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kylemittskus wrote:The shirt, taken away from this comment, still says lightening cats.

Lightning McQueen: In your dreams, Thunder.
Chick Hicks: Yeah, right. Thunder? What's he talkin' about, Thunder?
Lightning McQueen: Well, you know, because Thunder always comes after... Lightning!
[reporters crowd around McQueen]
Chick Hicks: [to his pitcrew] Who here knew about the Thunder thing?

Tremortime wrote:I thought this was Edgar when I saw the guy in the thumbnail

Me too!

Can I ask what program you used to create these designs? They look great.

Wouldn't really want it as a shirt, but I really like the design.

I really dig this one. I could wear it over to my raw vegan friends' apartment for dinner. And, unlike a bunch of the other derby entries, as an adult, I wouldn't be embarrassed to wear it.

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

Re: Inspired by: Monk

Oh, wow. Do want. It kind of reminds me of Assassin's Creed, though I've never played.

Re: INSPIRED BY FAT ALBERT

interesting....I haven't decided whether this is clever or slightly racist...I'm sure it's not meant to be but hmmmm...

Re: Inspired By To Catch a Predator

Yayyyyyy my first fog!!

ramyb wrote:Thunder always follows lightning (again xD)

I decided that the previous version looked strange, so I redrew and recolored the picture entirely, hope it looks better now
(for those who missed it last night, this is the original version)

:D

mmm, it's a stretch.
I think I like the cats in the clouds version by humps411 better. It has more of the whimsy I associate with the show.

marvinsskeleton wrote:This is my first REAL Derby entry. The shirt comp looks horrible, but I'm still learning Illustrator and Gimp. Just hoping to get a few votes and some experience.

Thanks....

Is there any way I could buy this shirt? I need it so badly! Even if it doesn't win, make it, please!!!

jewelwing wrote:Very whimsical. Good idea, making the ship half cheese textured. I like.

Thanks! I've been struggling with the tablet and Photoshop. I think I'm going to switch back to Illustrator for next week.

That is just a cool shirt. I dont think many people on here know what The Prisoner was (and its deadly weather balloons). I know it from the lotus seven in the opening (just finished a locost). Anyways, I'd like to own one regardless of the theme.

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The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

"The Highwayman", Alfred Noyes


I think I'm in love.

dankstick wrote:Thunder thighs! Fat Albert-osaurus! A pleasantly plump Canadian therapod is hungry for his next meal.

So this is your response to your own comment on Some Motivation Required? Hee!

kylemittskus wrote:There is nothing in this design to show that the animals are racing, nor that the race is amazing for any reason.

Actually, this design is based on the Chinese legend that explains how the order of the Chinese zodiac was determined. I was able to ascertain the inspiration just from the thumbnail and realized that, yes, they are racing. I think the story behind it inherently makes it an "amazing" race.

Fun tidbit - the rat is first in the zodiac; it won the race by cheating (riding on the ox and jumping ahead at the last second).

Constructive criticism for Seki:

The idea is not particularly original in that it is directly taken from a Chinese tale, but the same could be said of tgentry's Sun Wukong, and at least you gave credit to the original source this time, unlike with that Dumbo design (come on - that was Dumbo). And much like with Ramy's alphabet mythology design, the style doesn't do much for me given the epic-ness that it's supposed to depict.

I also take issue with the proportions of the animals - the pig, chicken and rabbit are enormous, especially compared to the dragon and that tiny little monkey.

There's also the fact that the order is not correct - the rooster should be ahead of the dog. You could say that the race isn't over and the rooster can still catch up, but still - wearing this would be just asking for people to point that out. It's also difficult to say if the dragon is beating the snake as it should, but I can give that it's a close race. The dragon looks to be a smidgen in the lead.

Oh, and the ox doesn't really look like it's running. Then again, I've never seen an ox run. Maybe it's an awkward process (though speedy!).

Despite all that, believe me when I say that I really like this design. The biggest thing for me is the mismatch between style and subject matter. If you could rework it with less "cute" and more "that is freaking incredible", I'd be on board.

I hope you can take that as constructive criticism rather than the usual bashing you get.

Re: THUNDER CATS

With just a little bit of clean up, this could so be a jimiyo shirt. This is like ceiling cat on steroids (or... ambrosia?) - nicely done.

Re: Inspired by Thundercats

Wow. That's quite a lot of detail.

Re: Inspired by All in the Family

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

Hooray for the corn dog!

Re: Inspired by The Crocodile Hunter

Haha, great texture on the crocodile.

Re: Inspired by Ghost Hunters

I love this design!

roofdiver wrote:Don't vote for stuff YOU wouldn't wear! That is screwing up the derby's week after week. That's how you get a "Stalemate" 800 votes and 584 shirts sold as of now. No offense to boots

It doesn't happen week after week. "Stalemate" was probably a fluke (reportedly a very slow weekend for whatever reason) and besides that there's only been one other such situation (Sunset 3.0 from Pixel Grid). Out of all the derby prints, I'm pretty sure you can consider those two to be anomalies.

There are plenty of other things you can say are screwed up about the derby though.

re: inspired by mythbusters

I love it! The colors are funny, but I think I'd still wear it.
I think the unicorn needs spit flyin out of his mouth, maybe a unicorn tooth and unicorn blood...
(I think the tail is fine)

Re: Inspired by The Crocodile Hunter

Agreed. Wonderful texture. Love the expression on his face.

Re: Inspired by Sailor Moon

I think this may be your best entry yet. The sails seem to lack the detail you put into the hull (could use some texturing) but I really like the idea and the style. The perspective is great. The cheesy ship looks delicious.

MadamAtom wrote:The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

"The Highwayman", Alfred Noyes


I think I'm in love.

Wow, I've never heard that before. It fits so perfectly.

Re: Inspired by Ghost In The Shell

Cute design, but I don't get it.

Re: Inspired by Thundercats

Best Thundercats shirt to date!

For a show that I heard lasted so short, tons of people are creating so many shirts off of it....

Got.
My.
Vote!

eHalcyon wrote:I think this may be your best entry yet. The sails seem to lack the detail you put into the hull (could use some texturing) but I really like the idea and the style. The perspective is great. The cheesy ship looks delicious.

Thank you! You are so right about the sails. I've been struggling with this design and finally just threw it up on here. I wish I had gotten it to a point earlier to try and get feedback. I will work on the sails before I put it on Spreadshirt or somewhere. Thank you for the feedback!

Re: Inspired by Sailor Moon

Gorgeous!!

Re: Inspired by: Moonlighting

Very clever! GMV.

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

Hooray for the corn dog!

Aww, thanks, eH. It's been over 90 days, so I asked them to remove it.

Re: Inspired by: One Tree Hill

I just really really really like this shirt! DEFINITELY GMV!

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.

Agreed. And along with the forced video game reference, it's also scared food.

Re: Inspired by Bug Attack

I'm not familiar with the show, but cute design.

Re: From Almost Perfect

HAHA I actually LOLed at this. Nice one :D

Re: Inspired by Land of the LOST

Aw, not a lot of love for Lost. I guess no one watches it anymore. I can't get over how funny this design is, though... the look on Jack's face... maybe I just have a weird sense of humor. Oh well.

Re: Inspired by Sesame Street

Haha thanks guys. Allies it is! And ya Sarah that was def my line of thought when i put this together like how many people have made yellow on black so far? I was also considering black on yellow but i dun like the lemon color shirt they have.

Re: Inspired by: Monk

Oh damn man thats dark...Im a fan

Wow what a face... great job with that. The only comment is the lightning seems not to match. Regardless - great job.

Re: Inspired by: Survivor

I'm posting this here for drakxxx fans:



vote for this one so you can get it next week and join the club.