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Desktop Wallpaper Calender: March 2008

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Creativity is all about being stubborn, reluctant, uncompromising or simply different. Unique ideas are becoming necessary, conformity to standards superflous and pointless. Few weeks ago we’ve published an overview of some (really) stunning desktop wallpapers. Researching for some excellent wallpapers, we’ve stumbled upon Patricia Villanueva’s weblog with her sometimes bold, sometimes intriguing, sometimes crazy, but always creative, unusual and incredibly personal works.

That’s why we’ve contacted Patricia, a 29-year-old graphics designer from Mexico-City, and asked her to create English versions of her monthly desktop wallpapers for Smashing Magazine. Patricia agreed. Result: a very special desktop wallpaper calendar for March 2008.

March-desktop in Desktop Wallpaper Calender: March 2008

You can download the wallpaper in 4 widescreen resolutions. A .zip-archive with all resolutions is packed in a wallpaper-pack and is also available for free download:

Here is how Patricia described the motivation behind her work: “The meaning of this wallpaper is really simple. My life nowadays is very confusing, a very personal situation. I’m in this constant turmoil, I have to make up my mind with these two big elephants. I’m fine, but I have to decide what I want to do.”

Please notice that we respect the ideas and motivation behind artists’ work which is why we’ve given Patricia full freedom to explore her creativity and express her emotions and experience through her work. And this is also why the theme of the wallpaper weren’t anyhow influenced by us, but designed from scratch by the artist herself.

Thank you, Patricia!

Please notice: we are regularly looking for creative designers and artists to be featured on Smashing Magazine. You don’t know it yet, but your work may be featured in one of our upcoming posts.

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  1. 1
    roc21
    February 29th, 2008 6:00 pm

    Great work good design congratulations Patricia : )

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  2. 2
    Phil
    February 29th, 2008 6:19 pm

    Oh yes !! I´m very happy to see this great proposal of Patricia here. Congratulations Patricia!! I´m very proud of you, you know that.

    Reply
  3. 3
    victor
    February 29th, 2008 7:06 pm

    Felicidades patricia muy buen trabajo

    Reply
  4. 4
    pati @-;--
    February 29th, 2008 7:58 pm

    ¡Felicitaciones Tocayaza! Your calendars always rock! :)

    Reply
  5. 5
    Writiki
    February 29th, 2008 9:20 pm

    Nice image! I like it… it really works.

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    Daniel
    February 29th, 2008 11:02 pm

    Congratulations Patricia! nice Work

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    v1
    February 29th, 2008 11:42 pm

    Im less than impressed, i would expect better quality from SM.

    “a very special desktop wallpaper calendar for March 2008.”

    Its the same as the march from her self, this one is only in english and add a bad anti aliased logo to it, that doesnt match the colors of the overall design.

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  8. 8
    superxtian
    March 1st, 2008 12:53 am

    how old is patricia? ^^
    anyway, great work!

    Reply
  9. 9
    damek
    March 1st, 2008 1:46 am

    nice job.

    Reply
  10. 10
    Joshua Goodwin
    March 1st, 2008 2:11 am

    Nice. But, it’s a shame that I can’t use it because I don’t have a widescreen monitor :(

    Reply
  11. 11
    Nova
    March 1st, 2008 2:29 am

    Wooooo, fantastic!

    Reply
  12. 12
    Syed Balkhi
    March 1st, 2008 3:21 am

    Nice graphics …

    Reply
  13. 13
    Aaron
    March 1st, 2008 6:20 am

    Afraid it won’t be appearing on my desktop any time soon, I think you secretly knew you’d get a split opinion on this one but thats what art is all about you’re never going to please everyone all of the time.

    Reply
  14. 14
    Toni
    March 1st, 2008 7:17 am

    On WallpaperStock you can find more desktop wallpapers for your desktop

    Reply
  15. 15
    Joe R.
    March 1st, 2008 8:50 am

    It’s ok. I’ve been gettin desktop calendars from Kriegsnet.com for awhile now.

    Reply
  16. 16
    Eric
    March 1st, 2008 9:56 am

    This is very poorly done, I would expect better from smashing.

    Reply
  17. 17
    Belive Blog
    March 1st, 2008 11:59 am

    Seems interesting.

    Keep going!

    Reply
  18. 18
    sd
    March 1st, 2008 12:12 pm

    nice clipart mix, though not very usable indeed…

    Reply
  19. 19
    marc
    March 1st, 2008 4:56 pm

    hei, i think that could be better.

    Reply
  20. 20
    Khai
    March 1st, 2008 11:03 pm

    very nice wallpaper.. thanks SM..

    Reply
  21. 21
    Zenith
    March 2nd, 2008 4:49 am

    Hate to say it but I feel the same way… Wont be appearing on my desktop anytime soon. :( sorry.

    Reply
  22. 22
    Hammy
    March 2nd, 2008 7:20 am

    very poorly done.. model n elephant should be removed.. !

    Reply
  23. 23
    sam
    March 2nd, 2008 9:03 am

    cool… boss :-)

    Reply
  24. 24
    Arturo
    March 2nd, 2008 9:34 am

    Somebody got paniqued by the pressure and performed poorly, really not what expected for smashing magazine, I know its not your fault, her other work was not too bad as this one.

    Reply
  25. 25
    bert
    March 2nd, 2008 11:45 am

    Could it be that SM has jumped the shark?

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  26. 26
    Shaun
    March 2nd, 2008 11:56 am

    It’s good of Smashing Magazine to share things of this nature, I love it… although I’m not a big fan of this wallpaper.

    Reply
  27. 27
    Max
    March 2nd, 2008 1:02 pm

    Sweet looking

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  28. 28
    Brian
    March 2nd, 2008 1:28 pm

    Mac only.

    Here is an action/script that sets your desktop to the current calendar. http://www.fairlyuseless.com

    If Smashing Magazine would organize the calendar structure, I bet the script could be modified to work.

    Reply
  29. 29
    rulzster
    March 2nd, 2008 11:26 pm

    Nothin smashing about it, not up to the standards set by SM.

    Reply
  30. 30
    Stian Jacobsen
    March 3rd, 2008 5:19 am

    I love it! It unusual and pretty darn cool :)

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    no one
    March 3rd, 2008 6:42 am

    what a load of crap.

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  32. 32
    Wow-A-Crap
    March 3rd, 2008 2:06 pm

    hi,
    this is a piece of crap ,,. u could have done it better….u must make it ….
    sorry to say this.. i’m disappointed.

    Reply
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    Barry McGee
    March 4th, 2008 4:58 am

    It’s a bit different, I like it! For those who say it’s crap, grow up, no ones asking you to use it.. If you don’t like, move on to the next post. It is free afterall…

    Keep up the good work SM!

    Reply
  34. 34
    Reginald
    March 4th, 2008 1:07 pm

    I downloaded it. It is graphically complexed yet clean and intense.

    I was a bit disappointed though. I thought there would be some kind of change in or animations.

    It is still quality stuff.

    Reply
  35. 35
    MK
    March 4th, 2008 8:17 pm

    is that a typo, or does it really spell “calender”
    don’t confuse me, my English is bad already

    Reply
  36. 36
    Joshua Goodwin
    March 5th, 2008 1:10 pm

    @MK: Indeed, it does appear to be a typo.

    Reply
  37. 37
    James
    March 6th, 2008 5:28 pm

    Thank you very much Patricia and Smashing Magazine for this beautiful gift. I love it.

    And to those in this comments thread complaining about a free (yes free!) download from a free web site, because it’s not to their particular taste – Really? Did your mothers not teach you manners?

    Reply
  38. 38
    Martin
    March 7th, 2008 5:45 am

    Great wallpaper, I will certainly use it in on this month :-)

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    痴情的猪
    March 8th, 2008 11:08 am

    Seems interesting.

    Keep going!

    Reply
  40. 40
    Fahd Murtaza
    March 11th, 2008 3:52 am

    I thought to share my work too
    March 2008: The Spring Wallpaper for March 2008 by Fahd Murtaza.

    Reply
  41. 41
    Paty
    March 14th, 2008 5:24 am

    Thank you so much Smashing =)

    Reply
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    la niña graphics aka elena
    March 16th, 2008 5:16 am

    es que la gente no tiene otra cosa mejor que hacer que dar el coñazo?

    pat, el wallpaper mola, y sobretodo, no podemos dejar que críticas tan “constructivas” como decir que algo es crap nos afecten.
    Las críticas constructivas si están bien, aportan y se aprende. Pero eso no merece la pena ni leerlo.
    besos from madrid

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  43. 43
    taddict
    March 19th, 2008 8:26 am

    what no 1280×1024 ?

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  44. 44
    jaux
    March 19th, 2008 8:44 am

    Sorry to say, but I don’t think the wallpaper is good even though it’s a visualization of the author’s personal situation.

    Creativity, maybe, but it’s not a good “wallpaper”, IMO.

    Reply
  45. 45
    Tom Chan
    March 25th, 2008 1:30 pm

    Some shameless self promotion, but my brother Allan and i are creating weekly graphics on our site, http://www.pixelatedbuddhas.com

    Cheers SmashingMagazine for a awesome design resource.

    TC

    Reply
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    carl
    February 27th, 2009 10:02 am

    Sorry but I don’t see all the creativity and greatness that some of you are talking about.
    Just some mixed photos, some common brushes.. just that. And all the composition liooks like there is no idea, looks like “oh what should I put? ok elefants, a girl, plants.. oh a cock should be nice!”

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