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Now, does woodland mean 'forested', or are we limited to traditional North American 'woodland' creatures?

"Ideally you would do something innovative, tackle a new style you've always wanted to try, or depict said critters in a completely new and original light."



LULZ!!

I hereby award this derby to ramyb.

Move along...

But for those looking for a definition, straight from WikiPedia!!!

Ecologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of primary or secondary succession. Higher densities and areas of trees, with largely closed canopy, provide extensive and nearly continuous shade are referred to as forest.

Oh nice! I actually have a design I drew up a long time ago that would work perfectly for this. Horraaaay!

But, I am fairly certain that they are animals for other purposes...

SkekTek wrote:I hereby award this derby to ramyb.

Move along...

Ah, but as turtles and penguins aren't woodland creatures, no matter how you define "woodland", at least he can't copy-and-paste from previous designs.



Edit: I stand corrected about the turtles (bit of a brain fart...). But at least penguins are still out.

Also, I'm excepting a Bunnypocalypse, myself.

bellisperennis wrote:Ah, but as turtles and penguins aren't woodland creatures, no matter how you define "woodland", at least he can't copy-and-paste from previous designs.

there is a track record of squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits though...

I am really hoping that the winner will be some great design with light filtering through the trees, and some negative space....

I guess we don't have to ban Furries since nobody will vote for them anyway?

p.s. Was this theme inspired by GF12's "Let's be bad guys"?

thatrobert wrote:I guess we don't have to ban Furries since nobody will vote for them anyway?

aren't they just people? weird fetishist people?

For some reason I though Woodland Critter Christmas from South Park but am really hopping none of the designs are that disturbing.

Schrobblehead wrote:aren't they just people. weird fetishist people?

There's a thin line between people with animal features and the million anthropomorphized animals we'll see in this derby.

Does this fit in this derby?

http://bit.ly/i2DCuE

thatrobert wrote:There's a thin line between people with animal features and the million anthropomorphized animals we'll see in this derby.

I see your point. If you draw a furry and the zippers and seams are all hidden, only you will know, I suppose.

edit: and if you include the zippers and whatnot, I would think it's a person, and those were banned. (though I suppose people as secondary subjects of the design aren't cause for rejection, are they?)

bellisperennis wrote:Also, I'm excepting a Bunnypocalypse, myself.

Bunnies, and squirrels.

But it'd be nice to see deer, bears, bugs, skunks, porcupines...

bellisperennis wrote:Ah, but as turtles and penguins aren't woodland creatures, no matter how you define "woodland", at least he can't copy-and-paste from previous designs.

Turtles are woodland creatures. If you've got a lake in the woods you've got turtles. I've seen plenty of them while backpacking.

Remember woodland creatures are not inherently mammals.

Spiders, mosquitoes, salamanders, snakes, newts, pill bugs, etc. also live in the woods.

I've actually been working on a design this week that I was going to submit as a daily. It's a very realistically drawn rabbit being stared at quizzically by a bunch of button-eyed bunnies.

Lagbert wrote:Turtles are woodland creatures. If you've got a lake in the woods you've got turtles. I've seen plenty of them while backpacking.

Remember woodland creatures are not inherently mammals.

Spiders, mosquitoes, salamanders, snakes, newts, pill bugs, etc. also live in the woods.

unabombers

Schrobblehead wrote:unabombers

BAHAhahahaHA! Unibomber!! I picture the woodland animals staring at a ramshackle shed.

aausterm wrote:For some reason I though Woodland Critter Christmas from South Park but am really hopping none of the designs are that disturbing.

I started singing the song as soon as I saw "woodland"!

Incoming Ramy with a bunny design. I don't see myself making a purchase from this derby just because I imagine the cuteness factor will be way too high.

Would salmon be ok? Bears eat salmon, and bears are woodland creatures...

I'm jumping a plane back home from la...I'll spend the next few hours dreaming of these mediterranean fusion tacos.

I have a silly question. I know that Woot wants the separate colors of your design on different layers. Does this mean that you shouldn't have any overlapping colors at all?

For example, if I draw a big yellow circle and then want to add small blue circles on top of it -- does the big yellow circle need to leave blank spaces where the the smaller circles will be?

dwayri wrote:I have a silly question. I know that Woot wants the separate colors of your design on different layers. Does this mean that you shouldn't have any overlapping colors at all?

For example, if I draw a big yellow circle and then want to add small blue circles on top of it -- does the big yellow circle need to leave blank spaces where the the smaller circles will be?

You can overlap, but the must be 100% opaque colors.

odysseyroc wrote:I'm jumping a plane back home from la...I'll spend the next few hours dreaming of these mediterranean fusion tacos.

Of course...

Enjoy yourself, Odysseyroc!

Oh, please let's see some creative designs with skunks and/or bats!

Kalari wrote:Oh, please let's see some creative designs with skunks and/or bats!

You do realize this is Woot, right?

I'm actually very disappointed with you, woot, for this description. I teach film, and it's sad to see a usually informed woot (or at least willing to take a moment for research) use this horrific misconception for a weak joke.

The quality, in terms of resolution, of 35mm film vs Blu Ray (or anything HD) is remarkably different. Though you could argue the effectiveness of an animated film to some degree, the fact remains that the French Connection, which was shot in 35mm, would have up to 12 million pixels of resolution on that film stock. When it originally made it to DVD, it would have well under that quality (I believe it's around 340k pixels total). Blu Ray clocks in at around 2 million.

Considering they go back to an original print to make the Blu Ray, they would have 12 million pixels to reference, from which they can easily raise the quality from 340k to 2 million.

Sad day, woot =(

Quick references: http://www.filmschooldirect.com/sample_lessons/sample_lesson_HD_vs_35mm.htm

-Ast

odysseyroc wrote:I'm jumping a plane back home from la...I'll spend the next few hours dreaming of these mediterranean fusion tacos.

I'd have been disappointed if tacos didn't show up here somewhere.

Kalari wrote:Oh, please let's see some creative designs with skunks and/or bats!

I loooove skunks and bats. Man, I wish Texas didn't ban skunks as pets. I hear they are awesome little guys to have around. (de-smellyfied of course)

bassanimation wrote:I loooove skunks and bats. Man, I wish Texas didn't ban skunks as pets. I hear they are awesome little guys to have around. (de-smellyfied of course)

I'm predicting nobody's gonna do a design on the woodland creature that I can't get out of my building (even in the dead of winter)... the brown marmorated stink bug.

Oh geez. Right up my alley. I always say I'm going to submit and then never do, but if there ever was a time to participate, this would be it.

tgentry wrote:Henceforth this will be known as Black Thursday. May we never forget.

A decided victory for film scholars everywhere.

Some should do a shirt to commemorate the opening of Red Riding Hood. That would get my vote.

SkekTek wrote:I'm predicting nobody's gonna do a design on the woodland creature that I can't get out of my building (even in the dead of winter)... the brown marmorated stink bug.

I almost did a stinkbug/butterfly design for the oddball derby.

sgoman5674 wrote:Some should do a shirt to commemorate the opening of Red Riding Hood. That would get my vote.

Okay!

bellisperennis wrote:Ah, but as turtles and penguins aren't woodland creatures, no matter how you define "woodland", at least he can't copy-and-paste from previous designs.

Box turtles are woodland!