December 5, 2007
That, the previous thing, I only mentioned it because I felt I had to. I didn’t, really, but eh I did. A proper dissertation on that website’s garbagityness would surely have taken few days for me to get out and wouldn’t have been all that entertaining. Not that what I ultimately said was, but in this alternate case the intent wouldn’t even have been there. Intent is important, so you don’t get cold at night. I do this to amuse myself, after all.
Only on the internet does a name like “detroit is crap” pass for innocuous.
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Crunk Juice sez:
While the higher resolution of the banner image is desirable by virtue of its greater detail, I think a good bit of the picture’s effect derives from L. Muffineater, Esq. being so small in the frame, and the vast (though admittedly possessing a rather odd perspective and strange cloud arrangement) sky stretching out above. Our hero looks significantly less piteous in the banner on the ither hand–merely a bit disappointed. By way of aural analogy, the banner would be accompanied by a low-pitched, cartoonish “Fwomp!” whereas the full picture would be accompanied by a soft “shhff!” followed by two or three seconds of naught but a very slight wind, distant bird cries and other such sounds that seem even more silent than complete silence.
That said, I quite like the rock formations in the background. I wouldn’t mind a few of those around here.
Elfibrax sez:
I considered removing the clouds altogether, but another person assured me they “worked” after I stated that I thought they did not “work.” I’m glad to have someone agree with me! I neglected to look for pictures of realistic clouds because… I don’t even know why. But I’ve just come across a whole bunch that I took myself and definitely should have given more attention to. Surely I was inspired either by 1994-era mode7 effects or the “skyboxes” in a couple post-source code release zDoom levels.
I have a terribly skewed view of the world.
Elfibrax sez:
…aaaas for the rock formations, I admit that the first five years of my life which I spent in a home aquarium had a tremendous long term effect on me.
Mia Durr sez:
Holy COW I love this. Do you have a resolution big enough for a background? Also, did you do this in PSP or oC or what (I am bad at figuring out my digital mediums).
Mia Durr sez:
By background I mean desktop. I have a kitten sitting on my lap making it extremely hard to focus on things like words and sentences.
Elfibrax sez:
I always wondered what the D stood for.
The full resolution is 5830×4507 (pixels, ehhh). At that size, use of layers or attempts to bring the thing into a program other than paint shop pro 6, from 1999, cause this computer to sulk and pout in a way I consider most unprofessional.
As for deskground usage, I must warn you that the current version is slightly different and still isn’t quite right. The right side (including that uncooperative scraggle-plant) looks worse than before but matches the left better. Although now that I’ve looked I already replaced the one here with ehhh.
Let’s Challenge.
Most people use 1280×1024 displays now, right? That’s what this is. Or rather, 1280×990. But it fits. And it can be made to grow yet larger. It’s scary.
Mia Durr sez:
I really had no idea that you could gets such good coloring from PSP, color me surprised! I used to do pixel art edits and such on an old version of PSP in 1996, and I used to exclusively draw my comics in it. Now I’m all HURR TABLET and am addicted to Open Cavas
Seriously thanks, though!
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Eesklipisk sez:
I know that!