Wallpaper - Kinda cheesy :p

[carlosjuero]

Been working on my Photoshopping and created a wall paper for AI Wars - I want to do one with an action shot, but that will have to wait until X can get around to doing the Hide UI hotkey.

This is a pretty basic image, I used game asset images from the game \images\ folder and for the font used Lucida Bright w/ beveling. The toughest part was that darned image in between AI and War - there was no masked image available so I had to do some creative editing :/ (if you zoom close in an image viewer you can see some artifacts). The font choice was as close as I could get to the one used by X and Staff without knowing (or having) the actual font.



You can click the image to get to the full size one on Picasa - I made it at 1280 x 800 but I have a base PSD file I can upsize to any resolution if someone wants a copy.

I was going to have the ships I placed firing on the game name and force field, but resizing the weapon firing graphics didn't quite come out well :/ - nor did trying to do the support links between the dreadnought and the smaller ships.

Criticism welcome

[RCIX]

Very nice! though in the upper right is that supposed to be a forcefield? if so, i recommend using the forcefield images instead...

On a side note, what od you think of [my wallpaper](http://arcengames.com/forums/index.php?topic=2831.0)?

[carlosjuero]

Very nice! though in the upper right is that supposed to be a forcefield? if so, i recommend using the forcefield images instead...

On a side note, what od you think of [my wallpaper](http://arcengames.com/forums/index.php?topic=2831.0)?

That is one of the forcefield graphics :/ - I used one of the lighter ones so the text would show up clearly through it (ai wars\Images\ForceField\2.png to be precise).

I can't see your wallpaper - all I am getting is a blank page (no matter what browser I use).

[RCIX]

That is one of the forcefield graphics :/ - I used one of the lighter ones so the text would show up clearly through it (ai wars\Images\ForceField\2.png to be precise).

I can't see your wallpaper - all I am getting is a blank page (no matter what browser I use).

Hmm, you must be using just the graphic which is used for the pulsing. Anyway, i get why you did that

That's odd about my wallpaper, i'll check and see if it's down. By chance, you aren't trying to view it from somewhere that blocks those types of download sites (mediafire) are you?

[eRe4s3r]

Thats because mediafire is awol - besides the wallpaper, your avatar isn't working either (least for me)

[carlosjuero]

That is one of the forcefield graphics :/ - I used one of the lighter ones so the text would show up clearly through it (ai wars\Images\ForceField\2.png to be precise).

I can't see your wallpaper - all I am getting is a blank page (no matter what browser I use).

Hmm, you must be using just the graphic which is used for the pulsing. Anyway, i get why you did that

That's odd about my wallpaper, i'll check and see if it's down. By chance, you aren't trying to view it from somewhere that blocks those types of download sites (mediafire) are you?

Nope - at home and checked w/ secure and sandbox browsers (i.e. browser w/ no restrictions set by me).

It probably is the pulse graphic, I will test out the other 2 in that folder but they are kind of dark and may obscure the text a bit much.

[RCIX]

Thats because mediafire is awol - besides the wallpaper, your avatar isn't working either (least for me)

That would explain it -- my avatar isn't loading for me either. Oh well it will be back online sooner or later!

As far as the darkness, try blending the text with a non overlay/screen type mode, that should help a lot!

[eRe4s3r]

As a rule of thumb, always put your avatar on the forum you are using, that way it never times out, unless the forum does (in which case, it doesn't matter ;p)

As for the wallpaper - its important to always create wallpapers at a 1920x1440 (or 1920x1200) if you actually plan on making a true widescreen one = without black bars) - that way, you can prune down to 1920x1080 (1080p) and to 1280x720 (720p) but also without problems to all wide-screen resolutions and 5:4 and 4:3 resolutions. Mainly because downscaling and trimming is always better than black bars which you can not avoid if you never made that part of the image to begin with. Of course for a wallpaper its kinda important to have black bars because people tend to have larger system bars nowadays and some even have "top" locked gui as well

Besides that - as a artist i gotta say that it isn't a wallpaper but a collage A wallpaper has to be designed with the desktop in mind 

- Thats a wallpaper http://ere4s3r.deviantart.com/art/Oceanic-Tranquility-Wallpaper-97721322  (shameless self-plug) ,p

So, after I plugged my own wallpaper i have to give you kudos for a nice attempt Though to make a full-blown AI War wallpaper just using the standard game sprites isn't a good idea (they are way too small). Though i am not sure what sort of wallpaper is good for AI War because there really isn't any full-screen dedicated artwork to showcase it, meaning no 3D-Models of ships you can render at larger resolutions and touch up. And if you'd make 3D-Models for a wallpaper they wouldn't fit with the pixel art of the game.. ah well

Not meaning ill with these comments .. just bored

[RCIX]

I think i tried uploading to here -- darn forum won't let me do it! one of the *very* few things bad about the SMF.

Thanks for that shameess self-plug, i think i might have a new bookmark

I'm curious -- do you just do all this for fun (read: cool renders) or do you actually make some awesome mods or movies or something? cause i see a couple mechs and tanks in your gallery that wouldn't be half bad in SupCom or something...