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Custom PAX East wallpaper

Crazy TechnoCrazy Techno Registered User new member
edited April 2010 in PAX Archive
Heres a wallpaper I through together in honor of PAX East 2010! Hope you all like it <3
http://i41.tinypic.com/1juged.jpg

Without the extra logo and game sprites:
http://i41.tinypic.com/vhgvhx.jpg

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  • MonaziteMonazite Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    It is very awesome. Thanks for making it. Currently sitting on my netbook.

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  • WingedillidanWingedillidan Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Looks shnazzy! I'll use it for BYOC ;)

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  • burnttoast45burnttoast45 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    That looks great. You don't happen to have it in 1680 x 1050?

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  • CanadianCanadian Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Thank you, this is now my desktop background.

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  • thorkonthorkon Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    i'll have it on my case mods at byoc :D

    requesting a 1920x1200

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  • itzerokewlitzerokewl Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Joining the group that will have it on their BYOC system, but if we could get 1920 x 1200 that would be awesome!

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  • BigRedBigRed Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Do you have a version that just has the pax east setup on the right but not the left logo or the game stuff on it?

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  • RdrRdr Rider Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    BigRed wrote: »
    Do you have a version that just has the pax east setup on the right but not the left logo or the game stuff on it?

    This.

    And in 1920x1080 please?

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  • BigRedBigRed Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Yeah I enjoy the texture and the way you have the logo setup on the right (with the swooshy line and G&T) but with the rest of the stuff its a bit too busy.

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  • WingedillidanWingedillidan Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I personally like the whole thing... except the double-logo thing... I could take the one with only one logo, but not the one requested with nothing BUT the logo ;p. Just make multiple versions in different sizes each.

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  • HotSakeHotSake Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I have issues with the design. The logo is on there twice. The texture is seemingly chosen at random; not bad, but thematically alien to the rest of the imagery. The sprites are all on different planes, and the color choices clash horribly. Where did the hearts come from and what purpose do they serve? The d-pad on the logo is strangely aliased.

    To be honest, it's kind of a mess. I think if it was pared down, using some of the suggestions in this thread, it would be good. It's salvageable work, just tone it down.

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  • WingedillidanWingedillidan Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    HotSake wrote: »
    ...Where did the hearts come from and what purpose do they serve?...

    Video game lives :mrgreen:

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  • BigRedBigRed Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Did hotsake ever play zelda?

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  • HotSakeHotSake Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    BigRed wrote: »
    Did hotsake ever play zelda?

    I meant from a design standpoint. Not that there's much of a unifying theme there beyond "retro" but the heart's proximity to the logo suggests a symbolic link that doesn't really exist. Placing those hearts next to Tycho's aggressively confident expression sort of suggests that he wants to rape you.

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  • RdrRdr Rider Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I think the hearts work. Its from Zelda and we <3 PAX. Win/Win.

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  • WingedillidanWingedillidan Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    HotSake wrote: »
    BigRed wrote: »
    Did hotsake ever play zelda?

    I meant from a design standpoint. Not that there's much of a unifying theme there beyond "retro" but the heart's proximity to the logo suggests a symbolic link that doesn't really exist. Placing those hearts next to Tycho's aggressively confident expression sort of suggests that he wants to rape you.

    I myself liked it... I don't really like it when things get looked at a over-critical way... that's why I avoid looking at game reviews as best I can ;p

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  • HotSakeHotSake Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Wingedillidan wrote: »
    I myself liked it... I don't really like it when things get looked at a over-critical way... that's why I avoid looking at game reviews as best I can ;p

    I struck to constructive criticism because I think he can do better, but you can't really improve working in a vacuum. You need to pay attention to feedback, so under the assumption that Crazy A) wanted to be better and B) was not a wilting flower I gave mine. If you liked it, great. I'm not going to tell you you're wrong.

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  • BigRedBigRed Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    HotSake wrote: »
    BigRed wrote: »
    Did hotsake ever play zelda?
    Placing those hearts next to Tycho's aggressively confident expression sort of suggests that he wants to rape you.

    and the problem is...? :P

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  • Crazy TechnoCrazy Techno Registered User new member
    edited March 2010
    Here's the wallpaper without the duplicated logo and game stuff. Can't do much about the size though.

    http://i41.tinypic.com/vhgvhx.jpg

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  • [H]olyGeekboy[H]olyGeekboy PAX dad and PC builder ClevelandRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2010
    Seriously guys, you realize you can resize it yourselves? :)

    /My BYOC box can only use 1366x768 tho :\

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  • RdrRdr Rider Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    [H]olyGeekboy wrote: »
    Seriously guys, you realize you can resize it yourselves? :)

    /My BYOC box can only use 1366x768 tho :\

    You do know what happens when you take a 1440x900 image and make it 1920x1080, right? ;)

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  • Crazy TechnoCrazy Techno Registered User new member
    edited March 2010
    Rdr wrote: »
    [H]olyGeekboy wrote: »
    Seriously guys, you realize you can resize it yourselves? :)

    /My BYOC box can only use 1366x768 tho :\

    You do know what happens when you take a 1440x900 image and make it 1920x1080, right? ;)

    Resolution poops! :D lol

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  • spydeyspydey Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Awesome! Thanks.

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  • GenXerGenXer Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Loving the 'paper, thanks again for putting it together.

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  • romulusnrromulusnr Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    A little OT, and a little late, but I just noticed that the PAX logo (without the "EAST" anyway) looks pretty close to the outline of the state of Massachusetts (where PAX EAST was held). Anyone else notice this? Seems like it would have been a kewl design to morph the PAX logo into the MA shape.

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