CarpeNivem Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 (edited) I just finished making this. I haven't actually copied it to the car yet. I hope it looks as nice there as I think it does here... What do you guys think? Edited October 3, 2013 by CarpeNivem JAZ, Jaydrama, jdbob and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehuti Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 (edited) Here's ours: I'd go with the Tardis! Where are folks getting these images from, and how do you upload them? Edited October 4, 2013 by tehuti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Where are folks getting these images from, and how do you upload them? Well, I found all of mine via Google Images, by searching for the individual scenes I wanted.... So, like for the first quadrant, I decided a rotary phone would be nice. I went to images.google.com and entered "rotary phone". Then I clicked on "Search Tools" and selected "Color", then clicked on yellow. This gave me a huge selection of yellow-tinted photographs of rotary phones. I found one I liked, copied and pasted it into MSPaint. I wanted to capture as much of the rotary itself in the picture, so I rotated the image 90 degrees from how I found it. Then I resized and cropped accordingly. My process with the next images was pretty much the same. First I tried searching "map", but those were boring, so I searched "map with compass" instead. I did the same thing with Search Tools as well, selected green, and there were my choices. That image, I was lucky to find, because it was perfect. Then I searched, "concert", selected red, and found that one immediately. And for the last one, I went through a few options. First, I searched "clouds", but they were pretty boring; they needed something else, but I wasn't sure what. For inspiration, I tried searching "Climate" and found lots of pictures like tornadoes, icebergs, polar bears, etc. I almost used a glacier, actually, but after I had it cropped into place, I felt like it didn't fit with the others. There was too much whiteness in the image. Finally, I thought to search "wind farm" and wound up finding what you see there, which I think works quite well. If I may say myself, there's definitely some effort and creativity involved, in so much that you need to have an idea in your head of what you want the final product to be, so that you can search for the correct terms. And then once you're faced with a huge selection of images, you need to have an eye for finding ones that will look cohesive when placed next to each other. The technical skill, however, in my case at least, wasn't much at all. I didn't need to actually edit any colors, which would've required PhotoShop. Since I was only moving, resizing, and cropping, everything was possible in MSPaint. And lastly, imgur.com makes uploading/sharing images incredibly simple, so I used that. ScubaDadMiami and JAZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) I decided the other one is too busy once I actually put it in the car. Darn. So I'm going to try something simpler, like maybe this... Conveniently, we have Sprint, which I'm not a huge fan of or anything (I mean, they're alright), but their logo is yellow, so I figured, might as well. Edited October 3, 2013 by CarpeNivem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) Here, if you don't happen to have Sprint... ...however, if you don't have Sprint or Android, then I guess you're outta luck. ;) Edited October 3, 2013 by CarpeNivem Jus-A-CMax, ScubaDadMiami and C-MaxSea 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehuti Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) I just installed this one today. Gotta work on creating a 4 panel image though. Thanks CarpeNivem. Edited October 4, 2013 by tehuti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPRifleman Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 CarpeNivem,Those are great. They are both uploaded to my MFT. The simpler Android one is now displaying on my home screen. Thanks. CarpeNivem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 So, here it is in the car, btw... ScubaDadMiami, different drummer, JAZ and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 I found another variation on the Android logo... ...because I kinda changed my mind about the other one. It didn't really look right. C-MaxSea and JAZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnOhio Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 I found another variation on the Android logo... ...because I kinda changed my mind about the other one. It didn't really look right.I like this layout. One change though. Put a sun next to the snowflake for HEAT and AIR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 I like this layout. One change though. Put a sun next to the snowflake for HEAT and AIR Thanks. While that does make sense, the reason I didn't is because a sun wouldn't be blue. As it is, I like that each quadrant contains only the matching color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MaxSea Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) A snowflake version for Summer, and a sun version for Winter? Sun would have to have a blue halo ;) . PS I love your wallpaper. Trust it's OK to use, cause I have been - everyone likes it! Edited November 4, 2013 by C-MaxSea CarpeNivem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Year-round, the snowflake represents either what the climate system is trying to achieve, or what it's trying to combat. ;)(But most importantly, it matches the color scheme which Ford decided, and I just ran with.) Mamalou16201 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbov Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) My small contribution... the first is an astrophotograph of an area just below Orion's Belt, featuring the Horsehead and Flame nebulae to the left, through the Running Man to include the entire M42 Orion Nebula; I like it on the small screen. And a personal favorite, my home wallpaper, the Space Shuttle Endeavor landing for the last time (2nd to last Shuttle landing). I like the composition; returning from the blackness of space ought to be dark... Both from APOD HAve fun,Frank Edited November 4, 2013 by fbov CarpeNivem and JAZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehuti Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) . Edited November 4, 2013 by tehuti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 PS I love your wallpaper. Trust it's OK to use, cause I have been - everyone likes it! Oh, absolutely. It's more than just OK to use; it's flattering. I love that people have been. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frbill Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 I found another variation on the Android logo... ...because I kinda changed my mind about the other one. It didn't really look right. Carpe, Did you make this image, and if you did could make one with the an iOS logo. I think this image is tremendous! Thanks in advance if you can do it. Peace, Fr. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbob Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 I just finished making this. I haven't actually copied it to the car yet. I hope it looks as nice there as I think it does here... What do you guys think? I really like this one on my car. CarpeNivem and JAZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Carpe, Did you make this image, and if you did could make one with the an iOS logo. I think this image is tremendous! Thanks in advance if you can do it. Peace, Fr. Bill+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 :) Edsel, ceemax71, frbill and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frbill Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Sweet! :salute: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Made another one ...... and I probably won't stop there. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 (edited) Another variation on the theme ... I like this one because it's more iconic and less photographic, so I feel like it matches better, but to each their own. ;) Edited November 19, 2013 by CarpeNivem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeNivem Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 And here's that last one in the car... ...it's definitely my favorite so far. :) ScubaDadMiami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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