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bortwein aka Brandon is a 36.64 year old boy, has been a member since October 8, 2003, has scored 108,578 submissions, giving an average score of 1.65, helping 1,608 designs get printed.

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Sep 30 '10 by bortwein
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I drew you some Coffee. (Est. Oct 21, 2010) Roman's Vacation Mug

(This series was started October 21, 2010.)
Have you had your coffee yet? Yes/No? Well I drew you up a cup of coffee just for you. Enjoy. Inspire the next drawing here

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Monday, November 7th, 2011

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Monday, October 31st, 2011. Happy Halloween!

Monday, October 24th, 2011. Inspired by the awesome crazy monster by explodingdog.

Friday, October 21st, 2011 (1 year since I started drawing these)

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Thursday, October 6th, 2011 (A Tribute to Steve Jobs 1955-2011)

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Monday, September 26th, 2011

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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Friday, September 2nd, 2011 - Red Squirrel Mug

Thursday, September 1st, 2011 - Hope you "Like" it.

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Thursday, August 11th, 2011 - It is an Invisible Mug.

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 • Cup inspired by Kink Radio

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 • Cup inspired by sonntagmorgen

Monday, August 8th, 2011

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Thursday, August 4th, 2011 - drawing 2

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Monday, July 11th, 2011

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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Friday, April 22nd, 2011 - it's a Crystal 5 Mug in honor of my 5 years at my current job.

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Inspired by a John Martz Cartoon

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

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Monday, April 4th, 2011

Friday, April 1st, 2011

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 (Shimala Mug)

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Friday, March 18th, 2011

Thursday, March 17th, 2011 Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Friday, Feb 25th, 2011

Friday, Feb 18th, 2011. Coffee and a Kiss

Tuesday, Feb 15th, 2011

Thursday, Feb 10th, 2011

Wednesday, Feb 9th, 2011

Tuesday, Feb 8th, 2011

Thursday, Feb 3rd, 2011. It's cold out so stay warm.

Wednesday, Feb 2nd, 2011. Praise the LG Mug of Hot Coffee

Tuesday, Feb 1st, 2011. In honor of the Threadless Loves Thermos

Wednesday, Jan 26th, 2011. Drew this for a friend at work.

Thursday, Jan 20th, 2011. Sorry it spilled. How sad.

Friday, Jan 14th, 2011. Double shot Friday!

Thursday, Jan 13th, 2011

Wednesday, Jan 12th, 2011

Tuesday, Jan 11th, 2011. Fancy Blue Plastic Tumbler of Iced Coffee

Monday, Jan 10th, 2011. Sorry if Spilled a little.

Wednesday, Dec 15th. Darn Coffee Zombies

Monday, Dec 13th. Cubist Coffee.

Thursday, Dec 2nd. It's a No-Spill mug

Wednesday, Dec 1st. It has been a while since my last coffee drawing, so I decided to draw you up a whole pot.

Monday, Nov 22nd. (#3) Super Mario Themed Square Mug

Monday, Nov 22nd. (#2) Paint Can Mug

Monday, Nov 22nd.

Friday, Nov 19th - #2. Novelty Golf Mug

Friday, Nov 19th. Mt Coffee Mug Mountain

Monday, Nov 15th. Nooooooo!!!! It must be Monday.

Friday, Nov 12th. It's a drawing of a drawing.

Thursday, Nov 11th. HOT Coffee, so hot it is on FIRE!

Wednesday, Nov 10th. Bottle Coffee Drink

Tuesday, Nov 9th

It's Mario Monday, Nov 8th.

Friday, Nov 5th. 2-go cup of coffee. It's eco friendly, too.

Thursday, Nov 4th. Iced with a cookie.

Wednesday, Nov 3rd.

Tuesday, Nov 2nd. I drew you a thermos of coffee

Monday, Nov 1st. Fancy Coffee with whip and chips

Friday, Oct 29th. Happy Halloween!

Thursday, Oct 28th with a swirl...

Wednesday, Oct 27th. ESPRESSO!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, Oct 26th. Hot Cup of Joe with a Whip

Monday, Oct 25th Cup of Iced Coffee

Friday's Cup, Oct 22nd

Thursday's Cup, Oct 21st, 2010

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bortwein on Sep 30 '10 at 1:56pm

I think fatheed could pull this concept off better than I could...

bortwein on Sep 30 '10 at 3:04pm

I have a couple more ideas but have not sketched them out yet.

mezo on Sep 30 '10 at 3:06pm

...hm. Maybe just a beetle with the cool Tron designs on it and a verrrry simple 1 color background.

bortwein on Sep 30 '10 at 3:23pm

hmmm I like that idea, that could be a great place to start and then if it feels too flat I could go my original direction.

bortwein on Oct 01 '10 at 9:23am

idea #2 posted

[+duracell-] on Oct 01 '10 at 9:29am

i like #2
im thinking the tip of the turntable arm could be a recognizer with like a laser beam shooting out of it as the needle

Gar0 on Oct 01 '10 at 9:37am

this comp needs more recognizers and less lightcycles

bortwein on Oct 01 '10 at 9:56am

idea #3 posted. Based on the Yes Bit and playing off of the Yes Man in business.

bortwein on Oct 01 '10 at 10:16am

I like my yes "bit" man.

rodrigobhz on Oct 01 '10 at 10:31am

I like all of them, I'm glad someone is trying different elements of TRON universe, like the bits. I tried to make a design using it too but nothing good happened. Go for it!

bortwein on Oct 01 '10 at 10:55am

I'm trying to think of other ideas I could use regular Bit and No Bit. The No Bit seems like something I could think of a good idea for.

Right now I have "no" idea... ha ha ha.

rodrigobhz on Oct 01 '10 at 11:11am

Maybe this can help a little "bit" :P

Bit communicates by speaking only "yes" or "no". The orange shape above is the form Bit takes when answering "yes". The spiky red shape is the form when answering "no" and the blue shape is Bit's "neutral" form when not speaking.

It's a neat concept, this definitely NEEDS to be explored.

bortwein on Oct 01 '10 at 11:25am

Yeah I found that image while I was looking to find the image of the Yes bit. I had the idea before I remembered what shape the Yes was. I love how the No bit looks and really want to find a way to use it.

I don't think I'm going to get the big prize so I may be gunning for the "all who enter may also get the chance to have their design printed on other super secret products."

rodrigobhz on Oct 01 '10 at 11:30am

I don't think I'm going to get the big prize so I may be gunning for the "all who enter may also get the chance to have their design printed on other super secret products."

You guys should stop saying that, why not get the big prize? The judges and Threadless will pick up the winner and Loves Challenge are always hard to predict the winner - Havaianas and Comics are good examples. And it's a Disney thing, it might be HARD to please the judges. I think anything could happen with this contest, scores and comments aren't decisive in the choice. At least I hope so :P

bortwein on Oct 01 '10 at 12:13pm

nah, I think this one is going to be predictable.

bortwein on Oct 01 '10 at 2:38pm

now I just need time to work on these.

2 days later

bortwein on Oct 03 '10 at 8:26pm

I think idea 1 will take the most time to create so I'm going to start with idea 2 so I can get that one worked out, too.

4 days later

bortwein on Oct 07 '10 at 8:56pm

re-watching Tron (1982) tonight.

Krimson on Oct 07 '10 at 9:03pm

Idea #2 makes me happy.

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 12:33am

I present WIP of "METROn"

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 8:37am

ah man it was late when I posted this. A friend already pointed out that I spelled "ENCOM" and "Terminal" wrong.

I'm tired. :O yaaaaawwwwnnnnn.

Please any feedback. Can you get the story progression from this at all? Does it even make sense?

NiNTH WHEEL on Oct 08 '10 at 10:05am

Definitely think that the bug in the system one has the greatest potential (though probably the most work to render) as it instantly tells a story and is different from any of the other entries.

In general, I'm not a fan of the subway route style designs, but it does make a nice visual. Think it would be in the same vein as the LOTR one in that you don't have to get all the references / locations to appreciate it, but it's icing on the cake for fans.

I do feel like EOL should be off by itself somewhere so it is more like the end of the line train station wise. Maybe a dashed line for solar sail transport pathway.

The background chip doesn't really work for me. Some unlabeled pathways in that same dark gray would give it some depth and interest without taking focus away from the main part of the image.

A well rendered record player with some subtle nods to TRON could look really nice. There have been a couple of TRON DJ subs, but I think those are trying to do too much.

NiNTH WHEEL on Oct 08 '10 at 10:06am

"Yes Man" is clever as hell, but I don't know that it will have universal appeal. Especially for those that only know of the movie and haven't watched it.

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 10:29am

hey that's some great feedback. I had the same feeling about the chip this morning. I think if I do some Black lines in the background to make up a network around the main lines that could be cool.

I could probably break EOL away from the yellow line off on its own since it truly is only a reference to the MCP red line. Then I could have the Yellow line just cut out to the Terminal straight from MCP.

Maybe the 2nd half of the solar sail path should be dotted since they never go that way and have the beam transfer connect out from where I start the dotted. I need to find some space in this thing. It is getting tight.

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 10:31am

I feel like I need to render up "YES Man" just for myself.

I agree about Bug In the System. I plan to attack that one after I finish up the metro design.

The record player feels too close to all the DJ subs and I fear I would not execute it well enough to make it different from those, so it would just get lost. It will be the last of the 3 I do before the contest is over. Probably last minute.

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 1:26pm

Updated "METROn '82"!

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 2:12pm

Bump-a-Tron!

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 3:04pm

should I add more background circuit board elements in the black?

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 3:10pm

should I do anything crazy like add the old tron logo using the black outlines? Would it be near the top or along the bottom?

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 3:32pm

hmm

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 4:33pm

bump for questions

quiroz on Oct 08 '10 at 6:56pm

I like the idea and simplicity of METROn. If you'd like to incorporate the old logo somewhere, maybe inside the shirt. :) But I wonder what if you try somehow to make a "TRON" type out of the circuit lines? I don't know. Sorry if I didn't help. Nice work!

Btw, I like the idea #2 too!

bortwein on Oct 08 '10 at 9:09pm

hey thanks.

NiNTH WHEEL on Oct 09 '10 at 2:50pm

The inclusion of the dotted lines provide more interest so I think those are definitely keepers. The background pathways work much better than the solid square, but something seems a bit off still. Maybe, like you said, just including more of them would help or maybe something like a logic diagram might work better.

Hard so say as to whether or not to include the logo or not. I suppose it all depends on what the sponsor is really looking for. It does seem odd for Threadless to have a shirt in their product line with a brand on it. The band shirts have always struck me as completely out of place in DBH's line.

This does lend itself to having a key of some sort even if the only label is 'red line' or picking one stop point along it or a character name a la 'Dilinger Line' or 'Flynn Line'.

bortwein on Oct 09 '10 at 7:59pm

hey yeah. I see what you mean about the logo so I think I'll go the no logo route. The background could use some more like you said. I was going for the Circuit board thing so the logic board diagram helps out.

I'm not sure about the key but I'll try placing one on it and see how it looks.

fatheed on Oct 09 '10 at 8:04pm

Bug in the system is the strongest of all the ideas - but perhaps you should consider doing a Trojan Horse? Much more suited in terms of geometry to the tron environment.

The turntable one I've seen something similar in this comp 2 or 3 times already.

bortwein on Oct 09 '10 at 9:49pm

updated.

NiNTH WHEEL on Oct 10 '10 at 2:42am

Looks finished to me. The key balances the image better top to bottom (the notch out of the top right of it is a nice touch) and the TRON logo in low contrast as it is doesn't bother me a bit.

Plu Shu on Oct 10 '10 at 2:49am

That metro thing is really sweet, I can't see anything to better it right now. As for the turntable, already done several time, ditch it.
The bug scene could be epic, but be prepared to take a lot of time ;p
The Yes Man Bit could be very sellable too, run for it, could be done realtively fast.

bortwein on Oct 10 '10 at 11:14pm

METROn submitted. Thanks for the help.

bortwein on Oct 10 '10 at 11:52pm

bortwein on Oct 11 '10 at 8:55am

pending bump.

bortwein on Oct 11 '10 at 8:24pm

I feel like I could get Yes Man done in like an hour, so I'll probably do that one even if it just for me. I'll probably skip #2 the record player because those subs are popping up like weeds now that the DJ ones are out there. If I get the time I'll probably try to get down and dirty with the "Bug in the System" but I'm not sure at this point.

bortwein on Oct 12 '10 at 2:13pm

I banged out Yes Man during my lunch.

bortwein on Oct 12 '10 at 2:15pm

hehehe.

bortwein on Oct 12 '10 at 2:30pm

Kevin Flynn: Another mouth to feed.
Bit: Yesyesyesyes!

bortwein on Oct 12 '10 at 2:44pm

glad I did this one. I'll probably submit it once I clean it up.

bortwein on Oct 12 '10 at 4:00pm

does it look ok?

bortwein on Oct 12 '10 at 5:02pm

see you later.

NiNTH WHEEL on Oct 12 '10 at 8:49pm

Looks good. Nice texture on the tie. Initially though it might need cartoon style arms giving a thumbs up, but now that I type it out that sounds like a bad idea.

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