Largest Halo wallpaper you will ever see

XBC-Requiem · Post by **XBC-Requiem** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:59 am

Well, I decided to move from two monitors to three, and it was apparent that I needed a single, uniform wallpaper to span them. So, I got to work...
Hm. Three screens at 1280x1024... that's 3840x1024. Wow. I've never worked with something to this scale before...
Photoshop time. I figured that the Pillar of Autumn needs to sit on my center screen, since she is, after all, the single most beautiful UNSC piece of equipment that exists (Well, next to the MJOLNIR, that is). It was decided that the Halo 3 symbol would sit upon her.

Now... what to do with those side screens... why not Halo 1 and Halo 2? I put Halo 2 on the left and Halo on the right... still to bland. I put Master Chief weilding two SMGs on the left (Since that represents Halo 2 fairly well, in my opinoin), and Master Chief wielding an MA5B on the right (Well, actually, it's the MJOLNIR featured in Halo 3, and it's an MA5C, not an MA5B, but it will do).

Viola. I had my artwork.

NOTE
The picutre below was rescaled to 1920x512, which is only 25% of the original size, 3840x1024.

And yes, I realize that this was nothing more than a simple cut-and-paste project, but it looks good across three screens.

Xiion · Post by **Xiion** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:27 pm

i have the same computer and monitors as you!!

next time, try making the renders blend more, and use some better effects, maybe have snow falling?

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:30 pm

I would've just used the Top-right Halo logo on the left and right screens. Your middle is fine.

XBC-Requiem · Post by **XBC-Requiem** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:47 pm

Eh, I may end up doing something to that extent, because I don't like the Halo 2 symbol.

Xiion wrote:i have the same computer and monitors as you!!

Well, not exactly... I have modified mine a bit... added a firewire card, added a 512mb ATI Radeon x1650 Pro PCI-E card, and a 128mb GeCube ATI Radeon 9250 PCI card. Mine can crunch graphics a little better than yours :)

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:57 pm

Xiion wrote:maybe have snow falling?

Snow falling in space?

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:10 pm

Let's not talk about realism when he also has 2 renders of the masterchief standing on nothing. Snow would be almost just as practical.

Xiion · Post by **Xiion** » Thu May 17, 2007 6:11 pm

gh0570fchurch wrote:
Xiion wrote:maybe have snow falling?
Snow falling in space?

no not in space, just a snowy effect, but its layer is set as a low opacity overlay. it'll add a nicer effect.

XBC-Requiem · Post by **XBC-Requiem** » Thu May 17, 2007 6:12 pm

Set it over everything? And do you mean white splotches, or actual snowflakes?

Xiion · Post by **Xiion** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:15 pm

white splotches would look better.

DRL333 · Post by **DRL333** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:41 am

The two MC's on the sides of it are random. 6.3/10.

XBC-Requiem · Post by **XBC-Requiem** » Fri May 18, 2007 8:58 am

Yay, a rating.

I know that they're random when looking at it as a whole, but look at my monitors. It would be too blank without them on my left and right screens. They're just space fillers (no pun intended).