Wallpaper of the Week – Desire and Disparity
This is the fifth edition of Wallpaper of the Week here at Design Informer. This week’s wallpaper is entitled Desire and Disparity. The wallpaper was designed by an up-and-coming designer from Sweden, Tobias Ahlin. This is a personal wallpaper exploring extreme contrasts with colors and feelings.
Desire and Disparity
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Production & Process
This is what Tobias had to say about the creation of the wallpaper.
After deciding on the concept, I made a rough sketch in Photoshop to base the composition on. The hunt for photos of hands began, and after collecting quite a few I cut them out and placed them into the composition. The fire was created mainly by warping pictures of flames into the shapes I desired. A 3D heart stock by Shoofly-stock was brought in and manipulated to create the heart.
I used Apophysis to create abstract renders which I used to create motion and texture in the background. Pixelmator was used to create some final touches, which was brought back into Photoshop for final composite.
Quick Summary
- Estimated time: 20 hours
- Client: Self-initiated
- Tools: Wacom, Photoshop, Apophysis, Pixelmator
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Richie
December 14th, 2009 1:04 amWow …. 20 hours!! and what a result!! awesome… it would have been even better if the artist could provide the case study …
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Adit Gupta
December 14th, 2009 1:47 amThis is an awesome wallpaper!!…loved it :)
Jad Limcaco
December 14th, 2009 2:04 am@Richie – Yes, I will try to do that to future wallpapers. I especially would love to see a case study of this wallpaper as well. It’s incredible!
@Adit – Thanks man.
Marco
December 14th, 2009 8:01 amWhoah – sweet! Although the design isn’t very complex, it’s well thought and looking VERY good. Great to see!
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Jad Limcaco
December 14th, 2009 1:27 pm@Marco – Thanks Marco. Tobias did a fantastic job with this wallpaper.
loswl
December 14th, 2009 7:49 pmVery cool! one of the best walls i have seen in a while, love the hot and cold colors, the hands I did not see too clearly until I downloaded it, and whoh! very nice and intricately done!
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Jad Limcaco
December 14th, 2009 8:17 pm@Loswl – Same here. That’s why when I saw it, I had to feature it as the wallpaper of the week, so I quickly contacted Tobias. And yes, those hands are a nice touch to the wallpaper.
bunny
December 14th, 2009 10:39 pmSuper killer!
Waheed Akhtar
December 15th, 2009 9:10 pmAwesome wallpaper
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Lele
December 15th, 2009 9:55 pmNice wall, I like how the colors compliment the main focus of the image. :)
honour chick
December 15th, 2009 10:30 pmvery beautiful wallpaper. thanks for sharing. ;)
Jad Limcaco
December 16th, 2009 6:33 pmThanks everyone. I’m glad y’all liked the wallpaper.
Maicon Sobczak
December 21st, 2009 2:14 amVery beautiful wallpaper! I’m using it.
Jad Limcaco
December 21st, 2009 2:29 amThat’s great to hear. :)
Tim Valentine
February 17th, 2010 10:22 pmYou are blessed with talent. Thanks for explaining the Production & Process.
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Matt
February 18th, 2010 12:39 pmWow seriously cool, but 20 hours is a long time to spend surely. This blog must almost be full time work as it is. Good work thou fella. M.