Derby 208 Loser Awards
Derby 208's theme was
"The Number 4". Coming right after the Letter O derby this feels pretty tired. But the artists were a lot more creative with this and Woot seems to treat the number derbies with unusual laxness. You can pretty much draw four of anything and it's on topic -- no logic required for why there are four. Luckily the artists were able to use that freedom well. There were a lot of great shirts this week and here's the best of the best. As usual, click on the thumbnail to see the full-size shirt and comments on Shirt.Woot.
The "Wail To The Chief" Award
Pharmacide says "Radscoolian outdid himself with this one. There is some clever storytelling going on here and that awesome background adds the finishing touch!"
The BLAs
Here's the rest of the designs you and I liked. Everyone mentioned today will be getting one of these nifty BestLoser badges in their Shirt.Woot entry comments thread.

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Helgram's "The Wait" is -- finally -- an original take on apocalyptic horsemen. Looks a lot scarier until you look closer and see how they're biding their time. Clever and well drawn.
| I love CrescentDebris' and Drakxxx's "Lvl 4 Taco". A fun nonsensical idea. Might me nicer with chunkier pixels.
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PixelPants' "Four Seasons in One Day" has some lovely shading and even nicer colors. The "look up" perspective and leaf cutout in the middle make this quite unique.
| I think this is the 3rd time that Yeouhgh has subbed this design. It's been rejected in the past for either being off topic or not on a heather template. With the new shirt colors and the perfect topic, this has now shot to the top.
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PurplStarz says "This derby had so many amazing entries! One of my favorites has to be "Please Adopt Us" by Astrobat. Cute puppies + the elements = trouble in the future."
| GeekFactor12 says "Great lines and some lovely subtle color."
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Comments
PixelPants
Thanks for the BestLoser ThatRobert. Even though there were quite a lot of four seasons designs,it's good to know this was seen as a fresh take.
My son was wondering if you have ever got a BestLoser Award yourself.
PixelPants
Thanks for the BestLoser ThatRobert. Even though there were quite a lot of four seasons designs,it's good to know this was seen as a fresh take.
My son was wondering if you have ever got a BestLoser Award yourself.
ThatRobert
Pixel, I've never gotten a BLA myself because it would be silly. I've been nominated a few times and they seemed to be earnestly chosen but I really want to keep the BestLoser ThatRobert as separate from the designer ThatRobert as possible.
Radscoolian
Thanks for the BLA, ThatRobert! It's always a pleasant surprise to see that icon in my entry thread.
ThatRobert
Fantastic idea and execution on this Radscoolian! On the first day you entered it, I knew it was going to be on top of the BLAs.
Radscoolian
I thought I'd tell you something: You gave me a BLA on my very first entry. The design failed miserably, but I remember thinking that someone appreciated my work. I'm not sure I would still be submitting entries if you hadn't have done that.
Thanks for encouraging the underdogs!
Radscoolian
I thought I'd tell you something: You gave me a BLA on my very first entry. The design failed miserably, but I remember thinking that someone appreciated my work. I'm not sure I would still be submitting entries if you hadn't have done that.
Thanks for encouraging the underdogs!
ThatRobert
Thanks Rads! That's exactly my intention -- to encourage artists that might otherwise leave -- and it's nice to see that is communicated and you stuck around!