Derby Preview #1075: Artist Choice!

Artist Central
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Let’s go for something easy this week! You get to pick! Have fun:)

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(rules)
No politics, no war, no cream shirts.
No celebrity likenesses in mock-ups/detail images.
No GIFs in mock-ups/detail images
One design per entry.
Up to 4 entries per artist.
No generative AI.

This Derby begins MONDAY May 18 at 8pm, CST. & ends MONDAY May 25 at 8pm, CST. The three winning designs will be featured as a Daily offer the week the Derby ends. Great designs that don’t win may be included in an Editor’s Choice sale on Friday, so be sure to check back and see who makes the cut!

Please be sure to have your artwork ready to submit with your entry as part of the submission process!

If you want to submit any off-topic designs, submit here!

If you are new to the derby and want to participate, WELCOME! Also, in addition to the rules above please check out our content guidelines here so you know what works and what doesn’t over here at Woot!

You can also download updated templates for your artwork over here . Happy designing!

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I think most of us view this as the topic every week (especially looking at the current derby).

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Many years ago, one of the editors made a comment along the lines of “There comes a point in which you’ll submit a design even before the theme is posted.”

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What makes you say that? What are some things we can change to make it feel less like that?

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I always try to stretch the theme as far as possible to make what I think will be a good design that the buyers want even if it does not exactly fit, so I don’t think any real changes are necessary. I was more commenting on the fact that the derby theme was very specific about designs needing to focus on a breed and characteristics of the breed, but a lot of the shirts are just generic dog shirts having nothing to do with a breed or just random dogs of multiple breeds in a single design. I can understand, however, that DQing 50% of the designs might be a bit disruptive.

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I have lots of designs/ideas that I have started and either have not worked or I have gotten bored with. I often finish them up when they fit a new theme so maybe it all works out.

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