Nuklear Age Wallpaper [Archive] - Nuklear Power Forums

Thought

02-25-2005, 03:16 AM

This seemed so obvious, yet it appears to be absent from the main page and (as far as an exhaustive, 30 second, search) absent from the net as well. Since there is nothing quite like procrastination, I decided to make this wallpaper instead of doing homework. Though, as a warning, it does sport Nuklear Age colors.

Ze Wallpaper: 1024x768 Danger: Desktop (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768DD.png)

As a side note, I am not particularly happy with the anti-aliasing so I may update this at some point. Probably when I am not crushed under the veritable mountain that is college.

Meister

02-25-2005, 04:16 AM

Obvious indeed. Very nice work, although there are obvious disadvantages you already hinted at and that can be summed up with GAH MY EYES! THE GOGGLES, THEY DO NOTHING!

But I guess that can't be helped. Again, good work and very funny.

Samwize

02-25-2005, 10:46 AM

Hah! Excellent! As I have a +6 to Save vs. Colors, it's time to give my cow-orkers a migraine.

Lost in Time

02-26-2005, 12:21 AM

It is now my desktop, so now I will get a rude awakening at night so I don't fall asleep. Also funny.

Thought

02-26-2005, 01:22 AM

Having seen the above wallpaper, my girlfriend was amussed and... well, the short of it is, I saw no reason to keep new wallpapers a secret.

Hence 1024x768 Danger: Girlfriend (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768DG.png)

and

1024x768 Danger: Girlfriend - Blue! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768BlueDG.png)

She wasn't terribly fond of the color scheme. As others have indicated, it burns her eyes like the scourge of some fictional desert. Hence, blue. Heresy, perhaps, but perhaps a little easier on some people's eyes.

And, as a side note, it is apparently REALLY easy to add new "Danger: Phrases" so if people aren't happy with the Danger: Desktop or the Danger: Girlfriend, just let me know and I'll see how reasonable it is to make a Danger: Phrase to your liking.

And (because I like starting sentances with that word) I am glad people seem to like it. Thank you for your comments. I just wish I could take credit for it. After all, it is Brian's joke, I just twisted it into retna burning backgrounds.

Thanks again

talse

02-26-2005, 01:56 AM

you should make a danger:awesome one. with atomik lads motif.

Thought

02-26-2005, 03:06 AM

I would, but there are two problems with such a wallpaper.

1) The Danger: Phrase gag centers around Nuklear Man, Atomik Lad seems to dislike the labels. Hence, it doesn't make much sense to use his motiff.

2) While I blayantly violated copyright protection laws (or blayantly used fair use laws) in order to create a Nuklear Man motiff (that is, I used the book as a guideline), I cannot do the same for Atomik Lad. While, from the description in the book, I can guess at the Atomik symbol, the colors are much harder. I took my previous colors straight from the book, but I really dislike the Atomik Lad colors I have come up with. For example: 1024x768 Atomik Age (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768AG.png)

Jagged lines aside, the A looks weird, the radioactive symbol doesn't mesh well, and the colors aren't just clashing, they are waging all out war. I would like to get such a wallpaper completed but it will be a while before I can take requests for that motiff.

Kairamek

02-26-2005, 03:28 PM

How about Danger: Window? Or for our elitist friends, Danger: Mac. Replace the N with a fast food burger and get the aproriately labled Danger: Big Mac.

Edit: Also, for Sparky the colors are Crimson and complementary shade of blue, something dark.

Napoleon98

02-28-2005, 09:28 AM

I'd go with a Royal blue, that always looks pimp :D but seriously nice on the wallpapers :)

Blherg

02-28-2005, 12:13 PM

could you do Danger: folder and Danger: background please

Kairamek

02-28-2005, 01:43 PM

Anybody know how to make animated screensavers? I was thinking of the electrons moving along the orbit in the picture with words, obviously, Danger: Screensaver.

Blherg

02-28-2005, 01:58 PM

that would be cool

Thought

02-28-2005, 03:43 PM

I'm not dead yet.

Anywho, thank you everyone for the comments. As for requests, as far as the ones that seem possible, I currently have backlogged:

Danger: Folder
Danger: Background
Danger: Mac (Macintosh?)
Danger: Window (Windows?)

Did I miss any? I will (hopefully) be able to post some wednesday (I will be dead until then). And, if I also have the time, I'll try to clean up some of the others too.

Thanks again.

Oh, random curiosity: Is there much/any interest in backgrounds of different screen sizes?

Bongo Bill

02-28-2005, 06:39 PM

Anybody know how to make animated screensavers? I was thinking of the electrons moving along the orbit in the picture with words, obviously, Danger: Screensaver.
Except for how that would kind of defeat the purpose of a screen-saver, which is to prevent burn-in. If you have a nice monitor it wouldn't matter, though.

Danger: Folder
Danger: Background
Danger: Mac (Macintosh?)
Danger: Window (Windows?)

Did I miss any? I will (hopefully) be able to post some wednesday (I will be dead until then). And, if I also have the time, I'll try to clean up some of the others too.
Danger: Cursor
Danger: Linux

And on the subject of icons....
Danger: File
Danger: Computer
Danger: Trash (Recycle Bin) (Whatever)
Danger: Internet

Just some suggestions. I very likely won't use any of those.

Also, there's a way to make custom start-up and shutdown screens, and it's supposed to be easily doable. You might consider that.

Meister

02-28-2005, 07:56 PM

Maybe someone can make a custom message "Danger: Virus" for the corresponding applications?

Blherg

03-01-2005, 10:33 AM

Danger: Cursor
Danger: Linux

And on the subject of icons....
Danger: File
Danger: Computer
Danger: Trash (Recycle Bin) (Whatever)
Danger: Internet

Just some suggestions. I very likely won't use any of those.

Also, there's a way to make custom start-up and shutdown screens, and it's supposed to be easily doable. You might consider that.

those are good idears. i would use them

Kairamek

03-01-2005, 04:39 PM

Except for how that would kind of defeat the purpose of a screen-saver, which is to prevent burn-in. If you have a nice monitor it wouldn't matter, though.

Nowadays the purpose of a screen-saver tradition. And to be busy. Having a desktop staring back at me when I come back after several hours is kinda dull.

Lost in Time

03-01-2005, 06:00 PM

After reading this thread I got the urge to Danger: Item everything, but then I shortly found out that I can't put a : in names of files. Damn...

Blherg

03-02-2005, 08:39 AM

but then I shortly found out that I can't put a : in names of files. Damn...
the next best thing would be a full stop but its just not the same :(

Thought

03-03-2005, 02:01 AM

I didn't lie, it is still Wednesday! (for me, at least)

Anywho, here are two new wallpapers (following the established, eye-blinding theme).

I present:

Danger: Mac (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768DM.png)
and
Danger: Windows (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768DW.png)

As a special bonus, here is a newer version of the Atomik Age (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768AA.png) Wallpaper that I have been working on. Though I am somewhat happier with the colors, I am still working on the specifics. Hopefully I'll have it complete before Brian completes AA himself.

Blherg

03-03-2005, 11:21 AM

Also, there's a way to make custom start-up and shutdown screens, and it's supposed to be easily doable. You might consider that.
can anyone tell me how you do this

Bongo Bill

03-05-2005, 07:52 PM

can anyone tell me how you do this
Use Google (herograw.com/ocremix/Zeality/OCR/usegoogle.gif).

kenshin987

03-07-2005, 11:48 PM

Thought

03-08-2005, 07:38 PM

I'll add it to my list, Kenshin. Though, as a warning, it may be a while in coming. Free time and schooling tend to be mutually exclusive. However, hopefully next time I post I'll have another two wallpaper bases open. The final version of Atomik lad and a test for something I like to call "Iron: Age"

Domon

03-09-2005, 01:00 PM

sweet i was looking for a new desktop. my old mooninite one was geting booring.

GoldenPlatypus

03-15-2005, 11:41 AM

Nice wallpapers Thought, though if you don't mind a few inputs, how about redoing the nuklear logo in vectors? Supah smooth, dude! I could do it, but I don't have the slightest idea of which font is that you used.

EDIT: I gave it a go, but the font still looks wrong. It's Impact with faux italic at 90% horizontal scale.
dangerdesktop.jpg (http://www.shastaniac.blogger.com.br/dangerdesktop.jpg)

Gary Thunder

03-15-2005, 05:41 PM

For my icons, I used "Danger - " with a dash instead of a colon. It works almost as well.

Thought

03-16-2005, 02:32 AM

Nice wallpapers Thought, though if you don't mind a few inputs, how about redoing the nuklear logo in vectors? Supah smooth, dude! I could do it, but I don't have the slightest idea of which font is that you used.

Vectors? I am afraid I am a tad (read: totally) unfamiliar with them, though when I get back to my own computer I will attempt to become familiar, since your work is very nice and clean.

As for my font, unfortunately I don't know. I purchased a new computer and the new one has barely 1/2 the number of fonts that my old computer did. I think what I used was Hecalivian or something that looks vaguely like that. For the newer wallpapers, which I made on this new computer, I used Impact as well (and then I used the Free Transform function in Photoshop to match up the letters as near as I could).

Thanks a lot for the feedback, I hope to impliment it as soon as is reasonable.

PraetorZorak

03-16-2005, 10:21 AM

Ack! Everytime I see your avatar, it makes me laugh! Damn you and your pancake-wanting Duo!

GoldenPlatypus

03-16-2005, 03:32 PM

There's the EPS for Nuke's logo. Open with Photoshop and trim the atomic paths that are not supposed to be there. Since it's all curves, feel free to use any resolution you like.

Blherg

03-17-2005, 06:26 PM

wow where did you get that

GoldenPlatypus

03-18-2005, 02:22 PM

I made it myself with Freehand 10, based on Amazon's book cover picture.

RedScar

04-05-2005, 04:49 PM

Ahhh! I can't open that. GoldenPlatypus. Where you find that? You said it was in the EPS section on the site. Where?

As for a needed back ground/ desktop I need a Danger: KatKat's room
My cat always sleeps in my room when I'm on the computer. And when ever I leave my games on there finished when I come back.
(if it's Katkat put that instead. I forgot which.)

AtomiKnight

06-21-2005, 11:28 PM

Nice. Could you make Atomik's?

dimebagdrl

09-17-2005, 12:23 AM

>_>

http://www.geocities.com/drl136us/nuklear_age_icon.zip

<_<

RedScar

09-18-2005, 08:35 PM

ahhh, It doesn't work! Can you have it not in a zip file? I think that might help. And I'm glad this thread is not dead. I really like all these.

dimebagdrl

09-22-2005, 07:05 AM

http://www.geocities.com/drl136us/nuklearageicon.ani

I had to save it as a animated cursor (.ani) in order to save the color quality. But it'll still work as a icon file if you look for it as "All files" in the browsing window.

Tested on Win XP.

>_>

shaft76

09-25-2005, 01:04 AM

I really dig the Danger: Desktop, and it's now my wallpaper as well.

And to whoever did the Atomik Lad wallpaper, it wasn't bad. However, I think there should be more red/less blue, and the 'A' should be thinner. Make it a thin triangle. It's just my thought, so feel free to play with it.

Thought

10-24-2005, 07:53 PM

Right, I'm not dead yet. Would you believe I've been busy... for the last 7 months straight? How about, I couldn't find a good font? What can I say, Grad School is a vile, vile thing.

Unfortunately, I was unable to use your creation, GoldenPlatypus. It turned out to be quicker, and cleaner looking, to use vectors, especially since that gave me all the layers I'll ever need, if something happens to need a-changing. Thanks, though, for the info on the vectors.

So yes, the following plethora of files are, in fact, new (and cleaner) backgrounds, as have been requested (with a new Danger Desktop as well). Enjoy, it might be another 7 months before I can revise the Atomik Lad background and finish Angus'.

Danger: Geek (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768DG.png)
Danger: Windows (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768DWindows.png)
Danger: Macintosh (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768DMac.png)
Danger: Linux (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768DLinux.png)
Danger: KatKat's Room (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768DKK.png)
Danger: Background (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768DBG.png)
Danger: Desktop (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/1024x768NDD.png)

~Just a horribly belated,

Thought

Kurosen

10-24-2005, 09:40 PM

None of the links are working for me. Grah.

Thought

10-24-2005, 10:46 PM

After careful analysis, taking into consideration all probable and improbable causes, I have concluded that I have no idea what could be causing the problem. I've tried everything I can think of, on multiple computers, and I can't find a problem. If anyone knows a good/free file hosting site I could try uploading a zip file there. Or, if you prefer, I could email the files to you as well. If all else fails, I could also try emailing them to you if you so desire.

Anyone else have this problem?

Althane

10-25-2005, 12:08 PM

Nope, I've got a great "Danger: Desktop". :)

Thought

10-26-2005, 12:01 AM

Gasp, what is this? Yet another new(ish) wallpaper? And it has only been a day?!

I recreated my interpretation of Atomik Lad's insignia using vectors, so it is all nice and smooth. It seems a little lackluster when compared to Nukie's, so if anyone has any suggestions I will most certainly consider them. I plan on making "Atomik Age," "Danger: Sidekick," and "Sparky" versions at some point, and if anyone has a reasonable request for phrasing I will attempt that as well (eventually).

Atomik Lad (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/AtomikTest.png)

Now I just need to work on Angus' background (at least AL's insignia had a description in the text, I am guessing for the Iron Scottsman).

~Just a,

Thought

RedScar

10-26-2005, 10:21 PM

Wow glad to see this isn't dead. Also I hope that you find that luster. It looks nice... I think if you had the red meeting blue a bit diffrent It might give it that...

~Just my,
Thought.

(Ya, I had to do it.)

Thought

11-03-2005, 11:48 PM

New wallpaper!

Let us just say this one is a tad... different.

Atomik Age (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/AtomicAge.png)

If possible, I will try to fix any problems that people see (and the usual changing of phrases, on request) but this was far more complex than any of the others so changes may be limited. Bonus points to whoever can figure out what the base was.

Edit: Oh, and here is a more "traditional" Atomik Lad (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/ALalt.png) sans the interpretation.

Just a complex,

Thought

Althane

11-04-2005, 09:42 AM

Atomik Age (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/HuginMunin/AtomicAge.png)

That... is awesome. I wonder if the cover of AA would look anything like that. I know I'd pick it up on cover alone if I went to the bookstore (... I'm a sucker for really, really awesome covers. Even if the book is bad, I love the artwork)