Shirt.Woot Derby Thread 2023 (part 3)

@ACraigL I might even buy the voodoo doll shirt:

@Kidsandliz Nope! All good and thanks!!

@EwingKlipspring No need to scroll down. Voted for all of them for you.

I consider them cheats.

@Kyeh Fair use arguments or not, I feel any design that has to rely on the IP of others is kind of cheating.

Also it’s also what the masses want and will vote for. From the artist’s perspective, if they don’t join along, then the odds of getting selected is diminished also.

@narfcake I know. It just seems like there are SO MANY Peanuts designs every time, and they usually don’t even make an effort to do a twist on the original images, which are so easy to duplicate.
Fun fact - I knew the man who did the animation for the Charlie Brown specials. He was a great guy; sadly, he died just last month.

@Kyeh @narfcake I’m surprised so many Peanuts shirts have been sold without any Schultz estate lawyers shutting things down.

@lisagd @narfcake I am too!

@jasneko I love the colors on the jellyfish.

@jasneko @sammydog01 Me too! I like all three but that’s my favorite!

@sammydog01 @kyeh Thank you both! My favorite of the 3 as well

@ACraigL I thought I would like this derby but while mostly they’re fun a few make me want to put my fist through a wall. Not yours, they’re great.

@sammydog01 people go for the easy styuff sometimes. It happens. Myself included.

@ACraigL @sammydog01 I wanted to put in the work to come up with something creative, but Na

@ACraigL Your puns are clever. (voted)

@Kidsandliz Thanks x2!

@ACraigL @Kidsandliz
NA is in the cloud!

@jasneko You’re so good with color.

@sammydog01 Aww thanks gee whiz I appreciate it! I went through uncertainty with the first one, feeling like maybe it didn’t look right on black as I originally planned, and then thought about heather gray, royal blue, kelly green, lemon. Went in circles before finally going back to black. Then with the second one, I really like purple too. But I’m partial to purple shirts. It’s hard making color choices sometimes!

@jasneko I think those bright colors would be washed out on anything but black.

@jasneko I really like your science one! ps voted

@jasneko did your first one “Science” make it?

@Kidsandliz Yes! Thanks for checking

https://shirt.woot.com/offers/stained-glass-science

@Kyeh

@ACraigL I hope you sell a bunch.

@sammydog01 Thanks but proving not so popular. At least so far.

@ACraigL @sammydog01 Needs nerds to buy that to really appreciate the pun. I bet it would sell well to people in STEM.

@Kidsandliz @sammydog01 This too
https://shirt.woot.com/offers/barium

@ACraigL I was perusing slickdeals (always a mistake) and found a coupon code (melting) for 3 shirts for $17. No idea where it came from but it worked. I got your Na shirt, @jasneko’s jellyfish shirt, and Godzilla eating an Ultraman popsicle.

Do you get paid less if I use a coupon?

@jasneko @sammydog01 Nope! Same no matter what (woot is great that way)

@ACraigL Ohhh yes. Probably watched it last month Such an awesome bit.

HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!

@ACraigL voted

@EwingKlipspring voted

@jasneko voted

@jasneko Did this one get printed?

@Kidsandliz Alas, it did not. Thanks for checking in!

@jasneko I have a sads… I don’t suppose you can get away with submitting it again sometime in the future?

@Kidsandliz Awww I’m sorry
But yes! Unless the rules change, people (including myself) do resubmit designs… in fact I think this was a resubmission

@jasneko @Kidsandliz ShirtWoot Derbies aren’t like skydiving; if you don’t succeed on the first attempt, you can try again.

@jasneko It’s really clever.

@jasneko I bought the jellyfish one.

@jasneko @sammydog01 I did too!

@ACraigL voted

@Kidsandliz Thank you!!

@EwingKlipspring pics or it didn’t happen

@EwingKlipspring voted - I’d agree put the pics up here

@jasneko Voted

@jasneko I looked for yours when voting for @ACraigL’s and found three, missed the sun and wave one. Those fish are cute.

@jasneko Also did this one get printed?

@jasneko I hope the sun/water one gets printed. I want that one too.

@Kidsandliz So far not that I noticed! But sometimes they print them later on in other side sales. That’s nice you want it!

@jasneko I used to work on tall ships (and had coast guard licenses). I like reminders of the water/ocean.

@Kidsandliz Oh wow! That’s so neat, what was that like?

@jasneko Very hard work 12 hours a day of work 7 days in a row for weeks on end. BUT it was also fun and relaxing to be at sea sailing. It was sort of sad to not be able to see much of the places we sailed to as when the passengers were ashore we cleaned their cabins but I did get to see some things. And we took turns being the person who went ashore with the passengers in case they needed to go back to the anchored ship for something. If we were docked then only one person needed to stay on board in the evening, but if anchored we did shifts from 7pm to 7am (2 of us crew) together as there were only 4 crew, the captain and the cook) of 4 hours on and 4 hours off through the night with 2 hour shifts in the middle of the night.

There was a time we were deadheading from Gloucester, MA to Boston and the engine needed fixed. With the usual sexist opinions I was nominated to drive the ship under sail while the rest of the crew (all male) and captain were below trying to fix it. I loved being the only one on deck sailing. Occasionally smaller boats would circle us and make comments about where the rest of the crew was, not believing a girl with braids down to her waist was alone on deck (If we had to come about it took everyone but other than that it was just steer the course).

Of course we had epics too - like the whale who was eating krill and going under the boat while filtering them through its gills surfacing on the other side (of the bow - front of the boat). A flip of a tail and we could have had serious issues. Or when we saw whales breaching… Or when we were nearly ship wrecked off of Salem Bay, MA in a storm and I spent the rest of the night straddling a boom swinging a bit back and forth sewing 8’ of mail sail rips (we had a morning sail a 9 hour sale away so it had to be done underway. Of course I was young and all nighters like that didn’t kill me the way they would now.

@Kidsandliz Sorry for the late reply. WOW what an experience!! How did you come into this work on ships? Did you already sail when you started?
You mentioned passengers - what kind of trips were these?

What you wrote sounds like something out of a movie or book. Perhaps you should write about your experiences?:)

That’s wild about the whales. How also amazing that you saw them like that (though in some cases in scary ways).

Sounds very intense and exciting and adventurous! How long did you do this?

@ACraigL Love the floor is lava concept.

@ACraigL @sammydog01 The playoffs used to be in Pompeii

@sammydog01 @werehatrack
and the crowd erupts!

@jasneko
I like the curling champ!

@narfcake Thanks Narf! And to everyone here that voted. Yay!

@ACraigL Love it!

@Kyeh Thanks! It was fun to do. I had so many other puns to use, but I had to hold back

@ACraigL Maybe you can do a second one sometime for another of their brews - an IPA or something!

@ACraigL @Kyeh Look again. This was the IPA LOT label already.

@ACraigL @werehatrack Oh, right. I was thinking it was the stout. Well, another variety, then.

@Kyeh @werehatrack It’s a hybrid-style

@ACraigL @Kyeh @werehatrack
excellent!

@ACraigL voted

@jasneko The cat pile one is great. I hope it prints.

@jasneko @sammydog01 Me too. I voted for yours too back when ACraigL posted his, but as usual a bunch of IP rip-offs are getting a lot of votes.

@jasneko @Kyeh IP? I finally got around to looking at all the designs and cat leaf pile is my favorite by far. (Sorry @ACraigL)

@ACraigL @jasneko @sammydog01
“Intellectual Property.” Like all the Peanuts rip-offs.

@jasneko voted

@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @sammydog01 Thanks all, I appreciate it!

@narfcake @ACraigL
Hey, 1st place,fantastic!!!

@Kyeh @narfcake thanks! And thanks to everyone who voted!

@jasneko I love the top one, especially.

@jasneko voted.

@Kidsandliz Actually, it’s 40% off.
https://forums.woot.com/t/40-off-woot-shirt-orders-september-1-september-4-2023/1467551

@narfcake Thanks for correcting me!! That is even better. Maybe even fix it for me by doing 15% and then putting 40%.

@ACraigL You can draw hands. I’m impressed.

@sammydog01 Felt like I was back in art school again

@ACraigL Oh forgot to tell you I voted.

@jasneko Tried to vote and no vote thing.

@ACraigL voted

@ACraigL Voted

VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!

@jasneko @ACraigL Saw and voted for both of you! Great designs.

@jasneko @Kyeh Thank you!

@jasneko voted

@jasneko All halloween shirts can be worn all year. It’s time to put my spooky jibbitz in my crocs though.

@jasneko 2 of my designs (both the black cat ones, yay!) have climbed closer to the top so if you’d like to vote - please do, people that sometimes seem to like my designs. Much thanks!
@Stolicat @caramelarrow @Star2236
@Kidsandliz @robson @therealjrn @werehatrack
@heartny @a5meiser @catthegreat @pepper114

@a5meiser @caramelarrow @catthegreat @heartny @jasneko @Kidsandliz @pepper114 @robson @Star2236 @therealjrn @werehatrack Voted - I want that Awesome All Year shirt!

POPSOCKETS! ROAD ROCKETS! SONNY CROCKETT! AWESOME!

@jasneko Voted for all of them

@a5meiser @caramelarrow @catthegreat @heartny @jasneko @Kidsandliz @pepper114 @robson @stolicat @therealjrn @werehatrack
Had already voted on them before you even said anything

@stolicat Wow I did a doubletake at this - it looked like you were posting a photo of my cat (that inspired so many of my black cat shirts). Looks sooOoooo similar!! Thanks, hope it makes it!

@heartny Thanks so much!

@Star2236 Oh ok, great! I didn’t include people who commented or starred the post, but nice to know you already did

@OnionSoup That’s my anniversary. Explains why my wife keeps badgering me to do more around the house.

@ACraigL Next anniversary, be sure to wish her a Happy Badger Day! She’ll be thrilled you remembered her on Badger Day!

@werehatrack Another artist suggested that, actually. But as a spoof of the album cover – the band name is at the top, not the album name. Stupid details, but that’s why.

@ACraigL I see that somebody ran with it anyway, though it doesn’t show up in the design.

@lisagd @ACraigL said this in another thread:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/another-random-acraigl-shirt-giveaway-unofficial#64ffc2f76db28262d6e7a854

@ACraigL @Kyeh Thanks

@ACraigL @Kyeh @lisagd
Thanks I was wondering what was going on too.

@Spiritgreen I like the spider one but wearing it would creep me out.

@sammydog01 lol, I know what you mean ^__^

@Spiritgreen voted

@Kidsandliz -thanks- so much.

@Spiritgreen
I voted for yours too, always do when I see them.

@Star2236 you’re the best! Votes are like gold dust these days, each one means more than ever. Thank you : )

Votes are like gold dust these days,

@Spiritgreen The days of almost 1,000 votes and still not even being in the top 9 are long gone.

@narfcake @Spiritgreen I have a little notebook they gave me as a bribe to vote once upon a time.

@narfcake @sammydog01 Bring back bribes! There’s not even a message at the top of the front page saying come vote in the new contest each week.

@Kidsandliz Happy to!

@Kidsandliz Oh sure, I usually don’t post them but I’ll try to remember to! Unfortunately the prism / rainbow birds didn’t print. But I do have a few others that printed in the last month or so, I will take a look and post!

@ACraigL cute elephant.

@ACraigL voted

@Kidsandliz thanks!

@ACraigL They are absolutely as good as I remember.

@ACraigL Ha, totally true for me with the nostalgia one.

@sammydog01 Nothing else is

@jasneko When @ACraigL posts first I go to the derby and play spot the jasneko. Only missed the pocket cupcake.

@sammydog01 Awww that’s awesome, thank you! I can see how you’d miss pocket cupcake, it’s a little different.

VAN GOGH! MANGO! TANGO! AWESOME!

DIPLOMAT! RAT-A-TAT! FAT CAT! AWESOME!