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Yay! congrats on the print!

I just couldn't resist! and I hope that by buying this I didn't overdraw my checking account... oops!

Is that a flaming elephant booger?

Congrats on the win

Congrats on the print, though I was hoping for Draxxx to take 1st place.

this is my umpteenth shirt from you.

I don't know what it is in your shirts that makes me keep buying, but I think it might be the fantastic (in the literal sense) and the comedic trends.

Do I smell a Disney lawsuit?
Disney sues EVERYONE.

This design makes me happy on the inside. I dunno if I wanna wear it on a shirt, though. Congrats on the win, anyway.

well done.

and yeah, there is some really really great pizza under the Manhattan bridge. DUMBO (har) is good for that.

I'm still confused as to what is floating in front of the Heffalump's trunk.

Since I can't express my disdain for yet another mediocre print from a mediocre designer, I'll try this:

I love your parable in the write up, woot. It's really fitting for this shirt.

hawk0168 wrote:Do I smell a Disney lawsuit?
Disney sues EVERYONE.

i could've sworn that was heffalump when i first saw it

Cute. I might get one.

hawk0168 wrote:Do I smell a Disney lawsuit?
Disney sues EVERYONE.

Dumbo was based on a children's book in the first place, and even so the design is ambiguous enough to cast a reasonable doubt upon infringement.

TheMadMule wrote:I'm still confused as to what is floating in front of the Heffalump's trunk.

think its supposed to be a shooting star?

TheMadMule wrote:I'm still confused as to what is floating in front of the Heffalump's trunk.

Looks like a feather to me.

I really like the colours. Not sure I like it on a shirt. The elephant shape could use some work too. Congrats on yet another print though.

Were the elephant's hind legs amputated? I don't see them... D:

I don't get it. What's the meaning? The elephant wishes he was a flaming feather that could fly over all the circus tents? It looks nice but it's too random and arbitrary for my taste.

TheMadMule wrote:I'm still confused as to what is floating in front of the Heffalump's trunk.

It's a feather

So, it's come to this. A Dumbo shirt? Next time maybe we can have a Toy Story or Snow White or Song of the South shirt.

Really, I like thinking about things from the time period I grew up in as much as the next guy, but I am growing tired of seeing such references on shirts. Can we try and expand our repertoire for next time?

Is that elephant (if that is what it is) wishing to go down and stomp on all of the tents (if that is what they are)? Or does that white blob which looks remarkably like the whale from The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Universe something that the elephant is wishing to see perform a "splashdown"?

congrats! i'm down for one.

Gatzby wrote:You might go into detail, rather than slamming a shirt for the sake of slamming it. =)

By this logic, I'd be deleting all the "congrats!" posts that don't go into depth also. Like the inane drivel the "artist" and her "artist" boyfriend leave at the top of every thread to promote their wares, yet never actually say anything.

As I've said before, if nothing is good, what is there to be in depth about?

kcmark wrote:I don't get it. What's the meaning? The elephant wishes he was a flaming feather that could fly over all the circus tents? It looks nice but it's too random and arbitrary for my taste.

he's happy he can't fly and be sucked into a jet engine!


other than that, i don't understand the feather, but nice snail cloud.

I'm surprised this printed, let alone being first too. Last time I checked there were a lot of criticisms in the derby.

KaylaJ wrote:he's happy he can't fly and be sucked into a jet engine!


other than that, i don't understand the feather.

It's dumbo.

No, no, the MOVIE. yknow, the thing that already exists so inspiration doesn't need to actually happen?

It almost looks like a volcano just erupted and the little bits of molten ash are coming down...

Yay, wow, thanks you guys. :D I know the placement's a bit different, but I like fun placements on shirts.

Sorry if you don't like it, but I'm glad if you do. ;)

AdderXYU wrote:It's dumbo.

No, no, the MOVIE. yknow, the thing that already exists so inspiration doesn't need to actually happen?

apparently if you don't see a movie for 20 years you forget those details huh? plus i keep thinking its heffalump

By the way, the shirt preview is different from usual- it's the shirt template and the preview instead of just the picture like it usually is. Weird. :O

this is adorable... but i don't get how it doesn't infringe on that whole obviously referring to a copyrighted object, especially something as copyrighted as disney.... i've seen hundreds of shirts rejected for more vague likenesses... oh well.

Gatzby wrote:Why isn't it good?

Because it is poorly conceived, not very well executed, heavily inspired by Dumbo, and looks like a city is on fire.

Actually, its thread could sum up everything wrong with this "picture" (to use Seki's terminology) better than I could here. Nothing this absolutely boring should be winning derbies when even a horrible theme like the Circus provided better work

AdderXYU wrote:As I've said before, if nothing is good, what is there to be in depth about?

You've made plenty of lengthy indepth posts about various bad shirts (and the state of woot in general). I think you've proven that there's plenty to be in depth about, even if nothing is good.

Do the clouds remind anyone else of The Wind Waker (Zelda)?

AdderXYU wrote:By this logic, I'd be deleting all the "congrats!" posts that don't go into depth also.

All told, this is an interesting problem. On the one hand you've got the "chacun a son gout" types who simply do not like a design but, in fact, cannot say why. If they don't go into detail, chop those posts out.

On the other hand, I must admit that I get literally bored (yeah, I know this is my problem, not yours) about the ten or twenty-some-odd "Congrats on the shirt/print" that then don't go any further.

So: is it important to retain all of these sorts of posts (and, of course, the feedback that results) or would it be wiser to nip the, uh, stuff in the bud?


edit: I've been studying the dynamics of social intercourse on "bulletin boards" or "chat programs" like this since 1988.