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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2011 19:37 Edited at: 7th Jun 2011 18:43
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I think the title says it all! However i have changed the rules in such a way that you should ignore the GIMP part of the title--as long as you made the desktop background some how or another(not gotten from the Internet) and it is abstract, it is a valid contest entry!

If you want to know what i mean by 'abstract' then look up 'abstract desktop background' on Google Images and you will see what i mean.

You can make the image with whatever program you like, or even with code that you programmed your self, whatever really!

The rules are:
-MUST be made by YOU
-It can't be gotten from the Internet (cheating!!)
-Nothing inappropriate
-Nothing that would get this thread locked
-Have fun!

The winner's prize is the most awesome prize ever---BRAGGING RIGHTS!!

Now to be honest with you, i really dont know if i will decide on a winner, i might make the deadline in one month though, and after the one month period, i will decide the winner. But i still need to decide if i will actually do this and one i have decided, i will report back here with my decision

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So you're denying Photoshop users, why?

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Quote: "So you're denying Photoshop users, why?"


Because were cooler

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makes no sense to deny PS users, as both are extremely powerfull D':

and for the record, I am a man.

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IMO they're pretty musch the same thing. Except I can actually do stuff in photoshop.


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Posted: 3rd Jun 2011 00:05
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OK--Photoshop allowed

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2011 06:24 Edited at: 3rd Jun 2011 08:29
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Let's see what I can come up with. Current time, 11:25pm.


Ehhh, ok 2 hours. Probably one more than I expected to spend on this but here's what I came up with.

Space Jellyfish, not sure if it's "abstract" enough. Click for 1920x1200 hi-res version.


Abstract 1. Click for 1280x720 hi-res version.


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Nice, Phaelax.

Here's mine. My first abstract selfmade image. Didn't turn out that bad, I think.



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@Phaelax Yes, that is most definitely abstract enough! Those are both absolutely awesome!

@The Slayer Yours is pretty awesome too! It reminds me of snowflakes looked at under a microscope, probably because of the high contrast!

Which program did you guys each make these in??

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Posted: 4th Jun 2011 03:09 Edited at: 4th Jun 2011 04:03
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Can I use Paint.net? It's probably less powerful than both PS and GIMP.

Quote: "and you cant find it offline"


I had to read this for a minute before I finally understood that you meant "you can't find it online".

EDIT: assuming Paint.net is ok, here's my abstract art that actually looks more like a tray of chocolates (it's also incredibly easy to make, but it looked cool...):

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I guess paint.net is ok too--in fact, ill get to editing this into the first post in a little bit but just pretend i never specified what program it had to be, just an abstract desktop background you made, not that you found online.

It is cool, the first thing it reminded me of is vacuum forming plastic while it's being heated up before the vacuum is applied...

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Posted: 4th Jun 2011 15:23 Edited at: 4th Jun 2011 15:28
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Is DBC allowed?
This was made with no drawing or editing at all! It's purely generated by code!
It wasn't what I was trying to do but a happy accident.



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Posted: 4th Jun 2011 19:51 Edited at: 4th Jun 2011 19:53
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Made up in The Gimp

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Posted: 4th Jun 2011 23:00 Edited at: 4th Jun 2011 23:02
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@Obese That is one awesome accident, considering it as my desktop background! What were you trying to do with the code that did that??

@Stormwire Lol i didnt see the view button at first so i didnt see it for a few minutes but that's really quite awesome, probably the first one here actually made in GIMP!! haha thanks!

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Stormwire, looking at that makes me think I took LSD and rode in a laundry dryer!

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Didn't have that much of a creative flow on this one,but it didn't turn out bad.Haven't done a wallpaper in 2 years...



And one with some stripes ..


Original Resolution 1680x1050(my native desktop res).Download attached in post for those who want it.If anyone wants different color variations or dimensions let me know.


PC Specs:Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit,Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.20GHz,NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480,12GB RAM,2x Western Digital 997GB HDD

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Very very very nice, Gencheff! Great artistic and professional skills you have there!

Quote: "@The Slayer Yours is pretty awesome too! It reminds me of snowflakes looked at under a microscope, probably because of the high contrast!"

Thanks, Dark basic dude79.
Actually, when I made this, I was thinking of something more spacial oriented, like for instance the big bang or something like that.

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Posted: 5th Jun 2011 14:35 Edited at: 5th Jun 2011 14:37
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Quote: "Stormwire, looking at that makes me think I took LSD and rode in a laundry dryer!"


Which is something we should all experience at least once in our lives

@Gencheff Very clean design. I like! Reminds me of chocolate for some reason
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Posted: 5th Jun 2011 17:25 Edited at: 5th Jun 2011 17:26
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Quote: "Reminds me of chocolate for some reason"

Heart-shaped chocolate boxes?

I messed around some more and made it for 4:3 aspect ratio (1024x768)
+ some color variations which look nice in my eyes.

extra colors :



I've attached another archive to the post with all variations and colors inside.


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Quote: "That is one awesome accident, considering it as my desktop background! What were you trying to do with the code that did that??"

I was trying to do this:

I can't find the code now

Here's some others that came out of my experimenting (hope this doesn't clog up the thread)





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I'm using the space jellyfish as my wallpaper.

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This turned out weird (Paint.net)...



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I made these a little while ago, but I didn't see anything in the rules about previously made pieces

http://i55.tinypic.com/358p2kn.png

http://i55.tinypic.com/2dvz1h.png

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Posted: 6th Jun 2011 11:08 Edited at: 6th Jun 2011 11:10
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Here's my piece.

I'd like to add that this is my VERY first image made in photoshop. I was following some tuts online about how to use a pen tool (because I honestly thought it was a pen at first.... and it obviously isn't, lol) and this is what came out after a few hours. It's really..... bloomy, I think, which I should probably cut back on if I make another one

I'll attach since I don't wanna stretch the thread by putting the image in the post.


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Posted: 7th Jun 2011 04:10
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I cant decide now whether to make my desktop the space jellyfish or the first link Insanity Complex posted

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Edit:

Better one:


Heres some others I did:
http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad46/Commico_Inc/Interesting.png

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad46/Commico_Inc/Interesting2.png

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It's cool! And i really like how you named your other two pieces 'Interesting' and 'Interesting2'! I will agree with those titles though

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Here's some other abstract-like stuff I've done over the years, much of it is between 7-15 years old.

Here's one I made a few months ago for my Quixle game:
http://zimnox.com/temp/bubblycolors.jpg

Desktop wallpaper I made for myself last year (i think).
http://zimnox.com/temp/web_design/images/art/zimnoxwallpaper.jpg

This was from back in Highschool.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/phaelax/2d_artwork/cca_alien.jpg

Another old old picture I did, probably some 15 years ago, but I still find myself using this tileable abstract texture.
http://zimnox.com/temp/cool.jpg

Gold texture made in PS.
http://zimnox.com/temp/gold.jpg

More old stuff, was never quite sure what it was. It was partially rendered in studio max 3, the pipes in PS.
http://zimnox.com/temp/organix.jpg

The hand model was from Poser, but texture and background done in PS. (textures were actually created from "cool.jpg" above)
http://zimnox.com/temp/hand2.jpg

I always liked this, but I have no clue what I could use it for.
http://zimnox.com/temp/ghost_blood.jpg

Meh, whatever.
http://zimnox.com/temp/phaelax.jpg

Background for an early layout Sciurus web design:
http://zimnox.com/temp/sciurus-back.jpg

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Quote: "Because were cooler"


But we has all the money

oh wait... had

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Those are some SWEET designs!

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Posted: 7th Jun 2011 20:54 Edited at: 8th Jun 2011 12:07
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Here's another one by me. I just did it. Worked out pretty well, I think.



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I'll make a few tonight...I'll try my hand at creating hi-def ones and they'll all be widescreen! I'll be using some interesting effects I've discovered....


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@The Slayer:

Cool! Looks like a cell of bacteria dematerializing.


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I made this in GIMP a while ago using gradients, lighting, and the wave/ripple filter(s). (I can't remember the exact process I followed.)

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Heres my new entry:



(I have a red version to)

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Cool! Looks like a cell of bacteria dematerializing."

Hehehheh, yeah something like that. Thanks.

Here's another one I did today. I just call this one 'The Vase'. Heheheheh. Also, I made some variations of this one (different color tones) if people are interested.



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It looks like a fluorescent tree behind a rippled glass plate!

Also Commico you stretched the page quite a bit...

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Here's a new one I made.

I call it "Blue Reach". I'm not very original with names, lol


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Commico, yours makes me think of fish swimming through seaweed

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@Plystire I like that one, it's awesome! It looks very 'fresh' i guess you could say.

Here's one i made the other day, not sure what to call it or whether or not i even like it, but either way here it is:

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Here's one I call Colored Tiles. I uploaded it the other night but forgot to post it here.

I'm gonna make some newer, fancier ones once I get my desk setup...this was created with my touchpad.

Also, what format are you guys saving in? For some reason I'm getting weird compression artifacts in some images when saving as a PNG. Should I try BMP?

EDIT: Heh, forgot to post the link...updated.


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The screen-like appearance makes me think it's a screenshot mid-transition to a logo. Interesting.


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Here's another one i just made, i call it Primary Colors:

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Quote: "The screen-like appearance makes me think it's a screenshot mid-transition to a logo. Interesting."


Took me a minute to see what you meant, but I can see that. The squares look like a transition, yes?

This is the original image I made it with. I spent time in GIMP drawing the neon lines and warping them, then blurred some and re-colored them to give them a sense of highlightedness, and then finally decided to see what would happen when I imported it into Paint.Net to apply the tile filter.


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Actually, I meant that for darkbasic dude, lol, didn't see second page

Yours.... I dunno, am I the only one that sees a stick figure flipping everyone off? It's the pink in the center that looks like that Lol! Cool, nonetheless... I'll have to play around with that tile filter too now


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Quote: "Actually, I meant that for darkbasic dude, lol, didn't see second page"
Lol i thought that was for Yodaman Jer too!! Now i understand exactly what you are talking about--before i had no idea what you meant

And about that awesome screen effect, it was achieved with the 'Erase Every Other Row' thingy under Filters > Distortions.

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Ahhh, sweet! I'll have to play with that filter too!

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Hehe, oops.

Quote: "am I the only one that sees a stick figure flipping everyone off?"


I see that now, too. Hmm...oh well. It's abstract! Anyone can see whatever they want to, so I don't have to fix it.


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not much of a desktop backround and its MS paint instead of gimp but its cool



it actually took me a while to draw this, and i actually didnt use a mouse at all, i drew it with my fingers on a laptop tochpad

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Cool! Good job, PAGAN! Looks like 32-bit graphics.

I made a couple more tonight...I decided to mess with the paths tool quite a bit.

Wild Flower

Wild Flower Tiled

Dadgum stupid % symbol failing to parse! Why TGC, WHY?!?!?!


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