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.

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.

Wolverine Lumia 1520 Home Screen

So, I have a friend who loves comics, Wolverine in particular. You could say he’s partly to blame for my love of all things “comic”. Decided to do something nice for the guy and mock-up a home screen I thought he might appreciate…maybe not as cool as his custom Wolverine Converse, but I’m hoping it’s a close second 🙂 Enjoy bud.

Images and PNG’s used can be found here.

Wolfenstein: The New Order inspired home screen

1992 was the year Wolfenstein 3D was released, the first in the series and one of many awesome shooters that came out in the 90’s…

So when I heard Wolfenstein: The New Order was out on Xbox one…I threw Just Dance 2014 so hard out the window it knocked an old lady off her electric scooter.

Let me just say this…Wolfenstein: The New Order is one of, if not, the best shooters I’ve ever played. There’s so much right with this game it’s scary, most noticeably the feeling that you’re actually playing Inglorious Bastards.

Anyway, after finishing the game yesterday I couldn’t resist paying homage to my #1 game of 2014. Enjoy 🙂

Original images used can be found here.

Requested: Dota 2 home screen on my Lumia 1520

Right, a couple days ago I got a pretty fun request from a guy called Leaonardo..
https://twitter.com/leandroalmeidas/status/467004938632323073

My friend, your voice has been heard and I had a lot of fun putting this one together, particularly the contacts section 🙂 Hope you like it…

A link to some of the images I used and a few more brilliant fan-art pieces by ArtGerm who has some crazy talent.

The Darkness start screen on my Lumia 1520

Marc Silvestri and Todd Macfarlane were my favourite comic book artists growing up. Figured I’d start the homage to both with The Darkness, but many more like Witchblade, Spawn and Fathom will hopefully make an appearance here soon.

You can find all the images I used here, and the app was Custom Tile Maker.