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Desktop Wallpaper Calender: March 2008
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.
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:
- 1920×1200 (0.9 Mb)
- 1680×1050 (0.7 Mb)
- 1440×900 (0.5 Mb)
- 1280×800 (0.4 Mb) or
- the whole March’08 wallpaper pack (2.5 Mb)
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.
The team here at Smashing Magazine. Mostly Sven & Vitaly.
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- 2February 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.
- 3February 29th, 2008 7:06 pm
Felicidades patricia muy buen trabajo
- 4February 29th, 2008 7:58 pm
¡Felicitaciones Tocayaza! Your calendars always rock! :)
- 5February 29th, 2008 9:20 pm
Nice image! I like it… it really works.
- 6February 29th, 2008 11:02 pm
Congratulations Patricia! nice Work
- 7February 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.
- 8March 1st, 2008 12:53 am
how old is patricia? ^^
anyway, great work! - 9March 1st, 2008 1:46 am
nice job.
- 10March 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 :(
- 11March 1st, 2008 2:29 am
Wooooo, fantastic!
- 12March 1st, 2008 3:21 am
Nice graphics …
- 13March 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.
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- 15March 1st, 2008 8:50 am
It’s ok. I’ve been gettin desktop calendars from Kriegsnet.com for awhile now.
- 16March 1st, 2008 9:56 am
This is very poorly done, I would expect better from smashing.
- 17March 1st, 2008 11:59 am
Seems interesting.
Keep going!
- 18March 1st, 2008 12:12 pm
nice clipart mix, though not very usable indeed…
- 19March 1st, 2008 4:56 pm
hei, i think that could be better.
- 20March 1st, 2008 11:03 pm
very nice wallpaper.. thanks SM..
- 21March 2nd, 2008 4:49 am
Hate to say it but I feel the same way… Wont be appearing on my desktop anytime soon. :( sorry.
- 22March 2nd, 2008 7:20 am
very poorly done.. model n elephant should be removed.. !
- 23March 2nd, 2008 9:03 am
cool… boss :-)
- 24March 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.
- 25March 2nd, 2008 11:45 am
Could it be that SM has jumped the shark?
- 26March 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.
- 27March 2nd, 2008 1:02 pm
Sweet looking
- 28March 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.
- 29March 2nd, 2008 11:26 pm
Nothin smashing about it, not up to the standards set by SM.
- 30March 3rd, 2008 5:19 am
I love it! It unusual and pretty darn cool :)
- 31March 3rd, 2008 6:42 am
what a load of crap.
- 32March 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. - 33March 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!
- 34March 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.
- 35March 4th, 2008 8:17 pm
is that a typo, or does it really spell “calender”
don’t confuse me, my English is bad already - 36March 5th, 2008 1:10 pm
@MK: Indeed, it does appear to be a typo.
- 37March 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?
- 38March 7th, 2008 5:45 am
Great wallpaper, I will certainly use it in on this month :-)
- 39March 8th, 2008 11:08 am
Seems interesting.
Keep going!
- 40March 11th, 2008 3:52 am
I thought to share my work too
March 2008: The Spring Wallpaper for March 2008 by Fahd Murtaza. - 41March 14th, 2008 5:24 am
Thank you so much Smashing =)
- 42March 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 - 43March 19th, 2008 8:26 am
what no 1280×1024 ?
- 44March 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.
- 45March 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
- 46February 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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Great work good design congratulations Patricia : )