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Mistborn Wallpaper One
« on: March 12, 2007, 02:04:46 AM »
Folks,

I looked on Naomi Novik's site, and lo and behold, she had wallpapers for download!  Why didn't I think of that? 

So, I've spent my Sunday afternoon playing with my favorite toy (Photoshop Elements) and trying to piece together something that looked good to me.  I'm not a visual artist, and this will perhaps make the Photoshop experts cringe, but here's what I came up with:




800 by 600
1024 by 768
1680 by 1050 for you screwy people like me

The art is by the talented Isaac Stewart (a.k.a. Nethermore, a.k.a. Ctz Zed here on the TWG.)  I got the backgrounds from a nice person on Deviant Art named
merely-anger.

What do you guys think?  Worth posting on my site?  I know it's a bit busy, but I tend to like wallpapers like that myself.  If I do another of these, I'll try for something more minimalist. 
« Last Edit: March 12, 2007, 02:08:30 AM by EUOL »
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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2007, 02:18:37 AM »
That kinda looks like a spoiler.

I see 8 pairs of things that look a lot like the symbols that are associated with the metals -- therefore 16 in total.

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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2007, 11:47:09 AM »
And, why not one more?  Seeing as to how I can't sleep.



1024

800

As one might imagine, they both look much better when they're the right size.  Anyway, I got the face for this one right here.   My Photoshop Fu has grown slightly, though I realize these are fairly amateur.  Still, they were fun to make.  Same question as before.  Worth putting up on my site?  (Assuming I can get permission to use this face outside of Deviantart--otherwise I'll have to link there for the wallpaper.)
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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2007, 04:12:55 PM »
Nifty. Definitely will have to go on the site somewhere. Maybe a download and freestuff section.
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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2007, 04:23:04 PM »
Inquisitors freak me out. But I really like the first one.
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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2007, 08:41:27 PM »
I've set the first one as my desktop at  work!
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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2007, 09:30:53 PM »
I like the first better, but that might have something to do with the second making me laugh out loud for some reason. I never can take CG people seriously, even when they have spikes through their eyes and they're qouting the Lord Ruler.
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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2007, 07:37:56 PM »

That's freaky cool. But, if that's the Lord Ruler's last line before he dies, why do you have an Inquisitor saying it? Sorta misleading. Maybe you could have a quote from that Inquisitor that was stalking Vin all that time--the one who was all happy to finally catch her and Sazed.
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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2007, 02:31:50 AM »
That is a good thought Shrain. It might make more sense to those who have read the book. But the Inquisitors did think that they were getting Carte Blanche to basically do whatever they wanted to do at that point, so perhaps that was where the inspiration for the Inquisitor in the picture comes from. I don't know, but I really like the artwork. The colors are very striking.

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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2007, 05:43:55 AM »
The first one looks more professional and in some ways is more understandable to somebody who has yet to experience Mistborn.

I would have thought that the guy was wearing funky sunglasses or was born blind and was an odd picture, but not very appealing as a graphic representation from the second -- had I not known that he was an inquisitor.

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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2007, 06:52:03 AM »
I thought it was Vin Desil.
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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2007, 09:44:20 AM »
I reall like the first one.  It's my desktop.  Not too keen on the second.
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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2007, 04:42:07 AM »
EUOL, that really does look great.  Any chance of getting a higher res one for those of use without widescreen monitors?  1600 by 1200 perhaps?  That'd be wonderful.

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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2007, 04:53:50 AM »
I thought it was Vin Desil.
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Re: Mistborn Wallpaper One
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2007, 04:54:26 AM »
Once I get a tablet, I'm definitely making some wallpapers.

...if you let me.

You can check out my fanart on a different thread. But oooOoOO...I have ideas.

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