Michigan State wallpaper
Motivation Level to Create a Wallpaper for State: 5 (Baseline 5; –1 for monuMental said he was doing rivlary wallpapers and he's WAY better at it than I am, –1 for it's kind of a dick move after I told cjm I wasn't going to, +1 for but people said they liked variety, –1 for but still... dick move, +1 for I have Columbus Day off and don't need to sleep tonight, –1 for but I have a sweet flick on DVR, +1 for by sweet flick I mean I Robot, +1 for and I came up with a goodish idea.)
Remember when lil bro got all excited about their pro-combat unis for the Michigan game? Well, I figured since they were going all 300 on us, I'd follow suit. For those of you who haven't seen the movie, there's a scene in the beginning where a young Spartan boy is sent out into the wild with nothing but his spear. He soon encounters a particularly hungry-looking wolf and slays it as a statement of his manhood... also, so he could live... but I digress. Well, I thought to myself,
"What if that lil Spartan dude never found the mangy-looking wolf?"
"What if he was unfortunate enough to come across a pissed off wolverine instead?"
"What if that particular wolverine hadn't tasted Spartan blood in 3 years and was hungry for it?"
I give you...
October 10th, 2011 at 4:16 AM ^
this is naice! goes directly to first slide of my power point for monday morning presentation.. thanks!
February 3rd, 2012 at 3:50 AM ^
I couldn't believe that you made this as a reference to your presentation, If I were you I will read apple current news for reference.
October 10th, 2011 at 4:19 AM ^
this is naice! goes directly to first slide of my power point for monday morning presentation.. thanks!
sorry for the redundant post. the site got stuck and I hit refresh. same statement got posted twice..
October 10th, 2011 at 4:19 AM ^
Baseline 5, +1 for Sparty Hate, +1 blood splatter, +1 for badass-looking wolverine, -1 for the Spartan did kill the wolf, +1 for I'm half a world away and didn't expect to see anything new on MGoBlog since most of my fellow MGoBloggers are currently asleep and so this is a pleasant surprise, +1 for hopefully cjm will be motivated by this too, +1 for this is simply beautiful looking
In all seriousness, this is amazing work. The maize and blue eyes are incredible.
October 10th, 2011 at 4:18 AM ^
I think this is your best one yet. Great concept and execution. Thanks for doing these!
October 10th, 2011 at 5:57 PM ^
+2, this is fantastic Blue!
October 10th, 2011 at 6:24 AM ^
I wouldn't think this would make monumental or cjm upset at all. When it comes to sweet looking Michigan wallpaper, the more the better.
October 10th, 2011 at 6:43 AM ^
Bravo! This is really well done! Your best yet!
October 10th, 2011 at 8:09 AM ^
Very cool concept and well realized.
October 10th, 2011 at 8:59 AM ^
The maize and blue eyes seem kinda creepy.
Next year will be epic
October 10th, 2011 at 9:09 AM ^
+1, sir.
+1.
October 10th, 2011 at 9:19 AM ^
October 10th, 2011 at 9:35 AM ^
I know mlive is reviled in these parts but this wallpaper was just noted and linked to in a article over there.
October 10th, 2011 at 9:37 AM ^
(standing applause)....(slight tear trickling down cheek).....(rage setting in for saturday)....thank you...and go blue!
October 10th, 2011 at 9:47 AM ^
Nice work. Sad that it's been 3 years since Sparty faced bitter defeat at the hands of that angry wolverine.
October 10th, 2011 at 10:06 AM ^
VERY nice. I'm glad you did it. I knew I wasn't going to have time with the MLB playoffs starting and short week. I also didn't want to produce something that would be obviously inferior to monuMentals. You, on the other hand, stepped up and nailed it.
October 10th, 2011 at 10:15 AM ^
i cant get the whole thing to show up on my desktop. It is cutting off the sides, any ideas ?
October 10th, 2011 at 11:21 AM ^
same issue for me, I tried both versions, ended up looking the same.
October 10th, 2011 at 11:53 AM ^
The ends are cutting off with both versions for me too. It is extra scary only being able to see the angry wolverine and Sparty.
EDIT: I changed the desktop setting from "center" to "stretch" and it works now.
October 10th, 2011 at 10:31 AM ^
My favorite part is the row of W s down the right side. Keep it up
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October 10th, 2011 at 10:35 AM ^
A normal sized wolverine is a raging ball of fury....I'd hate to see what kind of havoc a giant wolverine would wreak.
very cool though.
October 10th, 2011 at 10:49 AM ^
well done sir.
October 10th, 2011 at 11:37 AM ^
This looks really great. The awesome work you and cjm have done this year have me contemplating retirement from wallpapers of the schedule variety. Wallpaper-hungry Michigan fans are in good hands with the two of you.
October 10th, 2011 at 12:32 PM ^
saying that....don't retire!!! I like being able to choose between 2, 3 wallpapers each week. The more choices the better, in my opinion.
October 10th, 2011 at 2:15 PM ^
You are very kind monuMental but the very idea of you retiring is like ripping out a small part of my heart and stomping it into the ground. Too much?
October 10th, 2011 at 11:42 AM ^
You guys are just too clever! Thanks!
October 10th, 2011 at 12:33 PM ^
But I still love it. Great job and keep up the great work.
October 10th, 2011 at 12:48 PM ^
By far my favorite wallpaper of the year, I think you even have monuMental's wallpaper for this week beat on this one! Very nice!
October 10th, 2011 at 12:50 PM ^
this is the first wallpaper i've actually wallpapered. Nicely done
October 10th, 2011 at 3:18 PM ^
Beautiful.
October 10th, 2011 at 4:07 PM ^
This is awesome. I'm assuming in this re-imagining, the wolverine attacks the Spartan from the side and rips his head clean off a la Jordan Kovacs. As the wolf learned in the movie, head-on attacks agains Spartans don't turn out too well.
October 11th, 2011 at 5:38 PM ^
Not as good as the one above, but here's another version based on the 300 theme.
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