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I should really stop making wallpapers.

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Ajaco92
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Norway152 Posts
March 12 2012 01:42 GMT
#1
Short stort short: I got bored. Figured i should do some photoshop. Was working on a poster. Got stuck. One thing led to another, and suddenly i was back doing what I've kind of told my self not to; make a wallpaper.

This one was made fairly quick, so it's far from perfect, but I kind of like the idea. I've had some issues making it look realistic (du'h!), but I didn't have the paitence nor skill (without looking up tutorials) to make it better than it is right now. If requested, i'll put some more work into it, to see what I can do.

Anyways, this is going to be the last wallpaper for a while. I think. I have a guilty pleasure, and can't do too much about it, because I'm weak. I'm going to try to focus more on general stuff, such as posters, overlays etc. We'll see. I might post something that's totally not gaming or starcraft related here as well. Time will tell.

Anyways, without further ado, i present 'It's more than a game':
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Caption-less:
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***
What doesnt kill you make your race OP.
willy001
Profile Joined March 2011
United States89 Posts
March 12 2012 02:31 GMT
#2
why wouldnt' you put effort into it before you posted it? i think it coulda looked sick but the small effort, i mean you could have at least made the contrast beteen the picture and the shrine less apparent.
Ajaco92
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Norway152 Posts
March 12 2012 02:36 GMT
#3
On March 12 2012 11:31 willy001 wrote:
why wouldnt' you put effort into it before you posted it? i think it coulda looked sick but the small effort, i mean you could have at least made the contrast beteen the picture and the shrine less apparent.

I don't know really. I just get really impatient and impulsive at times. Normally I would wait until I was satisfied with what I've made before posting it, but for some reason I didnt do that now.

And yeah, the contrast is too big. I'll look into it tomorrow, and probably just update this entire post with new text and images.
What doesnt kill you make your race OP.
confusedcrib
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1307 Posts
March 12 2012 02:43 GMT
#4
I like it
I'm a writer for TeamLiquid, you've probably heard of me
Kuja
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States1759 Posts
March 12 2012 03:06 GMT
#5
Wow, thats actually good, lol. you probably shouldn't stop!
“Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am I to say?”
RezChi
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada2368 Posts
March 12 2012 03:08 GMT
#6
I thought that shit was real for a second, i was like "the fuck!?" then u saw the platform. The top looks pretty legit
RogerX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
New Zealand3180 Posts
March 12 2012 04:07 GMT
#7
That's beautiful.

But the mixture seems really really strange..
Stick it up. take it up. step aside and see the world
xlava
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States676 Posts
March 12 2012 04:31 GMT
#8
I love it. Wow. It just has so much originality to it. Its simply yet effective.
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
March 12 2012 04:43 GMT
#9
Could use a bit of work, but I really love the idea :D
:)
memcpy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States459 Posts
March 12 2012 04:47 GMT
#10
The key to making it look realistic is matching the lighting, perspective, and shadows. Lowering the saturation of the statue a bit should make it blend a lot better. You might also want to use the perspective resize tool to shrink the top just a tad as it looks like it's coming out toward the screen.
Dacendoran
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States825 Posts
March 12 2012 05:31 GMT
#11
I like it quite a lot =] just replaced my old desktop would love to see an improved version =]. Don't stop making wallpapers unless it interferes with something important in your life haha it looks really good.
Pusekatten
Profile Joined March 2011
Norway234 Posts
March 12 2012 08:11 GMT
#12
Ajaco, did you make these durring the CW last night?
Looks great btw ^^
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-12 08:23:55
March 12 2012 08:12 GMT
#13
First thing I thought of


DESTROY THE PSI DISRUPTOR
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Dapper_Cad
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United Kingdom964 Posts
March 12 2012 10:13 GMT
#14
Little too much noise IMO.
But he is never making short-term prediction, everyone of his prediction are based on fundenmentals, but he doesn't exactly know when it will happen... So using these kind of narrowed "who-is-right" empirical analysis makes little sense.
Ajaco92
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Norway152 Posts
March 12 2012 10:16 GMT
#15
A small update:

After getting quite a lot of replies both here, and on reddit, I've decided to put some more effort into this photo, as well as using the same concept for other famous landmarks, and make a small set of SC2 structures replacing landmarks.

I will be posting a new post with an updated version of this pic + a couple of other wallpapers in not too long. I do, however, have a dayjob, so things might take a little while

Thank you for your feedback everyone!
What doesnt kill you make your race OP.
fusefuse
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Estonia4644 Posts
March 12 2012 10:16 GMT
#16
the idea is great
put some more effort into it and the next one will be great :F
heres some (shameless) inspiration for you http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42425448/LP_EXPAND_CC_1280_clean.jpg
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LonelyIslands
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Canada590 Posts
March 12 2012 12:55 GMT
#17
Great job; keep plugging away at it.
My heart and my mind will carry my body when my limbs are too weak
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