways.

TychPsych wrote:Really?

Really to what? Lot of posts in this thread...

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Re: Inspired by Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon

Good one Blammoed!!! The resub might have hurt a little, but I admire you trying to provide what you feel is a better version for the Wooters.

Re: Inspired by The Painted Bird

this is by far my favorite book of all time, so i was so excited to see this shirt. The design is also great (i especially like the tear in the eye)

Re: Inspired by The Metamorphosis

Just a quick last-minute shirt I did for fun I wanted to do something simple but visually pleasing, hopefully I succeeded.

wils9745 wrote:The real irony is we've been discussing his shirt design, not the designer's personality or work ethic. The design is lazy - not the designer.

I don't think it's lazy at all personally. Because he used a drawing book as his book that's lazy? You seem to have repeated that several times but haven't explained why you think that. To me it doesn't even make sense.

I think it's quite a thoughtful take on what was otherwise a rather thoughtless derby. I'd go so far as to say it's the least lazy design idea in the fog. Using two fish to illustrate One Fish, Two Fish is not lazy? Putting a lion and a witch and a wardrobe on a shirt to illustrate The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe is not lazy? The Call of the Wild, pretty as it is, has a fairly standard idea/composition going for it. Drawing a hairy potter for Harry Potter isn't lazy? If you are really so outspoken against lazy designs, why aren't you going after those? The fact that you aren't speaks volumes to me. Thinking of something that twenty other people aren't also doing isn't lazy, it's thoughtful, and I appreciate it as such.

I look forward to getting one for me and for my mom, who is also a lefty and will appreciate it. :-)

What happened to jamescho84?

Ryfiel wrote:It's alright; but I swear I saw one of this exact same concept in the movie derby - the blue and -the hair sticking out of the pottery. He's even on the same side of the shirt IIRC

There was an entry like this in the movie derby, if not exactly like the description above:

http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=22235

IndependentVik wrote:Really?

"Using a book about drawings as an illustration is lazy and its [sic] no better than using a paint-by-numbers book to show off your skills in color-theory." --wils9745

If you want to apologize to him, that's great, and I'd commend you for it, but just backpedaling on what you said is weak. You weren't calling the design lazy, you were calling the designer lazy.

My point still stands. In this design the artist is being lazy. Is that too "sub-human" for your understanding? Thanks for joining the discussion after it's been settled there, cheif [sic].

wils9745 wrote:My point still stands. In this design the artist is being lazy. Is that too "sub-human" for your understanding? Thanks for joining the discussion after it's been settled there, cheif [sic].

Please read my comment above as you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

Re: Inspired by The Metamorphosis

Looks very nice, love the detail on the butterfly. :p

comicwriter wrote:There was an entry like this in the movie derby, if not exactly like the description above:

http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=22235

ahhh, I think I was looking for something blue so I missed it, definitely never saw that one...I realize we used a similar approach, but I think it's safe to say they are different enough not to be an issue.

Re: Inspired by: To kill a Mockingbird

way to copy someone else's shirt

prateeko wrote:What happened to jamescho84?

he became a workaholic after making a fortune off of us all and now he doesnt have time for anybody llo
the price of fame bro, be careful what you wish for.

tgentry wrote:I figure you're defending clip art in general, but just to be clear the pencil ISN'T clip art.

i know that-- was just trying to defend clip art in general. love the pencil. and the rabbit, and the design. and the shirt color too...

Re: Inspired by Round the Moon

Interesting and beautiful design. GMV.

Re: Inspired by The Metamorphosis

Holy freaking moly! This is gorgeous! I wish you had submitted it earlier! I can't seem to use enough exclamation points to get my excitement across!!!!!!!

Re: Inspired by The Metamorphosis

Holy freaking moly! This is gorgeous! I wish you had submitted it earlier! I can't seem to use enough exclamation points to get my excitement across!!!!!!!

female wrote:Please read my comment above as you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

I'm glad you know me so well.

"Lazy" is self-explanatory, and (surprise surprise!) subjective... just like one's impression of t-shirt designs. If you need clarification, please read my comments above as you'll see I've already spoken with several other people, thoroughly explaining my perspective (some even managed to it do by *not* insulting me first!).

Re: Inspired By Notes from Underground.

This is so lovely. Right down to that adorable light fixture. I love how the monster is playing the little violin. It seems so sweet! And I love the expression on the child's face (and the way you've set up the whole scene as well).

Re: Inspired by The Scarlet Letter

HEY AWESOME SHIRT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you don't win I am going to be extremely disappointed. Don't worry about the placement, I totally love it. I am sick of the t's with straight on prints. I like it towards the shoulder.

iris420 wrote:Holy freaking moly! This is gorgeous! I wish you had submitted it earlier! I can't seem to use enough exclamation points to get my excitement across!!!!!!!

Thanks so much, this one was done purely for fun so I wasn't really thinking about when I was posting it, I just finished it when I had a chance and put it up to share I'm really glad you like it though :D

wils9745 wrote:I'm glad you know me so well.

"Lazy" is self-explanatory, and (surprise surprise!) subjective... just like one's impression of t-shirt designs. If you need clarification, please read my comments above as you'll see I've already spoken with several other people, thoroughly explaining my perspective (some even managed to it do by *not* insulting me first!).

I've read your posts and you've literally backed up your comments with nothing. You don't respond to any responses directly (i.e. you didn't explain why you aren't attacking far lazier entries, only this one), you simply fall back on being a "victim" of attacks. The only thing you've said that even sounded like an "explanation" was this:

"Using a book about drawings as an illustration is lazy and its no better than using a paint-by-numbers book to show off your skills in color-theory."

It's an analogy that doesn't even make sense in regards to this design. A proper analogy would be if someone drew an illustration out of their own head of a paint by numbers drawing, then put in numbers that if filled in would show off their color theory skills. It's taking a concept and adding a twist to it. That's NOT lazy, regardless of what your 'subjective' take on it is.Your poor analogy suggests that tgentry just took a drawing out of a book and put his name on it. Since you know that isn't the case I wonder why you even said it other than you had nothing to back up any of your comments.

It's a shame a successful design like this gets attacked simply because it's successful.

Holy carp this is a BEAUTIFUL design. So help me, if woot doesn't feature this design I'm going on a wootSTRIKE!

Re: inspired by A Farewell to Arms

carp, i just submitted something with almost the same idea, but different look. hope no one thinks i've copied off you. i honestly haven't looked at the other submissions since yesterday morning.
i'll definitely vote for this.

comicwriter wrote:There was an entry like this in the movie derby, if not exactly like the description above:

Looks pretty obvious from the rest of the comments that the 'using something hairy at a pottery wheel' is concept is understandably common. The small details, styled illustration and clever twist on this idea is what makes this entry interesting. Thanks for making your first post completely devoid of content.

Re: Inspired by the Call of the Wild

I see it as more of the hair is in a watery flow than the wind. But oh well, it looks awesome and I want it. gmv.

ramyb wrote:Just a quick last-minute shirt I did for fun I wanted to do something simple but visually pleasing, hopefully I succeeded.

I think you certainly accomplished your goal. The butterflies are so detailed and visually pleasing.

AdderXYU wrote:I'm pretty sure there's nothing but teenage vampire sex in eclipse. Little else. Probably no eclipse, tho. I'd doubt there are even full sentences.

Sigged when I get up in the morning.

Acorns wrote:I see it as more of the hair is in a watery flow than the wind. But oh well, it looks awesome and I want it. gmv.

Thanks for the vote. :D Unfortunately it doesn't look like it's going to win, but I can always hope. xD

Re: Inspired by Lord of the Flies

LOVE IT!!!!!! Ovaltina, my goat

female wrote:It's a shame a successful design like this gets attacked simply because someone didn't like it.

Fixed that for you.

wils9745 wrote:Looks pretty obvious from the rest of the comments that the 'using something hairy at a pottery wheel' is concept is understandably common. The small details, styled illustration and clever twist on this idea is what makes this entry interesting. Thanks for making your first post completely devoid of content.

You, sir, are a jerk. Ryfiel remembered a similar design. Riffmaster didn't see such design after going through the referenced derby. I provided a link to the design that Ryfiel remembered and Riffmaster didn't find. Mystery solved. Although the mystery of why your response to that link was pretentious and condescending will, alas, remain but a mystery. But thanks for making me feel so welcome after my very first post here.