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Grend
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
1600 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-19 22:54:02
May 19 2016 22:47 GMT
#1
Hi guys,

I joined teamliquid back in 2010. I loved teamliquid and the korean brood war scene, bought me some t-shirts and watched proleague msl osl and so on and so forth. I was a little obsessed to be honest.

And then I stumbled upon this cool little easter egg (I thought) about the team liquid homepage and I thought I was so clever, so I put it in my signature figuring that pretty soon I would be flooded with pms from people congratulating me on my cleverness. Well.. five years have passed and I`m tired of waiting on the messages so I`ll reveal it in this blog post instead!

First let us look at the team liquid header image today:
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Here we have the now classic water horse logo and some snazzy font, but if you look closely you will see some pretty horses running in the background.


Now lets jump back in time and look at an older version of the team liquid header image:
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The pretty horses are way more visible here. But who made the illustration of the horses you may be wondering. Do not worry, I have got you covered!






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The illustration was made by an artist named Jim Warren.
As Jim Warren so eloquently puts it:
"I now “DO” horses."
No kidding, this guy has made a lot of paintings with horses:



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The ""DO" horses" quote relates to Jim Warrens first painting with horses. Some time before 1981 he was asked to create the album cover for Bob Segers album "Against the wind". It was Bob Segers most successful album, and it looked like this:

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So there you have it.
Too bad I never got any messages though.


Jim Warrens website:
http://jimwarren.com/portfolio/against-the-wind/

*****
♞ Against the Wind - Bob Seger ♞
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
May 20 2016 01:23 GMT
#2
That rainbow horse picture has got to be the most magical thing I've ever seen
DuB phool
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1003 Posts
May 20 2016 02:34 GMT
#3
Fabulous indeed, that rainbow scene! :D

Thanks for the history 'n stuff, can't say I knew any of this.
"overwatch is jesus" - motbob 2016
brian
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States9644 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-20 19:30:30
May 20 2016 19:27 GMT
#4
his work was linked at the bottom of the desktop home page for ages. is it not anymore? edit: jk it's still there and on the mobile
version too.

I'm always reminded of the water painting during LoTR when Arwyn takes out the Nazgul at the river ... with water horses.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24814 Posts
May 20 2016 22:26 GMT
#5
So the 'Easter Egg' is that the album you mention had cover art performed by the same artist as the original TL banner (and both have horses)? That's pretty subtle to be honest.

And like Brian said, the statement at the bottom of TL has been there since approximately forever, as well.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
darthfoley
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States8004 Posts
May 21 2016 04:31 GMT
#6
tbh i never noticed the horses in the banner or the original artwork claim at the bottom of the website until now :0
watch the wall collide with my fist, mostly over problems that i know i should fix
Grend
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
1600 Posts
May 21 2016 16:46 GMT
#7
In retrospect it was a bit overcomplicated and less cool than I thought, especially with the note on the bottom of the homepage.
♞ Against the Wind - Bob Seger ♞
rotta
Profile Joined December 2011
5656 Posts
May 21 2016 18:24 GMT
#8
On May 21 2016 07:26 micronesia wrote:
And like Brian said, the statement at the bottom of TL has been there since approximately forever, as well.

Not to forget LP: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Team_Liquid
don't wall off against random
JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-23 06:58:09
May 23 2016 06:52 GMT
#9
Waiting silently and anxiously
For a PM
Every day, year after year

Waiting silently and anxiously
For someone to give an e-high five to
Every day, year after year

"Silence is golden"
He cringes every time he hears that
Every day, year after year

On May 20 2016 06:47 HKT, he finally decides to break the silence
And the anxiety he had been enduring
Every day, year after year
Please send me a PM of any song you like that I most probably never heard of! I am looking for people to chat about writing and producing music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noD-bsOcxuU |
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