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JesseBYAH wrote:Wow, you DO like this derby! Love all your entries. Congrats to "Cotton" which is doing really well! I like this one and the porcupine one the best though

I do really like this derby, hehe Thank you, it's nice to see cotton doing pretty well so far... hopefully this one and prickly love will keep on climbing up there! Glad you love all of them though!

Jaiyla wrote:This is beautiful - would buy this in a second

Thank you very much

sugareeali wrote:Kdubb...I won't buy this shirt just cause it's not my style. But I want you to know I appreciate the great use of color and tiki-vintage approach you took.

Thank you for the complement. I understand that this shirt might not be everyone's cup of tea.

snarkygal wrote:I nominate the above comment for dumbest comment ever made. Said as there are fires burning in the forests in California as we speak.

Calm down. Couldn't you hear the sarcasm in his voice?

Re: Little Leafy Bundle of Joy

Leafy Little Bundle of Joy

"You know with my busy schedule I just didn't think there was time to find anyone. My friend recommended eHermonies.com and so I checked it out. Well, nine weeks later and I found her. We were compatible on every level... well, except for the specie thing... but hey! Look at us now! I couldn't be happier. Thanks eHermonies."

fablefire wrote:Leafy Little Bundle of Joy

Very cute!

Re: Flora in furs.

I like it better now! The blue background brings some color and his nose isn't a dealbreaker anymore.

Livnxtreem wrote:Oh I completely agree with you there. But it seems like the people who had a problem with it, generalized video game themes altogether, as well as other popular themes.

Not to be overly negative but it's pretty small minded of you to go on and on about negative criticism when you're referencing a post by a user who went well out of his way to be constructive and avoid any needless insults.

It's also highly suspect that you seem to have the idea that criticism cannot be positive and cannot be constructive. All of the concerns about this shirt posted so far are legitimate and well stated without needlessly resorting to personal attacks or negativity.

The bottom line is that there is no real parody going on in this shirt. While you may like it and clearly others do as well, I myself along with many others do not believe that people should be able to profit off the work of others. This is not in the fog because of the art. It's in the fog because it is clearly from Mario Brothers.

With so many other artists who put in just as much effort into original work, I see no reason to reward people for reproducing pop culture. This is all that has been stated previously and there has been nothing said against the artist.

So please remove yourself from the soap box. If you don't like it don't say anything is not a legitimate complaint. If you don't like it do something better or shut up is not a legitimate complaint. Just as you have the right to comment on what you like about the design so anyone else has the right to comment on what they do not like. That is the only way anyone can improve and as an artist you should understand this.

Re: Dandelion

Woot has rejected dandelion-in-the-wind shirts in the past simply because they've been done too many times before. Hate to be the bearer of bad news.

I'd want that on my chest.

Re: Flora in furs.

No, what happened? He looks like a zombie or a corpse. What I liked best about it was the eyes sort of upside-down looking up. The first submission was great. This is a step backward.

Re: the woodsman

Wow. Technically excellent! It's a little too brown for my personal tastes but it's really an impressive design. Hope you get some derby love for this.

this is friggin awesome.

Re: Flora in furs.

aww I loved the other one! This bunny looks a little stoned... however, the artwork is crazy good.

Re: Cotton... the fabric of our shirts

I'm glad to see your shirt almost in the fog janesko. I really hope you finally get your first print. Gmv and good luck. =]

Re: A bad, bad tree

He's not a bad tree, he's just having a bad twig day. Love the expression on his face.

jasneko wrote:I'm a tad bit frightened. Is the rabbit getting a more human-like face with each re-submission?

He looks like he's trying not to sneeze. Yeah, I like the other eyes better.

keemo0102 wrote:
Thanks for all the support!

I have to say, I like this shirt much better than the fogged entry at the moment. You haven't resorted to putting the "Look, it's-a-MARIO" stamp on your shirt to get attention. And when the other one gets rejected for not being a parody (which it had better... though these days, who am I kidding), people will hopefully take the 5 seconds worth of time to notice that this is a much better shirt and vote you up.

Your style is unique. I appreciate how it's gross and urgent, yet somehow cute at the same time. Something about the wavy lines and uneven shading just jumps off the shirt. I love the way you pulled off and I sincerely hope you keep subbing in the future.

My only nitpick would be that I'm not really very fond of the black shirt as a background here. But that could very well be personal preference creeping in there so don't pay it much mind.

re: fiery autumn colors

please, do me a favor. If this doesn't fog here PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get this printed somewhere else,this is simply BEAUTIFUL

Re: Breathe

Cool design. GMV.

fifteensmiles wrote:There are a lot of cacti in Arizona.

Ah ok. I thought that could be it, but thought perhaps there was more to it. Thanks.

Jaiyla wrote:this is downright adorable, the colors look amazing on each other too.

Thanks Jaiyla! This one really came together nicely without too much deliberation... the color scheme, for once, was just ready in my head, amazingly. Glad you like it and the colors!

Re: the woodsman

Awesome job! I've been trying to experiment with this style of drawing, do you know what it's called? I can't find much on it. I'd like to study some examples

Re: How Does Your Garden Grow?

Love the detail! GMV

lkackman wrote:If you didn't vote, thank you for at least looking... I know to some of you this was sort of a video game cop out, but I felt that it did fit this derby theme.

You are agreeing that this is "sort of a video game cop-out"?

A cop-out is a cop-out. Your use of the source material isn't different enough in my opinion to be a parody. I suppose it's for Woot to decide... *sigh*

Re: Autumn Cometh

Great colors, and I love Japanese maples! GMV

Re: Cotton... the fabric of our shirts

I loved the blue, but the green is snazzy, too. GMV

mrwednesday wrote:Not to be overly negative but it's pretty small minded of you to go on and on about negative criticism when you're referencing a post by a user who went well out of his way to be constructive and avoid any needless insults.

It's also highly suspect that you seem to have the idea that criticism cannot be positive and cannot be constructive. All of the concerns about this shirt posted so far are legitimate and well stated without needlessly resorting to personal attacks or negativity.

The bottom line is that there is no real parody going on in this shirt. While you may like it and clearly others do as well, I myself along with many others do not believe that people should be able to profit off the work of others. This is not in the fog because of the art. It's in the fog because it is clearly from Mario Brothers.

With so many other artists who put in just as much effort into original work, I see no reason to reward people for reproducing pop culture. This is all that has been stated previously and there has been nothing said against the artist.

So please remove yourself from the soap box. If you don't like it don't say anything is not a legitimate complaint. If you don't like it do something better or shut up is not a legitimate complaint. Just as you have the right to comment on what you like about the design so anyone else has the right to comment on what they do not like. That is the only way anyone can improve and as an artist you should understand this.

LOL! That's funny. I NEVER said I liked the design. You are putting words into my mouth (or text). In addition, if you read the bottom of my first post. I said this is not in specific reference to this design. I have read MANY comments that are (for lack of better words) MEAN about any art. It just so happens that this design is a video game reference. Some people are so hateful to others even on original work. I am only trying to promote some positive and constructive criticism. The dude could have simply said, "Hey why don't you try this, man. I really think it would make it more of a parody." I mean, the guy wasn't all critical and as I stated at the bottom of my first post, he did attempt to be positive. Unfortunately, my argument has been limited to a video game reference and I am trying to exceed that.

You are absolutely right about using other people's work. I don't agree with that one bit and I was not intending to promote that. My point is to be positive on all work. I have seen some serious bashing on pretty decent work that was in fact original.

What's wrong with my soap box as long as I am at least promoting something genuinely good? I am sorry that my trying to encourage positive behavior is too much for you. I think that I do have a legitimate complaint. I am certainly not the only one who thinks so.

Re: Flower of Life...

don't understand why this is warped...it should be a perfect circle shape and my design is a perfect circle...any ideas?

Re: A Lightly Salted Genocide (Resub)

This is so cute! GMV

Re: Little Leafy Bundle of Joy

Although I've seen a surprising amount of mario-related shirts in this derby, I think this is a cute entry. I especially enjoyed the little write up about "eharmonies". :D Oh and clean lines! I can always appreciate clean lines.

Re: Love Grows Inside Us All.

This is a resub of an absolutely horrible entry I submitted earlier. Seriously, it was bad. Not good.

Anyways, I think this turned out oodles better, so thank you parrotworks for suggesting that I re-vamp the design into something less grotesque. Also, thanks to sugareeali for providing some honest feedback to also prompt me to re-do the design a tad.

: ( On a side note, I wanted to do another trivia question with a prize for this derby, but I didn't have time to make the prize. If I do, then I'll post a question and make it another game again, but if I don't, then maybe next week! I rather like games.

Re: Love Grows Inside Us All.

GMV

mrwednesday wrote:Not to be overly negative but it's pretty small minded of you to go on and on about negative criticism when you're referencing a post by a user who went well out of his way to be constructive and avoid any needless insults.

It's also highly suspect that you seem to have the idea that criticism cannot be positive and cannot be constructive. All of the concerns about this shirt posted so far are legitimate and well stated without needlessly resorting to personal attacks or negativity.

The bottom line is that there is no real parody going on in this shirt. While you may like it and clearly others do as well, I myself along with many others do not believe that people should be able to profit off the work of others. This is not in the fog because of the art. It's in the fog because it is clearly from Mario Brothers.

With so many other artists who put in just as much effort into original work, I see no reason to reward people for reproducing pop culture. This is all that has been stated previously and there has been nothing said against the artist.

So please remove yourself from the soap box. If you don't like it don't say anything is not a legitimate complaint. If you don't like it do something better or shut up is not a legitimate complaint. Just as you have the right to comment on what you like about the design so anyone else has the right to comment on what they do not like. That is the only way anyone can improve and as an artist you should understand this.

It seems I have taken up a lost cause. I have seen some artists on Woot who genuinely want to help others and some who could care less. Art has always been one of those "subjects" that was open to interpretation and appreciated even for its "different" approaches. Excluding the Mario reference, I have seen original art that people have worked hard on, annihilated by negative comments that were of no help to the artist at all. But that doesn't matter. I respect everyone's comments answering my posts. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion.

parrotworks wrote:GMV

Thanks for the help earlier. : )

Livnxtreem wrote:snip

No you aren't, but this is the wrong thread to do it in. This is not kindergarten. We are all adults here (for the most part). If something is wrong with a design there's no need to flower everything up. There is no parody here. There's no reason to be fake by saying, "hey man cool shirt is awesome but it would be more awesome if it had more parody."

Those are not the same statements. The former expresses that there is something wrong with the shirt that makes it not good. The latter expresses that everything is great (it's not) and this could make it better. If you can't handle that kind of criticism avoid the forums.

If you are talking about the more nasty threads, this is not one so no need to address it here. And the threads that do get nasty are in the designs of artists who have time and time again shown little to no respect for the community, the rules, or any sort of creativity or originality and have earned every bit of hate they get. This is also not the case for this artist so it's still irrelevant.

In all serious - Love the lemon!!! Great contrast on colors. I hope this one gets printed. I will be buying for myself and kids. Vote, vote, vote.

CrescentDebris wrote:I previewed on Navy, and someone exclaimed "ITS GREAT BUT I GOT TOO MANY DAMN BLACK SHIRTS!! HOW ABOUT A BRIGHTER COLOR LIKE BANANA!!!!" so I said to myself "LEMON IT IS!".

I do tons of dark shirts anyway and I really like the yellow. So yellow it is. And I don't even own a yellow shirt. That's how much I like the Lemon.

In all seriousness I hope you like it!

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mrwednesday wrote:No you aren't, but this is the wrong thread to do it in. This is not kindergarten. We are all adults here (for the most part). If something is wrong with a design there's no need to flower everything up. There is no parody here. There's no reason to be fake by saying, "hey man cool shirt is awesome but it would be more awesome if it had more parody."

Those are not the same statements. The former expresses that there is something wrong with the shirt that makes it not good. The latter expresses that everything is great (it's not) and this could make it better. If you can't handle that kind of criticism avoid the forums.

If you are talking about the more nasty threads, this is not one so no need to address it here. And the threads that do get nasty are in the designs of artists who have time and time again shown little to no respect for the community, the rules, or any sort of creativity or originality and have earned every bit of hate they get. This is also not the case for this artist so it's still irrelevant.

Dude, you are so defensive. What is the deal? Did you not read my post that this goes above and beyond that one artist. It just so happens I commented there. If you are so gung ho about it's alright for us all to share our opinions in whatever format we want, why are you hating on MY opinions? That seems juvenile to me. Of course you aren't a kindergartner which is why I expected more respect of my opinion. But I guess I overestimated.

Re: The Power of the Chiacorn

Oooh... there gonna steal your idea. Ten to one says that this is on the shelves at Walgreens in 2-3 months.

Nice thinking boots.GMV

Re: How Does Your Garden Grow?

Awesome style and colors! Love the "dandy" lions, "snap" dragons and especially the "horse" fly!

Re: Soldier's Grave

Wow, that comp does not give it justice. You need to see it full size to get the details. I really like this.

Re: Tree of Knowledge

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