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It is supposed to be bright. I did the opposite of all those black background wallpapers.

  • 01.08.2005 10:52 AM PDT
Subject: Elite-tastic wallpaper by a fan. How's it look to you?
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Poll: What do you think of the wallpaper?  [closed]
Blaming sweet!:  22%
(17 Votes)
It's good, I'd tweak it some though.:  42%
(33 Votes)
It's alright. Nice try.:  8%
(6 Votes)
Eh.:  3%
(2 Votes)
Better luck next time.:  0%
(0 Votes)
I've seen better stuff from trained monkeys:  0%
(0 Votes)
Blaming terrible.:  3%
(2 Votes)
My eyes!!!:  23%
(18 Votes)
Total Votes: 78

I did a little photoshop on some pics that various forum patrons hooked me up with. Let me know what you think via the poll, or drop a few suggestions or comments. Thanks.

Wallpaper: Out of the Light

(Expand it for the full effect)

Someone suggested I'd be better off drawing the praetor/councilor elite by hand. So, I did. It's only an outline and certainly not finished: elite

[Edited on 1/14/2005 12:08:02 AM]

  • 01.08.2005 10:09 AM PDT
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I can't quite remember what filter that is, but as far as I can tell, you only used one filter from Photoshop. Looks pretty cool, though.

PS Which was it? I need it. >__>

  • 01.08.2005 12:11 PM PDT
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It looks pretty cool.

  • 01.08.2005 12:45 PM PDT
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It looked alright, I would make it a little less bright. But bright is good, just not so much.

  • 01.08.2005 12:47 PM PDT
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So many critics and no offerings of suggestions on how to alter it.

Incidently the filter is "diffuse glow" And I did actually use a few others to create a little homogeneity.

  • 01.08.2005 12:49 PM PDT
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theres a fuzzy looking elite in the back. you might want a clearer pic for that one.

otherwise good job.

  • 01.08.2005 12:51 PM PDT
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I think it looks great, but a tad bland.
I love the fact you actually made a wallpaper on elites, including the Arbiter. Most of the time you see Master Chief wallpapers, so it's good to see some variety. Adding in the other types of elites such as the Elite Councilor and the Honor Guard was also pretty cool too.

But like I mentioned earlier, it's a tad bland. I know you wanted it to make it bright and you added the lighting effects, but maybe there should be a few other things to sort of glitz it up. Also, the quality (how the clear the image is)seems a little weird for my comp.

Other than that, great job. I like it alot for its creativity.

[Edited on 1/8/2005 12:57:25 PM]

  • 01.08.2005 12:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: the_Ender
So many critics and no offerings of suggestions on how to alter it.

Incidently the filter is "diffuse glow" And I did actually use a few others to create a little homogeneity.

Read my post right above this one that I am quoting. I gave you a suggestion.

  • 01.08.2005 12:58 PM PDT
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where did you get that picture of the Arbiter? I can't find one anywhere. The wallpaper is good, a little bright though.

  • 01.08.2005 1:28 PM PDT
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Thanks for noticing the honor guard and the councilor. The councilor came from a screen shot from the game. Because of that, the quality of the pic was worse than the others and I had to throw him in the back nearest the source of the light.

The pic of the Arbiter and the gold elite came from the art of halo book.
The honor guard pic came from the strategy guide.
The councilor from the game as I mentioned.
The blue elite from an old screen shot.

If the quality seems off, it's likely because you're looking at the condensed version. Try viewing it at 100% of it's size. I bet it'll look sharper.

Incidently, this is my first time using Photoshop, so forgive the lack of sophistication.

  • 01.08.2005 1:39 PM PDT
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I forgot something...

I wanted to add some text perhaps. I wanted to say something to the effect of "Demons Beware" (The arbiter calls MC "the demon"). Something like that. Any suggestions?

  • 01.08.2005 1:40 PM PDT
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Well to add text in photoshop it really depends on what kind of text you want to use. Also if you want to turn down item brightness you could think of putting text at bottom and using a shodow from your lightsource. Or the alternative if you wanted to dim the background lights is even out your light sources i think you may have one to many or just turned one up to bright or, it just maybe my computer settings to light. Anyways tell me what you want to do and i'll try to help you out.

  • 01.08.2005 1:53 PM PDT
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Ohh, and another good idea for the text can be: [color=white][Demon Be Warned][/color]

[Edited on 1/8/2005 2:03:46 PM]

  • 01.08.2005 1:56 PM PDT
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my eyes, my eyes. ( put on shades) It looks very cool

[Edited on 1/8/2005 2:07:03 PM]

  • 01.08.2005 2:01 PM PDT
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It's a bit overdone. Good ideas, though.

  • 01.08.2005 2:07 PM PDT
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Good job, the only thing I could think to improve was the contrast between the white background and the various elites. Just to give you an idea of what im talking about, I took the image and made the elites a bit darker to show more detail and a bit more clarity, here, but its all a matter of taste, other than that great job!

  • 01.08.2005 2:13 PM PDT
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stop using so many lens flare renders!!!!
they burn my retina!!!
otherwise, nice job, id suggest blending the elites in a little better....they just seem a little choppy
id also suggest making your own backgound, here's a quick wallpaper i made in about 5 min or so click here
i used a grunge background in that one, made mostly with brush effects

[Edited on 1/8/2005 2:20:15 PM]

  • 01.08.2005 2:14 PM PDT
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Like I said, this is my first attempt at anything in photoshop so I appreciate the advice and comments. I'm partial to the brightness myself and the lens flares. The whole point of having the elites come out of the light like that is to counter balance their evil appearance. I like them sorta washed out by the whiteness. (And like I said I had no choice with the Councilor).

Still, I'll admit it's kinda plain. Needs something that I just can't put my finger on. The text is one option. Any others? (Besides tone down the white).

I kinda like "Demon, Be Warned"...hmmm...I'll have to think on it some more. Other suggestions are welcome.

Also, don't tell me that the elites are choppy. They aren't, you're just looking at the condensed version. Blow it up to 100% and I think you'll find everything is smooth. I made it huge so that it would cover my whole wide screen.


[Edited on 1/8/2005 2:47:40 PM]

  • 01.08.2005 2:46 PM PDT
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hounor guards and ultra elites look kewl too bad they werent playable in Halo2.

  • 01.08.2005 2:53 PM PDT
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You should have Guilty Spark floating above them. And then you could say, The Oracle is watching over us. Or something like that. But since they seem to think the Oracle is really special, I think it should be included.

  • 01.08.2005 2:54 PM PDT
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That's a pretty good idea with 343GS. I'll consider it.

  • 01.08.2005 2:58 PM PDT

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You just commited Xenocide on my eyes...

No, It looks good. Doesn't look to bright at all. Yellow's bright, white is clean.

  • 01.08.2005 5:48 PM PDT

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