no1 wrote:Dr. J, Saturn is doing very well. Sigh, I guess I should be hunting for Halloween pictures on the NASA web site.

hey, I was very innocent in that. I had an idea- get a night view of Saturn with the rings. I looked at about 300 pictures before I found one that was good. I then made it into six colors about twenty times to get it to look right. I spent a lot of time adding big blocks of different shades to the background to force it to use the colors I wanted to use when I Traced it. that was a Cassini probe picture, and I looked at it and didn't like the look of it even though it was better sharpness than this one. I went back and found this one, which I'd remembered from my first search, and repeated the whole trace thing to get it to work. Then I had to make it look right on the page- it isn't easy to avoid making a planet look great big on a shirt.

whwen I submitted it, I spelled out exactly what the NASA requirements were, and posted links to them and to JPL with their image use policies, and asked woot to credit them in the sale page the way they asked for it to be credited. That other guy apparently did none of that.

Josephus wrote:hey, I was very innocent in that. I had an idea- get a night view of Saturn with the rings. I looked at about 300 pictures before I found one that was good. I then made it into six colors about twenty times to get it to look right. I spent a lot of time adding big blocks of different shades to the background to force it to use the colors I wanted to use when I Traced it. that was a Cassini probe picture, and I looked at it and didn't like the look of it even though it was better sharpness than this one. I went back and found this one, which I'd remembered from my first search, and repeated the whole trace thing to get it to work. Then I had to make it look right on the page- it isn't easy to avoid making a planet look great big on a shirt.

whwen I submitted it, I spelled out exactly what the NASA requirements were, and posted links to them and to JPL with their image use policies, and asked woot to credit them in the sale page the way they asked for it to be credited. That other guy apparently did none of that.

Dr. J,
It would have been easier to paint a sombrero and take a picture of it and pass it off as Saturn.

no1 wrote:Dr. J,
It would have been easier to paint a sombrero and take a picture of it and pass it off as Saturn.

yep. If I were doing it again, I'd put a single bright light in the shadowed part of Saturn, and title it "Saturn's night light".

edit: think I should?
Saturn isn't going to catch the leaders, after all.

Josephus wrote:yep. If I were doing it again, I'd put a single bright light in the shadowed part of Saturn, and title it "Saturn's night light".

edit: think I should?
Saturn isn't going to catch the leaders, after all.

Dr. J, you could try it, if you think Saturn 1 has stalled out.

no1 wrote:Dr. J, you could try it, if you think Saturn 1 has stalled out.

It occurred to me that it might get votes, and also give votes to the first one as well.

Josephus wrote:It occurred to me that it might get votes, and also give votes to the first one as well.

Give votes to the first one, Dr. J? How would that work?

worth doing?

no1 wrote:Give votes to the first one, Dr. J? How would that work?

hopefulness bred of desperation?

Josephus wrote:
worth doing?

Hmm, I'm not sure, Dr. J. Without the title, it's a litlle hard to see it as a stand-alone shirt: "Why is there a light on your Saturn shirt?" Howver, since you've already got a Saturn design done, it isn't that much more work to add the light. It wouldn't hurt to try it.

It's not exactly the appealing-to-wooter-chicks strategy you were talking about a while back.

Josephus wrote:
worth doing?

I cannot see a reason why not, I liked the first one and I like this one as well. I have noticed that people will gladly revote for an entry they like, so you have mine (and Mr. zero's ) if you decide to change it.

no1 wrote:Hmm, I'm not sure, Dr. J. Without the title, it's a litlle hard to see it as a stand-alone shirt: "Why is there a light on your Saturn shirt?" Howver, since you've already got a Saturn design done, it isn't that much more work to add the light. It wouldn't hurt to try it.

It's not exactly the appealing-to-wooter-chicks strategy you were talking about a while back.

Ahh, that is true, didn't think of that, does draw attention to "that area".

I think I'll bag it.

Think this would be more appealing?

Josephus wrote:Think this would be more appealing?

Yea

Prank Night In Pope Heaven

click to vote

no1 wrote:

awesome!

Can someone help me out with this?
http://65.5.181.220/media/Ghost1.svg

Any suggestions as to where I might go with this picture?

Josephus wrote:Any suggestions as to where I might go with this picture?

I like the scarecrow, but the moon isn't working for me. Maybe a scarry looking tree behind the scarecrow?

How about this?

Josephus wrote:How about this?

That definitly has character to it! What color shirt? I like the new moon and the clouds.

Josephus wrote:How about this?

Joe, this one looks great! I really like his face.

Can I ask some help on this one:

I think the eyes are wrong but I can't figure it out

darthv8r wrote:Joe, this one looks great! I really like his face.

Can I ask some help on this one:

I think the eyes are wrong but I can't figure it out

Could you do ring eyes in a yellow with a black middle?

KtCallista wrote:Could you do ring eyes in a yellow with a black middle?

Instead of the green pupils? Or am I misinterpreting what you are saying?

darthv8r wrote:Instead of the green pupils? Or am I misinterpreting what you are saying?

nope you got it. instead of the green pupils

did this one when I was the darkness, Think I might enter it too.
modified

KtCallista wrote:nope you got it. instead of the green pupils

Thank you KtC, that is exactly what it needed. Iris. I did not put it in yellow becuase for some reason it looked.... I don't know how to explain it, different. Co worker said it looked good with yellow, but then proceeded to tell me I should put it in red, So all sorts of confused here.

Its a little better now- has to be a black shirt, I think. I tried cranberry, as per v8r's suggestion over on shirt, but it was, um, unpleasant.

darthv8r wrote:did this one when I was the darkness, Think I might enter it too.

its a cool design, and they'll like it- but not for me.

Sigh. Free weekend for me again.

no1 wrote:Sigh. Free weekend for me again.

how come?

dontwantaname wrote:Mr 1, are you some sort of religious person who doesn't celebrate Halloween?

Ms. Name,
It's just no point competing against the big dogs like Dr. J and Mr. Zero. I can't think of anything funny, and I don't know how to do abstract stuff (nor am I interested). I'll probably throw some crap together Tuesday and enter it on Wednesday just to be able to say I entered.

no1 wrote:Ms. Name,
It's just no point competing against the big dogs like Dr. J and Mr. Zero. I can't think of anything funny, and I don't know how to do abstract stuff (nor am I interested). I'll probably throw some crap together Tuesday and enter it on Wednesday just to be able to say I entered.

First of all, whatever Mr no1, by far you are the funniest one on this here website, and might I add one of the best artist I've seen.

second Dr. J what is wrong with this? I really like it. Yes black is very nice and so is brown and yello and orange, It's a great design no matter what color it is on, so good luck there.

third: Uh hey how's it goin'?