My first Pro Wallpaper! *is giddy*

TriumpH asked me to make a wallpaper for him to put 5 photos on, and eventually we got around to a blue BG with some tech style on it... With some alterations here 'n there to suit his needs, and a bit of polish, this came as the end result...

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26671524/

Yes, I've recently gotten into brushes, lol... The 5 white pseudo techy arrows you see are there to mark where photos are ment to go.

Of course, TriumpH, despite asking me in the first place, didn't wanna give up his whole 'privacy with his photos' thang.. lol, so I couldn't give proper borders for them.

Oh, and YES, I DID download practically the entire collection of GIMP brushes on deviantART.

i wanna see it wif his photos on!

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Originally Posted by darranthegreat

i wanna see it wif his photos on!

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Thanks for leaving critique poophead.. <_< lol...

I doubt he'll show us, his photos are his own personal private stuff.... He didn't even want me seeing them, and I'm the one who had to make the background! And flaunts his MySpace around like a MySpace whore, which is chock full of my own photos! <.<'

but...but.... without the photos it just looks really plain!

So you just stamped a bunch of brushes?

hmmm, That needs a nice bg....

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Originally Posted by iod

So you just stamped a bunch of brushes?

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Yea I knew you'd say that.

But then again, what are most of the siggies around here, if not made 'spechule' by stamping brushes?

Use of the 'stamping', placement, opacity, all play a factor, when you think of it.

And I could've added a BG, but I wanted to keep it clean.

Remember, this is merely a template-like background, TriumpH just asked for a blue BG with some tech to it, and that's what I came up with. I COULD add some images to it myself, making it more complete, which I plan to actually, just to appease some peeps, lol.

I'm taking requests... Change the BG color from blue to anything, and the use of images. If I don't have the images, you're going to have to supply them.

But yea, with how it is now, I guess you have to take a step back from it, and look at how it all came together aesthetically.

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Originally Posted by Jhewt

hmmm, That needs a nice bg....

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Indeed. A nice abstract 3D thingy will be nice IMO

not need be an 3d.... it need be COOL

Here's what I've got so far... Don't critisize the little details, it's far from finished... It's just the direction I'm going.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/26698145/

the brown dude looks realy wierd ...

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Originally Posted by darranthegreat

the brown dude looks realy wierd ...

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How so?

he doesnt fit in with the bg at all.

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Originally Posted by darranthegreat

he doesnt fit in with the bg at all.

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He isn't supposed to.... God dammit, I wish you all would get off this whole "the colors have to be the same tone throughout the entire friggin picture" deal... That "guy" is ment to 'jump out' and grab attention, because it's a "project file"... Bah, look at the 'finished' result..

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/26703786/

Besides, those brown and blue tones kinda go well together...

wow... nice wallapaper...

Thank you Intro!

Most people would diss it, simply because they could say, "oh, it's nothing special, you're just using brushes." They don't get that it's more than simply using tech brushes. The (over all) design (not the design of the individual brushes) is my own. I used well over 35+ different tech brushes to create that over all design. Sure, I didn't MAKE the brushes, but, well, like I was telling my brother, who's a good cook. He doesn't MAKE the egg, he doesn't make the chicken, the rice, the nutmegg, or any of the ingredients, but it's how he USES them that makes it unique to him.

The way that wally comes together is unique to me, and THAT'S what should be praised/dissed/critiqued.

I for one think it came together nicely.. The Xenogears Custom image under the plain blue gradient really makes the BG in my opinion. Also, I think I added a nice touch to EACH image I used, a couple that I PAINSTAKINGLY cut out! I take pride in cutting out renders nicely, lol. And when you think about it, the brown on blue doesn't really hurt the eyes, kinda looks good together if you ask me. Also, I'd like to add that the Eva 03 is cut out, the night sky background is made by me. I think I made it look kind of nice for a "night sky" lol.

Heh, I'm sorry for going on about it, it's just that this is my first real endeavour with digital imaging, my first time that I ever made a wallpaper... I've always looked at those wallpapers others have made out of images and such, and have wanted to make one of my own, and this is it... *gets that giddy feeling of acomplishment inside*

Oh, and I'm a whore when it comes to detail... But I think that's kind of a good thing, keeps the image from getting boring.

Oh, and guess what? I DID IT IN GIMP... beatches, haha.

woah, chill man..
the final result looks great. =)

But i hated xenogear..lol..not that it has anything to do with ur wp.

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Originally Posted by darranthegreat

woah, chill man..
the final result looks great. =)

But i hated xenogear..lol..not that it has anything to do with ur wp.

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Thanks... And wow, you're like, the ONLY person I've heard of that hates XenoGears! o.O

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Originally Posted by Garvonis

Thanks... And wow, you're like, the ONLY person I've heard of that hates XenoGears! o.O

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I'me sure there are other people like me. =p

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Originally Posted by Garvonis

Thank you Intro!

Most people would diss it, simply because they could say, "oh, it's nothing special, you're just using brushes." They don't get that it's more than simply using tech brushes. The (over all) design (not the design of the individual brushes) is my own. I used well over 35+ different tech brushes to create that over all design. Sure, I didn't MAKE the brushes, but, well, like I was telling my brother, who's a good cook. He doesn't MAKE the egg, he doesn't make the chicken, the rice, the nutmegg, or any of the ingredients, but it's how he USES them that makes it unique to him.

The way that wally comes together is unique to me, and THAT'S what should be praised/dissed/critiqued.

I for one think it came together nicely.. The Xenogears Custom image under the plain blue gradient really makes the BG in my opinion. Also, I think I added a nice touch to EACH image I used, a couple that I PAINSTAKINGLY cut out! I take pride in cutting out renders nicely, lol. And when you think about it, the brown on blue doesn't really hurt the eyes, kinda looks good together if you ask me. Also, I'd like to add that the Eva 03 is cut out, the night sky background is made by me. I think I made it look kind of nice for a "night sky" lol.

Heh, I'm sorry for going on about it, it's just that this is my first real endeavour with digital imaging, my first time that I ever made a wallpaper... I've always looked at those wallpapers others have made out of images and such, and have wanted to make one of my own, and this is it... *gets that giddy feeling of acomplishment inside*

Oh, and I'm a whore when it comes to detail... But I think that's kind of a good thing, keeps the image from getting boring.

Oh, and guess what? I DID IT IN GIMP... beatches, haha.

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you have a point there, but I wouldnt call a design my own if i used someone else's work in it.
I see a lot of signatures on here that are just ripped off renders they edited a bit in photoshop (added a border, put a few filters/effects on it and called it their own)
which is fine by me, just dont pretend that you deserve 100% credit for it :)
a professional lightened/textured 3D character can take a whole month of tweaking.
adding a border to it in photoshop takes 3 seconds :)
in my opinion photoshop(and the gimp for that matter) is just a little tool to finish/edit/finalise something. people make it out to be really hard while in fact all you need is a bit of creativity and time.
if you have both, you can create some nice art

Like your background.

I'm not a big fan of the style though, but that's personal taste. I think the "add some small text and lots of small thingys to make it look advanced" is getting rather unoriginal and annoying (though it's not overdone in yours)
good work.

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Originally Posted by NeoSparky

I think the "add some small text and lots of small thingys to make it look advanced" is getting rather unoriginal and annoying (though it's not overdone in yours)
good work.

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That's called tech my dear.

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Originally Posted by darranthegreat

That's called tech my dear.

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I dont care what it's called, get it out of my eyes!

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Originally Posted by NeoSparky

I dont care what it's called, get it out of my eyes!

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lol. just turn off ur monitor.. =p

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Originally Posted by NeoSparky

you have a point there, but I wouldnt call a design my own if i used someone else's work in it.
I see a lot of signatures on here that are just ripped off renders they edited a bit in photoshop (added a border, put a few filters/effects on it and called it their own)
which is fine by me, just dont pretend that you deserve 100% credit for it :)
a professional lightened/textured 3D character can take a whole month of tweaking.
adding a border to it in photoshop takes 3 seconds :)
in my opinion photoshop(and the gimp for that matter) is just a little tool to finish/edit/finalise something. people make it out to be really hard while in fact all you need is a bit of creativity and time.
if you have both, you can create some nice art

Like your background.

I'm not a big fan of the style though, but that's personal taste. I think the "add some small text and lots of small thingys to make it look advanced" is getting rather unoriginal and annoying (though it's not overdone in yours)
good work.

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90% of the wallpapers I see are no doubt unoriginal, doing the same thing I did, only in a different way. Like I said, how it came together in unique to me, in no way did I say I deserve 100% of the credit (not sure if that's what you said, or not). Like I've stated time and time before, it's not the chef who makes the egg, but how he cooks it. He didn't just whip the egg out of his ass, he took it from the chicken, but does the chicken ever get credit instead of the chef for the omelet? Hmm? HMMM?! Thought so... (rofl) Besides, I put on the description that full credit of the images used goes to their original authors, whoever the hell they may be. People told me that I should put some mecha on it, and that's what I did...

"I am merely a chef, cooking an egg. I have yet to become a chicken who makes an egg."
(And if I have to repeat this one more time to someone who else who didn't get it the first time I said it... I'm not sure if you understood that point or not Sparky. Seemed like you were poking at it without fully going at it.)

Hey! I know! Let's fall back on the age-old, super elitist arguement! You know, "Hey, you didn't create Photoshop! How the hell can you say any of it is your own! Credit goes to Adobe!"[/sarcasm] lol, "quack you..."

i really like the wallpaper. good job :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Garvonis

Like I've stated time and time before, it's not the chef who makes the egg, but how he cooks it. He didn't just whip the egg out of his ass, he took it from the chicken, but does the chicken ever get credit instead of the chef for the omelet? Hmm? HMMM?! Thought so... (rofl)

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great analogy :tp: