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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

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Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months.

And to make them a little bit more distinctive from the usual crowd, we’ve decided to embed calendars for the upcoming month. So if you need to look up some date, isn’t it better to show off a nice wallpaper with a nice calendar instead of launching some default time application?

This post features 40 free desktop wallpapers, created by designers across the globe. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free.

Please notice:

  • all images can be clicked and lead to the preview of the wallpaper;
  • you can feature your work in our magazine by taking part in our desktop wallpaper calendar series. We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists to be featured on Smashing Magazine. Are you one of them?

So what wallpapers have we received for October?

Sad Autumn

“I wish a dark autumn to contrast with the leaves colors; I want to feel the cold and the chilled wind. I want to feel the warm of my loved one’s arms, in a cold raining day.” Designed by Rogers Sampaio from Portugal.

Sad-autumn in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Theme Art

“Inspiration behind this came from reading one of your articles about Rainbows, Glows and Light Effects and draws inspiration from a fairy tale forest scene.” Designed by Peter Simmons from UK.

Theme-art in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Spy Secret: “October Files”

“Found an old 35mm film canister and few negatives in my drawer and that’s how i got idea. spy secret: “october files”. This is the result.” Designed by Nikola Lazarevic from Serbia.

Spy-secret in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Still Life: Flamandian

“This is an autumn still life. I wanted to create something in baroque stile, at warm honey background.” Designed by Valeria Kuzminskaya from Ukraine.

Still-life in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Dolphins

Available in 12 desktop resolutions — both widescreen and fullscreen. Designed by Vlad Gerasimov from Irkutsk, Russia.

Dolphins in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Autumn Tree

“Inspired by how trees look like this season I designed a tree with all of Autumns colours in a creative way, which also matches my websites’ ’smoky’ theme.” Designed by Irene Demetri from Greece.

Autumn-tree in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Tribute to Madam Butterfly

Designed by Maryam Kazerooni.

Butterfly in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Fly By – Halloween

“This wallpaper celebrates Halloween. My motivation was of course Halloween, flying witches and the awesome wallpapers that have come before on Smashing Magazine.” Designed by Mya Leigh from the USA.

Fly-by-halloween in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Things

“October for me is the Autumn month and I wanted to express this season in terms of colour. The design can also be seen as a battle between Summer (red) and Winter (blue/green). It’s the first time I tried the whole retro/space thing and I added a bit of grunge to it.” Designed by Franz Jeitz from Luxembourg.

Things in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Mess of fire

“Lately I’ve been trough a lot of different emotions, so I thought this mess of fire would explain how i feel. The photo was taken at a concert by me.” Designed by Esther Trillo from Spain.

Fire in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Good Morning Sunshine

“This is the fruit of my original creative brainstorming sessions trying to come up with fun and interesting elements to dress up my blog, which is a variation of the popular Fresh News theme. I'm a huge fan of wood and other tactile textures in my work, so I began with a rich, dark backdrop (Darker Wood by Paul Ensane), then I went to town layering elements over it while trying to keep plenty of open space for icon placement.

Several formats available for download and even more available at my little blog if you're interested.” Designed by Brandon R Jones from Southern California, United States.

Sunshine in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Noodle Soup and a grilled cheese sandwich

“October is the month when we start to notice the change of season. The weather is changing and we often get sick and appreciate staying home. Noodle soup and a grilled cheese sandwich is the food for those days of strongest Fall feeling in my memory. It is not just food, it is a translation of a special kind of mood.” Designed by Fellowsisters from Spain.

Kitchen in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Autumn can be beautiful, too

“”Im a designer from York, UK and its that time of year “Autumn” when everything looks so life less and empty so with this illustration i wanted to capture Autumn but show that it can still be beautiful.” Designed by Max Stanworth.

Autumn-can-be-beautiful-too in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Happy Designer

“This wallpaper represents what I feel every day since I discovered the site. Smashing Magazine often brought me inspiration, tools, techniques. Consequently, I am a happy designer. ;-) With Smashing Magazine, they feel so well. It is what I wanted to express here.” Designed by Gaëtan Pichon from Strasbourg, France.

Happy-designer in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

London Sky through the London Eye

“This photo was taken while I was back home in England last month. It was a great day and the colour of the sky was fantastic. I loved how the viewpoint turned out. You won’t tell from the photo but it was very crowded that day and it was difficult to get good photos – I loved this one though. I used my Canon Powershot G9 for this photo.” Created by Haitham Ali from London, England.

London-sky in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Halloween Chocolate

“I wanted to center it around Halloween so I made the accent color orange and kept the base color a rich brown because it is signifying all the chocolate and candy you get during Halloween.” Designed by Blake Phillips.

Chocolate in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Women October

“I designed this wallpaper with Halloween in mind, which occurs at the end of the month. Rather than a straight up scary monster design I created a more subtle and slightly gothic design based on Eve and the apple.” Designed by Stefan Bialoszewski from UK.

Women in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

The Countryside

“Last sunshine in the countryside. Motivation: I live in the countryside and I love it. I see this wonderful landscape and I want to share it with others!” Designed by Ecmedia di Cucco Elisa from Italy.

Countryside in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Smoky Explosion

“This wallpaper is inspired by my new website, and i have named it ’smoky explosion’. Many bright colours on a rather dark background, which is my favorite style at the moment.” Designed by Irene Demetri from Greece.

Smoky-explosion in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Sunset

“Sunset in St. Augustine, Florida to remind me to not waste time while I’m working on my computer.” Designed by Jak Krumholtz from the USA.

Sunset in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Little Place Of Happiness

Designed by Orid Dichter.

Happiness in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Old October

“The sunny days are over and the predominant colors you see at this time of the year are those of the “rusty” dry leaves and that of the cloudy gray sky.Using a photograph of an old ship (that I’ve taken not so long ago), I tried to transmute the way that i see this month into an imperfect image.” Designed by Tudorica Andrei from Romania.

Old-october in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Stitch

Designed by Agata Ogrocka from Poland.

Stitch in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Spooktacular

“We love october! Halloween rocks! We normally create a promotional item to send to our clients each month… We figured why not create a calendar and submit to our favorite online publication, smashing.” Designed by Joven Orozco Design from Newport Beach, CA, USA.

Joven in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Halloscene

“Halloscene is a vector illustration. A full moon, a webby fence, orange and black could only mean one thing… The motivation behind the design: Halloween has been my favorite holiday since I was a kid. I wanted to do something that really said Halloween, without going the (too) obvious route. I tend to go for these kinds of clean, limited palette illustrations.” Designed by Leslie Tane Design from the USA.

Halloscene in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

That 60’s Halloween

“We came out with the idea barely out of nowhere. We are two design studios from Buenos Aires, Argentina that are merging together into an interactive agency and wanted to create a creative piece to celebrate Halloween and the end of our old companies. The figure of Marilyn Monroe came out of a joke (a very bad one) and we integrated it somehow to the Halloween theme. The illustration was done by Alan Akerman and the artwork by Fernando Maclen.”

Halloween in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

October Monster(s)

“What is the month of the monsters? When is their birthday?… Definitely in October!” Designed by Bleed from Mexico.

Monster in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Monster-alternative in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Dreado

Designed by Jeff Anderson.

Prongo in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Halloween Wood

Designed by Luminita Sirghi.

Halloween-wood in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Columbus Dream

“I love the shape of the American continent, and this is a great opportunity to design something about it.” Designed by Jon Garza from Mexico.

Columbus-dream in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Urban and Rural

Designed by Aurel Kurtula from United Kingdom.

Urban in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Simple

“Here is October wallpaper, I just wanted to play with Illustrator tools and make a simple look wallpaper for this month.” Designed by Pushparaj.

Simple in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Siva

“Siva is the Hindu god of destruction. Siva is also considered the god of the yogis and ascetics. He is the embodiment of serenity, renunciation and indifference to the world. Motivation: Besides doing web designs I’m also a yoga teacher and avid practitioner – I designed the Siva because of those interests.” Designed by Anne Douglas from the USA.

Siva in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Ichabod Crane

“Being October, my wallpaper is a theme based on the character Ichabod Crane, form the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This is the time of year for spooks and things that go bump in the night. So when I was painting a local covered bridge -it wasn’t too hard to imagine my character, “clopping” along after dusk.” Created by Brian D. Payne from the USA.

Crane in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Street Art

“Fly on wall street art October Calendar.” Designed by Liz Andrade.

Street-art in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Refreshing Acorn Taste

“The inspiration for this design was simple – I wanted to create a funny, colorful wallpaper that I would personally be excited to download. Who doesn’t like burgers and fries? Add some acorns in…and voila! The perfect desktop background!” Designed by Karina Pixel Pixie from Acorn Creative.

Burger in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Lady Autumn

“‘Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.’ – Albert Camus.” Designed by Lety Gidea from Romania.

Lady in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Electronic Eros

“Done in Photoshop Cs, the concept is one warm and cold image in turn, people believe that digital art can not have feelings, and I believe that art is not on the stand if not on what the artist wants to convey to others.” Created by Miguel Angel Lozada from Mexico.

Electronic-eros in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Hands at Square Victoria

“There was a problem at the orange line that day after work and, as the subway stopped for a while, I had time enough to draw this guy’s hands. I think he didn’t realized he was my model ;)” Designed by Patricia Montero de Cabana.

Victoria in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Miscellaneous Days

“Third version of the miscellaneous days calendar – for October it’s brighter and greener (though October won’t be) and the boxes are gone: I think it’s more likely to loosely group your desktop items around the days you plan to be working on them. It’s like when you say, e.g.: “I’ll be working on that around Monday!” Designed by Michael Schmidt from Vienna, Austria.

Miscellaneous-days in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Orange Bus

“The old Volkswagen Split Screens looks superb, and placed in a slick looking environment — it really stands out the way it deserves. I love using old (vintage) items combined with new (modern) designs. It uses my all time favourite colour combo, orange and blue. However, the blue background is quite “de-saturated”, so it won’t interfere with the colour of people’s Photoshop documents. I hope everyone who loves VW camper vans and surfing will download this calendar.” Designed by Torunn Seim Skrogstad from Newcastle, United Kingdom.

Orange-bus in Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

Join in next month!

Please notice that we respect the ideas and motivation behind artists’ work which is why we’ve given artists full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience through their works. And this is also why the themes of the wallpapers weren’t anyhow influenced by us, but designed from scratch by the artists themselves.

Thanks to all designers for participation. Hopefully, in October we’ll receive as many entries as in September. Join in next month and smashing October, folks!

Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine (www.smashingmagazine.com), an online magazine dedicated to designers and developers.

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  1. 1
    Ivan
    September 29th, 2008 1:35 pm

    Will use ‘em all!!!
    Thanks, Smashing, again!!!

  2. 2
    Doze
    September 29th, 2008 1:37 pm

    First!

  3. 3
    artlover
    September 29th, 2008 1:37 pm

    wow nice one!

  4. 4
    bycolor
    September 29th, 2008 1:38 pm

    Some of them are great, some not. I like the variety though.

    Thank you, Smashing!

  5. 5
    dragoshell
    September 29th, 2008 1:44 pm

    :x sunshine and countryside

  6. 6
    Haitham
    September 29th, 2008 1:49 pm

    woohoo!

  7. 7
    modaser
    September 29th, 2008 1:54 pm

    wowwww

    may get all wallpaper in one file (zip) ?

  8. 8
    pickupjojo
    September 29th, 2008 1:56 pm

    Very nice, thanks for sharing SM!
    October looks better now. :)

    Joffrey,
    Geek and Hype

  9. 9
    Steve Jamesson
    September 29th, 2008 2:05 pm

    Very nicely done! Aesthetically pleasing and functional. I ganked about ten of ‘em to use all month. Thanks!

  10. 10
    Alex
    September 29th, 2008 2:05 pm

    “Little Place Of Happiness” uses the “Smoky Explosion” desc…

  11. 11
    Martin
    September 29th, 2008 2:12 pm

    Brilliant wallpapers! Congratulations to all artists! Design keeps on moving! Another fresh breeze of art and good taste…

  12. 12
    Jerome
    September 29th, 2008 2:19 pm

    What Happened with Paty from Mexico, haven’t she sent you her Wallpaper anymore ? Her proposale of october is awsome check it here : http://www.ton3.net/?p=437
    Thanks

    Jerome

  13. 13
    Christian
    September 29th, 2008 2:59 pm

    Awesome, as usual.
    Thanks guys!

  14. 14
    Janckos
    September 29th, 2008 4:07 pm

    Very nice!! thanks =D

  15. 15
    Matias N
    September 29th, 2008 4:17 pm

    The calendar that appears for the “Happy Designer” background starts two days earlier than it should :P

  16. 16
    jurica
    September 29th, 2008 5:07 pm

    Very nice list of wallpares, my favorite is Happy Designer ;)
    But I will whining again… What happend with 1280×1024 screen resolution?
    It is not a problem to resize wallpaper, but 1208×1024 is not so rare resolution… so what happend?

  17. 17
    shona tiger
    September 29th, 2008 5:17 pm

    no one cares about 1024×768 anymore…

  18. 18
    shona tiger
    September 29th, 2008 5:29 pm

    … but thank u! the inspiration’s always welcome! some great stuff…

  19. 19
    Gomi
    September 29th, 2008 5:35 pm

    Lolz. You can tell if the designer is using a Mac or not just by the placement of the calendar in the wallpaper :D

  20. 20
    Jak
    September 29th, 2008 6:00 pm

    – Jurica & Shona Tiger, you can find a 1280×1024 and 1024×768 versions of my sunset shot at my site, St. Augustine Pics

    – Gomi, guilty as charged. Too funny.

  21. 21
    Alletha
    September 29th, 2008 6:22 pm

    Hey Guys.

    Awesome collection. What a shame there are non for dual screen displays…

  22. 22
    Heri
    September 29th, 2008 6:24 pm

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I hate the damn watermarks! Those are some ugly wallpapers anyways, so I guess it doesn’t matter.

  23. 23
    Jose
    September 29th, 2008 6:42 pm

    amazing. !!!

  24. 24
    John Allen
    September 29th, 2008 7:34 pm

    simply fabulous…

  25. 25
    Lori Cole
    September 29th, 2008 8:12 pm

    As always, you live up to your name. These designs really are Smashing. Thanks for sharing them.

  26. 26
    Mike M.
    September 29th, 2008 8:25 pm

    Just thought I would mention that “Happy Designer” will not work to well as a calendar… the 1st of October is not a Monday… and I’m fairly certain that there are actually 31 days in the month as well =)

  27. 27
    Sachin
    September 29th, 2008 8:32 pm

    I think you guys are here to inspire the whole world with your work and believe me you guys inspire astoundingly.

    Sachin Dhall
    Sachin

  28. 28
    Jigar Chauhan
    September 29th, 2008 8:46 pm

    Hi,
    I love smashing magazine and it’s stuffs.
    Great Wallpapers by Designer and its a inspiration for other Designers.

    Thanks a lot..
    me

  29. 29
    Phill
    September 29th, 2008 9:27 pm

    The size is screwed on:

    http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wallpapers/october08/october08-sunshine-calendar-1920×1200.png

    It says its 1900 x 1200, but its 1900 x 1080.

  30. 30
    Susi
    September 29th, 2008 9:30 pm

    I love the Smashing wallpapers. Every month new, simply fantastically!

  31. 31
    Arda
    September 29th, 2008 9:38 pm

    i like it.

  32. 32
    Mariusz
    September 29th, 2008 9:52 pm

    So sad I didn’t make it to the list with my ‘Pink for October’ calendar wallpaper. :(

  33. 33
    Alex
    September 29th, 2008 10:13 pm

    Thanks, like your series of wallpapers!!!
    Also, thanks for widescreen support ;)

  34. 34
    Martin
    September 29th, 2008 10:18 pm

    Happy Designer fails. October has 31 days and starts on a wednesday. Ultrafail.

  35. 35
    ED
    September 29th, 2008 10:32 pm

    Women October – Check you calendar!

  36. 36
    Justin (www.DotNetMushroom.com)
    September 29th, 2008 10:36 pm

    Love the collection !! Especially those that have that retro look !! As always, one of them will adorn my monitor at the office, at work on my laptop, on my work colleagues’ monitors, on their laptops, probably at their home too …….. did I actually say 1 of them ?? :-)

    Keep us inspired guys ! Great post as always !

    DotNetMushroom

  37. 37
    bee
    September 29th, 2008 10:50 pm

    Well, now I’ve downloaded three of them and simply can’t decide which one to use :)

  38. 38
    cameronqueen.com
    September 29th, 2008 10:55 pm

    Ok, so thanks to everyone who submitted but we seem to be getting more and more problems each month with things like wrong dates, plus people aren’t happy with all the specified resolutions. Don’t you think it would be a good idea to kick the whole competition off again, or at least re-post the instructions? That way people will be reminded about it and how to enter.. PROPERLY.

    Cameron

  39. 39
    jbcarey
    September 29th, 2008 11:20 pm

    I have to say…. not a very good WP month in my opinion….

  40. 40
    Installero
    September 29th, 2008 11:36 pm

    Why there are no widescreen variants? =(

  41. 41
    Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
    September 29th, 2008 11:38 pm

    @cameronqueen: all guidelines are linked in each post and are mentioned here: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/19/desktop-wallpaper-calendar-join-in/ The “competition” will end in February 2009 anyway, so it’s not that much time to wait. ;-)

  42. 42
    jens
    September 29th, 2008 11:40 pm

    All to overloaded :( Most are crappy designed …

  43. 43
    Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
    September 29th, 2008 11:41 pm

    @Jerome: unfortunately, Paty did not send any wallpapers to us since July. But we’ll contact her, thanks.

  44. 44
    Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
    September 29th, 2008 11:44 pm

    @Heri, jens: please join in next month and showcase your work in our magazine! We would be happy to feature you in the November post!

    @Mariusz (#32): please send us your wallpaper in October – here are the guidelines: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/19/desktop-wallpaper-calendar-join-in/

  45. 45
    emil
    September 29th, 2008 11:51 pm

    this is a great collection !! as usual, thanks Smashing !!

  46. 46
    Xavier (www.KidTechGuru.blogspot.com)
    September 30th, 2008 12:02 am

    Great list of wallpapers! Halloween Chocolate is my fav!

  47. 47
    Daniel
    September 30th, 2008 12:04 am

    If these are the best of the bunch i might just get into illustration. There are only about three designs on here i’d happily sit in front of all day.

  48. 48
    Sandie Sørensen
    September 30th, 2008 12:07 am

    Wonderfull desktops. Was waiting for this!
    Loved the one with the fire in the wood- even thoug it’s clear where the inspiration came from! :) Doesn’t matter!

    And loved the black witch so much I just had to have her!

    Thanks all for contributing to the forum!

  49. 49
    AW
    September 30th, 2008 12:16 am

    Good Morning Sunshine is not 1900 x 1200, but its 1900 x 1080. :’(

  50. 50
    Grisha
    September 30th, 2008 12:35 am

    Bullshit. Not everything, but most.

  51. 51
    keemor
    September 30th, 2008 1:42 am

    All wallpapers are finally in 1680×1050. Thank you SM!

  52. 52
    Webby
    September 30th, 2008 2:17 am

    What happened with 1280×1024?

  53. 53
    apple
    September 30th, 2008 3:19 am

    nice wallpapers and everything. but why must the smashingmagazine logo be all over everything? it really takes away from some of the wallpapers imo.

  54. 54
    Rodrigo R. Mammano
    September 30th, 2008 3:36 am

    This month’s wallpapers are amazing, but I miss widescreen wallpapers – there are only 3 or 4!

  55. 55
    Mayur
    September 30th, 2008 4:01 am

    wow awesome collection of wallpapers :D
    http://www.webtrickz.com

  56. 56
    wyeko
    September 30th, 2008 4:43 am

    Good Morning Sunshine is on my desktop

  57. 57
    Val
    September 30th, 2008 4:47 am

    Good Morning Sunshine is on my desktop too! My fav this month. I was gonna take part as well but ran out of time…. will recycle what I’ve started for November!

  58. 58
    Ronald | naldzgraphics.com
    September 30th, 2008 4:52 am

    nice wallpaper.

  59. 59
    Johnny
    September 30th, 2008 5:21 am

    “Electronic Eros” – ahh what the? Did anybody stop at that one and pause and wonder what was going on? Not sure if that desktop is safe for work.

    Nice stuff if you subtract that one.

  60. 60
    Norbert
    September 30th, 2008 5:47 am

    Very nice and the diversity is amazing.
    Cheers,
    Norbert
    See you in October!

  61. 61
    Liz
    September 30th, 2008 5:53 am

    the noodle soup and grilled cheese is my favourite. I’ve got almost the exact same fall memories. Being sick and rainy days.

  62. 62
    Farid Abdulhadi
    September 30th, 2008 6:11 am

    Thanks!

    My favorites are “Good Morning Sunshine” and “Orange Bus”.
    I think I’ll try to take part in this next month!

  63. 63
    Lennie
    September 30th, 2008 6:14 am

    Always heaps of good elements in these works. They are not really good for real usage but for inspiration. A little bit thinking about typical Desktops could really improve them a lot!

    1. We already have many Windows Vista users out there, which are mostly using the Windows Sitebar (or whatever it is called), so leave room on the right! Nobody want to use a wallpaper bringing mess into his organisation.

    2. People who are working a lot with the computer don’t want to spend to much time on these things, so if you want to provide a serious calender possibility make it big enough and with the neccessary contrast, because they already have to spend time with minimizing all their apps.

  64. 64
    Dave
    September 30th, 2008 6:26 am

    Wow, this is not as good as previous months. The quality has been slowly declining. Very disappointing collection. A handful are good, but are being diminished by the rest. This should have been trimmed down to less than 10 wallpapers and would have been a lot better.

  65. 65
    raxxx
    September 30th, 2008 7:53 am

    where is widescreen?

  66. 66
    Johan
    September 30th, 2008 8:02 am

    gives a wow factor to your computer.lots to choose from thank you.

  67. 67
    Joe R
    September 30th, 2008 8:02 am

    Yeah I agree, these are all quite weak compared to previous months.

  68. 68
    Tatiana
    September 30th, 2008 9:51 am

    Love the Flamanadian still life! It is so different from others. Placed it on the background and it looks great!

  69. 69
    Tomo
    September 30th, 2008 11:18 am

    I love these monthly calendar wallpapers, but I can never use it since I’m running a dual monitor setup.

    SM, could you start including dual monitor wallpapers?

  70. 70
    Anish Trehan
    September 30th, 2008 11:31 am

    nice collectionnnnnnnnnnnn !! can i contribute too??

  71. 71
    Davor
    September 30th, 2008 11:59 am

    wow, guys you are better and better every month! thank you very much!

  72. 72
    Yan
    September 30th, 2008 12:03 pm

    Must be a creative season:-) Great Job smashing!

  73. 73
    Liz
    September 30th, 2008 12:07 pm

    Awesome! Thanks for including my submission – this was a fun project – I will try to put together something even better for November!

  74. 74
    Ivan
    September 30th, 2008 2:20 pm

    el mapa del PERU aparece mutilado.

  75. 75
    teofanez
    September 30th, 2008 3:12 pm

    Very nice…I like all…tnhk…

  76. 76
    website designs
    September 30th, 2008 4:04 pm

    Awesome collection of October desktop wallpaper.

  77. 77
    Chad
    September 30th, 2008 4:31 pm

    It seems that Happy Designer was too happy to change the calendar from September to October…

  78. 78
    kippy
    September 30th, 2008 5:20 pm

    Hey guys,
    Why not have wallpapers for 1024 x 768 resolution? Many people use those.
    Please consider 1024 x 768 as well

  79. 79
    shoot goal
    September 30th, 2008 7:48 pm

    Ahem – it is spring in half the world guys…

  80. 80
    KatieTT
    September 30th, 2008 8:57 pm

    Hey- my first month- I love these! I’ve chosen Siva but only after much deliberation.
    Found you through a Twitter friend!

    Only other comment is – you’re a little bit too Northern hemisphere-centric- we are coming into glorious spring here in Australia!
    thanks!
    KatieTT

  81. 81
    sanjana
    September 30th, 2008 11:43 pm

    hi…good collection available…every 1st of the month i wait for the new wallpapers for my destop..,and here i get some really interesting one..

  82. 82
    Michelle
    October 1st, 2008 1:24 am

    I must agree with ’shoot goal’ and ‘KatieTT; – far too northen-hemisphere-centric indeed. Ok so smashing mag is based in the north, but surely aimed at both hemishpheres.
    Would have been nice to see something ’spring-y’ in this post – just to know you’re thinking of us too ;)

  83. 83
    Very powerfull designs
    October 1st, 2008 5:14 am

    Relly powerfull designs, thanks very much.

  84. 84
    Noah
    October 1st, 2008 5:19 am

    So nice! Thanks!

  85. 85
    jam
    October 1st, 2008 5:59 am

    There is a little problem with the Orange Bus wallpaper. One day is missing. Where is the 27th of october? :)

  86. 86
    Nico
    October 1st, 2008 6:02 am

    Very nice selection !!! Thanks :)
    Nico
    http://www.conicrea.com

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    Chris
    October 1st, 2008 6:45 am

    You forgot the wallpaper with CUBS winning the 2008 World Series!!!

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    Manish
    October 1st, 2008 8:06 am

    Too gud collection…!! Looking forward for even more creative work :)
    Manish
    DTPTUTORIALS.COM

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    Shawna S.
    October 1st, 2008 9:24 am

    Wow – there are so many good ones this month! I can’t choose! Downloaded a ton of them.

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    mylo
    October 1st, 2008 9:29 am

    I really like them, some of them arent so good (halloween ones) also, didnt you make anything for us laptop users? I used to put them on webshots coz they are really creative.

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    Jeff
    October 1st, 2008 9:52 am

    Some really nice ones!

    I’ve got two new free wallpapers up at Ugmonk

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    Make Design, Not War
    October 1st, 2008 11:19 am

    Glad eveyone’s liking the Good Morning Sunshine wallpaper – I noticed a few people requested a 1900×1200 version, which I’ve posted at my site in case anyone still wants it :). Good Morning Sunshine 1900×1200. The rest of the wallpapers look great this month too. Cheers!

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    elisa
    October 1st, 2008 12:17 pm

    Thanks for including my submission! As Liz, I’ll try to do something better for November :)

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    frejeris
    October 1st, 2008 12:43 pm

    LAST

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    Vemund
    October 1st, 2008 1:29 pm

    Torunn Seim Skrogstad:
    Please don’t stop makin bg pics with old busses, dokas and sikas!
    I just love them, split and bays..

    So please keep em comming! =)

    Norwegian aswell?
    Cheers ;)

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    Rajesh
    October 1st, 2008 9:36 pm

    Too good! extra ordinary, I SIMPLY LOVE THIS SITE

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    Konstantinos
    October 2nd, 2008 4:50 am

    I most like the “Old October” wallpaper.

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    JWC
    October 2nd, 2008 7:28 am

    Lamest batch of images so far. I expected so much more. Especially for a month as fun as October should be with Halloween.

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    PolyYYyyy
    October 2nd, 2008 10:21 am

    i picked the one with the poi ^_^ fire

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    Conny Poepen
    October 2nd, 2008 10:41 am

    Ziet er heel gelikt uit, en goed toepasbaar.
    Kan er zelfs mijn gat mee afvegen.

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    Zavael
    October 2nd, 2008 11:10 am

    Some of them are f*cking great, but some are not. I think the quality is dropping in last months.. maybe just my bad feeling :-P
    thanks SM

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    Kimli
    October 2nd, 2008 11:51 am

    Re: October Monsters – ‘They’re hidden cuz “your” watching’? Really? Ouch. How could that possibly have made it through any kind of editing process? That’s frankly pretty embarrassing on your part.

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    kizhak
    October 2nd, 2008 9:13 pm

    awesome!!

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    John
    October 3rd, 2008 7:48 am

    Is it too much to ask for non-widescreen versions of the wallpapers? Every month there seem to be less and less.

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    Bill Goldberg
    October 4th, 2008 1:43 am

    I might use them if not for the watermarks.

    I don’t like ads on my desktop.

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    alkal.gr
    October 4th, 2008 2:10 am

    Many thanks from Greece!!!

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    Guilherme
    October 4th, 2008 1:54 pm

    Porque não tem para 1024×768?

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    Alex
    October 5th, 2008 4:36 pm

    Thanks!
    So beautyfulllll wallpapers
    Can’t wait to put them on!

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    Francois Botha
    October 6th, 2008 12:08 am

    Got to agree… Each month I have to do a search on the page for “1280×1024″ and those are the only wallpapers I consider.

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    Francois Botha
    October 6th, 2008 12:13 am

    Just another note: I also prefer the M T W T F S S headers in the calendar too. In some countries, like here in South Africa, Sunday is officially the first day of the week. So half the time I’m looking at locally produced calendars and other times at “foreign” calendars. Without the “day headers” I can’t keep track of which column is Wednesday, or whatever.

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    wallimas
    October 6th, 2008 7:00 am

    really smashing!

    I love those wallpapers~ thks a lot!

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    GD
    October 6th, 2008 11:19 am

    I thought it was Shiva, not Siva

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    Shiju
    October 7th, 2008 12:30 am

    Cooool………

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    JR
    October 7th, 2008 6:03 am

    The green one about the designer is nice… but the calendar is wrong :(

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    ali
    October 7th, 2008 10:13 pm

    coooooooool………………!

    veryvery nice!

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    nottsack
    October 7th, 2008 11:32 pm

    The Spy Secret “October Files” wallpaper seems to be very close to this Extreme Grunge Wallpaper

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    EMRE
    October 8th, 2008 2:47 am

    HEYYY ! CALENDAR OF HALLOSCENE IS COMPLETELY WRONG!!!

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    Leslie Tane
    October 8th, 2008 10:15 am

    Whoops. I designed Halloscene and totally didn’t see that. You can download a corrected version from my website: http://www.leslietanedesign.com/hallosceneCorrected.zip Sorry!!!

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    Emre AYDOĞAN
    October 12th, 2008 10:37 pm

    gayet hoş tasarımlar fakat daha anlaşılabilir yapılabilirdi tasarım hoş, içirek loş olmuş http://www.gencyolcu.com

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    reesha
    October 15th, 2008 2:45 am

    In few 31st is missing and in one 27th is missing…

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    himanshu parikh
    October 16th, 2008 12:35 am

    this is the excellent collection of calender-impressed

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    mbd5200
    October 20th, 2008 10:54 am

    amazing wallpapers… thanks

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    Kerrie Brooking
    October 20th, 2008 5:18 pm

    Thanks to Anne Douglas for SIVA (Shiva), love it.
    Tara (my daughter, 4 years) just loves the cute calenders for children, more would be great!
    Look forward to next month!!

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    Marta Paniti
    October 21st, 2008 4:28 am

    Excelent wallpapers! Thanks ;)

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    Alex Rainy
    October 25th, 2008 1:21 am

    Amazing

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    Moric
    October 25th, 2008 8:51 am

    thank you guys!!lovely wallpapers!!what about November 2008??

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    sirisilla sreenivas
    October 28th, 2008 12:50 am

    thanks happy deewali—-excellent wallpapers.

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    SAYALI BAVISKAR
    November 2nd, 2008 5:25 am

    GOOD AND OSSOM COLLECTION OF WALLPAPERS

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    Reza K. Chy
    November 3rd, 2008 10:53 pm

    Vry nice

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    Fara Ismail
    November 25th, 2008 6:21 pm

    Great collection!

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    Yogindernath
    January 8th, 2009 3:36 am

    Very good collection.

    Yogindernath
    http://www.softwaretestinggenius.com

  132. 132
    seema bhatia
    February 3rd, 2009 3:40 am

    nice collection, Brilliant wallpapers! really eye catching great stuff keep posting more
    life style magazine

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    p
    February 10th, 2009 3:40 am

    Great jobs!!!

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    Kris
    March 29th, 2009 12:42 pm

    Well i can tell you that Good Morning Sunshine is my background now. So many good wallpapers thanks thanks and thanks :)

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    ana
    March 30th, 2009 1:43 am

    Thanks, great collection

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    duke
    April 3rd, 2009 11:35 pm

    Very good collection.

    duke
    LInk

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    duke
    April 3rd, 2009 11:36 pm

    Very good collection.

    duke

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    Jen
    October 3rd, 2009 9:07 pm

    Love all the designs, but I believe the dates are mixed up?

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