MATY and PMBD design contest!

[J. M. Pescado]

EA didn't copyright the plumbob, did they? That might be a good alternative.

They can't, in any event. Our usage of it is a legitimate work of parody and review.

[witch]

You've been sussing this copyright shit out, haven't you?   

[BastDawn]

This one is not a transparent image, but it doesn't need to be.  It's the correct size for a vertical t-shirt design, and is technically well done.  If others have been working on this image as well, variants will still be accepted.

[J. M. Pescado]

It's also an obvious knockoff of the original webcomic version, so ixnay on that.

[rohina]

Also, previous version was funnier.

[BastDawn]

 The biggest thing our latest entry has in common with the webcomic version is the color, and that can be changed in about 10 seconds or less.     I edited it myself, but will put up a different edit if the designer wants to send one to me:



If that's still too similar, there are lots of other ways to design a bingo card if anyone else wants to have a go at it.

http://www.plan-the-perfect-baby-shower.com/images/BabyShowerBingoCard5.jpg
http://skeptico.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/23/id_bingo_card_2.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t64/KateFitzsimons/GWOG/QueerComicsBingoCard.jpg
http://www.rockstarbingo.ca/images/index/bingoCard.jpg
http://media.arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits.media/wwdc-bingo.jpg

[Assmitten]

This is a tricky one. I love the Retardo cards, but it might be too small on a mug and if it's on your teeshirt, you know that mouthbreathers are going to want to lean in way too close to read the little boxes. And if your shirt is hard to read, then what's the point?

Might work well on a mousepad!

[Solowren]

Ooh, do want mousepad! I could keep pennies around on my desk, and whenever a Tard shows itself, I can have a quick go at some Re-Tar-Doh!

[Yecats]

Make it a laminated dry-erase mouse pad and all you need is a whiteboard marker.

[jfade]

FFS shirt for the win, and I'd totally buy a mousepad with the RETAR-doh! bingo card on it.

[BastDawn]

MOAR submissions!  These two are hand-drawn pencil sketches, submitted as JPG files.  I disapprove of JPGs because they always have image quality degradation; if you can't manage a PNG, send me a BMP instead and I'll convert it.  The size is also too small -- only 1600x1219 pixels, and that includes all the empty space around the image.  The edges of the text look bad due to the data loss from the JPG format, and it's only going to get worse if the image has to be sized up.  I don't approve of the lack of contrast on the black image, either; it's too hard to see the image.  On the plus side, the artist tells me that it will probably be re-entered in better quality later.  Now is a great time to tear it apart to encourage a better incarnation!

   

I suggest thicker, completely solid lines in gray #808080 for contrast on both white and black, with everything scanned in larger, on a transparent background (allowing the same image to be used on both black and white) and PNG FORMAT!

[BastDawn]

I'm double posting because this is a separate entry by a different person.  However, it has all of the same problems as the previous entry: too small (this is FULL SIZE!), crappy JPG with obvious image degradation, and too small for a t-shirt, mousepad, or anything other than a coffee mug or sticker.  Did I mention that it's too small?  Screenshots don't make good shirt images!



Edit:  I've been informed that there is a much larger, better version of this sitting on the artist's hard drive.  It is not on MY hard drive.  Be forewarned: technical judgment is passed on what I actually get!  If I get the good version, I will post a new review.

[hippi]

So far I think the FFS logo is my favourite.

[sloppyhousewife]

I'd totally buy a "Have you arr'd today" coffee mug and a TSR t-shirt.

[BastDawn]

More entries!  These are the correct size.   All lettering and design elements are outlined in white, which means the designs will look great on both white AND black shirts.  The edges are not sharp (just like every other entry so far), but that's just fine because all the edges are white and thus the result on black will still look great. 

     



This one is a coffee mug -- note how the design wraps around:

[BastDawn]

This entry is designed for the front and back of a black t-shirt.  Personally, I would also like to see it outlined in black for use on a white shirt.  It's a nicely huge size (over 4000 pixels on the widest dimension).  The edges are not sharp, but on a simple design like this that can be fixed easily.  Overall, it gets my thumbs up for technical execution.

[Solowren]

I love that one!

[msalwaysright]

Nice!
I really like the soup one too, especially on a coffee mug.

[rohina]

Soup mug is excellent. I also like the spork.

[Jelenedra]

Why a spork, cousin? Why not a knife... or fork?

[BastDawn]

Why a spork, cousin? Why not a knife... or fork?

*BastDawn sporks Jelenedra


New stuff!  These are coffee mug designs.  The size is good and the technical quality is high.



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[rufio]

I would totally buy the Macro->Caffeinate cup, except that it's missing the e, which is not awesome.

[msalwaysright]

I would totally buy the Macro->Caffeinate cup, except that it's missing the e, which is not awesome.

No, it's spelled correctly.

The noun caffeine, and the adjective caffeinated, have the 'e', but the comical verb, caffinate, doesn't.

It just doesn't look right.

[rufio]

Well, Caffinate with just the i looks wrong to me, and dictionary.com thinks neither is a word.  I guess it depends on how JMP spelt it in-game, and off-hand I can't remember.

ETA: I just checked, and it is spelled with the e in the rtfm.

[BastDawn]

*waves hand mysteriously  These are not the spelling errors you are looking for. (The artist sent me the fix.)

New stuff!  Large size, black text on the one item can easily be switched to white for printing on black, and thus both meet my expectations.



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