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Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

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Creative wallpapers can serve as a nice source of inspiration. Particularly if you are having another creativity block, but don’t really have enough time to take a walk or browse through Flickr pools. However, it isn’t easy to find some really nice wallpapers – the choice is too big, and there are simply too many sources.

Over the last few days we’ve searched for the best posters, wallpapers, galleries and background images on the Web and collected them in an overview below. Especially Mac-Users will find some nice sources. Feel free to suggest further resources in the comments section. Links checked: June/03 2008.

  • Art. Lebedev Studio Posters
    Cool arty barcode posters/wallpapers – in sizes up to 1600×1200
  • Greg Martin
    Gallery of Art – great Wallpapers in sizes up to 2560 x 1024
  • Greg Martin 2
    Great Wallpapers by Greg Martin in sizes up to 1600 x 1200
  • Patrick Bennett
    Free Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1600 × 1050

    Wa2 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Blurburger Desktops
    Cartooney wallpapers – in sizes up to 1920 x 1200
  • BSDnexus
    OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD wallpapers – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200
  • Caedes Desktop Backgrounds
    A collection of great desktop wallpaper and desktop backgrounds. Over 12000 images: photography, 3D computer art, fractal, abstracts, nature, and space – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200
  • Design Wallpapers
    Free Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1280 x 1024

    Wa3 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Desktopography
    Wallpapers For Designers – in sizes up to 1280 x 1024
  • deviantART Wallpaper
    Great Wallpapers in 27 categories: Fractals, Vector, Fantasy, Dark, Games, Automotive, Abstract, Anime, Freehand, Light, Minimalistic, Landscapes, Science Fiction, Technical, Tiles, Multi Display, Females, Music, Macabre & Horror, 3 Dimensional
  • Dieselstation
    Exotic Car Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1900×1200

    Wa11 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Digital Blasphemy Free 3D Wallpapers
    Free 3D wallpaper – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200, and 1920 x 1200 (widescreen)
  • Outer Space Wallpaper
    Outer Space pictures for Windows desktop wallpaper – in sizes up to 1024 X 768
  • Dual Screen Wallpaper
    Free Dual Screen Wallpapers in 5 categories: nature, abstract, space, Random, vehicles – in sizes up to 2650×1024

    Wa4 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • endeffect 2006 – RIOT!
    Cool Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1600×1200
  • eWallpapers.net
    Free wallpapers,desktop wallpapers, divided into categories: 3D, Aircrafts/Planes, Animals, Anime, Girls, Cars, Computers, Games, Holidays, Motorcycles, Movies, Music, Nature, Sports, World – in sizes up to 2560 x 1600
  • e-wallpapers.info
    The best wallpapers on the net – divided into categories: Abstract, Cartoon, Cold Colors, Dark, Fantasy, Landscapes, Light, Mac OS X, Minimalistic, Nature, Sky, Warm Colors, Widescreen, Windows Vista
  • Firefox Wallpapers
    Cool FireFox Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200

    Wa10 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Flickr’s Desktop Wallpaper Pool
    Over 2,608 Flickr users have posted their favorite wallpaper photos. Minimum 1024×768 resolution
  • National Geographic
    National Geographic Wallpapers divided into categories: animals, archaeology and paleontology, black-and white photography, people, science and technology, underwater, culture, history
  • Free Movie Wallpaper
    James Bond, Star Trek, Borat, Harry Potter, Rocky and some more.

    Wa5 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Graffiti Wallpaper
    Free high-quality desktop wallpaper in 10 categories: Animal, Flower, Graffiti, Landscape, Plant, Random, Statue, Texture, Tree – in sizes up to 1920 x 1200
  • HubbleSite
    Plaster snapshots of the universe across your computer screen. Wallpaper lets you wander the universe from your desktop.

    Wa-7 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • InterfaceLIFT
    Free High-Resolution Widescreen Wallpaper -in sizes up to 2560×1600
  • joejoe’s Wallpapers
    A huge selection of great wallpapers, divided into categories: Abstract, Animals, Apple, Black and White, Desert, City, Grass, Landscape, Mac, Leaves, Plants, Sky, Snow, Space, Water, Sunsets
  • Jeffrey Klassen – Infrared
    Amazing infrared photo gallery. These infrared photos/wallpapers are absolutely beautiful! – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200

    Wa6 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Jeffrey Klassen – Water
    These water drop photos/wallpapers are amazing! – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200
  • Klowner’s Wallpapers
    Collection of Linux wallpapers and others – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200
  • MediaInspiration Wall Papers
    Free Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1024 X 768
  • Pixelgirl
    Desktop Images – in sizes up to 1920×1200
  • Simpsons Wallpapers
    Bart, Homer, Marge, Mr.Burns – Simpsons & Springfield Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1280 x 960
  • skeedz.com – wallpaper
    High quality wallpapers – in sizes up to 1280 x 1024

    Wa12 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Socksoff
    Free high quality wallpapers for Windows and Mac – in sizes up to 1600×1200
  • Space.com
    Wallpapers for your Desktop in categories: Apollo, Mars, Moon, Earth, Hubble Space Telescope, 3-D Space Art, Stars and Galaxies, Solar System, Saturn’s Rings – in sizes up to 1280 x 1024
  • Michael Swanson
    Macro Wallpaper Images – in sizes up to 1920 x 1200
  • Terra Galleria
    20 Free Wallpapers pictures from the Terra Galleria photo gallery – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200
  • Travel Wallpapers
    Free Travel Wallpapers in 5 categories: 5 categories: The Beach, Blue, Landscapes, Cities, Towns & Buildings, Images of Gods – in sizes up to 1024 X 768
  • Waldo’s Wallpaper
    Ultra High resolution original 3D computer desktop wallpapers
  • Wallpaper at 555 [DESIGN]
    Free Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1024 x 768

    Wa555 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Zeldman Presents: Desktop Pictures | Wallpaper
    Desktop images for your pleasure – in sizes up to 1600 x 1024
  • Vladstudio – Wallpapers Gallery
    Free desktop wallpapers, high resolution, widescreen and dual-monitor images – in sizes up to 2560 x 1600
  • Wallpapers
    Free Widescreen Desktop Wallpapers by Steve Truett -in sizes up to 2560 x 1600

Mac Wallpapers

  • Desktopia
    Freeware – Desktopia is a brand new customization concept for MacOS X: if you are one of those that are always seeking for a new ways to improve the look of your mac then desktopia is the right choice. hanks to it’s very simple and unobtrusive interface you will be able to configure desktopia to automatically change your desktop picture based on a specified time of the day.
  • OSXplanet Project
    OSXplanet is a cocoa program that is based on the popular program, xplanet (by Hari Nair). It is able to generate live images of the earth as well as other planets in the solar system with additional informations such as the current clouds, storms, satellites, volcanos, earthquakes and times and locations of cities.
  • Apple OS X Wallpapers
    Mac OS X Default Aqua, Abstract, Nature Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1280 x 1024 and wide screen

    Wa13 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Blue Crystal 7
    The “Blue Crystal” desktop collection contains a bunch of elegant, high quality wallpapers. The 7th edition of the blue crystal desktop collection is inspired by the amazing default desktops included in Apple’s Mac OS 10.4 Tiger and contains three high resolution (2560×1600) desktops – Aqua, Aqua light and Graphit.
  • deviantArt
    Mac/PC OS Wallpaper – in sizes up to 1920 x 1200
  • Wallpapers – abstract and digital art
    Abstract and digital art wallpapers – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200
  • joejoe’s Wallpapers
    48 Mac Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200

    Wa15 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Tux’n'tosh
    Mac/Linus Desktop Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1280 x 854

    Wa16 in Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

  • Mac OS X Tiger Wallpapers
    Free Tiger Wallpapers – in sizes up to 2560 x 1600
  • The Apple Collection
    Mac Desktop Pictures with Apple Logos. Wallpapers – in sizes up to 1920 x 1200
  • Think different
    Here you find some nice Desktop Pictures for the Mac, Think different, Apple and more – in sizes up to 1600 x 1200

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  1. 1
    Nate Stephenson
    December 7th, 2006 7:02 am

    No offense, but there are waaaaaay better wallpapers than the ones listed here. I’d say some are really mediocre.

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    Nate Stephenson
    December 7th, 2006 7:03 am

    btw, just have a look around http://www.deviantart.com/

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    Ivo
    December 7th, 2006 1:14 pm

    Very nice collection. Thank you for your advices.

  4. 4
    uzbek
    December 7th, 2006 4:22 pm

    Great job. I’ve just bookmarked this page. Nice for a ref.

  5. 5
    Magazine
    December 7th, 2006 4:49 pm

    @Nate Stephenson: this is why you are here :) We appreciate every feedback from our readers! :)

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    Penguin Pete
    December 7th, 2006 7:48 pm

    Nah, ignore Nate. Deviant Art is the MySpace of art galleries. These galleries listed here are the find.

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    Sanath
    December 7th, 2006 10:19 pm

    Hi !

    This is a Very Goood !

  8. 8
    Owen
    December 7th, 2006 11:04 pm

    Great collection. Just wondering has anybody seen wallpapers designed for ‘portrait mode’ use, they seem quite difficult to find :( Owen

  9. 9
    Ivan Minic
    December 8th, 2006 1:00 am

    Great collection

  10. 10
    Peter
    December 8th, 2006 1:54 am

    Was this :

    http://www.drweb.de/weblog/weblog/?p=724

    the inspiration for this post ?

  11. 11
    Allan Siew
    December 10th, 2006 3:26 pm

    Great collection of wallpaper links! Thanks!

  12. 12
    zoel
    December 11th, 2006 10:49 am

    I’ve just bookmarked this page. cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  13. 13
    Thomas
    December 14th, 2006 2:06 am

    @Peter said: Was this: http://www.drweb.de/weblog/weblog/?p=724

    the inspiration for this post?

    not only inspiration, but done by the same authors. smashingmagazine.com is just another production by the drweb.de people.

  14. 14
    Subramanian Manish
    January 11th, 2007 9:00 pm

    This is a very fantastic website for growing designers
    like me. A huge thanks and compliment to those who have made it possible for us. Thanks again…..

  15. 15
    Vijay Gajjar
    January 13th, 2007 4:55 pm

    This is what I have been searching…………………………………

    Thanks a lot…

    I would like to know whether it is updated every month.
    Iam also looking for some best tutorial websites I will be happy if you guide me on this……

  16. 16
    Okan
    January 28th, 2007 9:47 am

    Great collection. Just wondering has anybody seen wallpapers designed for ‘portrait mode’ use, they seem quite difficult to find :(

  17. 17
    Özcan
    January 28th, 2007 9:55 am

    Great job. I’ve just bookmarked this page. Nice for a ref.

  18. 18
    Güneş
    January 28th, 2007 9:57 am

    No offense, but there are waaaaaay better wallpapers than the ones listed here. I’d say some are really mediocre.

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    visionFez
    January 29th, 2007 11:06 pm

    Aloot of good free wallpapers at http://www.calxibe.com to :D

  20. 20
    Mert
    January 30th, 2007 2:47 am

    Good Website. My looking everyday. thank you

  21. 21
    İbrahim
    January 30th, 2007 2:49 am

    thank you very much for this good page

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    mexivita
    March 11th, 2007 9:11 am

    Hi, please take a look to my Wallpapersite: http://www.mexivista.de/november-dezember08.html Every month i will show one wallpaper with calendar and more.

  23. 23
    Ali
    March 13th, 2007 11:46 pm

    I’d say some are really mediocre

  24. 24
    rayan
    March 24th, 2007 2:44 am

    come on i need a website about a movey backgrounds with action

  25. 25
    helmut
    March 27th, 2007 9:39 pm

    amazing collection, thanks for the Hubble link!!!

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    SB
    May 12th, 2007 3:49 pm

    Gr8 link collection, to goood!!!

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    katie
    May 23rd, 2007 4:52 am

    THE BEST.

    i especially recommend travel (voyage) and nature

  28. 28
    chinna
    May 25th, 2007 7:23 pm

    Great collection of wallpaper resources. An aggregator of all the good wallpaper resources on the web

  29. 29
    evren
    May 31st, 2007 12:21 pm

    that’s a spectacular web site including the most valuable wallpapers i’ve ever seen…

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    Nisha
    June 13th, 2007 4:41 pm

    Please add some Dj type ( Scratcher ) and thingd like that as wall papers. Then We will surely buy that online. We will pay as much as money to buy the wall papers.

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    Juergen Bessei
    June 29th, 2007 7:24 pm

    Hi folks!

    I enjoyed the links on your site. I publish some wallpapers/desktop background pictures from my journeys around the globe on my private website at:

    http://www.australien-ozeanien.de/desktop-background/index.html

    (There are also selected pictures in very high resolution on my poster site).

    If you like it I’ll be glad to have a link on your selected-wallpaper-site.

    Thanks

    Juergen

  32. 32
    nandkishor
    July 25th, 2007 8:10 pm

    I have enjoyed this site

  33. 33
    ptamaro
    September 21st, 2007 10:29 pm

    Pretty good sets here. Seems like the opinions above are based on how much surfing folks do, how long they’ve been surfin’ and, of course, subjective opinion… Some are really well done, but others may not be worthy of a smash. Covers the gamut though. Thanks.

  34. 34
    selfaccess
    September 29th, 2007 1:47 am

    nice wallpapers.

    the other sites are nice too.

  35. 35
    elmira
    November 7th, 2007 12:32 am

    they are really cool :-)

  36. 36
    aceguy79
    November 9th, 2007 3:02 pm

    just awesome guyz

  37. 37
    neweru
    December 20th, 2007 5:55 pm

    very nice as always
    imo best wallpapersite is wallpaperstop.com

  38. 38
    Praveen
    January 19th, 2008 8:58 am

    Its very mazing and mindblowing

  39. 39
    adi
    February 7th, 2008 2:16 am

    amazing guys!!n keep up the good works!!!

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    artlover
    February 14th, 2008 10:55 am

    these are cool. you should have stuff in more colors. some dark colors, like expressing depression, and light colors like expressing love or happiness. but like i said,, cool pic.’s!

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    jahanzeb
    February 20th, 2008 9:29 am

    nice wallpapers

  42. 42
    Ahmed VAhyd
    March 30th, 2008 3:44 am

    its very nice –
    hurray

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    abdul
    April 27th, 2008 8:52 pm

    real good work, it excellent to look at, its different,
    i can say that i only use these backgrounds in my whole life.

  44. 44
    Kang
    June 8th, 2008 10:33 am

    that is amazing which bridge is that

  45. 45
    Erfan Alam
    July 10th, 2008 10:12 pm

    i just find what i want. thanks and good luck

  46. 46
    eye.candy
    July 15th, 2008 8:01 pm

    Very nice wallpapers! really good ones.

  47. 47
    mm
    July 18th, 2008 7:25 pm

    very good , every thing

  48. 48
    niksi
    July 19th, 2008 3:07 am

    Very nice wallpapers!

  49. 49
    Nancy
    July 29th, 2008 12:48 am

    Ohhhhhhhh really so nice wallpaper collection you have really so attractive.

  50. 50
    werewolf
    August 7th, 2008 9:01 pm

    very Very nice wallpapers!

  51. 51
    Khan
    August 22nd, 2008 11:17 pm

    nice wallpapers

  52. 52
    Abu
    August 31st, 2008 7:21 am

    very very nice da….. so sweet

  53. 53
    Katy
    September 11th, 2008 9:10 am

    hey i love the wallapers and will totally use them!!!
    very very very awesomeness

  54. 54
    chives
    October 11th, 2008 10:42 pm

    ei..has anyone seen a volleyball-related wallpaper?tnx.. : )

  55. 55
    guna
    October 15th, 2008 11:18 pm

    wow. wonderful pictures…..

  56. 56
    UnKnown
    October 27th, 2008 4:34 pm

    hello i love the wllpapers i just think that you should have a bit more natural ones like with dogs in them and trees and wild life !!!

  57. 57
    mohan
    November 26th, 2008 5:17 pm

    superb collection..better i will use them for my new web…..thanx…….

  58. 58
    CHarles
    December 8th, 2008 8:07 am

    The finest wallpapers collections i have ever seen, thanks

  59. 59
    wahtever
    January 11th, 2009 1:32 am

    BORING

  60. 60
    shrikant
    January 15th, 2009 5:30 am

    best

  61. 61
    harsha
    February 1st, 2009 11:42 am

    Max collectins The finest time wallpapers collections i have ever seen. i like this. thanx lot.

  62. 62
    maya
    February 3rd, 2009 1:41 am

    nice pic i like them

  63. 63
    Diana
    February 4th, 2009 7:14 am

    GREAT GREAT

  64. 64
    alex
    February 8th, 2009 9:13 am

    RUBBISH. who wants stupid wallpapers?

  65. 65
    raj
    February 23rd, 2009 1:33 am

    hi
    friends
    this are very nice

  66. 66
    Wasim Chadhar
    February 28th, 2009 8:07 am

    Excellent, this is what! I desire.
    M y real Choice.

  67. 67
    muneerkasri
    March 2nd, 2009 2:03 am

    very nice

  68. 68
    Adams
    March 3rd, 2009 6:03 pm

    Thanks for sharing, I like them very much,very beautiful.

  69. 69
    pavan padu
    April 8th, 2009 10:14 pm

    the wallpaper nice

  70. 70
    Pradeepika
    April 19th, 2009 12:24 am

    good & unique wallpapers

  71. 71
    RAMAKANTH
    April 21st, 2009 5:15 am

    HIIIIIII EVERYONE,
    THIS IS VERY VERY GOOD.THANKS A LOT.

  72. 72
    Muhammad Abid Ashraf
    April 23rd, 2009 1:09 am

    Excellent but I want some more like yeah dil mange more…………………………………………………….

  73. 73
    Emily
    May 16th, 2009 8:56 am

    kewl i already have the one with the grass and the water on it because i have a mac !

  74. 74
    kuku
    June 4th, 2009 6:05 am

    hay! nice collection
    I fell it as very realistic images and are very beautiful.

  75. 75
    Rupesh Doiphode
    June 6th, 2009 6:47 am

    the wallpepars is nice and lovely

  76. 76
    saudi arabia
    June 10th, 2009 6:01 pm

    Good job
    Thank u

  77. 77
    paresh
    June 19th, 2009 12:31 am

    No very bad pictures . pictures for pictures

  78. 78
    jeff g.
    June 23rd, 2009 2:52 pm

    Bookmarked this page! great pics!

  79. 79
    jayasree
    July 2nd, 2009 9:43 am

    nice picture

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    Abdul Qadir Siyal Mirpur Mathelo (Sindh) Pakistan
    August 3rd, 2009 6:24 pm

    Looking good and get good pretty and alway make help for helpless person who have muslims or non-muslim.

  81. 81
    Peter
    August 14th, 2009 9:59 am

    A good site with a lot of resolutions: Free-HQ-Wallpapers.com

  82. 82
    mahesh
    August 21st, 2009 10:42 pm

    I Am Mahesh

  83. 83
    surya
    October 9th, 2009 4:14 am

    good & unique wallpapers

  84. 84
    Someone was not here
    October 19th, 2009 3:00 pm

    does anyone know where to find awesome graphics for a movie or powerepoint?

  85. 85
    haritha
    October 21st, 2009 1:33 am

    soooooooooooooooooo,
    nice

  86. 86
    caroline
    October 24th, 2009 2:38 pm

    wow that backround of the shoes and that thats nice!!!!!
    you’r compliments are SUCKS hahaa

  87. 87
    Usama
    November 14th, 2009 7:47 am

    the backgrounds looks so good

  88. 88
    Guntupalli Rajesh
    November 18th, 2009 9:26 pm

    hi
    These r true,realistic and marvelous wall papers.

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