Northwestern Wallpaper

By Blue Indy — October 3rd, 2011 at 7:58 AM — 27 comments
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So here we are... 5-0 and heading on the road against a scrappy Northwestern team possibly led by a former heisman hopeful heisman hopeful quarterback, Dan Persa. After everyone's comments from last week on the Eastern Michigan wallpaper, I wanted to do another animal parody for the Northwestern wallpaper. My original thought was to make use of these in some way:

 

but I realized that Northwestern shouldn't be mocked like Eastern Michigan (who's more like an infant step-cousin than a "little brother"), lest the football gods smite us for our hubris. Instead, I let myself be influenced by my feminine side and took my inspiration from the musical Cats. Instead of dancers for pupils, though, I went for... DENARD!!!

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I figured, unlike the Eastern Michigan wallpaper, this wallpaper makes Northwestern look cool, which will make me feel more satisfied when we beat them!

EDIT: I fixed the widescreen link and changed the game info to "Game 6" instead of "Game 5"... I think I was just psyched about the 5-0 when I made it!

 

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October 3rd, 2011 at 8:16 AM | Looks great! The wide screen (Score:2 Normal)
Colt McBaby Jesus
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Looks great! The wide screen link goes to just a picture of the adorable kittens (are they called kittens?) though.

October 3rd, 2011 at 8:21 AM | Ocelots maybe? (Score:3 Normal)
wriebel
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Archer says they have little spots and tufted ears. Anyway, awesome wallpaper this week

October 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 AM | I'VE NEVER SEEN AN OCELOT (Score:1 Normal)
TheBigAC
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LOOK AT ITS LITTLE SPOTS

LOOK AT ITS TUFTED EARS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHCw1qr_oR4

Those who stay will be champions

October 3rd, 2011 at 8:57 AM | Thanks for letting me know! I (Score:2)
Blue Indy
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Thanks for letting me know! I just fixed the link... enjoy :-)

October 3rd, 2011 at 8:48 AM | MUST... (Score:1)
Hardware Sushi
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MUST...HAVE....WIDESCREEN....

This looks great. Keep 'em coming each week. I'll be anxiously awaiting a widescreen link update...

Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.

October 3rd, 2011 at 8:58 AM | jonesin' for the widescreen, (Score:3 Underrated)
Blue Indy
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jonesin' for the widescreen, huh? the link's good now :-)

October 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 AM | Looks great (Score:1)
beenplumb
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I love these weekly wallpapers, and I appreciate you doing them.

@beenplumb

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October 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 AM | Fantastic! (Score:1)
DrThrall
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Downloaded and wallpaper updated. All they see at night when they close their little kitty eyes....DENARD!!!!

Without question Michigan is ranked #1 in wallpapers.

Keep up the great work!

October 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 AM | ohhhh (Score:-1 Trolling)
October 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 AM | ohhhh (Score:-1 Trolling)
October 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 AM | ohhhh (Score:-1 Trolling)
October 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 AM | ohhhh (Score:-1 Trolling)
October 3rd, 2011 at 8:33 PM | Still need the new keyboard (Score:1)
U2GoBlue
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Still need the new keyboard huh?

October 3rd, 2011 at 9:27 AM | Strong work (Score:1)
bluewave720
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The wallpaper looks great.  Also, I applaud your logic on maintaining a respectful tone with your depiction of the 'cats.  I mean, we all sports karma exists.  No sense on messing with it.

"Coach, if you need one yard, I'll get you three yards. If you need five yards, I'll get you three yards." -Leroy Hoard

October 3rd, 2011 at 11:32 AM | Nice use of color and the (Score:2 Normal)
monuMental
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Nice use of color and the execution on the pupil is great. Keep up the good work!

October 3rd, 2011 at 1:09 PM | great wallpaper, and very (Score:2)
sportsfreak0819
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great wallpaper, and very creative. this wallpaper is now my screensaver.

the artwork is much appreciated. good work.

October 3rd, 2011 at 2:05 PM | All you need to add... (Score:1)
BlueMan80
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is the obnoxious wildcat noise they play over and over during NU games.

October 3rd, 2011 at 5:01 PM | Great Job!  I'm really (Score:1)
Tully Mars
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Great Job!  I'm really digging your weekly wallpapers.  The pupil is really nicely done!

'M-Burns', I'll never have better facial hair than this...

October 3rd, 2011 at 5:47 PM | You have a typo in it. You (Score:2)
kurpit
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You have a typo in it.

You misspelled "Illinois" where it says "Evanston, Ilinois"

October 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 PM | Thanks! fixed... (Score:1)
Blue Indy
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Thanks! fixed...

October 3rd, 2011 at 5:51 PM | Great work on the pupil. (Score:1)
cjm
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Great work on the pupil.  Some serious pruple.  You gonna make one next week or just sit back and let monuMental do his thing?  I'm not gonna even try as long as he is making one.

October 3rd, 2011 at 8:55 PM | I'm with you... he's got dibs (Score:1)
Blue Indy
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I'm with you... he's got dibs on the rivalries! Plus, he can probably spell Illinois so he's got that going for him... :-)

October 3rd, 2011 at 10:43 PM | I think you guys should do next week also (Score:1)
Bluestreak
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The more the merrier - I can set up a MSU - Michigan wallpaper carousel then!

 

 

GMAT score =800 = Defensive POTY

October 4th, 2011 at 10:08 AM | I noticed the miss-spelled (Score:1)
cjm
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I noticed the miss-spelled Illinois but it was already brought up and didn't want to draw more attention to it.  I can't spell purple right according to the post above.

Have you ever checked out monuMental's videos of the wallpapers he has created?  Dude is a photoshop freak.  Take a video of my wallpaper process and you'd see just how clueless I am.  It's simply a hobby, way to waste time, and avenue to try and be creative.

I like you work. Good job!

October 4th, 2011 at 10:33 AM | Amen. My video would be a (Score:1)
Blue Indy
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Amen. My video would be a feature-length film of ineptitude... he's a beast.

October 4th, 2011 at 5:32 AM | More the merrier (Score:1)
Vasav
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I love having options every week - and even though the original M artist himself will be doing one for sparty, I'm sure he doesn't mind the friendly competition for "Wall Paper of the Week"

(And great job as always)

October 5th, 2011 at 1:49 AM | Mobile/Android (Score:1)
maizenbluejames
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I love putting these on my phone during game week. I have no idea how hard these are to resize. If its relatively easy would you consider releasing wallpapers formated for android phones?

These look awesome anyway and I add them to my computer all the time.

Thanks

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