Oops.  Almost forgot to post this one.  Theme of the week was exercise.  I wanted the treadmill entry to do well but it clearly did not have the kawaii power of the fox.

Last week’s bloodthirsty bunny shirt came in first with a print!  Thanks to all for the support!

If you missed the initial sale, you can still pick one up here: http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=8143

The theme “individuality” could not be more wrong for the woot derby.  As the weeks go by it has become more and more of a target market exercise instead of a design contest.  Not that there’s anything wrong with this.  These cutesy animal shirts are more fun than the shirts sold at Baby Gap, Babies R Us, or any number of baby, toddlers, or children’s retailers.  I know if I was a youngin, this trend would totally rock.  It beats the traditional girly wardrobe I had as a kid.  Not that I don’t appreciate the cute now, but being pigeon-holed into designing the same cute every week gets old.  If anything I suppose it’s a challenge, like designing for an employer or client you don’t particularly like.  That’s okay!  Challenges are good.

This week’s entries!:

Last week was Woot’s now-quarterly Big-Do-Over derby.  I had one entry which did not fare well, as was expected.  It’s doubtful that it will get an editor’s pick either.  This week is heartbreak-themed, which means plenty of kawaii, sappy entries.  I have two up.  The one with lightning was a collab with elwayman02.