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blinddog3d wrote:I think I have enough "O" stuff to make a Martial Arts entry, so I'm gonna call, "MINE!"

See you in the derby. (Oh wait, I'm Blind!)
BlindDog3D

Wait, we can call 'em? I call "Othello" then... and it will be grand! ;)

What are the rules as far as resubs go? Is there a wait period or anything that I should know about? And if it was rejected in a previous derby, there's nothing that says I can't try to rework and resub right?

xepherys wrote:Wait, we can call 'em? I call "Othello" then... and it will be grand! ;)

I'm just telling you what MY idea is, so if anyone else does it, I can say "First!"

But I share, just fine. If anyone else wants to do O'sensei, be my guest. There's room for more than one tribute to a great teacher.
BlindDog3D

zwartepaard wrote:What are the rules as far as resubs go? Is there a wait period or anything that I should know about? And if it was rejected in a previous derby, there's nothing that says I can't try to rework and resub right?

you can resub at any time, even in the same derby, but you need to make some significant changes if submitting to a later derby.

zwartepaard wrote:What are the rules as far as resubs go? Is there a wait period or anything that I should know about? And if it was rejected in a previous derby, there's nothing that says I can't try to rework and resub right?

As long as you rework it.

They won't allow str8 resubs, but they allow reworks.
BlindDog3D

This is my work in progress. Octopus Inking Octopus Ink.


any ideas as to how I can best put this on a shirt, I'm all ears. shirt colors? design color or leave it sketchy?

grrlmarvel wrote:I want to do an ONI.

AWESOME! I shoulda thought of that - love Oni demons, especially Hanya.

PS - if it rocks, can I steal it for a tattoo?

Josephus wrote:This is my work in progress. Octopus Inking Octopus Ink.


any ideas as to how I can best put this on a shirt, I'm all ears. shirt colors? design color or leave it sketchy?

Oooo, sketchy, pleeze. Maybe you can do it on silver, but put a white 9halftone?) background, say, behind all but the octo's actual drawing,so that looks like it's on gray paper, like you'd do a charcoal and white sketch? White behind it would make the gray shirt color of the paper POP.

As a new derby contender, I was hoping someone could answer (or link an answer) to a problem I'm having.

I work in Photoshop, primarily. I'm having trouble working in a six-color palette. I can set a specified palette via indexed color, but then I can't work in layers. I'm afraid if I design the way I want with my colors in RGB, then convert, there will be missing pixels where certain colors cannot be replaced.

Any tips? Thanks!

xepherys wrote:As a new derby contender, I was hoping someone could answer (or link an answer) to a problem I'm having.

I work in Photoshop, primarily. I'm having trouble working in a six-color palette. I can set a specified palette via indexed color, but then I can't work in layers. I'm afraid if I design the way I want with my colors in RGB, then convert, there will be missing pixels where certain colors cannot be replaced.

Any tips? Thanks!

Are you doing an actual color count in the program? Copy and paste any of the images submitted into the derby and then do a color count. This might give you an inkling as to what they mean by 6 colors.

paigeg wrote:Oooo, sketchy, pleeze. Maybe you can do it on silver, but put a white 9halftone?) background, say, behind all but the octo's actual drawing,so that looks like it's on gray paper, like you'd do a charcoal and white sketch? White behind it would make the gray shirt color of the paper POP.

THIS is a quality post. You severely, seriously, optimally deserve your monkey prize.

Josephus wrote:This is my work in progress. Octopus Inking Octopus Ink.

Argh I'm working on something semi-similar. But different enough. I'll post an image soon for feedback.

I have a quick question. I remember in a derby a while back that silver ink could be used, is that a standard now or was that a one time thing?

This is what I'm working on, any comments/critiques would be appreciated. Thanks.

travisharben wrote:I have a quick question. I remember in a derby a while back that silver ink could be used, is that a standard now or was that a one time thing?

Metallic silver or gold ink is more of a one time thing, Woot brings it out for daily prints sometimes and it has been allowed in a few derbies over the years, but otherwise no.

Josephus wrote:THIS is a quality post. You severely, seriously, optimally deserve your monkey prize.

Typo and all? Cool, thanks!

xepherys wrote:As a new derby contender, I was hoping someone could answer (or link an answer) to a problem I'm having.

I work in Photoshop, primarily. I'm having trouble working in a six-color palette. I can set a specified palette via indexed color, but then I can't work in layers. I'm afraid if I design the way I want with my colors in RGB, then convert, there will be missing pixels where certain colors cannot be replaced.

Any tips? Thanks!

Turn off anti-aliasing on everything you use, and use the pencil instead of the paintbrush

Here's my thought, "Olive, or Onion?". I finally have at least a trial photoshop at home, but I don't know how to get the lines right without AI.
Anyone want to play with me? Or, at least tell me what to do in Inkscape to get the lines filled out and looking good - the equivalent of Live Trace?

Any ideas for colors/shirt color/ placement/ anything at all? Haha thanks for anything.

dreadwood wrote:Any ideas for colors/shirt color/ placement/ anything at all? Haha thanks for anything.

It's an octopus, and ink, so dark colors come to mind first. Blues, dark purples... Maybe some vivid blues and purples on black (which can also be the shading)? Pops of yellow on the suckers? I'd love to see this as a right-side vertical print. So many verticals end up on the left - why?
/edit to add - check these colors

paigeg wrote:
Anyone want to play with me? Or, at least tell me what to do in Inkscape to get the lines filled out and looking good - the equivalent of Live Trace?

Omnitarian made this tutorial a while back. Maybe it will help...

grrlmarvel wrote:I want to do an ONI.

CHALLENGE! Any depiction of Oni demons I've seen that I can recall is a face/head/mask. What does the rest look like? Scales? Ridges? Reptilian or chicken-like legs?
I challenge you or anyone to do a full-body Oni. Just skip the genitalia and, if you're doing Hanya, be discreet with those allegedly long, hanging dugs. I'm sure that hakama pants for the male demons and maybe a scaled corselet for the females would work.

dreadwood wrote:This is what I'm working on, any comments/critiques would be appreciated. Thanks.

my preference is to incorporate the color of the shirt into your colors. Color the design,then copy the shirt color, from behind the drawing, put it as a layer on top, about 40% transparency, and then do your color readings on each color. change your original colors to the ones you just measured, and get rid of the transparent shirt color. bingo! your colors now will seem more right with the shirt color! anyway, yours is clearly different from mine, so no worries.

cdrewlow wrote:Omnitarian made this tutorial a while back. Maybe it will help...

Thanks tons, and when I have time to play I'll try it. But I don't have a tablet and stylus to do the redraw. Me so sad. I'm a hack working on actual paper with actual pen. I do have a tablet and pen - cheapo stuff from I got off some deals site... What letter did it start with...? Immaterial, since I don't have it hooked up and have zero time to mess around. I'll bookmark this thread, tho, for future reference. Thanks!

What do you guys think? Is this working or should I just scrap it?
It's called "level 50 Ogre"

:P

Josephus wrote:my preference is to incorporate the color of the shirt into your colors. Color the design,then copy the shirt color, from behind the drawing, put it as a layer on top, about 40% transparency, and then do your color readings on each color. change your original colors to the ones you just measured, and get rid of the transparent shirt color. bingo! your colors now will seem more right with the shirt color! anyway, yours is clearly different from mine, so no worries.

Yeah. What he said. Only not. I do not know these 'readings'. I'm a total amateur. I would pick a shirt color - EX. black - and totally remove it from the design, letting a hidden (visible when you need it) black background layer guide me in erasing to let the shading show through. Which is probably the same thing, except I have NO idea what I'm doing. No training, just instinct.
Not ragging on either of you, honest and for true. Chime in and help me unnerstand. I'm trying to learn this stuff.
And don't live or die by my suggestions - they're totally conceptual, not technical. If Josephus's explanation gives you what you want, go with it. Could be same church-different pew.

Radscoolian wrote:What do you guys think? Is this working or should I just scrap it?
It's called "level 50 Ogre"

I'm not a Rejectionator, but I think this is reminiscent of Shrek without treading on the copyrights. I think.
/edit to add - where is the rest of the donkey?

This might be a naive

This might be a naive question but are copyrighted characters not allowed in this derby? It doesn't say so in this week's rules. Also, other T-shirts have been printed that have copyrighted characters right? Is that not allowed anymore?

Josephus wrote:my preference is to incorporate the color of the shirt into your colors. Color the design,then copy the shirt color, from behind the drawing, put it as a layer on top, about 40% transparency, and then do your color readings on each color. change your original colors to the ones you just measured, and get rid of the transparent shirt color. bingo! your colors now will seem more right with the shirt color! anyway, yours is clearly different from mine, so no worries.

paigeg wrote:It's an octopus, and ink, so dark colors come to mind first. Blues, dark purples... Maybe some vivid blues and purples on black (which can also be the shading)? Pops of yellow on the suckers? I'd love to see this as a right-side vertical print. So many verticals end up on the left - why?
/edit to add - check these colors

Thank you so much for the suggestions, it's always good to get feedback. I'm thinking either navy or black for the background. Thanks again

got to say coming up with ideas for this derby is hard.
what do you guys think of this?

paigeg wrote:I'm not a Rejectionator, but I think this is reminiscent of Shrek without treading on the copyrights. I think.
/edit to add - where is the rest of the donkey?

Good call.

dreadwood wrote:Any ideas for colors/shirt color/ placement/ anything at all? Haha thanks for anything.

I see a fountain pen....with the obvious output...

Which one do y'all like more?
Purple or slightly hidden?

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aswati wrote:This might be a naive question but are copyrighted characters not allowed in this derby? It doesn't say so in this week's rules. Also, other T-shirts have been printed that have copyrighted characters right? Is that not allowed anymore?

Copyright protected characters are allowed IF there is sufficient parody. A character doing exactly what one would expect the character to do as guided by the copyright owner...won't pass muster.

Pop culture bans are also used to eliminate them, even with parody.

paigeg wrote:Yeah. What he said. Only not. I do not know these 'readings'. I'm a total amateur. I would pick a shirt color - EX. black - and totally remove it from the design, letting a hidden (visible when you need it) black background layer guide me in erasing to let the shading show through. Which is probably the same thing, except I have NO idea what I'm doing. No training, just instinct.
Not ragging on either of you, honest and for true. Chime in and help me unnerstand. I'm trying to learn this stuff.
And don't live or die by my suggestions - they're totally conceptual, not technical. If Josephus's explanation gives you what you want, go with it. Could be same church-different pew.

I was talking about the new RGB value of the color once the shirt color is translucently layered over it. I am also an amateur possibly using the wrong terms to describe what I'm suggesting that you do- I saw it somewhere here first, maybe odysseyroc (sp?) suggested it?

[quote postid="4542758" user="jasneko"]Which one do y'all like more?
Purple or slightly hidden?

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Purple. This is really striking.
Although I'm with the concept. What's the octopus doing?

[quote postid="4542758" user="jasneko"]Which one do y'all like more?
Purple or slightly hidden?

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I like #1, purple. Too bad it couldn't be glow in the dark, though...

Mavyn wrote:Copyright protected characters are allowed IF there is sufficient parody. A character doing exactly what one would expect the character to do as guided by the copyright owner...won't pass muster.

Pop culture bans are also used to eliminate them, even with parody.

Thank you so much!