Wallpaper of the Week – Love Color
This is the seventh edition of Wallpaper of the Week here at Design Informer. The wallpaper for this week is entitled Love Color. I designed this wallpaper about 3 months ago for my personal use. I was trying to do something creative with a quote by John Ruskin and decided to make a wallpaper that exhibited a lot of color.
Love Color
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Production & Process
"The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most."
-John Ruskin
I found this quote interesting so I decided that it would make for a good wallpaper. I quickly opened up Adobe Photoshop and got to work. I started with some wavy shapes that I colored purple. I decided to duplicate this shape into different layers and I painfully rotated them into place to fill the entire canvas. I also changed the colors on some of the layers. For the text, I decided to use Rockwell as the main font.
I really like the kinetic typography style so I decided to layout the text based on that style. I was pleased with the final result and this wallpaper actually stayed as my desktop wallpaper for over 3 weeks.
Quick Summary
- Estimated time: 1.5 hours
- Font: Rockwell
- Tools: Adobe Photoshop
- Total Layers Used: 72
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Josh
December 27th, 2009 1:47 amWow, this has got to be my personal favourite of all the wallpapers here. Love the harmonization of colours, but I am particularly impressed with the typographic composition of the logo/quote. Great font choice.
A very well designed wallpaper! :)
Jad Limcaco
December 27th, 2009 1:51 amThanks Josh, I’m really happy that you liked the wallpaper.
It took me quite a while to layout the quote, I kept tinkering with it until I thought it looked good. I think I spent the majority of my time on the quote when I was designing this wallpaper.
Sohna Munda
December 27th, 2009 2:01 amAwesome Creation just fabulous
Jad Limcaco
December 27th, 2009 2:07 amI appreciate the compliments. :)
webbografico
December 27th, 2009 2:03 amGreat work… I cannot download the 1280×800 version for my MB… it tells me no file found
Jad Limcaco
December 27th, 2009 2:08 amThanks for the heads up. I just fixed it and it should be working now.
:D
webbografico
December 27th, 2009 2:24 amPerfect… now I have a new background for my MB
Jad Limcaco
December 27th, 2009 2:47 amAwesome! Thanks for downloading the wallpaper. Good to know that someone’s already using it.
Tomas
December 27th, 2009 3:22 amGreat typography. I’m big fan of abstract wallpapers and this one looks beautiful, thanks.
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Jad Limcaco
December 27th, 2009 3:24 amI’m grateful for the kind words Tomas. Thanks for commenting.
Daniel Barta
December 27th, 2009 4:01 amGreat job. I love abstract pictures and now with this quote it is more expressive.
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Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 1:01 amThanks Daniel. That’s what I wanted it to be. I wanted the quote and the colors in the back to really mesh well together, and I guess it worked. :)
Namit Gupta
December 27th, 2009 4:34 amGreat Work, Wallpaper is looking awsome!!!
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Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 1:02 amThanks Namit! Good job with the iTech blog.
Namit Gupta
December 28th, 2009 2:39 amThanks.
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sjdvda
December 27th, 2009 5:01 amThanks very much for this awesome wallpaper. It’s just perfect for my desktop. :)
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Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 1:03 amGlad you liked it. I really get excited when someone decides to use the wallpaper. :lol:
digof
December 27th, 2009 6:35 amcool abstract work
Jad Limcaco
December 29th, 2009 12:46 pmGlad you liked it Digof.
Richie
December 27th, 2009 11:35 amWow… this is really good… the blending styles with an classic quote… typography at its best…. awesome Jad. Rockwell is an amazing font. one can do wonders with it.
Clever typography is worth a thousand pictures, for sure….
Excellent…
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Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 1:04 amI really appreciate the kind words Richie. Rockwell is great! A classic font that is very versatile. One of my favorite fonts!
PhotoshopCandy - Web Design Inspiration
December 27th, 2009 4:35 pmIt looks like a sea of colors, beautiful.
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Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 1:05 amThat’s neat, I never saw it that way until you pointed it out. :)
twe4ked
December 27th, 2009 10:34 pmGreat work Jad, love the typography!
Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 1:05 amThanks Odin.
DesignFellow
December 27th, 2009 11:13 pmGreat color mixing..
Fantastic work Jad..
Keep up :)
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Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 1:06 amThank you. I experimented with different colors. I was going to go with CMYK or RGB but those are overused. I decided to come up with a different color palette and I really love the way that these colors blended with each other.
Adit
December 28th, 2009 1:38 amTruly awesome wallpaper!! :)
Jad Limcaco
December 29th, 2009 12:46 pmI appreciate the compliments Adit. :)
loswl
December 28th, 2009 8:51 amVery interesting use of color and shape, looks like modern fine art :)
Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 10:57 amYou’re right, I guess if I took out the quote in the middle, it does look like fine art.
mac605
December 28th, 2009 8:51 amLooks great, especially converted to B/W :)
Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 10:56 amReally, converted to black and white? I haven’t tried that out yet. :)
mac605
December 28th, 2009 12:49 pmWell… That was 1st thing that come to my mind… ;)
http://bit.ly/5QmLuk
Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 12:55 pmBlack and white does look pretty good. It’s perfect if you want a dark wallpaper.
Joseph Lee
December 29th, 2009 2:29 pmThat’s pretty. Nice work mate.
Jad Limcaco
December 29th, 2009 5:53 pmThanks Joseph. BTW, interesting website you have, I checked it out. ;)
Kuswanto
December 30th, 2009 4:13 amWow.. nice wallpaper. Added to collection :-)
Thank you for sharing.
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Jad Limcaco
January 4th, 2010 10:38 pmThank you for adding it to your collection Kuswanto. I really do appreciate it.
Bluefaqs
January 2nd, 2010 8:24 pmI guess I was so busy during the holidays that this weeks wallpaper slipped past me. Excellent job Jad! Definitely one of my favorite so far.
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Jad Limcaco
January 4th, 2010 10:38 pmOne of your favorites? Thanks a lot Shawn. :)