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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: November 2009
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 60 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 November 2009?
[Offtopic: by the way, did you already get your copy of the brand new Smashing Book?]
Scared Turkey
“Thanks giving is approaching, and Tom the Turkey is getting scared. This wallpaper was created using The GIMP and Inkscape.” Designed by Jeffrey Boulais from USA.
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Give Tanks
“My tribute to the Constructivist design just in time for Thanksgiving.” Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.
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Bless You Zebra
“Exaggerated sneeze.” Designed by Drew Gilchrist from Canada.
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November Sentence
“Just motivating sentence for November :)” Designed by Temeshi from Poland.
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Jimi Hendrix Birthday Tribute
“Celebrating the birth of legendary guitarist, Jimi Hendrix. Purple Haze, Red House and Hey Joe are among some of his ageless songs. Take some time and “get experienced” with Jimi Hendrix this month.” Designed by Kevin Harrison from USA.
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Pop Ruff
“An homage to Pop-Art and the Tide brand, sprinkled in a little texture, space on the right for your icons to be seen, and voila, the level three experience.” Designed by Daniel Luzier from US.
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Give Thanks
Designed by Millicent Bowman.
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Thank You
“In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this wallpaper was created with many ways to say “Thank You” in various languages.” Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.
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November Snowboarding
“A calendar for November with a snowboarder, mountains and vector graphics.” Designed by Eirk Granli from Norway.
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Turkey Laser
“It is turkey month, but not in the way a turkey likely appreciates. So in the hopes of avoiding the dinner table, this guy decided to hide out at a school that miraculously has not updated their “picture day” procedure since the 1980’s resulting in a radical portrait (and by radical I mean his mom sprung the extra bucks for the laser background and the double image).” Designed by Robert Frey from USA.
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Bonding
“Spend some quality time with your parents because they will not always be around.” Designed by Terence Gomez from Philippines.
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Day of Dead
“Wallpaper with calendar commemorating the Mexican custom of pre-Hispanic origin “Day of the Dead”.” Designed by Violeta Hernandez from Monterrey, México .
Creative November
Designed by Valentin Bojilov.
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Peace Giving
“Peace Giving, reference Thanksgiving! :)” Designed by Alejandra Abad from USA.
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Glamour Girls
“Where is the Party Tonight Glamour Girls?” Designed by Puneeta Prakash from India.
Native American
“My inspiration comes from native american art combined with my love of fashion” Designed by Lauren Curtis from United States.
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My little dream
“There are a lot of fun things you can do inside when November comes, stay inside and have fun.” Designed by Snorre Glemmestad from Norway.
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Bonfire delight
“Fireworks light the sky on bonfires night.” Designed by Chris Alexander (Yipori) from England.
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Autumn Colours
“For November, I wanted to feature Canadian nature with a photograph from my own portfolio. In respect, I’ve also added a poppy to the wallpaper for Remembrance Day.” Designed by Ducky Design from Canada.
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Turkey Day
“A brown and orange themed turkey day. A reminder that these fierce birds are grandiose, but also delicious!” Designed by Amanda Johnson from USA.
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Seasonal Change
“Seasonal change – the transition from autumn to winter just like pages in a book…” Designed by Alexandra Ipate from Romania.
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Mother Earth
“‘Mother Earth’ is a common metaphorical expression for the Earth and its biosphere as the giver and sustainer of life.” Designed by Sagar from Bangladesh.
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Autumn Chill
“A nice serene nature photograph with rich browns, golds, and complimented by a cool hue of blue and white. I took this photo in my backyard one morning, in the nice chilly weather of autumn.” Designed by Christopher Reed from United States.
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Children’s day
“Universally, Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November, every year. But in India it is celebrated on the 14th November, because the date marks the birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter and independent India’s first Prime Minister, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. As a tribute to Nehru and his love for children, Children’s Day is celebrated on his birth date.” Designed by Supriya Kunal Dcunha from India.
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Thailand’s Lot Krathong
“The Loy Krathong Festival of Thailand will happend in November of every year. I want to tell the world There is a very Beautiful and Romantic festival in Thailand. Want you to come and see it!” Designed by dafxxxk from Thailand.
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall – 20th Anniversary
“20 years ago, the 9th of November 1989, the wall separating East Germany from West Germany fell in Berlin.” Designed by Vincent Prat from France.
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Efresh Guy
“The dark and gloomy vision of our employees. Kiddin’ :).” Designed by Marek Lasota / eFRESH from Poland.
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Winter Sleep
Designed by Barbara Haider from Austria.
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Halucinogen Sunset
“Our imagination give us this distorted point of view when things are going right. Everything is colorfull and beatiful when the nature are conected with our souls, and that’s inspire anyone.” Designed by Vinicius Ervilha from Brazil.
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Chameleon Break-Up
Designed by Eli, Stefan and Xenia from USA.
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Type and Stripes
“This is a Typographic image with stripes and type treatment. Very minimal but easy on the eyes.” Designed by Raul Esquivel from USA.
The Saga New Moon
“The Saga New Moon Calendar – I made this wallpaper because this month is the release of the well known movie – New Moon , made after the book with the same name written by Stephanie Meyer and , because I am a huge fan of the Saga Books.So I realy hope you’ll enjoy my calendar.” Designed by Alexandra Ipate from Romania.
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Evolution (Dual Desktop Wallpaper)
“The evolution Wallpaper is made for dual-monitor Systems with 2 1280×1024 monitors.I surfed the web to find something cool, but most of the dual wallpapers out there are to vista like ( means bull***t). So i made my own.Its called “evolution” because i like the letter “E” in this font :-), could have called it “email” too ^^.” Designed by Jonas Duri from germany.
November Glow
“One of my Photoshop glowing wallpapers series. ” Designed by Yvaine2010 from Germany.
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Streaks
“The wallpaper is an image of an bursting cracker taken during the festival Diwali. The streaks of light were instantly likeable. And the image is rightly selected by my friend Sriyash Jichkar.” Designed by Parth Siddharth from India.
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Monster November
“I can’t wait to see Spike Jonze’s “Where the wild things are”, it will reach theatres only in December where i’m living so i’m patiently waiting with personal works featuring these childhood monsters.” Designed by SixLightYears from France (Reunion Island).
Ant and lazy cricket
Designed by Monica Corduneanu from Romania.
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Complete Me
“‘complete me’ is a wallpaper i designed using one of my poems. Just know that no man is an island. ” Designed by Zainab Sule from Nigeria.
PinUp Girl
“Last month somebody noticed there have been no „pink” wallpaper so We wanted to try and make one. We hope You like it!” Designed by John Kichote from Poland.
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A Tribute to 26/11
“This calendar is designed to give tribute to all those innocent people who lost their lives last year on 26/11. It was similar attack as of 9/11, when more than 100 people were killed by terrorist in Mumbai, India. Feel the pain of families who lost their loved ones and paint this world “RED” with roses, not with blood.” Designed by Aman Behl from India.
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To November
“The great fall, is the issue that we will use the end of this autumn, with the last leaves,waiting to fall after a great life.” Designed by Javier Castillo from Bolivia.
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Cutout
“Just cutout. Simple, lovable and ready-to-show :).” Designed by Marek Lasota / eFRESH from Poland.
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Colorful Stuff
“Inspired by a mixture of graffiti and the HAPPY GO LUCKY fun ofCrayola magic (or whatever tools you have when your up to mischief, but spraypaint has the best effect)” Designed by 268 Design from USA.
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Rainovember
Designed by Marta Miazek from Poland.
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Alzheimer’s Awareness
“Each year in November, Alzheimer’s Awareness month takes place all over the country. I chose this theme because of a family member who has been battling this disease since 2002. I love how she keeps fighting even though each day gets tougher in her life. I love and care about her very much and is always in my heart everyday. I hope the viewers can relate to my experience and understand that this is a very serious disease. Also, I want viewers go out make a difference for a loved one even if it is research, donating, or taking part in a community event for a good cause.” Designed by Matthew Jerauld from United States.
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Eyecandy
“vector candybar that appeals to men and women” Designed by Justin Wright from USA.
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Football
Designed by Kari Kumura from United States.
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Doodles
Designed by Pietje Precies from The Netherlands.
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Wildlife lives in bichomania
“There is lot of people sharing efforts in the whole world to combat against the loss of Biodiversity and Extinctions. From our blog “Historias Naturales” (in spanish) we try to share this kind of stories.” Designed by Pablo Jimeno Pérez from Spain.
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N for November
Designed by Qayum Khan from Afghanistan.
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Wavular
“Design Kompany’s ÒwavularÓ series is about possibility. Negative space. And what that implies. Quantum physicist Max Planck said: “When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.” This drawing was inspired by Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle.” Designed by Design Kompany from USA.
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Autumn Hills
“November: curled by the fireplace and looking out the window, autumn is golden and warm. ” Designed by Saarah Saghir from USA/Pakistan.
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Sweet Dreams
Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.
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Car Boat Shed
Designed by Amaury MDF from France.
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City Night
“A blurry fall evening in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.” Designed by Sean O’Key from United States.
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Autumn Leaves
“Abstract representation of Autumn leaves seen through a cut-away.” Designed by Greg Goodson from England.
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Mum
“Here in New York, November is the brown, crisp twilight of the year; the hushed ushering to sleep and hibernation. Its symbol is the noble, honest chrysanthemum, its stone topaz, its mood dreamy nostalgia.” Designed by Manon Michel from US.
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Old Wood
“I wanted to give a calendar a fun, wooden look, with a strong typography, sort of ironic in the sense that it’s sharp and more professional than other fonts, while being messy and sloppy at the same time.” Designed by Tyson Junkers from USA.
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Loneliness
“Lonely is a lamp without love.” Designed by Raru from Bulgaria.
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Timeline Reveal
“Time never stop for anyone. Our future always remain unknown (dark/blind); and all the radiant will be tone down (we forget) when time moves on. The moment we own is only now, which can brings us hope and brightness.” Designed by Shermynn Low from Malaysia.
Negative Space
“After trying numerous different approaches similar to my flourishing April type, I ultimately settled on a very minimal, negative space-based design. I didn’t include a version without the calendar as it felt a little too minimal without the supportive type.” Designed by Colin Parks from Canada.
Nigh
“Part innovative, part grungy – a bit of a ‘Tron’ meets ‘Mad Max’. This is my current view of the future that is near (nigh).” Designed by Charles Godewyn from United States of America.
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. Join in next month!
What’s your favorite?
What’s your favourite theme or wallpaper for this month? Please let us know in the comments! And have a smashing November, folks!
The team here at Smashing Magazine. Mostly Sven & Vitaly.
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November 1st, 2009 12:18 amSame here – I had an entry for this months Desktop Wallpaper Calender too, but it’s not placed on this list. Too bad :) .
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October 31st, 2009 12:46 pmPinup girl has the best typo!
“Lust month somebody noticed…”
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October 31st, 2009 12:58 pmVery good looking wallpapers here..
I have sent one also but not get selected, so will be sending one for december also. better luck next time.Anyways great selection..
Thanks SM
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October 31st, 2009 1:16 pmThanks a lot!!!
I love this kind of posts.
All the wallpapers are very nice!!!
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October 31st, 2009 1:32 pmnice,tks!
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October 31st, 2009 1:53 pmCreative November
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October 31st, 2009 2:23 pmNice collection! Especially towards the end :)
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October 31st, 2009 2:52 pmFor me, this month was the absolute best collection of wallpaper since early on in 2009. Some very solid contributors with great work and solid vectors and fun images. Definitely what a November should be on the desktop.
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October 31st, 2009 4:32 pmCutout is my choise this month ;)
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October 31st, 2009 5:13 pmDefinitely one of the best in 2009. I’m glad that only the cream of the crop were chosen :)
Good work designers – keep those masterpieces coming in!
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October 31st, 2009 5:36 pmThis month wallpapers are so cool! Thank you for accepting mine’s , next month i’ll definitely send some more.
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October 31st, 2009 6:27 pmReally good selection this month, thanks!
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October 31st, 2009 6:34 pmLovely Collection! I loved many of them! Thinking which ones to download first!
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October 31st, 2009 6:52 pmI think I’d prefer that there weren’t any “pinup girls” in the monthly calendars. >.> They’re kind of offensive to many.
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November 2nd, 2009 6:40 amYour name links to a furry web site and you find pinup girls offensive?!
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November 10th, 2009 9:39 pmJared Spurbeck, you are a bad intolerant netizen. If you are “offended” by some of the wallpapers here, then don’t come here anymore. Your loss, not ours.
Aside from Jared, cheers to everyone for the great designs! Dual Monitors and 320×480! Yey!
My special mention goes to:
GIVE TANKS (Valerie Morgan -Для родины!)
BLESS YOU ZEBRA (Drew Gilchrist)
JIMI HENDRIX TRIBUTE (Kevin Harrison -rock on!)
BONFIRE (Yipori)
SEASONAL CHANGE (Alexandra Ipate)
CHAMELEON BREAK-UP (Eli, Stefan and Xenia)
EYECANDY (Justin Wright)Will be using MONSTER NOVEMBER (SixLightYears) for my staid work PC, N FOR NOVEMBER (Qayum Khan) for my shiny-new home desktop, LONELINESS (Raru) for my emo notebook, DOODLES (Pietje Precies) for my poor battered phone, and sent NEW MOON (eewww) to my Twilight-obsessed niece.
Oh, btw, no commemorative wallpapers for our poor veterans (US, European, Asian, whatever)?
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October 31st, 2009 7:29 pmThe sneezing Zebra FTW!
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October 31st, 2009 8:13 pmI love all the wallpapers with the turkey theme and the bonding is also nice with the jelly fishes.
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October 31st, 2009 8:59 pmI decided to go with doodles. I really like the calendars that don’t take any work to look at. Doodles was a great option for me. Can’t wait till next month. I think I’ll submit mine.
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October 31st, 2009 9:07 pmIts is surprising to me that there was only one calendar that made any mention of Rememberance Day / Armistace Day.
Virtually the whole world commemorates it in one form or another as a tribute to those who have served our respective nations in combat and allow us to this day to enjoy the freedom we now have.
Sad to see that from a great cross section of designs from so many people in so many country’s that no one else thought to include it.
Congrats to Autumn Colours (Ducky Design) for your calendar.
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October 31st, 2009 11:26 pmThanks so much for adding my wallpaper :D i´m really happy about!
There are so many beautiful wallpapers… don´t know which one i should take for my desktop :)
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October 31st, 2009 11:57 pmIt looks that you were inspired this time, they are all amazing… I cant decide which one was the best, I think they are at least 10 that I like… Thank you so much, for make such an amazing work for my desktop.
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November 1st, 2009 12:55 amI like Autumn Colors and Doodle
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November 1st, 2009 1:36 amI was so excited to see my design added to the collection. As always, all of these are amazing! Great job everyone.
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November 1st, 2009 2:08 amNice! I’ll be switching between Halucinogen, Mother Earth and November Glow. Kudos to the great work done by all the creatives!
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November 4th, 2009 5:28 amThanks for vote! This month has many good jobs to decide….
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November 1st, 2009 2:22 amThanks for publishing my wallpaper. I’m honored.
@Jared Spurbeck why do you think not really naked is offensive to anyone? If I’m not offended (and picture is based on my own appearance) nobody should be.
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November 1st, 2009 2:28 amAwesome, nice collection this month.
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November 1st, 2009 2:59 amVery nice post and great collection.
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November 1st, 2009 3:06 amyay .. thats super collection .. liked them all .. mostly the bokeh effect , and 26/11 .. great ones ..
thanks people ..
thanks SM;)
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November 2nd, 2009 10:53 pmThanks :)
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November 1st, 2009 3:40 amI really liked the “Children’s day” wallpaper. Not only this one, each n every wallpaper have been nicely crafted.
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November 2nd, 2009 12:50 amThanks :) i have done it….
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November 1st, 2009 3:43 amMonster November looks great,love the 3d font..
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November 1st, 2009 4:28 amGreat collection
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November 1st, 2009 4:40 amThank you for the beautiful wallpapers.
I like “Autumn Leaves”~.Looking forward to the next month~.
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November 1st, 2009 5:06 amWow, this month’s is really GREAT. The bar raises every time!
I’m using Old Wood this month, such a simple, yet enjoyable background. :-)
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November 1st, 2009 5:23 amSo many good ones, hard to decide, but there are 30 days to the month to switch. :-)
Good variety of selection this month. - 41
November 1st, 2009 5:41 amI like Autumn Chill and Monster November. But all the wallpapers is great. Well done.
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November 1st, 2009 7:16 amno time to participate this month :(
my favourite:
wildlife lives in bichomania
wonderful selection, sm! - 43
November 1st, 2009 7:19 amThanks Very much for accepted me. It’s surprise!
You give power up for me to do anything from now on. ^_^
And Loy krathong day is Tomorrow (2nd Nov). - 44
November 1st, 2009 7:33 am“Rainovember” match to my room :). “N for November”, “Bless you zebra”, “Type and stripes” are also great. For my desktop at work I think I’ll chose the one with Berlin wall. Thanks a lot. Once again you gave me a reason to be happy about new month :)
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November 1st, 2009 7:51 amAnother beautiful selection. I look forward to this every month. Thanks Smashing!!
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November 1st, 2009 8:21 amhey smashingmagazine,
i am a “newbie” in webdesigning and looking all around the internet for tutorials, inspirations and nice articles about webdesigning for starting to become professional in 2010.
There is no space in internet better than smashingmagazine.com
You guys are doing a great job !thanks
konstantin from berlin, germany
ps: my favorite is “sweet dreams”
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November 1st, 2009 9:35 ami’m so happy to see my wallpaper here… :-)) My fav is “Bless you zebra”.. greate work..
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November 1st, 2009 9:52 amThanks for selecting my design!
There is lots of great work up this month!- 49
November 1st, 2009 1:04 pmwow, that zebra is pretty bad ass! :P
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November 1st, 2009 9:54 ami am always wait about desktop calendar, November also make creative my desktop. thanks
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November 1st, 2009 11:31 amWow! I’m honored to have my design chosen as one of November’s selections. Thank you! I think everyone did a fantastic job! Keep it up!
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November 1st, 2009 1:39 pmHola a todos!
Gran selección para este mes!
Realmente increíble, gran trabajo!
Felicidades a los diseñadores!
Me declaro fanática del sitio, es emocionante esperar cada inicio de mes para admirar estos grandiosos trabajos!
Definitivamente una de las mejores selecciones del año… Además, es mi mes favorito!
Abrazos y besos,
Diana Rivera | México- 53
November 3rd, 2009 10:03 am=D excelente trabajos.
| México
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November 1st, 2009 3:18 pmBest selection so far!
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November 1st, 2009 6:19 pmThis is such a great set; my personal faves are the Earth one and the Ant and Lazy Cricket.
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November 1st, 2009 6:35 pmnicee =)
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November 1st, 2009 7:29 pmCity Night is my fav, just a shame is doesn’t come in 1440×900 for my 15″ mbp
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November 1st, 2009 8:01 pmSend me your email address, I’ll be happy to send you a 1440×900 version :-).
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November 1st, 2009 7:42 pmMy birthday is in this month, i love november.
I like the wallpapers. Good job, smashers! - 60
November 1st, 2009 8:08 pmYou need to have NaNoWriMo wallpapers for November! :)
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November 1st, 2009 8:28 pmI absolutely love Autumn Chill. I have it set on all of my desktops! I wish it had one for iPhone though.
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November 1st, 2009 8:48 pmThere are some awesome ones here…. but that twilight one…. not gunna lie it’s pretty bad…. and that has nothing to do with the fact that im not a fan of the vampy series… but that it’s not very well put together
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November 5th, 2009 11:14 ameverybody has an opinion …
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November 1st, 2009 9:12 pmGr8 wallpapers once again…Thnx..!
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November 1st, 2009 9:38 pmthanks again… :) for my new inspirational wallpaper
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November 1st, 2009 10:26 pmThanks for that one vote this month! Great jobs and incredible arts like “Monster November” and “Bless You Zebra” make this a competition very hard. That’s the second time that I participate and I’m very glad for this! Thanks Smashing!
Vamo que vamo! É Brasil na Smashing Magazine! - 67
November 1st, 2009 11:42 pmTotally love them all :)
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November 2nd, 2009 12:07 amI also went for doodle. Great collection this month… though not many 1280×1024 :-).
Thanks!
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November 2nd, 2009 12:07 amSome very nice designs this month, congratulations to the authors!
I had en entry but it was not featured this time and I didn’t receive any e-mail…maybe something was wrong with my message. Anyway, for those interested you can find my Novembre wallpaper on my website. See you next month! - 70
November 2nd, 2009 12:10 amMuch worse than usually. Boring November, boring wallpapers. The first time for many months I’ll use calendar wallpaper not from smashingmagazine collection. Hope that December will be better.
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November 2nd, 2009 12:47 amThese are just getting better and better – it’s a tough decision this month!
Thanks :D
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November 2nd, 2009 12:58 amNice collection, all of them are beautiful… but “Bless You Zebra” is the best and it my choice for this month. Thank you SM!
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November 2nd, 2009 1:11 amvery likes this.. but can we download it??
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November 2nd, 2009 1:15 amGreat collection!
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November 2nd, 2009 1:47 ammarvelous !!! glad to get so much vivid wallpapers!!
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November 2nd, 2009 1:59 amBien mais je trouve qu’il y en a pas assez pour les filles (couleurs rose, violet …).
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November 2nd, 2009 2:05 amFor the first time in Months …. I don’t like a single one. (sigh)
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November 2nd, 2009 2:37 amI love the Day of Dead calendar: nice simple vectors.
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November 2nd, 2009 2:41 amAmazing Collection…Thanks…Love ‘em all
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November 2nd, 2009 3:37 amHey great work!!!
I like new moon.- 81
November 2nd, 2009 6:15 amI’m glad you like it
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November 2nd, 2009 3:59 amThank you for selecting my calendar for this month. Great job by the other designers who submitted work as well. Impressive work.
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November 2nd, 2009 4:05 amNumber one criticism, too many thanksgiving ones, we’re not all american. Number two, twighlight cut and paste fan art? are you kidding? No Jonas Brothers or Hanna Montana montages this month? Disappointing, this isn’t deviant art.
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November 2nd, 2009 5:06 amI like Doodles.
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November 2nd, 2009 5:48 amThanks for including my desktop this month!
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November 2nd, 2009 6:17 amyay!!!!
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November 2nd, 2009 6:21 amThank you ! I am honored for the my desktop to be shared here! among so many diverse and awesome artists, hope all of you have a great November!
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November 2nd, 2009 7:07 amWhy the “November Snowboarding” is not 1280×1024!
It’s very bad!
Хочу нормального разрешения!!!))) - 89
November 2nd, 2009 7:26 amJimi Hendrix gets my vote! AWESOME artwork!
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November 2nd, 2009 7:28 amthe chameleon one and the eye-candy were right up my alley humor wise but i picked the berlin wall as my desktop. i think that was a pretty important moment in our history. i also forwarded the twilight one to an obsessed friend. i may not understand it, but spread the love i guess! r.
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November 2nd, 2009 7:48 amAwesome work!!! I like them all
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November 2nd, 2009 9:01 amI found just one wallpaper for myself “Nigh” but it has wrong dates :(
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November 2nd, 2009 11:02 amCheck “Nigh” again, the dates are fixed.
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November 2nd, 2009 12:14 pmthanks I am using it again! ;)
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November 2nd, 2009 10:19 amThese wallpapers keep getting better and better. I generally prefer the abstract designs. Normally there are one or two that jump out at me but this month I can’t decide between about 7 of them! Does anyone know of a Vista program that will let you rotate backgrounds?
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November 2nd, 2009 10:23 amHi! Wow! There are a lot of nice calendars this month as usual. I’m a French-Canadien and it’s cold early this fall. So my prefered this time is “Seasonal change – the transition from autumn to winter just like pages in a book…” Designed by Alexandra Ipate from Romania. I took Romania for October too. Good job!
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November 2nd, 2009 11:01 amnote: the calendar on Javier Castillo’s ‘To November’ is actually day fast (the second jumping a whole week from the first!) – danger.
love that red, though.- 98
November 3rd, 2009 2:13 pmThanks for the comment, not time for excuses, but if you fix the error, thank you very much
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November 2nd, 2009 11:53 amEstan muy buena la collecion de noviembre , la que mas me gusta es Thailand’s Lot Krathong
Miryam - 100
November 2nd, 2009 11:56 amI looooove the “Bonfire delight” calendar! :)
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November 2nd, 2009 12:25 pmOnce again, a wealth of variety and complete inspiration. Wow!
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November 2nd, 2009 2:02 pmLove the football wallpaper!! Love the abstractness of it when it is zoomed in. Ha, what American wouldn’t love the football wallpaper?…
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November 2nd, 2009 2:35 pmI like Mother Earth this month – it puts things in perspective.
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November 2nd, 2009 3:00 pmlovethem, as usual. My only suggestion would be not forget those who live down here. I mean, it’s almost summer here, i don’t want a winter wallpaper =)
BTW, love the design. Keep the good work.
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November 2nd, 2009 4:11 pmNice Collection, Congratulations.
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November 2nd, 2009 7:01 pmnovember glow the one
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November 2nd, 2009 11:56 pmYay! My wallpaper is placed! :D
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November 3rd, 2009 12:19 amCar Boat Shed is mine for this month. A nice feeling in.
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November 3rd, 2009 2:44 amBrilliant haul this month guys! having real dificulties in choosing my wallpaper for the month. maybe all of them?!
BTW, brilliant site rework!!
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November 3rd, 2009 3:06 amthese are some really great wallpapers. I couldn’t really choose which one to use, but I went for ‘bonding’ – those cure yellyfish!
All of the designers did an amazing job!
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November 3rd, 2009 5:20 amHi,
is it possible to zip all calendar motives into one zip file for downloading? Because with the new Windows 7 it’s possible to mark multiple files to show them in a slideshow as desktop wallpaper.
Because downloading every single wallpaper isn’t very comfortable =)
Perhaps every resolution in one zip archive will be great for monthly releases! :) - 112
November 3rd, 2009 6:48 amThis is really very nice wallpapers……..
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November 3rd, 2009 8:04 amIt was a great pleasure to participate in the November calendar, much better that you have chosen mine, thanks and good luck.
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November 3rd, 2009 8:55 amNovember Glow!….nice one!
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November 3rd, 2009 9:21 amI did not like any of them.
Sorry. - 116
November 3rd, 2009 1:40 pmGoing for the doodled one :) cute
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November 3rd, 2009 7:07 pmChupem minha pirocona.
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November 3rd, 2009 11:28 pmDefinetely November Monster!
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November 4th, 2009 12:12 amA very nice collection! I liked many but to suit my mood this month, I chose “Autumn Hills.”
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November 4th, 2009 2:56 amLoneliness is great! i love the lamp!
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November 4th, 2009 4:54 amGood Collection…
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November 4th, 2009 6:42 amNice work guys :) I can’t choose some of this, they are really good :(:
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November 4th, 2009 8:08 amFinally a Dual Monitor wallpaper.
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November 4th, 2009 3:52 pmso much thank you. i love it.
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November 4th, 2009 8:12 pmthanks for sharing your work! I especially love
Seasonal Change
Thailand’s Lot Krathong
Doodles
– it has a wonderful calming effect. I can’t choose so i may keep switching in this month of november :)*btw – this is my first time on the webpage.. very impressive –
T - 126
November 5th, 2009 1:53 amYou did NOT include a Twilight calendar! You didn’t!
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November 5th, 2009 5:26 amwhy is there no much 1280×1024 resolution these day >
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November 5th, 2009 5:48 amthere were a lot of dark ones this month. I expected more Thankful / thanksgiving themes. My fav is “Seasonal change”. can’t wait to see the fun Christmas stuff all these creative people can come up with for December.
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November 5th, 2009 6:30 amZebra is amazing
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November 5th, 2009 11:08 amAutumn Colours and Mum
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November 5th, 2009 3:10 pmGreat I didn’t update my wallpaper all last month!
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November 5th, 2009 6:44 pmKudos to Mum!
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November 5th, 2009 6:44 pmAnd got Give Tanks for the laptop…
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November 6th, 2009 8:59 amwow like 6 of them are available in 1920 x 1080 that really sucks.. again…
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November 6th, 2009 1:27 pmGreat Collection like always…
this time i liked the simple designs and the ones easy on the eye.
my favorites are:
type and strips
glow
cutout
doodle
wildlife bichomania - 136
November 7th, 2009 3:01 amGreat wallpapers.
Looking forward to next month. - 137
November 7th, 2009 3:29 pmThanks you very much to create these Awesome Wallpaper !!
I must left this comment !!!! Is a strong suggestion to to visitators xD
congratulations for blog ^^ Greetings from Italy :D
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November 8th, 2009 1:15 amfall of berlin wall is my favourite. Good impressinon and technique.
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November 8th, 2009 7:22 amI just discovered this site & I love all the designs …. thanks to Smashing Mag & all the artists. I loved Mother Earth the best, Autumn Colours, Wavular & Bless you Zebra. Looking forward to next month!
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November 9th, 2009 3:32 amBless You Zebra!
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November 9th, 2009 10:21 pmWow. great wallpaper! :D
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November 11th, 2009 12:51 pmYou all are some talented mo’ fo’s. I hope some of that design skill rubs off on me! (that’s why I hang around you all..)
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November 12th, 2009 10:11 pmThere’s some good work here, but there’s also a lot of amateurish designs up there. I know you don’t want to alienate anybody, but you should really filter these, because it’s a real turn off to find crappy work along the way.
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November 14th, 2009 1:40 amThere’s some awesome variety here this month, love it! I’ll have to agree with the others, though… it’s not autumn everywhere, and we don’t actually celebrate Thanksgiving here.. :p
There’s too many to mention that I like, but I especially like the one of the Berlin Wall (very original), and the Halucinogen Sunset calendar. Great job to all the designers!
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November 18th, 2009 4:12 pmDesde chile…
he encontrado este magazine que por lo demas me ha encantado como diseñador.
felicitaciones..
Saludos.
Suerte. - 146
November 18th, 2009 4:33 pmwew..nice information…
thanks for shared..:D
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November 18th, 2009 6:44 pmnice :), i really liked:
” Bonding “- Terence Gomez
” Cutout “- Marek Lasota / eFRESH
” Seasonal Change “- Alexandra Ipate
” Thank You “- Valerie Morgan - 148
November 21st, 2009 10:33 amAmazing Wallpapers.
Downloaded ‘My Little Dream’ and found out that the Dates aren’t marked properly. The Sundays are indicated wrongly…. ;)
Overall, great designs……. - 149
November 21st, 2009 11:54 amOh man, I lol’d so hard at turkey laser. Awesome entry.
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November 24th, 2009 8:27 pmhey gr8 collection… aw’sm wallpapers.
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November 30th, 2009 1:49 amI think that “calendar” word in tag is necessary.
I search each month. In november i miss this tag.The idea of month calendar as wallpaper is great!
Thank you.
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(66 votes, average: 4.55 out of 5)
A nice collection of work on calender but disappointing for me as my work is not showcased in this month. I participated in the November calender but unfortunately…
anyways… better luck next time :)