My fellow blogger and podcasting genius Arydanika is running a very interesting... hmm, what would you call it? Sort of an open casting call for Eve Voices I guess. She is compiling as many voices as possible to produce a "Colors of Beneton" style commercial for the in-game NPC Corporation CreoDron. Who happens to make drones.
You can learn more about the project by clicking over to her blog post. Click right on thru the verification thingie, she doesn't bite.
I was so inspired by her enthusiasm for producing commercials and her creativity that I decided to create the Wallpaper Ad above in support. You can click on the image to download various sizes.
So go on over there and lend your voice! Go on. We should all have microphones, voice comms is mandatory y'know.
Happy Thanksgiving. The wallpaper above is available in various sizes by clicking on the image. I thought it was funny, your opinion may vary.
So I'll be away from Eve for the next five days or so and won't be posting, emailing or otherwise around in a significant way. This is a time for hanging out with family, eating way to much food and generally forgetting about the rest of it for a few days. Mostly I'll be traveling to visit my own family.
It is also tradition to take a moment to give thanks for those things we are thankful for. Last year at this time my list was significantly different than it will be this year. Last year at this time I was still in Null space, down in Providence as part of the Co2 Alliance, believe it or not. Wow, a lot has changed in the last year needless to say. So where will I be this time next year? I guess we'll all just have to wait and see.
Until then, here are just a few of the things I am thankful for this year:
> The Eve Community. You guys keep me going. Thru your blogs, the tweetfleet, the forums and everywhere else, the Eve community is strong, awesome and full of good people. So thank you all for everything you do.
> CCP. Last year I said I was thankful to you for creating Eve in the first place. And while that still applies, I think this year I am more thankful to you for not killing it. Crucible looks to be an incredible, much-needed expansion back to the way things should be. It was a rough Summer, but you've gone a long way towards rectifying those issues. So thanks.
> Eve Friends. Say what you want about virtual friends, but they are pretty damn awesome. And during the last three years I've made a lot of them, both in-game and thru commission work. Thanks to all of you that remain a part of Eve. And to those of you that no longer play, you haven't been forgotten.
> Tuskers. I know I haven't been in-game much the last two weeks, but you guys are great and I'm looking forward to flying with you all more in the coming months. Thanks for taking me aboard and giving this old guy a new home.
To everyone else, my readers, commenters, visitors, haters, those that say "hi" in local, those that sneak me intel, those that kill me or are killed by me, those that I once flew with and those that I fly against, thank you as well. Without you there wouldn't be an Eve and I wouldn't have a reason to log in.
I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving with your friends and family. And for those of you that don't celebrate Thanksgiving, enjoy the next few days without me around. You are microscopically safer in space for the next few days.
Click the image to download various sizes.
This is a version of a recently completed private commission that I just finished, which I converted into a wallpaper. I'm particularly proud of the sense of scale in this piece and how well the Rokh "feels" within the environment. Someone contacted me about two months ago ( I know, I am being extremely slow in responding to commissions lately, my continued apologies.) about creating something that showed the relative scale of the Rokh against something based in the real world. I immediately thought of the Gold Gate Bridge.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.
The first volume collection of Twitter Hats is now available as a spiffy Wallpaper for your computer desktop! I can think of no better way to celebrate the power of the Eve Community than sporting the Eve Community in your face every day!!
Either click on the image or the link to find various sizes to download on Flickr.
I think this piece has already started to become particularly significant since several of those pictured are no longer with us. I'm sure as time marches on that will become even more apparent. In a way, the Twitter Hats have become a semi-memorial, or a moment in time at least, to the diversity, strength and friendly power of our odd little group.
I started doing Twitter avatar hats on June 9th and over 150 hats have already been provided, some multiple times! (by trick, or by choice!) For those of you that remain un-hatted, do not despair, the plan is to continue putting hats on avatars for as long as you want them. And the wallpaper will only continue to grow with each new addition. Volume II should sport nearly 300 hats I think.
When I look at the collection I see a story in every single hat and I know there is a person behind each one. For those hats that no longer have a person behind them, there is sadness, but also joy at the time we did share. And if the silly hats have one purpose, it is in sharing something together. Even if only for a moment.
I consider you all my friends. Hats off to each of you.
CrazyKinux, or SocialDave as he is known today, sent me this picture of this desktop today. I asked him if he minded me sharing it with all of you and he said no problem. He's awesome like that.
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You can find all of my Eve Wallpapers on Flickr. Enjoy! And send me pictures, I enjoying seeing other people enjoying my work.
Click on the image to be taken to Flickr where you can download various sizes. This one also has a print quality version available, look around you'll find it.
Thanks to Szilardis for asking me to work on this project for him. And to all those still waiting on me to get around to your project, thanks for being patient. This stuff doesn't happen over night.
Enjoy.
Clicking on the image will take you to Flickr where you can download various sizes.
Who knew it would be so hard to find a Wild Boar image? I knew what I wanted and couldn't find a good one anywhere, so what to do? Why make one of course. The Wild Boar in the Wallpaper above is actually three different images combined into one bad ass pig. The face, the snout and the tusks all came from different images, working them together wasn't as difficult as it might seem, and resulted in some very interesting textures. This gave me the chance to build exactly what I wanted, a grizzled, wise, tough, monster boar that you wouldn't want to mess with.
Anyway, hope you enjoy it.
