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Guesses on how many rejections for pigs as cops?

can the animals be extinct?

Can they be mythological, cryptids, or, or imaginary!?

this

"Original ideas only. If you can't design something without using someone else's existing characters, maybe take a break."

I wonder if it'd be counterproductive to submit a bunch of entries?

If someone has a penguin selling suits and tuxes, I won't be able to resist that shirt.

Clever? Eh, probably not.
Adorable? Yes! And really, that's all that matters. ;)

Oh, and those who hate the cute designs, this might be the time to take a week off from checking the derby.

Josephus wrote:I wonder if it'd be counterproductive to submit a bunch of entries?

only if they're similar concepts that would compete for each others votes.

I won't have time to draw up the animals' flip-side version of a Furry convention, but I've got the image stuck in my head. Maybe they'd call it a Shiny convention?

I was thinking of redoing this design (making it more dynamic and so on)...but I was just wondering if there is any interest in the general idea? Hipsterpotamus anyone? Maybe I would get rid of the writing... not sure yet.

Great derby/rules !! Can't wait to see this !

aerc712 wrote:Oh, and those who hate the cute designs, this might be the time to take a week off from checking the derby.

LOL...never! Did you know that it's possible to do animals without being cute? Yes, I assure you, it can be done. Come on people, design something that doesn't make me puke rainbows!

cynic11 wrote:this

"Original ideas only. If you can't design something without using someone else's existing characters, maybe take a break."

Oop!
I'm out.

tomspc wrote:LOL...never! Did you know that it's possible to do animals without being cute? Yes, I assure you, it can be done. Come on people, design something that doesn't make me puke rainbows!

I am aware that it is possible. However, this theme does lend itself to having quite a few "cute" designs and there is nothing wrong with that. As long as a design is original and well-executed, that is all that matters.

There's nothing constructive in saying that designs are terrible just because they "make me puke rainbows". A design could be very detailed and well-done and just because someone doesn't like seeing a happy bunny, doesn't mean the design is horrible and not worth printing. The design that instantly gets rejected because it's cute is something that someone worked on for hours. Artists deserve more than "NO CUTE STUFF ALLOWED."

jessisima wrote: I was thinking of redoing this design (making it more dynamic and so on)...but I was just wondering if there is any interest in the general idea? Hipsterpotamus anyone? Maybe I would get rid of the writing... not sure yet.

I like it. And yes, text must go, since the rule says No Text.

But I'm a fan of hippos.

And rhinos.

And other animals ending in 'os'.

Mavyn wrote:I like it. And yes, text must go, since the rule says No Text.

But I'm a fan of hippos.

And rhinos.

And other animals ending in 'os'.

Might get rejected for non-original character, but i would buy a shirt similar to this if it was a hiphopopotamus or Rhymenoceros.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArZxLj6DLk

I'm finding the derby rules/description slightly contradictory. Wouldn't a goat filling out "TPS" reports go against the "original ideas only" rule? Does that rule just mean that the character used in the design can't be an existing character such as ducktales, talespin, etc., but the design can still include elements or references to an existing work?

I had a go:



not sure if its an animal people will recognise ^^;

would this count as text? any help would be welcome ^^

jessisima wrote: I was thinking of redoing this design (making it more dynamic and so on)...but I was just wondering if there is any interest in the general idea? Hipsterpotamus anyone? Maybe I would get rid of the writing... not sure yet.

Cool! I like the colors. You should fix the glasses. Something weird is happening on the left side.

inu14 wrote:I had a go:



not sure if its an animal people will recognise ^^;

would this count as text? any help would be welcome ^^

Sloth! Very funny. Given the rules, I would be wary of having the "WR," even though it is minimal. Some other possibilities are to have him crossing the finish line, standing on a podium, or getting a gold medal.

inu14 wrote:I had a go:



not sure if its an animal people will recognise ^^;

would this count as text? any help would be welcome ^^

Yes, that is text.

Why no text? That's annoying. Maybe incidental text only? I've got a couple ideas that would be greatly improved with a bit of supporting text.

j5 wrote:Yes, that is text.

thanks I'll make some modifications ^^!

aerc712 wrote:Sloth! Very funny. Given the rules, I would be wary of having the "WR," even though it is minimal. Some other possibilities are to have him crossing the finish line, standing on a podium, or getting a gold medal.

Thanks for the help! I'll have a go at some of these suggestions and see which works best ^^.

inu14 wrote:Thanks for the help! I'll have a go at some of these suggestions and see which works best ^^.

If you do him on a podium getting gold maybe a snail and/or turtle could get second and third

I'd buy it

FloppyKing wrote:If you do him on a podium getting gold maybe a snail and/or turtle could get second and third

I'd buy it

And a rabbit handing out the medals.

aerc712 wrote:And a rabbit handing out the medals.

that would make it seem like the special olympics of the animal kingdom... whether that's good or bad is up to you

FloppyKing wrote:that would make it seem like the special olympics of the animal kingdom... whether that's good or bad is up to you

Oof, totally not the intention. Nevermind!

:O

Well this is certainly as close to 'furry week' as it'll get around here! :D

(Can I be guest editor this week? XD)

FloppyKing wrote:If you do him on a podium getting gold maybe a snail and/or turtle could get second and third

I'd buy it

Thank you I'll take this into consideration ^^. I was thinking about having him win against a cheetah & an ostrich at one point but wasn't sure if it would work ^^.

Thanks for the help I'm very grateful ^^

inu14 wrote:Thank you I'll take this into consideration ^^. I was thinking about having him win against a cheetah & an ostrich at one point but wasn't sure if it would work ^^.

Thanks for the help I'm very grateful ^^

Something like that could work if the expressions are right - pure glee on the sloth, bewilderment on the faster animals' faces.

Have fun playing with the different possibilities!

inu14 wrote:Thanks for the help! I'll have a go at some of these suggestions and see which works best ^^.

FYI, they'll also count the numbers and decimal as text, in case that wasn't made clear already. They've done it before.

paaiyan wrote:FYI, they'll also count the numbers and decimal as text, in case that wasn't made clear already. They've done it before.

There's always an unmarked stopwatch that clearly makes use of the 'hour' hand. :P

And I do hope people will take the 'as people' part to heart. There was a basic anthropomorphized animal derby a while back and this takes that execution a step further.

I for one am quite glad to see that it's 'original ideas only'. I do have one suggestion for a talented artist: "Fox Trot", elegant ballroom dancing with anthro foxes in proper attire. A tasteful idea with a clever pun.

Oh I am loving this derby! :D
but I have no time this weekend.

inu14 wrote:I had a go:



not sure if its an animal people will recognise ^^;

would this count as text? any help would be welcome ^^

Ha! Seriously... I am knee deep in my own sloth drawing!
I SAY we make sloths the next woot mascot!

no worries though...
Our ideas are nothing alike...

Any thoughts on this so far?


Wanting an owl writer staying up too late with writer's block....

thoughts on title as well?

thanks in advance...

jessisima wrote: I was thinking of redoing this design (making it more dynamic and so on)...but I was just wondering if there is any interest in the general idea? Hipsterpotamus anyone? Maybe I would get rid of the writing... not sure yet.

This makes me think of my entry a while back: Hipster-Ness

As a total side note: I NEED to participate in this derby. I swear it's made for me.

oakenspirit wrote:Any thoughts on this so far?


Wanting an owl writer staying up too late with writer's block....

thoughts on title as well?

I do like the idea. However, I at least partially saw a rabbit - I think the feather on the top of the head was a main factor in that. The coloring of the feathers didn't quite say owl, but overall it is a great idea.

It's super cheesy, but here's a title idea - Writing's a Hoot.

aerc712 wrote:I am aware that it is possible. However, this theme does lend itself to having quite a few "cute" designs and there is nothing wrong with that. As long as a design is original and well-executed, that is all that matters.

There's nothing constructive in saying that designs are terrible just because they "make me puke rainbows". A design could be very detailed and well-done and just because someone doesn't like seeing a happy bunny, doesn't mean the design is horrible and not worth printing. The design that instantly gets rejected because it's cute is something that someone worked on for hours. Artists deserve more than "NO CUTE STUFF ALLOWED."

No one said "NO CUTE STUFF ALLOWED", it was you who said "those who hate the cute designs this might be the time to take a week off from checking the derby". I was merely pointing out that they don't have to do cute designs. The rules don't say it has to be cute.

I know and expect the same old people will submit the same old cute crap and hopefully they will be rejected for not coming up with something NEW and ORIGINAL.