Gotta keep mine in check so people won't find out that I'm a continental buster with massively hypersonic combat speed and reaction.

What is a powerlevel wallpaper?

Powerlevel is, above all, SUBTLE. It attempts to obscure its source material to anyone unfamiliar with it. It looks good to the uninitiated, while providing a neat nod for anyone who knows the reference.

Good examples of powerlevel include:
Insignias and logos
Distinctive equipment or ornamentation (weapons, masks, ribbons, hats, necklaces, glasses, anything that can identify the character to someone who knows the source)
In-universe organizations
Mascots and some non-humanoid side characters. Be careful on this one, it can be borderline.

What powerlevel usually does NOT include:
The anime's name or a character's name. There is some wiggle room here if all other criteria are met.
Faces, or most of a character's body.
Minimalism, if it depicts a character.
Landscapes and cityscapes. There is almost no wiggle room, unless you are 100% sure it's powerlevel despite being a landscape. We know, Monogatari and 5cm/s backgrounds look pretty good, but this isn't the thread for them.
Screencaps, unless the screencaps have been doctored to be high quality.

another one to kick start the thread

and one more for mobile

>>2241564
where's this from?

>>2241805
No Game, No Life

>>2241972
>>2241639

>Powerlevel is, above all, SUBTLE. It attempts to obscure its source material to anyone unfamiliar with it. It looks good to the uninitiated, while providing a neat nod for anyone who knows the reference.

>What powerlevel usually does NOT include:
>The anime's name or a character's name. There is some wiggle room here if all other criteria are met.
>Faces, or most of a character's body.
>Minimalism, if it depicts a character.
>Landscapes and cityscapes. There is almost no wiggle room, unless you are 100% sure it's powerlevel despite being a landscape. We know, Monogatari and 5cm/s backgrounds look pretty good, but this isn't the thread for them.
>Screencaps, unless the screencaps have been doctored to be high quality.
Read the OP, powerlevel wallpaper should not look like referencing anime/manga at all.

>>2241827
It's funny how i never watched and or read that series but looking at the colors and the chess piece that was the first thing i though. only know about it it passing.

>>2241805
>>2241827
No, it's a simplified version of the NERV logo from Eva

>>2241974
is this better?

https://files.catbox.moe/5hpx66.png

anyone got any Darling in the Franxx power level type wallpapers?

Pointless to hide power level these days when every normalfag is not in to anime. Unless you want something from some 'problematic' anime like some heavy incest anime or stuff.

>>2243116
doomers are exhausting, touch grass

>>2241566
Geass? Haven't seen the series in ages.

>>2242982

>>2243174
thank you! love it, please keep them coming

>>2241566
Motomami

>>2241565
This one's nice

might not be so subtle, but jin from samurai champloo

>>2241363 (OP)

anyone got an Utena wallpaper that would qualify?

1/2

2/2

is this subtle enough?

posting Okabe's wallpaper again, I quite like it and still use it on my phone

>>2245601
Also this is what I use on my lockscreen, both are from an imgur album of 'discreet' S;G papes (https://imgur.com/a/ezjoVEP)

can someone share the yellow one for radical ed "virtual virus mascot" pleaaaaaase

>2023
>powerlevel threads are no longer powerlevel
What a sad state of things.

>>2241363 (OP)
Is it a joke about fingerbanging fishy pussies?

>>2245886
It's clearly a reference to Inuyashiki and Shishigami killing children and families with his finger gun.

>>2245886
clearly a Bebop reference

>>2245784
>a fucking MS in the backgrond
this anon was right >>2245637

Anyone got ideas for a good power level tattoo? I already have the one piece X and want to get another.

>>2246028
I think >>2246025
is the real answer.

>>2246053
I have the spear of Longinus from Eva. In the almost decade that I've had it, no one I've shown it to irl knew what it was. Most just guessed "a pitchfork?"

>>2246088
>"That's a weird looking snail fork. Are you french, anon?"
I would rather be known as a weeb than suffer the embarrassment of ever being mistaken as french.

>>2246088
Ooo I might get that. I already have the X from one piece which a surprising amount of people knew where its from

>>2242982

>>2246402
The Simpsons

>>2241565
sauce?

> [click]
i can hear it

>>2241365
love this one, got any more in 1600x900? need some more for my memepad

>>2246512
Girls' Last Tour

Haruhi Suzimiya

Eva

End of Evangelion

Good old 4chan

>>2247512
What's this a reference to?

>>2247515
Not him, but that's the tape player that Shinji listens to.

>>2246223
thanks

>>2246402
who the fuck frosts a donut in that direction?

>>2248092
Fails to load, can someome re upload?

Had to post the PNG on catbox because it weighs over 9MB. https://files.catbox.moe/odiwos.png

>>2249176
This looks intersting as fuck. Sauce?

>>2249348
Armored Core VI. /v/, but also /m/. Sorry if you were expecting a show.

>>2241363 (OP)

>>2247509
I love you for this one anon full homo

Does anyone have the rather high def wall that is a desk and a rather scratched up floor?

>>2251570
Found it.

>>2251577
Cleaned up

How the FUCK hasn't anyone posted the The End of Evangelion?
Are there any archive's of these boards?

>>2251910
>The End of Evangelion?
which one?

>>2252169
THAT one

>>2252169
thank you, also. Guess I'll dump.

I don't know if this counts, honestly.

>>2250505
That's not power level. That's tital weebshit.

>>2245601
same
pic rel is also nice

>>2247510
do you have the original ascii art?

>>2252984
NTA, but when someone asked about it on /wsr/ about a year ago, I wrote a script to resolve the characters and color in the image.
Here's the end result: https://files.catbox.moe/lgxct8.txt
It uses ANSI escape codes for the colors, so if you run `cat lgxct8.txt` in a terminal on Linux, it gets printed out with colors.
And here it is without colors: https://files.catbox.moe/duov0f.txt

>>2252985
anon, you're a saint
do you still have the script?

>>2252986
Yes, but I only made it to work with this specific image.
It's of little to no use with other images, unless modified accordingly.
https://files.catbox.moe/cqan9x.py

>>2252987
Thanks a lot again! It still helps
>verification not required

>>2241805
>>2242934
3.0, the third Rebuild movie introduced a new Nerv logo, that is a simplified version of that.
https://wiki.evageeks.org/Nerv_Logo

>>2246223
>>2248256
Don't know if you know, but from left to right it says "Urgent & Important" / "Not urgent, but important" / "Not important, but urgent" and "Not urgent or important"
Seems like a neat way to organize stuff

Background variation:
https://files.catbox.moe/4svzxb.png
https://files.catbox.moe/yqgghs.png
https://files.catbox.moe/raudmu.png

anyone got one for Utena? I know it'd be hard, but still

>>2242934
Autist. The question was about the neon chess piece.

>>2242941
this one is genius, i always come back to it.
can someone please post the Lain one "Present day Present time" on a black background, it's been posted on this board a couple of times but archive links are dead as far as i can see.

>>2253926

>>2246053
>>2246088
i have the berserk brand, the flower on skull knights shield, and the girls last tour stairs.
one person has recognized the berserk brand.
besides that everybody thinks the GLT stairs is a dna strand, it blends in pretty well lol

>>2254415
thank you

>>2245471
sausa?

>>2243665
honestly this is the best power level one
only those who watched part five will be able to tell its jojos and then only the massive jojo fans will be able to recognise the church

>>2251570
>>2251573
you sicken me

Imagine trying to hide your "power level" from anyone.
Are you some faggot who still lives with your parents or with other people?

>>2255878
creativity, motherfucker, ever heard of it

the whole point of powerlevel wallpapers isn't about being ashamed of liking a show/movie/whatever, but about it's about pushing how far you can obscure a reference to a show/movie/whatever while still making something aesthetically appealing

as an example off the top of my head, if you wanted to make a Gunsmith Cats powerlevel wallpaper, one idea would be to use the colors of Rally's Shelby GT-500 (blue with two stripes down the middle) and have a handgun (for Rally) and a grenade (for Minnie May) on either side of the stripes, possibly in silhouette - done with enough skill, the result would probably look interesting enough to casual eyes, but those who know about Gunsmith Cats would be more inclined to catch the "hidden" reference

>>2255878
For me I like the aesthetics of a power level wallpaper. I like simplicity that can convey something deeper, which is exactly what a power level wallpaper is. It's just clean.
I don't give a fuck what people around me say about my wallpaper, in fact anime has been normal for a while now, and all the people I know watch anime, so if anything they'll ask me where I got it from.

>>2247189
Based show appreciator

need more phone ones pls

Does anyone have the Miku pantsu one? The green/white strips pattern one.

>>2256508
Forget it, made one myself.

>>2245442
Half the series is Power Level. Anyway, have some...

>>2256524

>>2256525

>>2256526
Minimialist

>>2256527
Put any color you want in the background for your favorite duelist.

>>2255431
Revue Starlight

>>2256595
What's this logo from, btw? It seems familiar but I can't recall offhand.

>>2256596
It's from Patlabor, Schaft Enterprises is a labor manufacturer.

>>2256597
Ah, that was it. Pape came out nicely, I like it.

>>2253551
i spent my entire teenage years embarrassing myself on Evageeks forums and have a minipanic attack anytime i see a link lmao

>>2246029
This code geass?

did some digging to find Monogatari series related ones, I hope I inspire someone to also post Monogatari papes

>>2257525
hopefully about Kiss Shot Acerola-Orion Heart Under-Blade...

>>2257526

>>2257527

>>2257528

i think this one might work?

I remember seeing some Eden of the East power level wallpapers, but I never saved them and can't find them. Can anyone post them if they have them?

>>2256662
Eva's code red with color swap

>inb4 what anime is this from?

>>2259680
I found a few on this imgur album
https://imgur.com/a/minimalistic-wallpapers-2D36q
most of them are kinda bad

>>2260228

>>2241363 (OP)
Not sure if this counts, but...

Does anybody have any good NHK papes?
This is all i got but i don't know if it counts.

Why are all the thumbnails broken

>>2261052
see >>2260764
It happened a little while ago.

>>2260505
Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya?

>>2252229
5cm?

>>2241363 (OP)

>>2262046
not really power level shit, its literally a manga panel.

So much data was lost. Sucks. Anyone got the wallpaper thats just the logo for the knights of the eastern calculus. I always felt that group and 4chan irl were one in the same.

nevermind, I found it

>>2255816
source?

>>2262891
Saucenao will give you the answer.

>>2256509
Fails to load, can someome re upload?

>>2263682
Here ya go anon, sorry for the wait!

>>2241363 (OP)

>>2260505
that's a good one.

>>2248664
>Reincarnated On the Moon as a Tuning Fork, I Will Live My Slow Life to the Fullest and Obtain Instrumentality
it's shit, drop it

Anything based on Bakemonogatari ED? I was hoping for something like raindrops for phone.

>>2256508
kino-tier pape, setting on my phone
nice find, anon

>>2256508
Is there a Teto phone pape similar to this?

>>2241363 (OP)

anyone got a powerlevel pape for Big O?

>>2257529
Kanbaru wouldn't be able to resist if I raped her.

>>2265371
cool idea, made some slight adjustments

>>2265397
Love it!

This powerlevel thread is emblematic of the absolute state of this website.

>>2265401
How?

>>2265404
People posting screenshots and papers with the show's name on it are the exact opposite of "power level".

>>2265407
Lol. True, but at least most people won't bother to look them up.