The Escapist Wallpaper Requests Thread - UPDATED 17/04/2013
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So I'm quite into Guinness and love Bioshock so I'd be real grateful to anyone who can magically merge the two together (it can be someone drinking Guinness or a Guinness ad in Rapture I don't know I'm not spectacularly creative in this field). To show my current wallpaper:
I did it myself *smiles proudly* in MS Paint. And tried it with numerous different beers. But only this one did it for me really (arms are from a wallpaper for Resident Evil Extinction).
So if anyone could help me out that'd be great.
I did it myself *smiles proudly* in MS Paint. And tried it with numerous different beers. But only this one did it for me really (arms are from a wallpaper for Resident Evil Extinction).
So if anyone could help me out that'd be great.
Sure. I'll give you guys some practice. 
Chances are, if you know me on here, you'll know I'm rather fond of the F-14 Tomcat.
My current background?
<spoiler=F-14>http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pGOnGM04xgk/SPEyqdcBkeI/AAAAAAAACcg/HqISjTGRYD0/s1600-h/f14-14.jpg
Just as it's breaking the sound barrier. Awesome.
My normal resolution is 1920x1080, so this pic doesn't actually fit all the way to the edges. But I don't mind, because it means that there's a little bit of room for my icons.
See?
So my challenge is this, if someone chooses to undertake it.
Somehow, you're to make it better.
This is a challenge because I'm not setting any real parameters for what I want you to do... Just have fun with it.
(This also means that I don't mind if I don't get priority above others who seem to need a new background. I'd just like to see what some of you guys come up with.)
Chances are, if you know me on here, you'll know I'm rather fond of the F-14 Tomcat.
My current background?
<spoiler=F-14>http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pGOnGM04xgk/SPEyqdcBkeI/AAAAAAAACcg/HqISjTGRYD0/s1600-h/f14-14.jpg
Just as it's breaking the sound barrier. Awesome.
My normal resolution is 1920x1080, so this pic doesn't actually fit all the way to the edges. But I don't mind, because it means that there's a little bit of room for my icons.
See?
So my challenge is this, if someone chooses to undertake it.
Somehow, you're to make it better.
This is a challenge because I'm not setting any real parameters for what I want you to do... Just have fun with it.
(This also means that I don't mind if I don't get priority above others who seem to need a new background. I'd just like to see what some of you guys come up with.)
theSovietConnection said:I could use some help. It's along the lines of my avatar, a flickering Helghast, just a different image.
Again, I'd like the eyes and the trails of light leading from the eyes to remain illuminated while everything else fades to black. PM me with any other questions
It stays on each picture for ten seconds before transitioning.
I really have a lot for you guys to go on here, sorry i just know exactly how i want it to look. What i have in mind is a colossal starship breaking through a dust cloud nebula i mean seriously make this absolutely monolithic, try and make the scale come to the fore. If you can, frame a universe in the background. The ship is called the "Furious Abyss" just google it for how it should look, maybe cut the pointy things coming out of the top if you can.
Thanks in advance, i know this is a quite challenging work. Dont worry if you think its too demanding.
Thanks in advance, i know this is a quite challenging work. Dont worry if you think its too demanding.
You kick epic amounts of ass my dear friend, and as such deserve equally ass-kicking cookiesSporky111 said:
I've updated the OP again with the new requests and new work that's been completed. I've also applied to create a dedicated Escapist Artist group on Deviant Art, for everyone to share their work on that site, so more news on that as and when it arrives.
. Haven't read the Horus Heresy books myself, though I've heard they're pretty damn good...
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And as a final thing, I changed my own wallpaper again last night:
I'll give this a go, but don't expect it very soon, sorry. I have a lot of work to catch up on over the next few days, plus it's a friend's birthday tonight. However, I'll get to work on your request when I get the chancesomedude98 said:
. Haven't read the Horus Heresy books myself, though I've heard they're pretty damn good...Same as above, I'll give this a try too, though with two projects to work on then it'll take quite a while before they're both done. Hopefully it'll be worth the waitnotyouraveragejoe said:So I'm quite into Guinness and love Bioshock so I'd be real grateful to anyone who can magically merge the two together (it can be someone drinking Guinness or a Guinness ad in Rapture I don't know I'm not spectacularly creative in this field). To show my current wallpaper:
I did it myself *smiles proudly* in MS Paint. And tried it with numerous different beers. But only this one did it for me really (arms are from a wallpaper for Resident Evil Extinction).
So if anyone could help me out that'd be great.
.And as a final thing, I changed my own wallpaper again last night:
Ok guys, about the wallpaper; The first one was made using the fractal thingy on GIMP. The second one however, I cheated a little. After many mugs of coffee and much messing around, I found I couldn't get it to look right, so I used a google search and lo and behold, first page I found this:
Now, I added this as a new layer, set black to transparent and recolourised it.
I feel so dirty.
I feel so dirty.
I've just managed to create a Deviant Art group for artists on The Escapist. The point is just to give a communal space on the site for us all to share our work and share our favourite pieces done byothers. The link is here:
http://the-escapist-artists.deviantart.com/
Anybody who wants to join, just go ahead and do so.
http://the-escapist-artists.deviantart.com/
Anybody who wants to join, just go ahead and do so
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Thanks a ton for taking the project on. Good luck and really its a great idea this.Trivun said:
No worries, I'll send an invite directly to youXxdragicexX said:Trivun u joined Deviant and when i posted my SCII it already got 3 favs
Oh btw i cant request a join to the group for some reason
. And as for the favourites, that happens pretty often when people first post stuff. See, the newest deviations always get featured straight away on the homepage to subscribed devaints (i.e. people who pay for extras) so if you're lucky you might get a few people comment or favourite instantly, before it disappears among all the other stuff there.
Right, so I recently said that I would take on a request I'll be referring to as the Furious Abyss Project. As part of that, I need to create (or use an existing background of) a dust cloud nebula. Since I don't particularly want to steal a background from the internet to use, I'll be creating one myself. So I thought it would be prudet to get to grips with the Fractals tool on GIMP. So I ended up making an image, which is now my own new wallpaper (I just keep chopping and changing...) based on Hellsing uing the Fractals skills I have acquired. Here is the wallpaper I made for myself:
The reason for posting this now is so that you guys can see an example of my own fractal work before I make any major progress with the Furious Abyss Project. I've already begun it and hope to finish it by tonight, if not then it'll be tomorrow evening potentially.
The reason for posting this now is so that you guys can see an example of my own fractal work before I make any major progress with the Furious Abyss Project. I've already begun it and hope to finish it by tonight, if not then it'll be tomorrow evening potentially.
Here you go, hope it's up to scratch. If not, feel free to let me know and I'll try again from a different approach, or get someone else on it. It was slightly let down by the fact that I could only find two pictures of the Abyss on Google Images, and only one of them was any good for me to use (i.e. looked half decent). Hopefully this will be pretty good though...somedude98 said:
As I say, let me know your thoughts, good or bad
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Over on the Deviant Art group for The Escapist Artists, I was informed that a particular member, XxdragicexX, had in fact been plagiarising the work of several Blizzard artists and passing it off as his own original work. Several people had commented 'his' art on the site making these claims, and I was informed via PM on DA by a particular Escapist user (who shall remain anonymous unless he wishes otherwise) of this deceit. A quick Google search was enough to confirm these suspicions, and he was removed from the group. I have also reported him to the DA administrators for plagiarism.
XxdragicexX has now been removed from the main artist list here as well, and 'his' art removed from the Featured Art section on the OP. I have not reported him to the Escapist moderators as he has not broken any rules of this site. However, I wish to make it clear now that any, and I mean ANY, artists on this thread who are found to have stolen and plagiarised the work of other artists, will be immediately reported to the moderators of any art site they frequent and will have any and all artwork of theirs on this thread removed. I will also ask the mods to remove any art they have submitted to this thread too.
I will not condone plagiarism. There is a big difference between using someone else's work, and passing it off as your own. You may claim there is little to distinguish between XxdragicexX's deception and the fact that I use other artists' work in my own wallpapers. However, I make no claim to own any of the work I use, and I make it clear that I am merely putting together a selection of the work of other, better artists. Plagiarism is the act of actually attempting to claim somebody else's work as yours. This is unacceptable, and will be dealt with severely.
I thank you for reading this, and hopefully none of you will have had any actual need to have done so.
Over on the Deviant Art group for The Escapist Artists, I was informed that a particular member, XxdragicexX, had in fact been plagiarising the work of several Blizzard artists and passing it off as his own original work. Several people had commented 'his' art on the site making these claims, and I was informed via PM on DA by a particular Escapist user (who shall remain anonymous unless he wishes otherwise) of this deceit. A quick Google search was enough to confirm these suspicions, and he was removed from the group. I have also reported him to the DA administrators for plagiarism.
XxdragicexX has now been removed from the main artist list here as well, and 'his' art removed from the Featured Art section on the OP. I have not reported him to the Escapist moderators as he has not broken any rules of this site. However, I wish to make it clear now that any, and I mean ANY, artists on this thread who are found to have stolen and plagiarised the work of other artists, will be immediately reported to the moderators of any art site they frequent and will have any and all artwork of theirs on this thread removed. I will also ask the mods to remove any art they have submitted to this thread too.
I will not condone plagiarism. There is a big difference between using someone else's work, and passing it off as your own. You may claim there is little to distinguish between XxdragicexX's deception and the fact that I use other artists' work in my own wallpapers. However, I make no claim to own any of the work I use, and I make it clear that I am merely putting together a selection of the work of other, better artists. Plagiarism is the act of actually attempting to claim somebody else's work as yours. This is unacceptable, and will be dealt with severely.
I thank you for reading this, and hopefully none of you will have had any actual need to have done so.
Update again! I've completed another project, the Furious Abyss for somedude98. Also, there are still some projects that still need artists. With the ejection of XxdragicexX from the thread, we still need somebody skilled to put together a wallpaper for TriGGeR_HaPPy based around the F-14 Tomcat (as seen in his post, on Page 5 of the thread). Here are all the projects currently ongoing, including those that still need an artist to work on them. If anyone wants to help, please let me know and pick something from the list.
Don't forget, we're still taking requests from anyone.
- Space design, filled with gaming and anime characters as planets.
Requested by Asturiel; currently being worked on by aprilmarie.
- Grimm Tales character ensemble.
Requested by Trivun; no artist currently assigned.
- Billy Joel, pen and ink portrait
Requested by BillyShakes; currently being worked on by Yokai.
- Derlan Wallpaper
Requested by Shapsters; currently being worked on by Zemalac.
- Bioshock and Guinness
Requested by notyouraveragejoe; currently being worked on by Trivun.
- F-14 Tomcat
Requested by TriGGeR_HaPPy; no artist currently assigned.
Requested by Asturiel; currently being worked on by aprilmarie.
- Grimm Tales character ensemble.
Requested by Trivun; no artist currently assigned.
- Billy Joel, pen and ink portrait
Requested by BillyShakes; currently being worked on by Yokai.
- Derlan Wallpaper
Requested by Shapsters; currently being worked on by Zemalac.
- Bioshock and Guinness
Requested by notyouraveragejoe; currently being worked on by Trivun.
- F-14 Tomcat
Requested by TriGGeR_HaPPy; no artist currently assigned.
Don't forget, we're still taking requests from anyone
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Thank you so much. This is absolutely awesome. I love it. Thanks a ton.Trivun said:I am extremely happy that this is finally over, this has to be one of the longest requests I've ever done. It sounded easy, but getting the angles on the adverts just right was pretty damn tough and tedious...
