Still very much a work in progress, but we want to know what people think of the general idea.

this is a cool concept. Try putting one guy on the bottom left, one on the top right, and an actual "battle" going on in between, with pixellated monsters/soldiers fighting it out. That would be awesome.

and I also just noticed that they are rather poorly drawn...unless that is your style. Thats not my thing at all.

They are poorly drawn, we agree. It's really just a basic sketch, we wanted to know if this is an idea with some potential before we put in a lot of work drawing it well.

Yes, we know it's in black and white and the people aren't there. That will be changed. We added stat boxes and made lots of changes to the general drawing. We are currently working on an idea that incorporates an extremely good suggestion made in a comment on the previous version. Comments are appreciated, as always!

You know, we'd really love some help with this. It's pretty darn tricky to get a good shirt design without help from the Threadless community. Comment, you know you want to!

i think it would be a nice line drawing without the two charts and the nerd battle part, lol.. but youre right, add some characters and put some color, also change one of the seats.. i call the laptop.

my design is up for voting!

http://www.threadless.com/submission/152430/READ_A_BOOK

Thanks for the advice, Eric. We'll definitely take that in mind for the next version.

Again, no people, those are still under construction. Added a bit of an animation element, rearranged some stuff, and huzzah, we've got color! Please comment and help us improve our design.

Wow... People must be really tired. Oh, it's February. That must explain it. Wait.... the month is not an excuse for not commenting! Comment!

alright homeboy, i dont want to be the first to say it but the design seems uninspired and mspaint'ish

if you want peeps to seriously comment i suggest handdrawing and scanning, this looks too gritty and the subject matter is hard to relate to, i mean its office furniture, maybe you could draw two guys in a fighting stance and throwing 0's and 1's at each other (binary code) get creative with it and think outside the box

try not to be so literal with the point you want to make

It just gets better and better, Like a nice wine or some fine cheese

Thanks for the comment Ellsswhere. Um.... Phiffer, I'm not sure what exactly that was supposed to mean, so if you could clear up if that was a compliment or just a random comment it would be good.

Clearly 3 people have checked "Don't submit", and 2 have checked "Needs Work". But, somehow, we only have two comments. If you're going to check something, we'd love it if you could comment saying WHY you checked it.

I dunno. I kinda liked v.2 better. It seemed to be more unified, and more along the same visual style. You could also try to make the battle little bigger.

But I'm just being picky. Keep up the good work!

i really like the design. One way to improve it would be to add on the people fighting with the cpu code--that would make it even funnier. Tell me when/if your design gets chosen cuz i want it...
Good job!

Thanks, fatlotus, and sofster166, for your compliments and suggestions.

Changed up the battle a bit, and started trying to get the colors down to 8. People are coming soon! Please comment and help make this design better.

Any suggestions? Jeez, you'd almost think that Threadless didn't have a gazillion members.

i think i liked v2 best as well. mabye drop the info boxes?

critique mine, too?
http://www.threadless.com/critique/15789/I_better_hit_two_of_you

I thought the info boxes added a lot to the picture. Why do you think that they should be dropped?

i suggest using a line tool of some sort,

and i think the text for "nerd battle" should be more of a focal point

We were trying to use line tools as little as possible to make it look more cartoony, but we agree, that may be what we have to do. Could you elaborate on what you mean by focal point, please? We aren't sure we quite get that.

Any other comments on this version before we start trying to get those people in there? Also, are there any advance suggestions on the people? Come on now, speak up.

too much to look at.

i suggest simplifying.

i really do not want to take the time to read the small print..

focal point meaning, make it bigger, or a bigger part of the design, cause it looks cool

Ha i have an i dea for the people they should be the exact same as the beings they are playing! yah!.. well i thought it was a good idea! :)

Simplyloverly, it is a fairly good idea but we want them to look like actual people though. We are, however, making their clothes and all of their other colors (other than skin color) the same as the beings in the bubble.

I like v2. best, you should make lines more straight.

critique mine please
http://www.threadless.com/critique/15874/Are_you_following_or_leading

Thanks, Raphe10, for explaining what you meant. We will certainly consider that. Phantommole, could you tell us why you like V2 best? We were trying to keep the lines cartoony, but it sounds like people want us to straighten them out. Any other opinions on the matter?

We've put in a good deal of thought to this, and our final decision is that we will try it without the boxes. A new version will be up soon, with no boxes and hopefully with people.

Here it is at last... a version with people! We also took away the statistics boxes, as those seemed to get a negative response rather than the positive one we'd hoped for. Please comment a lot, as it is the only way we will be able to improve!

this really needs a lot of work. I like the idea--but the fuzzy people have got to be fixed. Bring back the stats in a different font, lose the characters in the bubbles. I think your drawing style would be fine if you fixed the people.

I agree - lose the bubble. You might want to tighten up the girl's head a little - you can see the circle from her head through the hair.

Here's mine:
http://www.threadless.com/submission/153303/Gaia

Thanks, rAmpantDesigns and keithew, for your comments. We'll fix up the bubble, fuzzy people, stat boxes, and girl's head for the next version.

nobody uses those laptop docks anymore!

Oops!

Here's mine:
http://www.threadless.com/critique/16033/The_God_Cone

Sorry, Rampant!

Alright, we have made the changes discussed in comments on the previous version. More comments are welcome and greatly appreciated!

And in answer to J-Ray, who said, "nobody uses those laptop docks anymore!", those laptop docks are totally awesome and insanely useful to a lot of people.

Hm. There are two checks on Don't Submit, and NO comments or scathing pessimisms. If you're going to be lazy and not comment, then don't check.

Hate to break it to you, your success in the process is going to rely on the voters, I don't think calling anyone lazy is a great idea.

Thanks for your comment Eyesocketeaccommodation. You're right, I just got a little bit upset at the lack of assistance people seem willing to give with this one. Sorry for the rant there.

Oh, and by the way, it is now four checks. Come on, people.

Try to imagine it on a t-shirt. The stats won't show up clearly.

Also, no one will get "M15 Animation". The characters still, for whatever reason, have blurry outlines. The CRT on the left looks kind of odd.

You may want to really put a lot of time and effort into a re-design. You should check out some of the other shirts that have made it through to voting.

Thanks!

Thanks, keithew, for your comments, although you should know that it doesn't say M15, it says lvl15, if you look closely. We've been considering some new positioning, which will probably be in the next version. We would make the computers farther apart, put the words "Nerd Battle" between them, and the bubble above all of that, and then have the stat boxes on the back. What does everyone think?

Six don't submits. Seriously, please at least say why.

Seven. Alright, this is just getting crazy. Come on, everyone.

Ok, you need to look at some of the submissions that have gotten printed. It's not a bad idea, but the execution could use some work. I'm not sure what program you are using to design this but it comes across as hand drawn and not in a good way. The lines are not smooth among other things. The people both look like very drab with the grey hair and clothing, and their positioning on the chairs is awkward. When I sit like that at work (and I do some days) I end up with a back ache for 3 days. Really, think about your design. Think about how you feel when you play games (you do play, right?) Think about how you sit, what the room looks like, give the people some personality. I hope this helps you.

I have to agree with what's already been said. Threadless wins are based on idea and execution. This needs a lot of attention to both. The idea is very limited, I have to admit that I don't get the joke and I consider myself pretty nerdy. If the idea doesn't work, its already dead in the water. Next, the execution needs a super-overhaul. There are like 4 different styles in the picture alone. It needs to be unified into 1 consistent style. It needs better craftsmanship all around. People aren't commenting because of their laziness, but rather the piece's laziness. It doesn't look like much effort went into it, (although you obviously did put in effort with all your revisions.)

Thank you so much, Eyesocketaccomodation and Rockslide, for your comments. Finally, some good (if slightly scathing) reviews that will really be a huge help. Again, thanks.

leeve b4 teh admin bans u!

Us? Why would the admins ban us? We haven't done anything wrong as far as we know. If we have done something that is against the rules that you noticed, please tell us.

Answerthatandstayfashionable, could you please tell us what we did? We'd love to know so that we can correct it as soon as possible.

i would never wear this

Thanks, ixom, but could you please explain a little more about why? Otherwise we can't really benefit from your comment.

At last, a new version. Did some work with placement, reversing back to version 2 for some of it.

Could those who checked Don't Submit please tell us why, so that we can improve our design? Thank you.

It looks like you've had one version or another of this up for nearly a month.

You should try to spend that same amount of time developing a new idea.