I consider this to be step 2 of the design process. I went with an orange color scheme to obviously link my design to the original logo. I added a grunge texture in the back to give it that "war-torn" feel and proceeded to fade out the sides of the canvas. All this was done to give the "II" a very prominent look.

This is the initial variation I decided to do. My first idea was to have a "gunshot" entering and exiting the "II". Although I received some decent feedback on the design, I did not care for it. The design seemed to be incomplete. Running out of time and not knowing where to go with it, I decided to move on to variation 2.

Variation 2. I went back to the dominant look and immediately liked this design over the other. I added some line forms on the side to accentuate the piece and added a small gloss effect to the top half of the "II". Keeping in mind that this is designed as a wallpaper, I wanted to leave the sides as uncluttered as possible, to ensure that this background would not clash with desktop icons.

Final rendition of Variation 2. This is the final design I chose. Obviously there are more effects in this piece. Sunbursts were added in the background and more lines added to the sides.