Covert Derby Group: Contest #1: Doppelganger Derby

So there's a little group of us at woot who decided we needed to go out on our own and create our own little competition of sorts. It's really open to anyone with an open mind and I've recently noticed (with Contest #2, which, unfortunately, I was unable to compete in due to being out of town and without drawing capabilities) new members are joining, which is spectacular. The first competition ever was to be randomly paired with another artist from the Covert Derby Group and mimic their style and they, in turn, would mimic ours. We submitted under one covert group name: 'April Fun Club' and people were welcomed to guess the artists and whom did which entry in the woot forums. I waited til the competition was over because we didn't want to reveal who did which piece. Of the designs submitted by our little group, I came in 4th. Not bad for our first competition.

This my entry. I tried to mimic her shading style, not necessarily a piece she did:

Sokowa was my bizarro doppelganger partner and modeled this off a piece I did:

Monster Collab (Teefury.com)

TeeFury asked designers to team up in honor of one of the best loved books of children everywhere: Where the Wild Things Are which was turned into a movie and will soon be out in theatres. Well today, for one day only, you too can snag a monster tee for $9 (plus shipping). Over 35 artists created monsters for this collab (some did multiples), including my Sir Snaggletooth. He's rather creepy if you have a thing about teeth, as I do. And at this moment I just want to thank Jimiyo (curator for Teefury and the mover and shaker behind this collab) for adding the little detail that I forgot to in the monocle. I was totally planning to add those glassy streaks across it. Now, since this is a huge group collab, we don't keep any of the proceeds. Instead, all of the proceeds will be going to the Save the Children organization help children like Max from the story.
Take a look below, but don't forget to buy this before 12:00AM EST/11:00PM CST tonight! And see if you can find this little guy:






While you're checking out the shirt as a whole, try and find your favorite, then find the artist (artists linked on the TeeFury.com page):


1. WinterArtwork
2. Jimiyo
3. Jeremy Hanlin
4. Quakerninja
5. Challen Carland
6. Joe Baron
7. Brian Luong
8. Brian Walline
9. 110specialblack
10. Recycledwax,
11. AJ Paglia -
12. Jeremy Hanlin
13. Adam Vaudin
14. Jeremy Hanlin
15. Oddeti,
16. Jeremy Hanlin
17. MJ
18. Jeremy Hanlin
19. Ray Masaki
20. Tom Philibeck
21. Rob Dobi
22. Stormink
23. 110specialblack
24. Kevin Luong
25. JadenKale
26. dunz0
27. Quakerninja
28. Gaunty
29. DesignByRyan
30. ansharp
31. Jumpy
32. yeshua machado
33. Snarkygal
34. XIEX
35. Wiz
36. Rashaun Collins
37. Organs
38. LitoQ
39. Davee Bee
40. Dennis Beatty
41. Barrios
42. Ryan Pimental
43. Daniel Martinez
44. Altercrisis
45. Liviu Matei

Less Is More (a Threadless Competition)

Air Derby

Reworked Designs (All That Jazz)

This was originally a doodle, which I then turned into a design for shirtfight.com's Black, White and ??? Color competition. I modified some of the colors, put a version up at Emptees

Black, White, and ???? Derby (ShirtFight.com)

Happy Birthday Miss Etti Derby (ShirtFight.com)

Get Out of the Way! Wahmbulance! Coming Through!

I've tried for months to get this up to Loiter, and for one reason or another it would never load to their servers. Perhaps this is a good omen that it uploaded this time around since a $1000 prize on the line once more. Wahmbulance! Was a piece from the Emergency Derby at woot, and was graced with an Honorable Mention and landed in the 3rd Do Over Derby. Anyone can sign up and give it a 5 stars (you can give it less, but really, why would you?) so vote today!

Almost Derby

My Patience Has Paid Off... With Shirts and Money! (Print #3)

It was only half a month ago that I asked you, begged you, to vote for my shirt at Ink-Hound.com. 'Eat Cake, Honey' was an old piece from a shirt.woot derby revolving around the theme 'Join the Revolution' (and I don't mean a turntable). From her sure and sly smile, to her ample ::coughs:: we won't go there ::coughs::, all the way down to the red velvet cake being thrust upon you in that very queenly generous "Oh I insist, you have a bite, my dear!" 'Eat Cake, Honey' has been a design I've loved for quite a while.

Today came the email I had hoped for: "The people have spoken and they love 'Eat Cake, Honey'!" I'm ecstatic to see this finally grace a navy American Apparel traditional or fitted shirt for $12, organic or long sleeve tee for $14, or a sweatshirt for $30. I'm also tickled to see who my hat partner is at the same time (I'm going to guess 'Monsters & Ghosts Oh My!' by wotto), but we'll see who that is when the time comes! Thank you to all who voted, and I hope that we'll see it printed again in the future should you happen to miss out on it this week.

Buy it now! One week only!
April 7th 12:00am EST - April 13th 11:59pm EST


Update: Friday April 10th, 2009: Tcritic wrote a great review on Eat Cake, Honey

I Feel The Need, The Need For Collabs

What, you thought I was going to rhyme it? XP
TeeFury is asking designers to team up again in honor of one of the best loved books of children everywhere: Where the Wild Things Are. We were asked to make more magical rather than disgusting, and I think Sir Snaggletooth falls right in the middle. He's rather creepy if you have a thing about teeth, as I do. But he's not that vile (except for maybe that British halitosis wafting from the side.) The best part? All of the proceeds will be going to charity to help children like Max from the story.
Make sure to watch TeeFury and here for updates. And look out for this little guy:

Dinosaur Derby