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Example of texture splatting, except an additional alphamap is applied. In computer graphics, texture splatting is a method for combining different textures.It works by applying an alphamap (also called a "weightmap" or a "splat map") to the higher levels, thereby revealing the layers underneath where the alphamap is partially or completely transparent.
Splatterpunk is a movement within horror fiction originating in the 1980s, distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence, countercultural alignment [1] and "hyperintensive horror with no limits."
Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is a photograph of a green rolling hills and daytime sky with cirrus clouds . Charles O'Rear , a former National Geographic photographer, took the photo in January 1998 near the Napa – Sonoma county line, California, after a ...
Splatter films, according to film critic Michael Arnzen, "self-consciously revel in the special effects of gore as an artform." [5] Where typical horror films deal with such fears as that of the unknown, the supernatural and the dark, the impetus for fear in a splatter film comes from physical destruction of the body and the pain accompanying it.
An arcade version screenshot of Rick battling Piggy Man using a shotgun in Stage III. Two students at the local university, Rick Taylor and Jennifer Willis, take refuge from a storm in West Mansion, a local landmark known as "Splatterhouse", for the rumors of hideous experiments purportedly conducted there by Dr. West, a renowned and missing parapsychologist.
Splatterhouse 2, known in Japan as Splatterhouse Part 2 [a], is a beat 'em up video game developed by Now Production and published by Namco for the Sega Genesis in 1992. It is the sequel to Splatterhouse, as well as the third installment of the Splatterhouse video game series, following Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti.
Freddie Mercury’s former fiancée, Mary Austin, remained one of his closest friends until his death.. The iconic Queen frontman met Austin in 1969, a year before the band formed. After dating ...
Films in the splatter genre place a particular emphasis on the depiction of graphic violence and gore. Subcategories This category has the following 31 subcategories, out of 31 total.