Shirt.Woot

noxandpy wrote:We're playing with some new styles this week! This one is "Get Out of Your Cave!" Two down, one to go!

nice work!

kevlar51 wrote:Here's what I'm working with at the moment--thoughts welcome!

Oh wow! I love this.

(Sorry I can't remember how to not make it ginormous.)

wirdou wrote:I'm not really good at artistic stuff (working on that though)...so I wanted to make something fun So this is what I've got. It's like...animals should have their "let's join our open spaces" day or something... hahahah It's almost done (I have to make the halftones), but it would be great if you could help me with the title ^__^

I think you have a lot of cool details here. Specially the wood sticks inside the basket! Good luck tomorrow my friend!

Here's what I'm working on. Lots of work to do on it still. Hopefully I can get it done by tomorrow. I'm not so good at scenery type stuff...

Defying Gravity:


defyinggravity by bakaprod, on Flickr

Ugh, cream. I could do it on black or navy as well. Thoughts?


defyinggravity_black by bakaprod, on Flickr

inkycatz wrote:You sound like you might enjoy Cards Against Humanity.

Great game, very fun to play with a group that doesn't get offended easily (cause it will be very, very offensive.)

Here's my sub. I was originally intending to sub this as a daily, with a frog on the right side, but this derby is too good to pass up. So I spent the last 4 hours finishing it. Comments?

Trying out something different this week. Navy or black?

dreadwood wrote:Trying out something different this week. Navy or black?

I'm normally a fan of navy, but the navy version seems to have more (ie too much?) blowy-line stuff on it. I think the black one comes off nicer.

axphw1 wrote:Hiking boots dreaming of Sleeping Beauty which overlooks Lake George and the Adirondack Mountains

I like this idea - I'm hoping that you will be filling in the outlined areas (eg, the trees will be green instead of white with a green outline) - the boots look very realistic and then the dream looks overly simplistic in comparison. Just my 2 cents' worth.

dreadwood wrote:Trying out something different this week. Navy or black?

This looks like a dark grey to me(ie - I have to check my monitor settings). And I think it helps with the cloudy sky impression in a way black and navy wouldn't.

@axphw1 Oops, I didn't even look back to see if you replied. I think it is the laces, they aren't highlighted in any way so they are washed out in a backgroundy way.

phylumsynthesis wrote:A bunny! People here seem to like bunnies. Also, red rocks.

I'm worried that this might wind up blurry up close, like a horrible accident did.

curli76 wrote:Our Own Dam Place

Wow, it is always so quick that people come up with the good answers.

dreadwood wrote:Trying out something different this week. Navy or black?

I like the navy. I can almost feel the chilly mountain air there...

SkekTek wrote:Here's my sub. I was originally intending to sub this as a daily, with a frog on the right side, but this derby is too good to pass up. So I spent the last 4 hours finishing it. Comments?

Shirts with this coloring and outline styling always make me think of a gaping chest wound...

noxandpy wrote:

wirdou wrote:

Love these. They great such a wonderful sense of blissful awe.

phylumsynthesis wrote:A bunny! People here seem to like bunnies. Also, red rocks.

I'm a crazy bunny person & love this. I just wouldnt be able to get it because these light colors make me look ill (ill in the yucky way ha)

inkycatz wrote:You sound like you might enjoy Cards Against Humanity.

Oh My Fruitful Garden, I'm always trying to be as offensive as possible with A to A, I want this game so hardcore, it will be mine when its not sold out anymore!

I'm really thankful Curli76! That sounds great! "Our own dam place" it will be.

Thanks Omar, I'm really looking forward to seeing yours.

Midgerock, great one! love all the cool details

Kevlar, I really like it, but maybe you could use warm colors for the sky, like those you used for the lights on the tree I think that would work too :D

cfdunbar...that is...impressive...love the colors

aerc712 wrote:I really liked the touch of the two people off to the side. It really helped capture the moment of sometimes you just have to sit/stand in a spot and enjoy the amazing view in front of you.

Is this something you designed or are altering? It's awesome either way. I'm asking as I have some amazing pictures of various outdoorsy stuff and was wondering if I was able to use the photos to make the finished product and still be in the rules.

okac wrote:Oh My Fruitful Garden, I'm always trying to be as offensive as possible with A to A, I want this game so hardcore, it will be mine when its not sold out anymore!

That is cool as heck!

rogue8402 wrote:Oh wow! I love this.

(Sorry I can't remember how to not make it ginormous.)

This might be the one and only t-shirt i would ever be able to get my husband to wear. Wonderful stuff!

blanked, great stuff! navy looks perfect

jabascus wrote:Is this something you designed or are altering? It's awesome either way. I'm asking as I have some amazing pictures of various outdoorsy stuff and was wondering if I was able to use the photos to make the finished product and still be in the rules.

Definitely pre-made vector silhouette brushes(trees and people, can easily tell as I have them myself) were used for this piece not a photo so that's a big difference I would think.

I'm also looking forward to this derby for the sake of my nature-lovin' kids (the amount of rock and leaves/pinecones they come home is never ending!)

This derby sounds like a great idea- I for one can't wait to get through work and back home to start designing =P

aerc712 wrote:
(I have a similar approach to Apples to Apples, but my favorite thing to do is to save the Helen Keller card until a great/terrible moment.)

In my house for Apples to Apples, the Helen Keller, Cow Pies, and Duct Tape cards are instawin.

incerity wrote:Definitely pre-made vector silhouette brushes(trees and people, can easily tell as I have them myself) were used for this piece not a photo so that's a big difference I would think.

I'm also looking forward to this derby for the sake of my nature-lovin' kids (the amount of rock and leaves/pinecones they come home is never ending!)

Sorry, they arent brushes, I hand drew them all myself.

One last complement. I honestly don't feel bad when 19 out of 20 weeks I can't come up with anything. All I have to do is look at the amazing ideas and in the end I have a great shirt or two anyway.

Question on design. My experience has been altering rights free clip art, modifying my own photos and a host of other things I'm sure will make people shake their heads.

I want to try doing this stuff more by hand. Do many of you use a graphics tablet with stylus? [I don't know the proper name] Which one would be recommended on the cheap?

Do many of you draw and then scan? I have done this as well but not so much lately as this is mainly something fun for me to do.

Thanks in advance. I'm still drooling over the bunny shirt and the kindle reading tree.

I'm liking almost everything I see here so far, nice work artists. A few specific comments:

1. Midge, Kevlar, love both designs.

2. phylumsynthesis, looks like a watercolor or 1950s postcard, very cool!

3. tjschaeffer, I'd go with navy. It pops more.

4. dreadwood, I like the navy as well but I think the black is more evocative of clouds (which is what you're going for, right?)

wirdou wrote:
Kevlar, I really like it, but maybe you could use warm colors for the sky, like those you used for the lights on the tree I think that would work too :D

Thanks wirdou--I'm trying out your advice and trying different options. Right now that specific brown resembles egg yolk once you spread it out on the sky, but I'll try switching around a few colors.

Please don't be upset if I still end up with blue at the end of the day though ;)

jabascus wrote:Question on design. My experience has been altering rights free clip art, modifying my own photos and a host of other things I'm sure will make people shake their heads.

I want to try doing this stuff more by hand. Do many of you use a graphics tablet with stylus? [I don't know the proper name] Which one would be recommended on the cheap?

Do many of you draw and then scan? I have done this as well but not so much lately as this is mainly something fun for me to do.

Thanks in advance. I'm still drooling over the bunny shirt and the kindle reading tree.

For me: I do have (or had - it broke last night) a stylus and tablet, which in derbies like this, it is golden. Mostly though I draw and scan then color and sometimes manipulate clip art. It really depends on what the design is. Thing is, I do not use Adobe Illustrator, I use CorelDRAW and PhotoShop for everything.

wirdou wrote:cfdunbar...that is...impressive...love the colors

Thanks so much wirdou. I really like "Our Own Dam Place" you'll have a +1 from me.

citizencoyote wrote:Sorry Woot, but I think the bestest national park shirt has already been done.

But this derby could produce a close second.

oh wow. I want it!

Kevlar, why should I be upset?¿ ;) It also looks great on that blue, it was just in case you wanted to try a different approach

Cfdunbar, thanks, I'm glad you like Our own dam place You've got mine too

jabascus wrote:Is this something you designed or are altering? It's awesome either way. I'm asking as I have some amazing pictures of various outdoorsy stuff and was wondering if I was able to use the photos to make the finished product and still be in the rules.

I wanted to hop in here, I know Nox already talked about the fact that the silhouettes were hand drawn, but for for an idea of how we work these derbies - here's a good illustration.

I'm (Py) actually from Lake CDA (the lake that the picture is based on). I have TONS of pictures of sunsets up here. So I took my faves - about 6 in total - and sent them to Nox for color, cloud, and style inspiration. Then, I wrote out exactly what I saw in my head - Lake, silhouetted figures and trees, cloudy, wild sky sunset in the background.

She takes those images and my description and turns them into a submission. Throughout the process we go in and change things, make small tweaks, etc. But everything she does in hand drawn and colored.

Hope that helps.

axphw1 wrote:Hiking boots dreaming of Sleeping Beauty which overlooks Lake George and the Adirondack Mountains

Love, love LOVE this design. I do agree with other posters about the boots having a clip art quality to them....what if they were on a mudroom floor or peeking out from a closet? I know this is an unfinished work so I'm sure you have something amazing planned. Can't wait to see your finished product and wish I could vote for it more than once!

wootvan wrote:Woot/Amazon/Kindle should pay you a boatload for this. Great work.

agreed!

cephy wrote:This derby sounds like a great idea- I for one can't wait to get through work and back home to start designing =P

I'm looking forward to seeing your designs!

aerc712 wrote:I'm looking forward to how this one turn out for sentimental reasons - used to live in the area and miss it tons.

I know this was mentioned elsewhere, but the boots are just a bit awkward, for lack of better phrasing. I get the point of the boots dreaming of the outdoors and being in that location, but the 2 elements just don't mesh yet. The boots have the clip art feel to 'em and I feel like that's detracting from the overall design a bit. I wish I could offer suggestions for what to do, but I just don't know. Maybe once the landscape portion is done you can play with things, maybe see how that part looks on it's own.

Good luck!

I like the boots thinking idea! I think it responds well to the challenge. They are dreaming of open space not in the closet!

Before too long a polar bear's natural habitat will be in a zoo.

Melting Away

Wow, so many entry already?! Amazing designs. This is my entry "Quiet Beauty". Hope you guys like it!

okac wrote:Oh My Fruitful Garden, I'm always trying to be as offensive as possible with A to A, I want this game so hardcore, it will be mine when its not sold out anymore!

Last I checked, the cards are free if you print them out yourself (and laminate to make them more durable). It's only if you want pre-made cards that you have to pay up.