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The Artwork/Wallpaper/Lifestyle Image Thread

Unread postby icycalm » 23 Nov 2011 16:27

Game-related stuff, naturally. Not necessary official, and not necessarily related to a specific game; it can also be lifestyle shots, e.g. of arcades, or of cool shots of people playing games, or game hardware shots, etc.

The main reason I am making this thread is because I'd like to add more headers to the frontpage -- there are about 30-35 on there right now, and I'd like to have at least a couple hundred, if possible, and continue adding more indefinitely. Unfortunately, it's been extremely hard work finding appropriate illustrations for this purpose. The art has to be on the one hand stunning, on the other hand taken from a good game (three-stars minimum), and also not clashing with the background image of the main style, and ideally of all styles.

But do not concern yourself with any of this. Just post here all game-related images (excluding screenshots) that you like, and if any of them work for me I'll use them. Don't bother worrying about a game's quality either -- I can still use the artwork to make a header for its forum thread, even if the game is shit.
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Unread postby David » 23 Nov 2011 19:11

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

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Pikmin 2

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Unread postby pinny » 23 Nov 2011 21:29

Arx Fatalis
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Pikmin 2
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Pokemon
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Unread postby watatatow » 23 Nov 2011 22:49

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (from Saf's link)

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Zelda no Densetsu: Toki no Ocarina

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Zelda no Densetsu: Twilight Princess

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Unread postby Masahiro9891 » 24 Nov 2011 04:53

Dark Souls

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Unread postby icycalm » 24 Nov 2011 16:45

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lol

But beyond the jokes, popular opinion is right on this one. To say otherwise would be to deny art's vital function, that of glorification.
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Unread postby icycalm » 25 Nov 2011 16:26

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Unread postby David » 27 Nov 2011 00:32

Grand Theft Auto III

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Thief: Deadly Shadows

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Unread postby JoshF » 28 Nov 2011 00:22

Gunstar Heroes:

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Jet Set Radio:

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Metal Slug (series):

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Neo Contra:

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Unread postby watatatow » 03 Dec 2011 18:51

DmC: Devil May Cry

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Original image (3394 x 4134 pixels): http://www.mediafire.com/?rh9s52hwe95pa2u




Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

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Original image (5000 x 7070 pixels): http://www.mediafire.com/?uc49c2zz64u0fqu


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Original image (4074 x 5498 pixels): http://www.mediafire.com/?cgx726c41egpcmr
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Unread postby El Chaos » 09 Dec 2011 13:59

Street Fighter Zero 2

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Shiritsu: Justice Gakuen -Legion of Heroes-

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Anubis: Zone of the Enders

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Unread postby JoshF » 12 Dec 2011 16:51

Doom

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Rayforce

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Unread postby Nic P » 04 Jan 2012 04:21

Hard Reset

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Unread postby David » 06 Mar 2012 16:01

Demon's Souls

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Valkyria Chronicles

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Original (5052×3158 pixels): http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs41/f/2009/ ... lAngel.jpg


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Unread postby MrPattywagon » 08 Mar 2012 00:26

Capcom vs SNK 2
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Fantasy Earth Zero
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Final Fantasy XIV
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League of Legends
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Mirror's Edge
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Magic the Gathering
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Oboro Muramasa
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Odin Sphere
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Strike Witches: Shirogane no Tsubasa
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Sample header: http://i.imgur.com/teV7z.jpg

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Tactics Ogre
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Defense of the Ancients
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Deadly Creatures
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Star Trek Online
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Split/Second
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Portal 2
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Might and Magic VI
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edit - Felt that I had too many images spamming up the thread, so I removed the ones I liked least as an update to my post. All removed images are still on this imgur album.
8/28 - Deleted GA: Beast Rider, some Star Trek, Metal Gear, some Capcom, most Dota
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Unread postby Somali Pirate » 19 May 2012 01:55

Halo: Reach
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Unread postby El Chaos » 26 May 2012 17:47

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

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Unread postby icycalm » 27 Aug 2012 21:44

Earlier in the thread someone posted this Pokemon image:

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I've tried finding it in higher resolution with no luck. If anyone has it or can find it, let me know, because I want to use it on the frontpage.
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Unread postby knecht » 28 Aug 2012 02:15

Half-Life 2:

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Unread postby ingolfr » 28 Aug 2012 11:57

Pikmin 2

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Unread postby icycalm » 11 Sep 2012 07:10

Bunch of new headers on the frontpage. Took me half a day to make them, and I am really proud of all of them. Will now start working on the backlog of updates I've had sitting on my hard drive for months, so expect to see much more than cosmetic activity soon. As always, feel free to post wallpapers from your favorite games all over the forum, either in this thread, or in game-specific threads: whichever you prefer. I'd love to double my collection of frontpage headers, but finding good, high-quality illustrations that also look cool when cropped is hard -- I must have spent five-six hours going through wallpaper archives just to find a dozen ones that do the job -- so every bit of help is greatly appreciated.
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Unread postby raphael » 25 Oct 2012 02:43

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Unread postby raphael » 25 Oct 2012 04:15

Arcana heart
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Awesome
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Bayonetta
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Street Fighter
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Capcom Vs SNK
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Marvel Vs Capcom
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Civilization
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Devil May Cry
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Deus Ex
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Diablo
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Duke Nukem
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Earth No More
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Enslaved
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Final Fantasy
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Final Fantasy Tactics
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Gears Of Wars
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God Of War
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Guild Wars
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Halo
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Homeworld
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Killzone
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Left 4 Dead
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Majin to Ushinawareta Oukoku
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Makaimura
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Mass Effect
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Monster Hunter
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Okami
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Samurai Shodown
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Skyrim
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Soulcalibur
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Tatsunoko Vs Capcom
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Tera
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Uncharted
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Warhammer
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Wipeout
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Zelda No Densetsu
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Unread postby raphael » 25 Oct 2012 04:28

Now a few cropped images.

Here is a slightly higher resolution of the Pokemon illustration you wanted:
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Ico and Yorda cropped more to my taste:
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Some Arcana Heart 3:
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And finally, I couldn't resist trying alternatives to the Bayonetta header:
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Unread postby icycalm » 25 Oct 2012 20:14

Quite a few nice images there I wasn't aware of. But I need to explain something about the cropped ones. The images in them should not be centered. If you look at the frontpage, all of them feature the protagonist (or plane, car, etc.) off to one side. Centered images do not work at all on the frontpage, because the layout of the frontpage itself is asymmetrical. In the forum centered images are a little more acceptable, but they still look inferior to asymmetrical ones. So take that into consideration when making headers. And that is why I wanted a higher-res version of the Pokemon one, because I don't want the boy centered.

But I'll try the Ico one and see if I prefer it. Yours is a cleaner crop, but it also makes the characters smaller... so we'll see how it works.
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