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Beautiful Halloween Wallpapers And Halloween DIY-Tutorials
The Halloween is around the corner and the atmosphere is filled with pumpkins, skeletons, bonfires, horror movies and other scary things spread across the houses, stores and, of course, web sites. Just the right time to spice up your desktop and your designs with an appropriate Halloween spirit. And for this purpose you may use Halloween Photoshop Vectors or Halloween Icons (even more Halloween icons). Alternatively, you can change your desktop wallpaper and prepare some traditional pumpkin carvings.
In this post we present some beautiful Halloween wallpapers, art works, recipes and tutorials for your scary Halloween party. All these screenshots are linked to their source.
You may also want to take a look at our Halloween Special from last year to get some more ideas for Halloween costumes, recipes and DIY-tutorials and related posts:
- Halloween Round-Up: Wallpapers, Icons and How-Tos
- (Really) Stunning Desktop Wallpapers
- More (Really) Stunning Desktop Wallpapers
- Selected Wallpapers For Your Desktop
- 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers
- Space Wallpapers and Nebula Wallpapers
Original Halloween Wallpapers
Think Halloween
Only 1280× 960px. Designed by Zefhar.
Ghosts
800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200.
Halloween Night Wallpaper
1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×960 and 1600×1200.
Crucial Design
Wallpapers for iPhone, 1024×768, 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1920×1200.
Pacman Halloween
800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200.
Tombstone and Witch
320×480 (iPhone), 1600×1200, 2560×1600.
Haunted Hotel
A Halloween desktop wallpaper and 12 Halloween desktop icons. For Windows and Mac.
Horror, Scary Wallpapers
Eye Horror
1600×1200.
The Butterfly
1900×1200.
The Knife
1600×1200.
Mother V: Blood
1152×864.
Skin Walkers
1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×1024 and 1600×1200.
The Bloody USB-Stick
1600×1200.
Poze Horror Desktop Wallpaper
1600×1200.
Classic Wallpapers: Pumpkins!
The Halloween Spirit
This widescreen wallpaper features a spirit not quite ready to give up on trick-or-treating yet. This free Halloween desktop download features 5 computer wallpapers for desktops using 1600×1200, 1280×1024, 1280×960, 1024×768 or 1400×1050 resolutions.
The Scarecrow
Only 800×600 and 1024×768.
Halloween – Boo
800×600, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024 and 1600×1200.
Halloween Pumpkin Wallpaper
1440×900.
Soooo many pumpkins!
800×600, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024 and 1600×1200.
Halloween Lights
Pumpkin and gourd lanterns represent a more artistic side of All Hallow’s Eve. 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200.
White Chocolate Pumpkin
This white pumpkin decorated with brown and orange graphics looks good enough to eat. 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200.
Wallcoo Halloween Haunts
Over 50 beautiful Halloween wallpapers in various resolutions, at most 1920×1200.
Spooky Halloween
1024×768.
Paci Tubes Halloween Wallpapers
7 Halloween wallpapers in the resolution 1280×1024.
Pumpkins
1280×1024.
Pendemonium
Only 1024×768.
Dangerous Mask
1600×1200.
Halloween In The Midnight Forest
800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200.
Halloween Pumpkins
800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×1024, 1600×1200.
Halloween Art Design
Only 1024×768.
The Two And The Nightmare
800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200.
Creative Pumpkin Art
During the Halloween pumpkins are almost everywhere. The tradition to use pumpkins as Halloween lanterns was born in 1840s in American tradition. Now this tradition is turning into creative masterpieces.
Creative Halloween Face Painting
Halloween How-To
Halloween Decoration: Spiderwebs
Halloween Craft: Victorian Pumpkins
Halloween Art
Further Resources
Area for further articles and related resources.
- Halloween Wallpapers
A collection of beautiful wide-screen Halloween wallpapers. - Vladstudio Halloween Wallpapers
- 20 Wallpapers for Halloween
- Alldesktop.ru: Halloween Wallpapers
- Scary Wallpapers
- Halloween for kids
Creative Halloween Costumes, Cooking, And Crafts For Kids On Halloween. - Fantasy Pumpkins
A collection of beautiful pumpkin carvings. - 54 Absolutely Stunning 3D Pumpkin Carvings
Some awesome 3D carving on the Food Network Challenge show. - Flickr:Disney Halloween
Photos from a Disney themepark during their Halloween events, Disney Halloween merchandising, etc. - The 23 Best Horror Games
Celebrate Halloween Eve by sitting down with some of the scariest video games ever created.
Related posts
You may also want to take a look at our Halloween Special from last year to get some more ideas for Halloween costumes, recipes and DIY-tutorials and related posts:
Vailancio Rodrigues, born and currently living in scenic beauty of Goa, spent most of his childhood in art and creativity. At present a College student who likes to try and do different things at every moment. Also an webmaster and web designer – Tiny Goa and Pixel Art.
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- 2October 27th, 2008 2:55 pm
Now theres no reason why I can’t do something awesome this Halloween. :)
- 3October 27th, 2008 3:27 pm
WOW!
- 4October 27th, 2008 3:33 pm
one of the best articles ever. Very fun and creative
here are 2 more halloween wallpapers
http://www.wallpaperstop.com/desktop-wallpapers/3d-wallpaper/895302-39867558.jpg.html
http://www.wallpaperstop.com/desktop-wallpapers/widescreen-wallpaper/widescreen-3d-wallpaper/leaticia-casta-by-ramfia.jpg.html - 5October 27th, 2008 3:36 pm
These were really neat :]
- 6October 27th, 2008 4:52 pm
Really nice collection.
Thanks!
- 7October 27th, 2008 5:26 pm
I can’t stop scrolling.. ghost <- really great! so nice!
- 8October 27th, 2008 5:27 pm
Awesome round up for my favorite holiday :) and thanks for including the link to my 54 amazing 3d pumpkin carvings post, I appreciate it.
- 9October 27th, 2008 5:27 pm
Gonna grab one of those Halloween wallpapers! Bwahahaha!
- 10October 27th, 2008 5:57 pm
Thanks for putting my wallpaper up with all this amazing artwork and thanks for everyone that clicked through to my site.
- 11October 27th, 2008 5:57 pm
Great Halloween designs. love them all!
- 12October 27th, 2008 7:12 pm
i like
- 13October 27th, 2008 7:25 pm
great halloween inspirations!
- 14October 27th, 2008 7:27 pm
The USB with blood! So funny.
- 15October 27th, 2008 9:55 pm
Wow. Great article.
- 16October 27th, 2008 9:56 pm
Wonderful article. Interesting pics.
Genius preparation for halloween.Save Energy at Halloween with the Google
Energy Calculator at http://www.vinergy.org - 17October 27th, 2008 11:25 pm
amazing ones!! i love the pumpkin with the tooth!
just love it! real art
- 18October 27th, 2008 11:43 pm
wow! absolutely great collection!
- 19October 28th, 2008 12:08 am
Thanks and a very Happy Halloween to you too :)
- 20October 28th, 2008 12:22 am
Nice halloween collection! Great job…
- 21October 28th, 2008 2:27 am
You missed out the top pumpking artist, with absolutely fantastic skills when it comes to pumpking sculptures: http://pumpkingutter.com/
Let me know what you think!
- 22October 28th, 2008 2:36 am
damn, am@zing images
- 23October 28th, 2008 2:50 am
this post is 1 week too late. this isnpiration was needed 2 weeks ago, now our decoration seems boring :)
but for the next year its perfect, very nice pictures, thx sm and artists! - 24October 28th, 2008 4:10 am
Thanks, I downloaded some!
Great Inspiration too! - 25October 28th, 2008 6:15 am
Great set of resources!
I’ve just done a tutorial on some JavaScript for Halloween. http://www.protongun.com/2008/10/javascript-halloween-effects/
- 26October 28th, 2008 8:07 am
Even better than last years list. Wow.
Here’s more free stuff to have a look at: Jigetiser Halloween Lovers, based on our 3D artwork.
- 27October 28th, 2008 9:29 am
http://lolita-art.deviantart.com/art/happy-halloween-68661922
This has always been my favorite Halloween wallpaper… even if it was not meant to be a wallpaper hahaha
- 28October 28th, 2008 12:57 pm
Wow, great article! As said: lots of inspiration.
Thank you.
- 29October 28th, 2008 1:18 pm
Halloween is my favourite time of year. Unfortunately, we don’t do it as well as you guys in the US but some of us do try!
Lots of great work here and some awesome art!
- 30October 29th, 2008 1:04 am
great collection!
- 31October 29th, 2008 2:26 am
superb collection! Fantastic themes i have ever seen. I like that predator halloween pumpkin.
- 32October 29th, 2008 2:52 am
space invader pumpkin ftw
- 33October 30th, 2008 7:36 am
amazing wallpapers!
just an other amazing halloween wallpaper:
Halloween Wallpaper - 34October 30th, 2008 10:30 am
Is it legal to post ‘Juice Drops’ as free wallpaper? I dont think they would like that very much!
- 35October 30th, 2008 5:20 pm
would smashingmagazine release desktop calendar for november?
- 36February 18th, 2009 11:23 am
picture’ badjuzzzz benudzzz…
im verii like it
pii bidcaa gg??
uwad wallpaper di fs????????? - 37March 22nd, 2009 5:38 am
awesome :)
- 38June 7th, 2009 9:26 am
WOW… thank you so much !!! i love it
- 39October 10th, 2009 2:07 pm
great,, thanks a lot !!
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