Next to fighting spaceships and running the coolest Corporation in Eve, working on commissions is the most fun I get to have. I really enjoy not only the work itself, but also the chance to meet and help so many different people. I know I am horribly late on my project list, but I am trying. As always I can assure you that you'll receive my best efforts and sometimes that takes longer than I expected. Life is a bitch and with a large family, work and everything else to deal with... well, y'know.
And a more "grindhouse" version:
![Narwhals Ate My Duck [GRINDHOUSE] Wallpaper](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tNWoqez4fK9RYjf9IJpUOTWwLyKZMkTVOis0_OnqpUYkB5phbAe6zq_V3xQ1Ec84calKDhwm9n14vnCY_5Nv_lKRHQ1iv8GGlZLryjZqDNKo8wzV-LwmLO4xeo9PhtIQ=s0-d)
Anyway. Today we are talking about Narwhals! The good folks at Narwhals Ate My Duck, a crazy bunch of nutters who live in those Wormhole things (I dunno), asked me to create an Alliance logo for 'em. And maybe a Wallpaper. Well now, how could I say no to that? Just the name alone meant I had to have something to do with it!
So the in-game icon was a blast to create. Originally I thought I'd try something more symbolic, representational, but despite some cool paths it just didn't work. Then I happened upon this sketch I had done years and years ago, a series of clipart icons I had designed for the National Geographic Magazine believe it or not. Hey, I am not above re-using and recycling my art. The series was about whales and sure enough there was a Narwhal among them. I cleaned it up a bit, rotated it cause the Alliance name does happen to be plural and the rest you can see for yourself.
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| The Icon in-game |
Then it was time to create a wallpaper to celebrate the new logo. Here I was a tad stumped. Sadly I haven't spent much time in the Great White North, so my supply of available Narhwal photos was a tad... well I didn't have any. Nor illustrations, nor napkin sketches, nor nothing.
Luckily I have resources. I found surprisingly little in the way of Narwhals, but I did find this awesome photo that just might work. It took some doing but I think it turned out pretty kewl. I did a bunch of different versions for them, and these are two of them. Feel free to download and enjoy them yourselves.
And a more "grindhouse" version: