Chaptermaster Graymantle Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Well, I know a lot of you expect to see all artwork presented in here, so just to let you know. Here is a little thing I've been working on for a while. Be sure to drop by here: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=141518 to pick up your wallpaper versions in bigger and better sizes. – And be sure to give them a rating in the B&C's downloads section. Cheers! CMG http://www.codexguardianangels.com/bnc-desktop/bnc2k-desktop-800x600.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Cambrius Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 :) That is amazing Graymantle! I'm not worthy of seeing this work. A very big wel done fro me. :tu: Cambrius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubernator Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Tis very good Graymantle. Well done :) I shall have one of those for me PC :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulse Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Great work mate, looks ace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Excellent, its now my Desktop Background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyner Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Looks great! My thanks for taking the time to do this :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaptermaster Graymantle Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 Thank you guys! <_< Im glad you like it and want to use it. Now you ca carry a little reminder of the B&C with you wherever you go. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13skullz Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 ABSOLUTELY EXCELLIENT! Zeer koel! Très frais! Sehr kühl! Πολύ δροσερός! Molto freddo! 非常に涼しい! 아주 차가운! Muito fresco! Очень холодно! ¡Muy fresco! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 G'damn that's hot, and suitably grim too! Well done CMG. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatMan Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 ABSOLUTELY EXCELLIENT! Zeer koel! Très frais! Sehr kühl! Πολύ δροσερός! Molto freddo! 非常に涼しい! 아주 차가운! Muito fresco! Очень холодно! ¡Muy fresco! Dude... you really shouldn't try making word for word translations into languages you know nothing about... <_< Nice desktop my man! Laters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 the only thing bad about it is the bright blur badly spaced www.bolterandchainsword down the side other than that its flawless to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zotias Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Wow. I didn't realise it was a painting at first glance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminatorinhell Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 hahahaaaa awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prot Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Very nice work. Excellent use of colours and the weathering just adds to the effect. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rindaris Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Q- Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Overall it's excellent. I think the extreme white around the skull needs to go. I understand wanting a sharp highlight. However the way it's currently done it detracts from the realism you are reaching for and promotes a "stamped" look. Looking at the lighting across the image you can see it fall across at a very slight angle, (5-10 degrees or so?). The lighting around the skull comes from either side, perpendicular to that main stream of light, and and a brightness not seen elsewhere in the image. Fixing that would really bring the image up in professionalism. Like mentioned above, the web address doesn't cut it. The kerning is strange but it's also an afterthought to the degree that it damages the overall look. I would say take the time to get some text nicely done. That's not to say that it needs to be fully 3D and worked up the same as the main image, but make it look like a part of the overall image through color, depth, shading, better placement. Nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Martemis Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 and that is now the wallpaper on my phone hoo raa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13skullz Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 ABSOLUTELY EXCELLIENT! Zeer koel! Très frais! Sehr kühl! Πολύ δροσερός! Molto freddo! 非常に涼しい! 아주 차가운! Muito fresco! Очень холодно! ¡Muy fresco! Dude... you really shouldn't try making word for word translations into languages you know nothing about... :) Nice desktop my man! Laters actually, i do know some of them, but i completely forgot how to say very cool in most of them... CURSE MY 14 YR-OLD TENDANCY TO NOT PAY ATTENTION IN MY LANGUAGE CLASSES!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistorius Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Great work, Greymantle! This is now my wallpaper at work. Nothing like intimidating some co-workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaptermaster Graymantle Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 Thank you for the kind remarkes eeryone, and Im glad people are liking and using it. :D the only thing bad about it is the bright blur badly spaced www.bolterandchainsword down the side other than that its flawless to be honest Just wondering what you mean by blur. – Is it somehow bright and blurry, because it wasn't meant to be; but as people have different colour and gamma settings on their screens it is sometimes hard to tell.I made the wallpaper on a colour calibrated crt screen, but I've also tested it on other machines, and on the one I am on now the wallpaper looks quite rubbish really, while at work and my graphics machine it looks pretty good. Wow. I didn't realise it was a painting at first glance.Glad to hear that! :P Very nice work. Excellent use of colours and the weathering just adds to the effect. Awesome.Again, Im glad to hear it.The B&C colours are indeed a good combo and that I cannot take credit for, but I have introduced a few more neuances and just a tad more to the colour spectrum of it, to make it come alive more. Weathering also always seems to help, so Im glad it worked to good effect. Overall it's excellent. I think the extreme white around the skull needs to go. I understand wanting a sharp highlight. However the way it's currently done it detracts from the realism you are reaching for and promotes a "stamped" look. Looking at the lighting across the image you can see it fall across at a very slight angle, (5-10 degrees or so?). The lighting around the skull comes from either side, perpendicular to that main stream of light, and and a brightness not seen elsewhere in the image. Fixing that would really bring the image up in professionalism. Like mentioned above, the web address doesn't cut it. The kerning is strange but it's also an afterthought to the degree that it damages the overall look. I would say take the time to get some text nicely done. That's not to say that it needs to be fully 3D and worked up the same as the main image, but make it look like a part of the overall image through color, depth, shading, better placement. Nice work Thank you very much for the insightful review -Q-! :)Im afraid I wont be removing the white now, as Im done with this image, but I will be sure to keep my eye open for blown out whites in the future. As fr how many degrees the light is falling at, I really havent thought that much about it. I've basically thought a bit about where the light is coming from, but as is evident there are many sources of light at work here. How many sources or angles and such I havent really thought about, as that is something I would do if I was making a 3d image, but Im still training my eye for these things in 2d. As for the text, I must admit that it was a bit of an afterthought. I was originally thinking about doing the B&C logo writing to, but decided the logo sat well enough on its own and that the writing would just attract attention away from the B&C's nice skull&bones logo. Now that you mention it, the letter spacing is strange. – That will teach me to trust leaving it on auto! I will be sure to check closer for this in the future. – Argh! :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiric Hakon Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 :D That is fantastic work! Krásna práce! (sp? anyone?). It's now my desktop :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solid snake drive Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 ABSOLUTELY EXCELLIENT! Zeer koel! Très frais! Sehr kühl! Πολύ δροσερός! Molto freddo! 非常に涼しい! 아주 차가운! Muito fresco! Очень холодно! ¡Muy fresco! Dude lol. I'm Korean so what you said there in bold is, and I quote "Very Cold!" ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaptermaster Graymantle Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Great to hear more people are putting the B&C on their desktop! "Extremely cold" huh? Well, I guess that would be more fitting for my Nestir V emblem wallpaper, but the point does get across anyway. Cool! – Thank you! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13skullz Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 ABSOLUTELY EXCELLIENT! Zeer koel! Très frais! Sehr kühl! Πολύ δροσερός! Molto freddo! 非常に涼しい! 아주 차가운! Muito fresco! Очень холодно! ¡Muy fresco! Dude lol. I'm Korean so what you said there in bold is, and I quote "Very Cold!" :D :mellow: yah... i figured i got some of those off... as i said earlier, i didnt pay very much attention in my language classes! like i know MUY FRESCO means very fresh... but old terminology for cool works too right?!?! :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaptermaster Graymantle Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Well, just to give people a heads up, bigger and slightly improved versions of the wallpaper is now up: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...t&p=1643538 http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...t&p=1643539 Hope they get used! CMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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