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seems familiar somehow...

can your line cross itself?

this should get interesting

I love this theme!

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Josephus wrote:can your line cross itself?

Good question. And can it vary in width?

I'm gonna do a Digimon / Playboy Club mash-up, but I won't submit it until Monday, so it won't be rejected for being PopCulture!!

Does that mean one continuous line:
_______________________
(Obviously styled to create something)

Or one single line of text?

I wish I had taken more time to master the Etch-A-Sketch beyond bashing it against a wall...

IbeMoDean wrote:Does that mean one continuous line:
_______________________
(Obviously styled to create something)

Or one single line of text?

You can check this derby for examples of what they want. Except, of course, the tigers and phoenixes.

I am pretty sure they mean only one line (drawn) through the whole design.

Josephus wrote:seems familiar somehow...

It's like Derby #32: Line Art.

Ouch, this is a toughy! @_@

jfsiv wrote:It's like Derby #32: Line Art.

and derby #74: One Continuous Line

3/16th equals 13.5 pt line, is woot gonna police this well? I try to follow rules, and I hate it when others don't.

benjaminleebates wrote:3/16th equals 13.5 pt line, is woot gonna police this well? I try to follow rules, and I hate it when others don't.

Apparently they aren't policing anymore. So many should have been rejected in this last derby but they weren't

Can the line double back over itself? I know the rule in the "One Continuous Line" derby was that it could not, but there is no specification here.

dawnao wrote:Apparently they aren't policing anymore. So many should have been rejected in this last derby but they weren't

But if you look 'by votes' the first questionable shirt is #36. So as much as it Bugs us all, they're at least policing the ones that 'matter'. They don't give a damn about the rest of us, but c'est la vie.

I do not think, however, that they will be rejecting based on this (line size) for anyone outside of the fog. To much work for to little return. I just hope they monitor for it in the fog, and don't just "fix it afterwards" since they reserve the right to alter any submitted design.

That is one thick line...

benjaminleebates wrote:3/16th equals 13.5 pt line, is woot gonna police this well? I try to follow rules, and I hate it when others don't.

Or 14 pt in Photoshop?

jfsiv wrote:Or 14 pt in Photoshop?

Yeah, I would say 14 pt to be safe, but I am not certain how changing the res or dpi, etc. effect line weights in photoshop.

benjaminleebates wrote:Yeah, I would say 14 pt to be safe, but I am not certain how changing the res or dpi, etc. effect line weights in photoshop.

It's been a year or more since I was playing with my Photoshop, but I seem to recall you can set the unit of measure to anything you want. So set your Line measure to inches, and keep it over .1875

At 300 dpi 56.25 pixiels.

Smallest line is 57 pixels thick? Is that really right Woot?

EDIT: Rules revised to 1/16". 19px, much better!

This will essentially be the same as the One Continuous Line derby. Those rules apply here:

Everything in your design should be part of the same continuous line. We should only be able to see two ends to your line. Any other line endings sticking out somewhere will be cause for rejection. And no autonomous little design elements away from the main one. Your continuous line should render everything on the shirt.

- No retracing the same path. The line should always be distinct from itself, if that makes sense. Don't fill in a space and try to tell us it's just one line that overlaps itself. Don't try multiple line endings on the grounds that the line turns back on itself.

- One color only. No changing the color mid-line or using gradients.

Text is permitted as long as the treatment meets all the rules above. If you can draw text with one unbroken line with no retracing, knock yourself out.

Moderating this Derby might involve some judgment calls on our part, so if your design even comes close to breaking any of these rules, back away or risk rejection.

Lines shouldn't cross themselves. Keep the line pretty wide so we can size these down. No super thin lines or we'll point to that 1/16" rule and reject.

Basically look at OCL derby. That's what we want again.

Go nuts! But seriously, no phoenixes.

tgentry wrote: But seriously, no phoenixes.

tgentry wrote:Keep the line pretty wide so we can size these down. No super thin lines or we'll point to that 1/16" rule and reject.

Which is it supposed to be 3/16" or 1/16". That's a HUGE difference.

Also, can the line change sizes?

Spiritgreen wrote:Smallest line is 57 pixels thick? Is that really right Woot?

Sorry, should be closer to 1/16". I think our production guy was being funny because he's not a fan of micro-tiny lines. Basically we want a line that will not disappear when sized down.

tgentry wrote:Sorry, should be closer to 1/16". I think our production guy was being funny because he's not a fan of micro-tiny lines. Basically we want a line that will not disappear when sized down.

ok, that's better.
1/16" is .0625 inch
at 300dpi - 18.75px

tgentry wrote:Go nuts! But seriously, no phoenixes.

but tigers are ok!

bounty42 wrote:ok, that's better.
1/16" is .0625 inch
at 300dpi - 18.75px

4.5 pt in Illustrator, I would say 5 pt to be safe.

tgentry wrote:Sorry, should be closer to 1/16". I think our production guy was being funny because he's not a fan of micro-tiny lines. Basically we want a line that will not disappear when sized down.

It would make printing kid's sizes super easy, though! All you'd have to do is send a shirt blank. Customer service might not be too happy, however.

And 1/16" makes a lot more sense than 3/16".

bounty42 wrote:Which is it supposed to be 3/16" or 1/16". That's a HUGE difference.

Also, can the line change sizes?

Yes, varying line width is fine as long is it doesn't drop below the minimum.

And no tigers either! Or phoenix-tiger hybrids.

Who better as this week's guest editor than....

Artulo!

If you're new to the updated derby setup: as guest editor, Artulo will picking the third print from this derby. So put in that extra effort, because this guy seriously knows his line art.

I just can´t wait to see how we can do with one continous and single line!

good luck everyone!

Dammit, I just learned how to half tone. I was looking forward to overusing it.

generichuman2794 wrote:Dammit, I just learned how to half tone. I was looking forward to overusing it.

Hahaha! :-D fo'sho!

tgentry wrote:Lines shouldn't cross themselves.

Craaap. The drawing I just finished has some crossed lines. I can rework it to take them out, but then some things will just look awkward.

Is not crossing the lines a strict rule, or might you allow some leniency?

MOAR FOX SHIRTS!!! I get more compliments on my fox shirts (Fox Nouveau and Foxfall(?) ) than all my other awesome shirts combined.

So MOAR FOXES.

Oooh or a wolf shirt. I would kill for an awesome wolf shirt.

Krisis86 wrote:MOAR FOX SHIRTS!!! I get more compliments on my fox shirts (Fox Nouveau and Foxfall(?) ) than all my other awesome shirts combined.

So MOAR FOXES.

Oooh or a wolf shirt. I would kill for an awesome wolf shirt.

How about a design that might have a wolf or/and a fox in it - but not not the main theme....