Old attempt at wallpapers

[Ziz]

I've been rummaging thru stacks of old CDs recently and came across these attempts I made at Trek wallpapers.

Now, keep in mind these things are upwards of 15 years old, dating back to 1995 or '96. All I had to work with was Windows Paintbrush, and I've never been that much of a graphics wiz anyway. In an attempt to use my lack of photo editing ability to my advantage, I started to develop a "geometric" style, rather than something more realistic looking.

They're just 640x480 @ 256 color, so don't expect much. Again, this was more of an exploration of some kind of artistic style than anything else.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ziz62266/sets/72157624437985460/

 

[Kaiser]

Very cool looking to me

Got a 2280's to 2340's uniform version?

 

[Ziz]

The movie uniforms? No, what's there is all there is.

 

[Marie1]

Those are good for paint! Paint is sometimes under appreciated... and sometimes it's plain ornery!

 

[Kaiser]

The movie uniforms? No, what's there is all there is.

ahh ok then

 

[BolianAuthor]

Damn... I remember way back in the day, when 640 x 480 was wallpaper size, lol.

 

[AstroSmurf]

^ I know. Now I have to fight just to find something big enough for this 1600x900 behemoth I use. But I have to see what I am doing when I am drawing!

And Ziz that is a great idea for wallpapers. Maybe you could do some updated larger versions and add shading and texture. You could do a group for each series and movie. It would be a fun project to post here.

 

[Bill Morris]

Nice concept.

 

[Ziz]

And Ziz that is a great idea for wallpapers. Maybe you could do some updated larger versions and add shading and texture. You could do a group for each series and movie. It would be a fun project to post here.

Larger is easy but I don't think I'd add shading or texture in spite of having better tools and abilities. Looking back at them now years later, they have a somewhat Mondrian influence to them...straight lines and solid patches of color. Maybe I'll start by finishing the set with Movie ones and the missing characters from the other shows.

 

[MadMan1701A]

Neat. The Troi one is pretty amusing.

 

[Birdog]

Damn... I remember way back in the day, when 640 x 480 was wallpaper size, lol.

Not even big enough for my phone. WVGA which is 800x480 or 480x800 depending on if I've got the keyboard flipped out or not.

 

[Ziz]

Neat. The Troi one is pretty amusing.

How so?

 

[MadMan1701A]

Neat. The Troi one is pretty amusing.

How so?

I always just thought that "uniform" was a weird choice anyway, but I thought the image was amusing, because you'd be staring right at the middle of her chest, on your desktop.