Her Great and Powerfulness can wait though, it's voting time. Welovefine has been collecting tee shirt designs for quite a while now, and the day has finally come for everyone to swarm their site and pick a winner. With over one thousand to choose from... it's going to be a rough decision!
I've said it a million times before, but these guys are probably the best way to show Hasbro that we are a serious market, so get out there and vote!
The page for all of them can be found here.
105 comments:
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ReplyDeleteInteresting...
ReplyDeleteWow... really?
ReplyDeleteMost of these suck and/or don't seem to conform to the requirements.
ReplyDelete300 shirts in and I've given about six 5's.
Glad to finally be able to see the entries!
ReplyDeleteYes, a shirt with the "dangerous to go alone" meme, haha.
@Kaijyuu
ReplyDeleteYeah, but that's the nature of it, right? I mean, there are only so many winners... I'm pretty sure there are more than 5 that are worth our time =P
Anyway, website was already running slow before you posted this, Seth. How long before it crashes?
Some of T-shirts even have rip off designs. I feel sorry for the ones who takes this contest seriously!
ReplyDeleteThe greatest and most powerful t-shirt.
ReplyDeleteAnd derpy "deal with it" shirt, and she has the sunglasses on upside down XD
ReplyDeleteI could comment on these designs all day!
"I went to equestria and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" I love those.
Look at t-shirt Michael!
ReplyDeleteWHYYYYYY WELOVEFINE!?
ReplyDeleteY U ONLY ACCEPT U.S. ENTRIES!? ;_;
"Keep calm and Muffin" is still the best line.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, is anyone else getting the problem where it only lets you vote on four at a time, then you have to refresh to get more?
ReplyDeleteSome of those just plain don't make sense though.
ReplyDelete"bronies gonna bro"?
I think my favorite is "Chaos: How do you see it?"
ReplyDeleteThere's SO many and most of them are meh, so I actually think anyone with a legitimate design has a chance of winning if I advertise themselves right! Since people won't go through all 1000+ shirts, they'll just get linked to specific ones by the designer.
ReplyDeleteHOWEVER, given you have to JOIN the site to vote that's gonna turn off a lot of potential voters. I know for a fact I lost at least one vote. Kind of blunt the way he was just more or lee like "Oh what? Register? SORRY DON'T FEEL LIKE IT, LOL." Yeah...okay...that was nice.
Someone make a Luna Guevara shirt. I will buy a million of them.
ReplyDeleteThere's only a few Rarity submissions I really like. How disproportionate. Although, there's still plenty of good shirts that are deserving of a win. Wonder how many will make it through this time.
ReplyDeleteStill waiting on the perfect shirt for me.
Also... Lol @ magnanimous
ReplyDeleteUsing that Arrested Development quote for Trixie is possibly the greatest decision any person has ever made in the history of forever.
ReplyDeleteI think someponies forget they need to remove the background if they simply take a screenshot from the show.
ReplyDeleteAnd then there's also the ones that are so obscure that even a brony couldn't tell it's pony-related! About half of them look like a real effort was made, and the other half I could probably do in gimp in less than an hour...
I think we crashed the server... again.
ReplyDelete@kelzae
ReplyDeleteCalled it!
Now Seth, when you get to vote for a Special Prize, don't vote Trixie because it is just Trixie. Ok?
ReplyDeleteYup, I'm going to try to rate them all, but it's not looking like a quality crop so far.
ReplyDeleteI rated them all. I only voted a handful above a 3.
ReplyDelete@Killsteal_Wolf But it's discorded Fluttershy now :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha xD
ReplyDeleteWe Brony'd their servers again.
Calm down people, I think we can all agree that the Zeppony shirt (http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=984) is the greatest T-shirt design ever conceived.
ReplyDeleteJust finished looking at all of them. Honestly only thought about 10 of them were exceptionally clever/funny or something I'd want to wear. WHERE ARE ALL THE GREAT ARTISTS FROM DEVIANTART?
ReplyDeleteSo much chaff, I submitted but I haven't found mine yet.
ReplyDeleteEven considering the high amount of crap here, there's still more quality designs than there were in the first contest.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the sweet & tasty one with Pinkie must happen, I don't care how. I love it.
I'm very disappointed in the quality control for these contests. I understand that the actual winner's will be filtered, but having 1000+ and not even half of them used the submission guidelines?
ReplyDeleteI submitted two designs, but it's hard to stand out when people are voting on stolen fanart that they didn't even put on a mockup t-shirt.
But please, everyone should vote regardless because it raises the grand prize with every 100 votes, no matter the design.
~Buddy Vox
If the Portal Pinkie Pie shirt doesn't win I will be thoroughly disappointed...
ReplyDeletethey have a "Do you like bananas?" shirt with Celestia on it...I want it now its perfect!
ReplyDeleteSo much meh. You'll find a few gems among these designs but they need a stricter quality control when it comes to submissions.
ReplyDeleteI'm seeing too many joke entries and OCs.
Yeah, lots of disappointing entries, copy pasted memes make up for a large portion of these.
ReplyDeleteStill, there's some great stuff there. Im all for subtle designs a brony can recognize immediately, yet passes unnoticed to those unaware of the show.
@What The Hay
ReplyDeleteYeah.. there are some great MLP shirt designers on DA... (But there's still loads to find)
I'm still a bit saddened that they wouldn't let me enter, but I think I'll just give my shirt designs away for free then... XD
I have quite a few people asking me where they can buy my Singing in the Rain ( http://kman-studio.deviantart.com/art/Singing-in-the-Chocolate-Rain-263086042 ) and Never Go Full Tardy ( http://kman-studio.deviantart.com/art/Never-Go-Full-Tardy-263940191 ) shirts, and I really hate telling people that they can't purchase it anywhere. :(
Dammit WeLoveFine, don't you see there are bronies out there that would just be satisfied with other bronies satisfied wearing their custom tee's, and not just prize money!?
@K•man
ReplyDeleteDid they give you a reason? They did when they rejected my submission for the first contest.
I don't see why the first one wouldn't pass, but I understand why the second one wouldn't.
@GameBuddy
ReplyDeleteT&C stated the contest is for US residents only :(
Although, I'm disappointed I didn't try to submit it anyway... even if it meant the prize money is out of reach... :/
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ReplyDelete@K•man
ReplyDeleteAh, sorry about that. It probably as something to do with their distribution rights for a US property like MLP.
Allow me to shamelessly plug my design...https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5#/id_submit=1396
ReplyDeleteBut seriously good luck guys.
Lots of submissions didn't follow the rules at all... single images, walls of text, unaligned with the shirt, stolen art, posting already used designs, OC ponies...
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the designs that actually have work put into them, but sifting through the other 95% of crap is annoying.
I think the site is hoping that the voters will filter out all of the really crappy ones for them. I'd make a negative comment about how lazy they are, but they actually had a really good response time when I messed up one of my submissions.
Anyways, like I said, I entered the contest as well, though now that I look at it I think only 2 or maybe 3 are actually decent...
Also, I would prefer to have more subtle brony shirts to buy. I'm a big fan of the show, but I'm not the kind of fan who will flaunt around a bright pastel pony shirt. I'm not insecure, it's just not my thing. There are some good subtle shirts in the running (mine is "Stenciled Harmony," if you're interested), and I hope at least one of them gets made into an official design.
May the best designer win! (please).
1023 My Little Pony Fan Design Contest Season 2 LEFT TO RATE
ReplyDeleteHOLY SHIT!
...challenge accepted.
"2 fillies 1 cupcake"
ReplyDeleteA literal facehoof there. Out of the ones I've seen, there were only a few that I could really see happening. The DJ Pon-3 shirt, in a similar style to the wonderbolt shirt from the last one is probably going to be one of the winners. I also got a chuckle out of the "I am the new Rainbow Dash shirt."
...I still want the Dumb Fabric shirt
...OCs in my T-shirt contest...
ReplyDeleteit's more likely than you think
What's with only being able to vote on 4 at a time? That's kind of a hassle...
ReplyDeleteI just got my Pinkie Pie T-shirts from WeLoveFine on Monday, so I'm looking forward to what's coming up!
ReplyDeleteSo dang many submissions. It's staggering. I concur there are some less-than-stellar ones in this list. Especially ones that didn't follow the guidelines and possibly simply put someone elses art on a shirt design. I'm sure those won't make it to the final round anyway however. But there's also some really great submissions in here too. Voting is so hard.
ReplyDeleteThe only one I REALLY liked was the one with derpy and the ED-209. If that gets in there I'll buy one shipping and tax be damned!
ReplyDeleteSo many entries! .. I entered two (One being of Luna, titled, just..Luna. I wish I wouldve had the foresight to give her her new hairstyle. Oops. Second is a Smartypants shirt)
ReplyDeleteI dont know why they kept the one image that is just a pencil sketch of an OC Pony? I think? I dont know what it is. A few of them arent even set to the template and go beyond the border that they provided.
It was fun to draw the designs up. :O Though, I probably shouldve done more. Maybe!
To SELECTED ARTISTS: If you can't be bothered to come up with a design that's at LEAST as good as the pony designs already, don't rip off or create fan works that are subpar. It's time consuming to vote on, and just makes you look bad. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ENTER! Out of the 1034 designs, maybe 400 were good, with less than 50 being spectacular. The rest, either you weren't trying, or you just decided to enter to say you entered. It just keeps people going longer and longer from finding good stuff to vote on.
ReplyDelete@DELC17
ReplyDeleteThis.
... Why do people upload OC ponies in these contests? I makes no sense...
ReplyDeleteDespite the fact I am competing in this contest, i've ranked a few shirts (including the one in this post) with 5's as well
ReplyDeleteI mean if I don't win, somepony good should! :D
I've seen a few designs that don't make for very good t-shirts but would be BAD ASS on a poster.
ReplyDelete(Dang computer glitching, I wasn't dont commenting!)
ReplyDeletelike a lot of people said though, I don't understand why some which are clearly not qualified (not 1000x1000 images, not 200 DPI, not on the T-shirt template, and that break the "art boundry box" ) are even able to be voted on? :/ I mean shouldn't those have been DQ'd? Ah well, i'm sure most of those ones wont win anyways, it just makes me curious since it really could have lowered the numbers to wade through when voting.
@allanime01
ReplyDeleteI think you only need those if you actually win. Like, the full copy needs to be sent to them.
Two of the winners from last contest didn't even use a t-shirt template in their submission.
The amount of OC ponies, over-repeated memes and just plain stupid/unfunny ideas was... astounding.
ReplyDeleteI voted five on less than five shirts.
Next contest calls for some quality control. I mean who in their right mind is going to wade through 1000+ shirts, most of which are downright awful and/or don't even follow the rules?
Lotta chaff to separate from the wheat in this one. 1/2 hour in and still no 5's.
ReplyDeleteI know my design isn't technically original, but I'm hoping it was good enough for other people to at least enjoy a little bit. >.>
ReplyDeleteI really think you guys are overreacting on the rules. The company itself obviously doesn't hold it to that high a regard if they approve the submissions...
ReplyDeleteThey're not using the exact image from the submissions when they print a shirt anyway. Obviously they will be requesting more files from the winners.
Calm down, ponies.
@Lemonite
ReplyDelete... That being said, I now have 909 submissions left to review and I've only actually rated something at the most 15 times... I think maybe the site needs to filter these a bit better...
Lol, I submitted a couple designs, but it turns out my photoshopping skills aren't up to par like I thought. Lots of great designs, though. I hope to buy one soon.
ReplyDelete@Tezzle
ReplyDeleteHaving to register for the site is a bit off-putting admittedly, but it also prevents people from votebombing by posting misdirecting links everywhere and getting people to click on them. There have been more than a few online contests over the years that were either ruined or called off because some wiseguy decided to get their forum buddies to all rush a site and vote up the worst entry for lawlz.
That said, at least the good quality designs stand out much more against the bland and subpar stuff. Although honestly they need some way to flag designs that blatantly don't follow the rules so that they get dropped early on.
There are way too many shirts to rate. So far best imo is the Octavia 1 that has a ♡ made out of 2 left octaves
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty annoying... The site is being really buggy and I have to refresh... which puts me back at the beginning of all 1000+ entries... all reshuffled.... Ugh...
ReplyDeleteThis is quite obviously the best design:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1708
@BND
ReplyDeleteThat's one of dreatos' designs i think. It's not bad. I did rate it a 5, but I think there are some that also deserve a 5 rating.
There are a lot of terrible designs, but it is totally worth it to find the few treasures there. :)
ReplyDeleteI've voted for some Discord shirts. We need some Discord shirts on the market!
ReplyDeletenearly 500 shirts down. around 30 4s, and less than 10 5s.
ReplyDeleteShameless plug because Luna https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1823#/id_submit=1823
ReplyDelete<_<
(second one https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1892 )
I wish there was a faster way to view the entries. So many to go through. Doesnt help that the site keeps getting lag.
only 100 left. this has taken hours that I want back
ReplyDelete900 left .... -.-
ReplyDelete1013 left. Lol
ReplyDeleteoh dear celestia, someone made a cupcakes one with blood!
ReplyDelete@SgtGarand
ReplyDelete"2 fillies, 1 cupcake."
I saw that and I was meuh, Fluttershy would say "you can have it" and then Pinkie Pie would eat it in one gulp. No contest. Next shirt.
... Oooooh, that's what you meant. Um, no, not likely.
FINISHED! 4 hours and 38 minutes. I WANT THAT TIME BACK!
ReplyDeleteWhy are there so many freaking OC ponies in this contest? Really, did they think they would win?
ReplyDeleteDamnit I've been voting for hours now BUT THERE'S STILL 250 LEFT! :P
ReplyDelete@youtube|UsurperKingZant
ReplyDeleteYeah, that one is pretty damn good. I wish it wasn't on green, though.
https://www.welovefine.com/img/cnt/5/1590-submit.jpg
ReplyDeleteGLORIOUS
I just voted on EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE. It took four hours. I hope your happy.
ReplyDeleteAnyone notice there are quite a few doubles here?
ReplyDeletethere*
ReplyDelete@Sethisto I would totally buy that shirt if it wins
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ReplyDelete@Sethisto
ReplyDeleteSethisto is great at being an impartial judge.
Also, it's a very nice design, but WLF will not print the dimensions and area of that design unfortunately.
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ReplyDeleteI had to stop a little over halfway in, make some dinner, eat, and dishes. I just finished the rest of voting. >.<
ReplyDeleteGod I saw my 5th design and headdesked so hard I needed an Advil. Never get drunk and create, EVER! DX
Things I noticed doing all this voting:
ReplyDelete-That took a very long time.
-There are quite a few doubles
-Apparently, The focus on my highest grades are:
1. Twilight Sparkle (got 2 of my 4 5s)
2. Discord (Got one of the other 4)
3. The cutie marks alone (not many bad grades)
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1808#/id_submit=1888 (the other 5)
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ReplyDeleteWell, here's my design: https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&m=gallery&id_submit=1841
ReplyDeleteSibsy at Deviant Art liked it enough to add it to her favorites, so whether it gets any votes or not, I'm still pretty happy.
The thing is, I'm rather inexperienced with Photoshop - until recently I've been a traditional artist and never worked with digital art programs. So when I created my design in Photoshop Elements and Xara, I didn't know how to put it on a transparent background so that the shirt behind it would show through. I've since learned how to do that, so if by some happy circumstance my design is chosen, I hope We Love Fine will let me fix it.
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5#/id_submit=1218
ReplyDeleteMy Design if you're inclined! Help a fellow brony out!
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1694
ReplyDeleteI think after going through alot of these, this is one of the best.
Too many crap entries. Excluding those that don't use the template would narrow down the field to 300-400. If you're tired of looking after OC Ponies , 20% Cooler and designs full of Impact font, check my entry out.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1712
Yeah, it's Twist, but at least I followed the damn rules and went for something simple and clean.
Allow me to shamelessly self-promote myself:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1656
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1616
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1193
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=911
Also, I do agree with most of the people here. Most of the entries are absolute crap. I did a partial voting when the site had 700 entries and I ended up giving 10 or so designs a 5 and 40+ designs a 4. The rest were 3 and below.
For those wondering if this contest actually has quality control, it does. I had a design disabled because it didn't "tonally coincide" with the theme of the show. If you're curious as to what it looks like, here it is:
http://i40.tinypic.com/20hndxc.jpg
Someone at the contest site has commented that he doesn't think I created the image on my T-shirt entry, because of the lack of transparency beneath the images. I've already commented about my lack of knowledge about transparencies in my post above. As for whether I created the image, well, I did. Here's the pencil sketch for it that I posted on my Deviant Art page weeks before the contest opened: http://toonicorn.deviantart.com/#/d4bo8g2
ReplyDeleteI won't quibble about the execution critiques; they have a point.
If that "adorkable" definition shirt wins, I'm definitely buying it. I'd also buy the Snails staring shirt in a heartbeat, but I know there's no way on earth that one will ever get made.
ReplyDeleteIt didn't take me 4 hours to get through all the designs, despite having to restart my browser twice, but yeah, they could definitely use better quality control next time. I think about 60% of my votes were 1 or 2.
Some are okay, some are ..not so great. I didnt vote very high for designs that used vectors. Chances are they entrant didnt even draw/make them, and they just got them from off of DA or elsewhere.
ReplyDelete@Nyau: I spent like, eight billion hours vectorizing for this contest...
ReplyDeleteHere's my design: https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1792
ReplyDeleteI spent such a long time drawing discord and making him look show-accurate! I cut it to fit in the template so it follows the rules... x]
I'm with everyone else here. At least half of those designs took about 5 seconds to make and are either all text or crude cut-outs from screen grabs.
ReplyDeleteMany others break the boundary/size rules, but the winning design from last time did that so...
@Nyau: I too spent many hours vectoring designs for my shirts.
If anyone hasn't voted yet and are feeling generous, here they are:
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1792#/id_submit=1468
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1792#/id_submit=924
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1792#/id_submit=1124
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1792#/id_submit=1328
And two I helped with that my friend made:
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1792#/id_submit=1945
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&id_submit=1792#/id_submit=2030