Not Quite A Wallpaper: BatMANU Begins
by silverandblack_davis on Nov 3, 2009 5:03 AM CST
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PrintIn the first game of the young season that I missed watching or "monitoring from a boxscore", Manu becomes one of my favorite comic book characters of all-time. The FSM must hate me. To compensate for that missed ethereal experience, I thought of just hack 'chopping Manu's head in a decent Batman image. Two images, actually. Here is the first:
It's cold and lonely at the top.
Wow, I don't know if it's me or my browser or what but SBNation blogs look different all of a sudden. I think I'm high from all this cut and pasting. Whatever. Jump in to see the lamer second one.
Just a short background on the first. I was googling through some photos of The Sickness and I stumbled upon an awesome photo of him with that Argentine flag draped on his shoulders, which of course, I used. Unfortunately, it's only a half body image so I had to fade the bottom to black, and with that I think I failed pretty miserably.
One of my favorite movies, by the way, is the two Batman movies that Christopher Nolan made, so you can just imagine my childish excitement over having a legitimate reason to put one of my favorite Spurs in a Batman poster.
The second photo is the more traditional comic book Batman, drawn by Marc Silvestri (looks like it, and from the sig, too, with some other artist I don't know), also the creator of comic books I've collected such as X-Men and Cyberforce. I stopped collecting when I got to high school because I discovered that I should live life more vicariously by meeting girls through the internet, instead of sitting around flipping through pages of absurd drawings.
But enough talk. Here's Batmanu, again:
Chillin' like a supervillain.
I don't know shit about wallpaper sizes, so maybe someone can tell me how to do them properly, that is, if someone actually wants to put these up as their wallpaper. Please do not kill me if I murdered everyone's favorite Spur. And don't tell Manu where I live, lest I be swatted like a stray bat.
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nice work Davis. They’re both pretty cool and look really well done. I think the site’s been tinkered with a little too.
I stopped collecting when I got to high school because I discovered that I should live life more vicariously by meeting girls through the internet, instead of sitting around flipping through pages of absurd drawings.
haha, I love it. Have you read Watchmen by any chance? It’s a great graphic novel, and it actually has a comic book story in it too. It’s full of awesomeness.
When the tooth fairy's own tooth falls out, it is taken during the night by Princess Peanut.
Aah, Watchmen. Right now I’m lovingly holding by Absolute Watchment edition… …Okay, I’m not. But I should be, it’s so good.
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Watchmen is awesome. I loved the movie, too, even though a lot of my friends thought it was boring as hell.
by silverandblack_davis on Nov 3, 2009 6:29 PM CST up reply actions
The images are a bit too small to be used as wallpapers – unless SB Nation resized them when you upladed them? Regardless, great work.
And what the hell happened to PTR? It looks so white…
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yeah, the whole layout is a bit…stuffed. the ptr logo at the top is half covering the title and first line of this post for me.
free george hill!
by sleep research facility on Nov 3, 2009 7:31 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah, the font even looks larger to me. Maybe it’s an optical illusion. Dunno.
BTW, Davis, I have been looking for a Batmanu wallpaper, so thanks!
"Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man." - Some Tall Guy Who Wore #50
Verra nice, Davis. And it isn’t just you—the layout is craptacular for me, too. There’s a banner ad across the entire top of the page that’s mushing everything else. Something is different about the sidebars, too, but I haven’t figured out what yet.
WWTD?
The sidebars used to have better demarcation, rather than the blending effect happening now. The post titles also are seem too large. And I’m blinded by the white.
My people call it "sarcasm." - Lauri
I leave for a couple of days and someone breaks PtR? What the fuck?
Superman wears Manu Ginobili pajamas to bed. - CMoney
Don’t say you missed the whole ‘BatManu’ episode!!!? We’ve been wondering why you have been relatively quiet with PETA and Manu and all :P
To make a wall from the pictures, this could be a way:
put each one in a 1280×800 canvas
create a black layer over it.
then use a big rubber (with 0% hardness) over the black layer for the original picture to appear
In other words. the same imaze size in the center of the wall and the rest black.
Ahh, thanks for the tip, jalberto. You are the master :) I’ll try to work on it later and update this post.
by silverandblack_davis on Nov 3, 2009 5:57 PM CST up reply actions
wow, that looks mighty similar to the L picture on my desktop.
When the tooth fairy's own tooth falls out, it is taken during the night by Princess Peanut.
I am so chopping that.
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Wow, jal, this is great. You and Davis should team up more often. +1
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Next step: with some sunshine (it is just white circles or squares and filter : motion blur)
That is colaboration ;0)
by jalberto on Nov 4, 2009 7:20 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Wow, that’s great, jal. I’m scared to put any sort of text there that might not be up to par with the wallpaper. Suggestions, anyone?
by silverandblack_davis on Nov 4, 2009 5:53 PM CST up reply actions
This whole change of look made me go looking for old PTR versions. Found this:
You can find more at:
Pounding the Rock Archive
I miss the previous version :(
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I know this interface. Isn’t this the type where you need a boot disk on a floppy, and you type “dir/w” to see the contents?
"Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man." - Some Tall Guy Who Wore #50
No. If you place close attention you will notice this is slightly more advance. You can see color on to upper left corner.
"If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert"
- DBG
You’re right. Ooh, color! Doogie Howser would be envious.
"Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man." - Some Tall Guy Who Wore #50
by theonlyromeo on Nov 4, 2009 10:28 PM CST up reply actions
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