Call of Duty and the partly transparent shield

Somehow this Call of Duty theme I created managed to pass under the radar.

Wasn’t until I got a second request from Rinsoy that I realised one exists, and so…here it is 🙂

Hey @tileartguy, a call of duty themed tile art please! #waiting 🙂

— Krishna C. (@krishna_g_c) December 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/Rinsoy/status/567034235098107904

I particularly enjoyed playing around with the transparency of the shield. I love the fact that you can make things like glass, water, smoke and clouds “partly” transparent which makes them look a little more natural when you scroll down on the phone. If anyone out there has other cool examples of partly transparent themes, I’d love to see it! 🙂

You can find a link to the PNG images here.

The Joker Lumia 930 Tile Art Theme

Although this home screen does have some Joker artwork from random comics, if you haven’t read Batman:The Killing Joke, I’d highly recommend checking it out. It’s the origin story of the Joker told by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland.

Well, both Bobby and Jez wanted to see the Joker make his Tile Art appearance…

@TileArtGuy A joker theme would be awesome !

— BobbySchaw (@Bobby_Schaw) September 20, 2014

https://twitter.com/MSFTY/status/481181721283796992

So without further ado…

Link to the PNG images and background here.

Sin City Lumia 930 Tile Art Theme

Sin City, one of the best requests I’ve received so far.

The reason I loved it so much is that Frank Miller’s artwork was the reason I got into tile art to begin with. Here’s a pic of the first home screen I ever customized back in 2013.

It also came at the perfect time, having seen Frank Miller’s amazing Dark Knight comic come to life in the “The Dark Knight Returns” animations just last week.

It was a bit tricky to create this transparent theme, given that all of Frank Miller’s Sin City artwork is mainly black & white, but I hope that I managed to do it justice here.

You can find all the images used for this home screen here.

SpongeBob SquarePants Lumia 930 Tile Art Theme

So today we have a pretty fun theme to share.

Requested by Chris some time ago, I finally got around to bringing SpongeBob to the home screen:

@TileArtGuy can i request Sponge Bob Squarepants to my Lumia 1520

— Cristopher Jay Juan (@bossCjay1) October 4, 2014

My little cousin stole my phone when I first showed him…had to trade a bowl of ice cream and a NERF gun fight to get it back. Anyway, hope you like the home screen as much as he did Chris…

Link to the PNG images can be found here.

Assassins Creed Lumia 930 Tile Art Theme

Between South Park The Stick of Truth and Shadow of Mordor I haven’t had the chance to check out many new games lately. So when Suraj requested an Assassins Creed home screen it was only natural that I dived straight into Assassins Creed Unity artwork.

@TileArtGuy could you make an assassins creed inspired home screen for #Lumia630?

— Suraj Shiva (@suraj_shiva) October 10, 2014

Now, although I tried to stick to one Unity theme, I couldn’t resist using Adewale from Black Flag. He looked too bad ass not to be on the home screen.

I thought it was really important to mention that while I trawl the internet for awesome imagery, preferably PNG images, I’ve started to find a lot of people who create amazing renders on Deviant Art. Renders which turn great game and comic images into transparent PNG. These are the guys who provided some of the Assasins Creed artwork: JaRenders, BriellaLove and Zero0Kiryu.

You can check out all the PNG images used on this particular home screen here.

Request: She-Hulk Lumia 930 Tile Art Theme

So, it’s been a while since I last jumped into the tile art…for the last month or so I’ve managed to lose a phone, finish off one of the biggest work projects of my life, attend a wedding in Mexico and fulfill my life long dream of pretending to be a dolphin…

Now that I’m back I’ve jumped straight into finishing off the requests, starting with this one from MoBedeGuti:
https://twitter.com/GutiMob/status/509994559192190977

Obviously I had to do a little digging into She-Hulk and if you’re interested here’s a great video about the Origins of She-Hulk.

Well MoBedeGuti, here you go bud:

As usual, you can find the PNG images used here.

Request: Iron Maiden inspired Lumia 1520

So, not sure if this was a figment of my imagination or if BenjaminXIII just deleted the tweet…but I’m pretty sure he requested an Iron Maiden home screen…and I wasn’t going to let that one slip through the cracks 🙂

I think we have our next request 🙂 They have some killer artwork RT @maximaliks: @TileArtGuy could you make a theme for iron maiden?

— TileArtGuy (@TileArtGuy) August 29, 2014

Here’s your home screen whether you wanted it or not @maximaliks

I had a lot of fun with this one, particularly the detail in the second two images pinned to the home screen. For the first I tried to go for slightly transparent windows so you still get the effect that he’s sitting inside…

For the second image I loved it so much, but wasn’t sure what to turn transparent, so I ended up cutting out the window, including the blinds which took a little time, but I think it’s worth it 🙂

You can find the original images used here.

Request: Metal Gear Solid Lumia 1520 Home Screen

So this will be my final request for the next couple weeks. I’m off to South Africa for a holiday and unfortunately wildlife, biltong and braai vleis will be taking priority.

This request came from our pal Jez from XboxMAD.net.
https://twitter.com/MSFTY/status/496426920431849473
Shortly after his tweet Amro got excited. So how could I say no 🙂
https://twitter.com/IceDree/status/496427418639269888

Guys, I haven’t spent a lot of time playing Metal Gear Solid, so I can only hope that I did the game justice here. Slight issue with the filming…

If anyone was wondering, I used the new Live Lock Screen BETA app to create the white lock screen. Also, all PNG images and backgrounds can be found here.

Request: Call of Juarez Lumia 1520 Home Screen

This has been a week of requests. Demons, arrows and now gun slinging cowboys…it’s been fun 🙂

Grayson wanted to see Call of Juarez, a game I heard about, but never played. Needless to say, after doing a bit of digging to create this home screen, and even though it means having to plug my Xbox 360 back in, I’ve decided to buy the game and give it a go. Will let you know what I think Grayson 🙂 For now…hope you enjoy your home screen.

@TileArtGuy Could you make one from call of juarez: gunslinger?

— Grayson Parker (@FallingUp236) August 1, 2014

As always, you can find the images, backgrounds and wallpapers here.

Request: Green Arrow Lumia 1520 Home Screen

Well Mr. Saukerl…seems your request has been fulfilled.

@TileArtGuy Can u make a Green Arrow one? It's my favorite comics 😀

— Punk de galocha (@M_Magnum_) July 31, 2014

To be honest, I never thought much of Green Arrow, but after creating this home screen I’ve found a new respect for the character as well as the artwork.

Anyway, enough talk..here’s the home screen in action:

If you want to check out the PNG images and wallpapers, hit the link.