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higgyce wrote:


I think this is my best work yet...thinking of callin it "Classic Safari" for the sunset I just changed the opacity of the brush...would I get rejected for it? I never used the gradient tool and I would have done halftones if I could figure them out (there arent any tutorials for them with photoshop elements 8 which is what I use)

alright if people think this has gradients, I just said I didnt use them...but if its gonna get rejected I would like some help figuring out how to make a good sunset with no halftones since I can NOT do them...I've spent weeks just trying to figure them out and failed...its frustrating beyond anything when there's no tutorials for them...I worked really hard on this one and I would like to not get rejected so...I'm at a loss :-(

reganrabbit wrote:

facing eminent zonkage and will have to turn in, but please, if you're awake and have thoughts, I will read them in the AM before I load it up to post at noon. Thanks!

Looks great!

higgyce wrote:alright if people think this has gradients, I just said I didnt use them...but if its gonna get rejected I would like some help figuring out how to make a good sunset with no halftones since I can NOT do them...I've spent weeks just trying to figure them out and failed...its frustrating beyond anything when there's no tutorials for them...I worked really hard on this one and I would like to not get rejected so...I'm at a loss :-(

I'm probably the wrong person to advise you, but sure here goes....
When they say gradients, they mean any colour which has a gradual decrease, increase in opacity, lightness, darkness etc, over the page/design.

Here's a link to some tutorials which explain it better, and you may find useful:

http://shirt.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=4532808

http://shirt.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?postid=3867870

Edit: You need to convert your opacity brush strokes to half tones. Trust me a tricky and error strewn process! (Leastways for me :o)

higgyce wrote:even though I didnt use gradients?

sorry, misread.
Opacity brushes == instarejection
The Woot silk screen printing process doesn't use translucent ink, so you shouldn't either.

j5 wrote:sorry, misread.
Opacity brushes == instarejection
The Woot silk screen printing process doesn't use translucent ink, so you shouldn't either.

So my best design yet and I cant even enter it....think I might go cry now...stupid halftones why cant I use you!!!

higgyce wrote:So my best design yet and I cant even enter it....think I might go cry now...stupid halftones why cant I use you!!!

Yo, see my above post! Give it a shot, it can be a pain but it's certainly achievable.

momailman wrote:Yo, see my above post! Give it a shot, it can be a pain but it's certainly achievable.

I tried to figure out halftones for at least a month straight...I looked at the woot forums...none of them use the same program and the tricks they used...dont work with elements 8...there arent even any tutorials on youtube for it...I thank you for trying but...unless you know photoshop elements 8 then I have to figure out some other way to do this

nblottie wrote:Worked this one up last night. Still have a couple minor tweaks and I'm thinking of calling it HAIL TO THE KING. What do you all think?

The king of what?!

momailman wrote:Yo, see my above post! Give it a shot, it can be a pain but it's certainly achievable.

in photoshop elements 8 there is no mask option like everything seems to think it has...maybe there is with the more professional versions but there isnt for this one...I just...I dont know why I keep trying :'(

higgyce wrote:I tried to figure out halftones for at least a month straight...I looked at the woot forums...none of them use the same program and the tricks they used...dont work with elements 8...there arent even any tutorials on youtube for it...I thank you for trying but...unless you know photoshop elements 8 then I have to figure out some other way to do this

Gotta be honest I'm not overly familiar with elements, somebody please CORRECT me if I'm wrong, but as far as I'm aware there's no good tool for converting to half tones in it. Maybe if you can export your pic to another program? Otherwise I'm stumped. Sorry.

I don't use Elements 8 now, but this sounds like it would work from my spotty memory:

Apply the Color Halftone filter

In the Editor, select an image, layer, or area.
Choose Pixelate > Color Halftone from the Filter menu.
Enter a value for the maximum radius of a halftone dot, from 4 to 127 pixels.
Enter a screen-angle value between ‑360 and 360 (the angle of the dot from the true horizontal) for one or more channels:
For grayscale images, enter a value in channel 1. Values in the other channel text boxes do not affect the filter.
For color images, use channels 1, 2, 3, and 4, which correspond to CMYK channels (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black).
Click Defaults to return all the screen angles to their default values, and then click OK.
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AAAAAGH! I spent all night working on my design, saving ever 5 minutes, when my computer gets unplugged (by my foot). I was like "oh well I just saved", and went to bed. I just got up to finish it and its GONE! >.< Whyyyyyy?

Mavyn wrote:I don't use Elements 8 now, but this sounds like it would work from my spotty memory:

Apply the Color Halftone filter

In the Editor, select an image, layer, or area.
Choose Pixelate > Color Halftone from the Filter menu.
Enter a value for the maximum radius of a halftone dot, from 4 to 127 pixels.
Enter a screen-angle value between ‑360 and 360 (the angle of the dot from the true horizontal) for one or more channels:
For grayscale images, enter a value in channel 1. Values in the other channel text boxes do not affect the filter.
For color images, use channels 1, 2, 3, and 4, which correspond to CMYK channels (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black).
Click Defaults to return all the screen angles to their default values, and then click OK.
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k well I got the dots now (looks like crud) but i've seen it fade with others' use of halftones...there's no fading...ugh this way my "best design yet" doesnt even hold up to my low standards

Play with it--you have to start with dots, but adjust the sizes within the limits Woot indicates.

Sorry--I'm not an artist by any stretch, just a hack...

lavenderpoet wrote:I'd say it's more the massive tops of the front "thighs" and his neck goes really far back on his back... there's not a lot of back at all. Oh, and the moon looks like a banana or a pepper as well. But I love the design.

Actually, giraffes do have massive chests and from leg muscles, as well as a short back. Weird critters.

odysseyroc wrote:The king of what?!

The concrete jungle?

Do tigers count? They ARE in Africa although they're not exactly roaming around like the other big cats...

j5 wrote:Wonderful illo, but I have to say, the hat does seem jarringly out of place.

If I submitted this (cause it's kinda all about the hat for me), could I resubmit one with an animal in place of the hat? Or is that too close? I could change up the colors. Will that kinda of thing get rejected? I got a warthog for the hate haters out there, but I'm not willing to not do the hat.

I will probably learn to hate that hat!

brendan948725 wrote:The concrete jungle?

"King of Styyyyyyle", is the correct answer.

odysseyroc wrote:"King of Styyyyyyle", is the correct answer.

Awesome. I like it...

crazydoglady wrote:This is gorgeous! A thought - make the tree one of the swoopy types with the trunk to one side and the crown of the tree framing the tableau, so that the tree frames/cradles the rest of the design. I think the trunk kind of competes with the impala horns now...
I don't know how much work that will be -either way, gmv.

Good catch - I was going for the acacia tree look, but obviously failed. Still working - so far I've moved the tree trunk, re-done the sun (too fussy) and colored the car body. Then I realized I'd messed up drawing the bumper, and fixed that... Still, I'm hoping to be ready with it this evening. Thanks TONS to all for the help and advice!

is there a reason why orange is not included on the photoshop template?

shikausstan wrote:I am leaning towards labeling this Zebra Camo. What do you think


(Full image here: http://shikausstan.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/6/0/2860070/zebra.jpg)




(the faded zebra is not part of the design)

Thanks for all the comments! I looked at it without the grass and it looks like "Legs dangling out of nothing," maybe green isn't the right color maybe a light dead colored grass would be better.

reganrabbit wrote:If I submitted this (cause it's kinda all about the hat for me), could I resubmit one with an animal in place of the hat? Or is that too close? I could change up the colors. Will that kinda of thing get rejected? I got a warthog for the hate haters out there, but I'm not willing to not do the hat.

I will probably learn to hate that hat!

Certainly.
And I'd love to be proven wrong on the hat, just to take me down a notch.

shikausstan wrote:Thanks for all the comments! I looked at it without the grass and it looks like "Legs dangling out of nothing," maybe green isn't the right color maybe a light dead colored grass would be better.

Make the grass span the length of the design.
eta: and drop the gray outline.

nblottie wrote:Worked this one up last night. Still have a couple minor tweaks and I'm thinking of calling it HAIL TO THE KING. What do you all think?

Awesome! I really love your cartooning, Blottie!

reganrabbit wrote:If I submitted this (cause it's kinda all about the hat for me), could I resubmit one with an animal in place of the hat? Or is that too close? I could change up the colors. Will that kinda of thing get rejected? I got a warthog for the hate haters out there, but I'm not willing to not do the hat.

I will probably learn to hate that hat!

You can submit as many versions as you want...but you may end up splitting your votes. I think the 2 would be different enough not to worry too much.

jrosa1251 wrote:is there a reason why orange is not included on the photoshop template?

Do you mean the shirt templates?

If so...yes...Woot doesn't offer the orange shirt anymore. It was dropped a while back, and slate and silver were added.

bluejester wrote:
For that matter, maybe restrict it to the grown up version of animals if people do any animal entries? Although I don't have anything against the cute and cuddlies per-se, it would be nice if we got this:



and not so much of this:

oh come on that second one is fantastic :D

nblottie wrote:Worked this one up last night. Still have a couple minor tweaks and I'm thinking of calling it HAIL TO THE KING. What do you all think?

end the derby now we have a winner.

My final layout for PHOTOBOMB.

Here's my idea.



No safari

Any suggestions?

bassanimation wrote:Awesome! I really love your cartooning, Blottie!

Thanks, your style rocks also!

Here is a text question since this is only my 2nd derby. I would understand that no text is more of statement or a punchline to a joke but what if its literally a design element such as a clock has numbers or a menu would say "menu" are those grounds for rejection?

artgirl929 wrote:Here is a text question since this is only my 2nd derby. I would understand that no text is more of statement or a punchline to a joke but what if its literally a design element such as a clock has numbers or a menu would say "menu" are those grounds for rejection?

Absolutely. I got one rejected for text because it had a plus sign on it: http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=54976

artgirl929 wrote:Here is a text question since this is only my 2nd derby. I would understand that no text is more of statement or a punchline to a joke but what if its literally a design element such as a clock has numbers or a menu would say "menu" are those grounds for rejection?

In some derbies they will say "incidental text only"- the kind of text you're talking about would be OK in that kind of derby. This derby says NO text. That means no text, no symbols, no kanji, nuffink.

j5 wrote:Make the grass span the length of the design.
eta: and drop the gray outline.

I did another option... Following a lot of the comments Which do people like better?

A
http://shikausstan.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/6/0/2860070/zebra.jpg

B
http://shikausstan.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/6/0/2860070/zebra2.jpg

I completely changed my idea just to avoid text. Honestly, I think it turned out better.

Josephus wrote:In some derbies they will say "incidental text only"- the kind of text you're talking about would be OK in that kind of derby. This derby says NO text. That means no text, no symbols, no kanji, nuffink.

Josephus wrote:

Why would you risk the no bunnies rule? Maybe you could do a Wolpertinger, or a jackalope if you get rejected?

Other than that I think it looks neat.