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Re: Awkward turtle loses the race
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Wow, this so reminds me of the Wong Fu awkward plushies... Awkward turtle (except those have better expressions)

I've noticed that very few of the serious, worked-on Ramy designs actually win (not that there's many of those). Sure he might get a few encouraging comments from the otherwise bashing crowd and from some of the better artists around here, but not the votes of the masses. So whenever he does the ugly-silly-bunny he spends 2h on it and gets serious dough, and when he works hard(er) and puts a little soul into it he doesn't get anything. I have to say I understand. I don't agree, but I understand.

Re: Super Awkward

Very well done!

Re: Yin Yang

This is awkward how?

Re: Yin Yang

great idea and design!! hahahaha well...a 69 interspecies is extremely awkward! hahaha just kidding

tjost wrote:It can be removed. I just wanted to tell a
little more of a story but if you guys don't like it its gone

You should enter a second one without the hand, but keep this one going as well. Simply removing it would appeal to a completely different audience.

SJulian1 wrote:Yes. Something playing off of a children's story, and a meme someone else created is very unique. The fact that he's been using the same flipping turtle over and OVER AND OVER make it even more unique! :D

Why, yes. He certainly has put a twist on a children's story. What of it? What is portrayed in the picture is a completely different plot-line to how the story is meant to end. Therefore it is awkward and embarrassing and fits well with the theme. Also, what is wrong with using the turtle if the actual, real character in the story is a tortoise. (anyway, turtle...tortoise, same difference) I really don't see what's wrong with the design.

Re: Death Caught with Cutie

Really love this! I think I'd like it with just the skull & kitty, but it's still wicked cool ;)

ramyb wrote:This one's going to be tough to explain :P

Srsly. Who puts ketchup on a hotdog?

Re: An Awkward Draft

Just saw your comment on mine, I was wondering when Coffeybean was gonna rock an entry! Great work as always. Bummed your cleaning grenade didn't print.

Re: I'm here to rescue... uh...

I still want this this shirt...but....

The knight has the wrong weapon! Unless he was going to joust the dragon for the princesses favor? lol

Sorry, I'm a dragon lover, and also a medieval history buff :-D

coolestghoul wrote:lol ... but where do all the votes come from?!?! I don't get it. How many ramyb turtle shirts can one own?

You gotta give him credit for constantly delivering what the turtle-loving masses want though. I, fortunately, am not a turtle-loving mass.

yeah no offense this is a great design like many others but i do not see how it got so much more votes than other a lot wittier and successful in design shirts. friends and fans votes?

pilarjuliet wrote:Really love this! I think I'd like it with just the skull & kitty, but it's still wicked cool ;)

It looks like Death is facing you at that exact moment with the kitty. So I like the hand and sickle. :D

Re: OH! I'm so... SO... sorry!

Master Chief mistakes Link's fairy, Navi, for a new flood.

Now Link demands Cortana's life in exchange. A sidekick for a sidekick.

Sorry for such a late entry but I had to get this out of my head.
6 colors on Black
155 - 258 - Warm Grey 1 - 469 - 123 - 3425

Re: Sticky situation

I don't think it's clear that the spider is tangled in its own silk. (I mean, it is if you look at it, but not at first glance). Maybe if you had a few of its legs caught and some struggle going on? Just a thought, I really like the idea.

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=57860]PB

MUCH better. Fits the competition more. GMV

mrwednesday wrote:This certainly is awkward. I'm not sure there are words.

On a more design related note, captain tube top seems to kind of lack your usual polish. The proportions and details are kind of rough and he looks very flat. Was that deliberate to aid the awkwardness?

Honestly, after I cleaned up the lines and filled in the colors, it just looked done to me. Polish wouldn't really help this design convey its point, which is "Isn't Captain Planet awful?" I think shading, details, background, etc., would just take away from the spinal bumps showing through the vacancy of his tube top, his mullet, etc.

Regardless, I'm glad I've set the bar high for myself.

j5 wrote:^
What's up? Short on time?

Yeah, but that's the case every week...

Re: BIRTHDAY WISH

cute

Re: I'm here to rescue... uh...

I always prefer scenarios where the dragon wins and/or is not on a rampage.

stephenjordan wrote:If you don't like Ramyb's designs, then make a better one yourself. As far as i can see, Ramyb's still getting votes so why stop? If something different is what people wanted, then there wouldn't be so many vates for Ramyb's designs. It's called capitalism people.

OCCUPY SHIRT.WOOT STREET! PROTEST THE 1%'s CUTESY GARBAGE! WHAT DO WE WANT? CREATIVITY! WHEN DO WE WANT IT? THIS DERBY!

...But seriously, this design is stunningly unoriginal - even for ramyb.

Robin's new pajamas make Batman feel.... awkward.... and maybe a bit betrayed...

--hope you have fun with it =)

cindyscrazy wrote:I still want this this shirt...but....

The knight has the wrong weapon! Unless he was going to joust the dragon for the princesses favor? lol

Sorry, I'm a dragon lover, and also a medieval history buff :-D

That lance has a war tip. Not for jousting.

Re: Free Hugs

but dang! i do like it!!!

Re: tweet tweet TWOOT

I actually laughed out loud for this. It's adorable, and I love the title. :-D

Re: Conglomeration of Awkward

I'll admit it. I'm lost.

Hoping this one prints, because it would make Christmas shopping soooooo much easier. I've always rooted for the Dragon!

Re: A really akward spot

funny...like the expressions.

Re: No, No, No... You're supposed to EAT them, Ted!

cute

Re: Grandpa?!

very nice; like the scene + of course, your robots

Re: Sticky situation

GMV but I agree that the design would have been much stronger if it was more obvious that it was tangled in its own web. Maybe the design could be like a close-up, with only a small section of the web showing and then the spider could be bigger and you could show the spider's face with an embarassed expression or something.

Re: Epic Fail

I like this though in the thumbnail I thought he was holding his slingshot and that the blade was the bottle he keeps all his fairies and that they had escaped

Re: what the spork

I think this would be a great wallpaper or avatar or something, but I am sorry, I wouldn't want this on a shirt!

smklung wrote:This seems to be alot more ironic than it is awkward.

i agree...

cjleines wrote:You should enter a second one without the hand, but keep this one going as well. Simply removing it would appeal to a completely different audience.

The problem with that is then your votes are divided, and makes it so that neither has a chance of even fogging.

j5 wrote:Srsly. Who puts ketchup on a hotdog?

This. Mustard is the condiment of choice and always should be.

Re: PatroNOM! [RE-SUB]

This is the best shirt idea ever!

rachina wrote:Dear me, the anger and hate that exist in this world. I think people here might be getting the wrong idea. This is a funny idea and it made me laugh. He is using cute characters that he is good at drawing to express a unique idea. Why shouldn't he use a turtle and bunny (in this case a hare I suppose) if he is good at drawing them and they fit with the theme of the shirt. Seems like a win win situation to me. Good job RamyB.

He could at least make an attempt to be mildly original by doing something so bold as to make the rabbit brown this time, instead of the typical VacantEyedWhiteRamyBunny. The "harebbit" isn't even really looking like he's making fun of the turtle who somehow ended upside-down...he's pointing with a clubby arm with a Nelson-from-the-Simpson's expression and angry eyebrows.

I'm not saying this is off-topic. I'm not saying there are more on-topic/highly creative and original shirts this week. I'm critiquing this one design because it deserves to be scrutinized since the designer's style is so recognizable and his name so well known. Artists shouldn't win repeatedly on name alone; they should be subject to the same voting standards as the designers who have only subbed once or twice and have never had a print. It's like people who buy Apple products because it says Apple on it, instead of buying it because it is the best quality mp3 player/phone/tablet/computer/gadget with all the features you want. Clearly I'm wasting my breath though because Wooters seem to like rehashes of old, tired designs that are running on the fumes of what at one time was maybe a cute and unique idea. But after weeks of seeing the same characters in the same poses with the same expressions and the same message of "LOL! ISN'T WHAT I MADE SO CUTE?!", I'm just tired of it.

tekman7d0 wrote:
They may want to take a look at most of the great artists; Van Gogh, Monet, and Dali to name a few. If having a 'style' was wrong in art, those guys screwed up big time!

There's no problem with having a set style. It's what makes an artist identifiable throughout the body of their works. Take Monet, for example. He often painted in the exact same location, with the same setting, objects, subject matter, ect., but the one thing that made each of his works unique within a series and within his portfolio of works is that each of those paintings was painted at a different time of day or in a different weather condition. The Cathedral looks incredibly different in the early morning light than it does in the afternoon light than it does in the fog. While still painted with the typical Expressionist style of sketchy brush strokes and soft shapes, each work is unique in its message because there is variety to break the unity.

Unfortunately, the same can not be said here. Same character. Same colors. Same message. Same shirt color. Same lack of attention to details that get beat on week after week. Same. Same. Same. It's just sub 2/3 that is more of the Same.

ChaosDoctor07 wrote:This. Mustard is the condiment of choice and always should be.

So delicious. Also tasty on pretzels (both the soft AND crunchy kind) and with 100% fewer cockroach bits.

vorteks wrote:This is great! Well drawn, and I feel that this is one of the few shirts to really nail the theme. GMV.

This.

I would buy this in an instant. And if I could vote a million times, I would. That would so be me. Screw you knight! I made friends with a dragon!

Fantastisch!