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Nekkochan wrote:I thought so - but I had to ask or it would bug me ;) Good luck with the derby, I think your work is always so strong.

Thanks, again! I thought about making the misspellings more subtle, but then I would risk people thinking I had made a mistake. I wanted to really make them annoying so you'd know something was up.

Here's what I've got:

KOALA by Ape Lad, on Flickr
Eucalyptus is all I need to get me through the day.

I'm thinking of an elated Irish muffin with the slogan "Top o' the Morning to Ya!"
for a product like "McGilliicuddy's Muffin Tops". What do you guys think?

midgerock wrote:Here's what I got for tomorrow. Any thoughts?

I like this. And I feel that it would be better to keep "Eggs" plural... you never here someone say they had bacon and egg for breakfast... it's always bacon and eggs.

Radscoolian wrote:Fortafide wit Iorn!

Oh My Fruitful Garden, I love it! ♥♥♥

Hey guys! My breakfast these days... what looks better, royal blue or kelly green? Thanks!

midgerock wrote:Thanks ShekTek. My thought was they were detectives with the egg being "Detective Eggs" or do you mean the title of the design? And what do you mean by "plussing"?

Love the design. It would throw me off, if it just said "Bacon & Egg" I like it how it is. Definitely gets my vote.

Edited: because I can't spell this early in the morning.

jasneko wrote:Hey guys! My breakfast these days... what looks better, royal blue or kelly green? Thanks!

I think the yellow of the banana has more pop on the blue shirt than on the green.

Radscoolian wrote:Thanks! There all intensional.

ICWUDT

inspektordogge wrote:I'm thinking of an elated Irish muffin with the slogan "Top o' the Morning to Ya!"
for a product like "McGilliicuddy's Muffin Tops". What do you guys think?

I love it!!

jasneko wrote:Hey guys! My breakfast these days... what looks better, royal blue or kelly green? Thanks!

I agree that it pops more on blue...which is why I like the green, it doesn't scream PRIMARY COLORS at me, and it certainly doesn't disappear on the green.

jasneko wrote:Hey guys! My breakfast these days... what looks better, royal blue or kelly green? Thanks!

i like it better on the green. yay for super banana!

rockymike wrote:Had two ideas, but only had time to finish one. Maybe I'll work something out over the weekend.

Is that comic sans? It looks like it. I think I would like it better with a different font.

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i also immediately thought "owl" on this one, and wondered why his tail was "ghosty". the tail obviously makes sense for a phoenix, but i think the bird needs to be more "fiery". have you used your six colors? maybe add some yellow, or a different shade of orange?

(yes i love my "quotation marks")

Any suggestions for a better slogan?

jasneko wrote:Hey guys! My breakfast these days... what looks better, royal blue or kelly green? Thanks!

I actually think the blue is sort of "expected" with that color combination but what about going with Asphalt or Slate to try to increase the contrast of the yellow on more mute color? Just a suggestion

The mascot is the bear in the image... but is he to much in the background and will this be called off topic?

I'm about 75% done with my design (will be ready for submitting late tonight), but I've got one concern about it at the moment - I've got six egg-type mascots in my design, and my omelet character is currently named "Om-nom-let". Is that too pop culture? I feel like it'd be ok since nom-nom is quite a natural sound that may occur while eating a tasty omelet, but on the other hand the internet really loves that particular phrase... any suggestions?

rockymike wrote:Had two ideas, but only had time to finish one. Maybe I'll work something out over the weekend.

If you are using gimp for your halftone background I would really bump that oversampling up to 10 or 12.

I'm so frustrated right now. I was working on my design yesterday, but I wasn't feeling very good, so I had to stop. I won't be able to submit it when the derby starts. Hope I can finish it when I get off work.

jasneko wrote:Hey guys! My breakfast these days... what looks better, royal blue or kelly green? Thanks!

Go with green! It makes the yellows look nice 'n' bright and gives the design a great energy.

Radscoolian wrote:Fortafide wit Iorn!

As soon as I saw the "teh" I was sold. I would definitely buy this.

A lot of good ideas already in this thread, I can't wait to see the entries! I have a feeling I will be buying a lot of shirts next weekend.

I have a notion that I think could go pretty far. Anyone want to help?

j5 wrote:I have a notion that I think could go pretty far. Anyone want to help?

I would but I'm not very good and probably wouldn't do it justice.

So does anyone think that a design involving a character from a classic work of fiction (one which has had a movie made recently) would be considered pop culture?

I'd show a sample now to get some opinions, but I haven't started working on it yet. I tried a few other concepts but none of them were working out...

tjschaeffer wrote:So does anyone think that a design involving a character from a classic work of fiction (one which has had a movie made recently) would be considered pop culture?

I'd show a sample now to get some opinions, but I haven't started working on it yet. I tried a few other concepts but none of them were working out...

A recent movie would count as Pop culture... if it was a bad recent movie from 2 or more years ago I would say it is not pop culture anymore.

xazothia wrote:I got the blood joke right away but the spelling thing was a total facepalm once I figured it out

this means this is an excellent idea

And if you're looking at it and not getting it...just read it outloud.

Thought I wouldn't by buying anything this derby, but now think I might need multiple copies of this one!

tjschaeffer wrote:So does anyone think that a design involving a character from a classic work of fiction (one which has had a movie made recently) would be considered pop culture?

I'd show a sample now to get some opinions, but I haven't started working on it yet. I tried a few other concepts but none of them were working out...

There was a reference to peter pan, another classic novel with recent film adaptations,in the pirate derby (which also had the pop culture rule) that passed through without rejection. I think that's pretty strong precedence.

axphw1 wrote:

Any suggestions for a better slogan?

Turkey Bacon: Healthier for Us All!

(OK, so there's a reason why I'm not in marketing!)

Thanks for the preferences everyone! (artgirl too, good suggestion but I feel like a brighter color for this design)

Looks like green is the leader right now. Added another element - a little bg blur - yay or nay?

leprechaungirl wrote:I just realized this sounded kind of rude and I didn't mean that at all. I thought the movie was stupid not your drawing. I like the drawing! It just makes me think of the little organisms and whatnot in that movie... except dressed like a mountie... hmmmm mounty? Oh well you know what I mean, neither one looks right to me right now. I'll probably think bacon more once it's in color though.

I totally understood what you were saying. No offense taken. I just hope my new design doesn't conjure images of bad movies.

shikausstan wrote:A recent movie would count as Pop culture... if it was a bad recent movie from 2 or more years ago I would say it is not pop culture anymore.

Turns out the movie version I'm thinking of came out around 7 years ago. I thought it was much more recent than that. It wasn't considered "bad" but wasn't huge by any means.

axphw1 wrote:There was a reference to peter pan, another classic novel with recent film adaptations,in the pirate derby (which also had the pop culture rule) that passed through without rejection. I think that's pretty strong precedence.

Oh yeah. The "Pirate Hooks of the World" design. I forgot about that.

Then I'll be going ahead with my design. Now I just hope to get it up before bed tonight. Thanks shikausstan and axphw1!

Radscoolian wrote:Fortafide wit Iorn!

Intentional or not, the typos are a distraction that competes with the simplicity of the main concept. The blood type O joke is good on its own, adding in the typos joke really confused it for me...it's like you couldn't decide which joke you liked more and went with both.

Hey, Can I get any tips from veteran designers/wooters?

Zombie Toast

grayehound wrote:Intentional or not, the typos are a distraction that competes with the simplicity of the main concept. The blood type O joke is good on its own, adding in the typos joke really confused it for me...it's like you couldn't decide which joke you liked more and went with both.

I hate to say it but I think you are wrong. With all of the spelling mistakes the main joke seems to be the type-O's not Type O blood...

I think it is very well played.

ldokiernan wrote:Hey, Can I get any tips from veteran designers/wooters?

Zombie Toast

Night of the Living Bread?
Sorry, it's been done.

ldokiernan wrote:Hey, Can I get any tips from veteran designers/wooters?

Zombie Toast

How is this supposed to be a mascot?

ChuckleNorris wrote:
Not sure how many people will get this, but it's worth a shot.

Hahaha! Awesome! Totally get it (but I'm a Geometry teacher. . . )

grayehound wrote:Intentional or not, the typos are a distraction that competes with the simplicity of the main concept. The blood type O joke is good on its own, adding in the typos joke really confused it for me...it's like you couldn't decide which joke you liked more and went with both.

And now that I think about it, putting the typos in the cereal (á la Alphabits) would make that joke stronger. Just a thought...the illustration is fantastic and lots of fun, so I see this design as having a ton of potential.

shikausstan wrote:I hate to say it but I think you are wrong. With all of the spelling mistakes the main joke seems to be the type-O's not Type O blood...

I think it is very well played.

Yea, I see that, and I agree the typos idea seemed to be the stronger idea, but I looked at the pictures first, saw the red blood cells, related that to the title and then saw the typos and thought "well, that's sloppy and lazy of them!" In the 2 seconds you have to sell an idea to your audience, do you really want them to wonder why you can't spell if that's not the first thing you are relating the title to?