Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: March 2010

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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 50 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 March 2010?

Please notice that you can also download the March 2010 Windows 7 Theme, prepared by Tim Heuer for Smashing Magazine and its readers.

Super Mario bros 1985

"My 25th anniversary tribute to Super Mario bros." Designed by Davide Vicariotto from Italy.

Smashing Wallpaper - March 10

Haiku on Hanami

"And the wind says swish, swish…" Designed by April Joy E. Jasmin from Philippines.

Smashing Wallpaper - March 10

Road to Success

"The photograph was taken in 2009, of my little sister (Sasha Bell) walking in Cornwall, it really reminded me of “the road to success”, and I’ve had it on my desktop for a long time, so I thought others might enjoy it — it gives me a sense of excitement, freedom and the struggle we all have to archive success." Designed by Olivia Bell from England, UK.

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Little Girl

"Something much more simple, a little simple typography. :)" Designed by Sasha Bell from England, UK.

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Butterfly

"The bright colours of March." Designed by Ellen Xue from Canada.

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Spring Time

Designed by Indeziner from Romania.

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Sticks and Stones

"Was daydreaming and listening to Sticks and Stones by The Pierces over and over againand came up with this idea for the March Calendar." Designed by Kathlyn Marie Salazar from Philippines.

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Searching for spring

Designed by Andrei Verner from Russia.

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Goes in like a lion and out like a lamb

"Just an illustration for march :)" Designed by Jennifer Herd from Canada.

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Soom

"This is a color-work done 100% with Adobe illustrator CS4, its all about messing with gradients, transparency and a lot of blend tool. “Soom” means breath, this represents the breathing of universal time. the time of the stars." Designed by David Fernandes / Random Spirals from Portugal.

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Up

"Fun spring wallpaper." Designed by Anca Varsandan from Romania.

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Even Cupcakes Have Bad Days

Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.

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Ghost Stories

"Background picture by Esa Wendelin" Designed by Marta Miazek from Poland.

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Gummy March

Designed by Monica Corduneanu from Romania.

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A New Day

"It’s the start of a brand new day." Designed by Stephanie Lam from Australia.

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Lucky Shamrocks

"Despite the three-leaved clover being synonymous with St. Patrick’s Day, I decided that a four-leaved clover would bring more luck to all the readers. Despite the three-leaved clover being synonymous with St. Patrick’s Day, I decided that a four-leaved clover would bring more luck to all the readers. Cheers!" Designed by Crystal Ng from Malaysia.

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Fractal

"Inspired by last months article about Mathematics…" Designed by Zhongde Liu from Germany/China.

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Donuts

"I simply adore donuts, they’re delicious and they always look so pretty — I tried to create a design revolving around them, and thought it would be a fun desktop wallpaper to have. Enjoy!" Designed by Rosanna Bell from England, UK.

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Telephones

"The telephone has had a bit of an impact over the last century on the way we communicate, so I thought a telephone-themed wallpaper would be appropriate for the month of its patent." Designed by Dan Sweet from USA.

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Midnight Sun

"The midnight sun sets on the party in the trees." Designed by Chris Alexander (Yipori) from England.

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Romanian Tradition Martisorul

Designed by Alexandra Ipate from Romania.

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Ladybug

"If I would be a ladybug…" Designed by Christine Schirbel from Germany.

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Daisy

Designed by Pietje Precies from The Netherlands.

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Lemonade Love

"Just a little wallpaper from me, I’m a huge fan of lemonade!" Designed by Sasha Bell from England, UK.

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Heart Splash

"I always see a lot of photography featuring random fruit and lemons (a lot of lemons!) falling/splashing into water, and thought it would be cool to turn a photography “idea” into a vector looking design, but with a heart! Hope you enjoy this!" Designed by Rosanna Bell from England, UK.

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Snowdrop Picking

"Snowdrops are my favourite flower of the “warmer season” — I know when they come out that summer isn’t too far away! Enjoy!" Designed by Sasha Bell from England, UK.

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Popephoenix

"This what we do. This is how we live. This is how we evolve. All for the sake of art." Designed by Popephoenix from USA.

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No Smoking

"Millions of people die every year because of Smoking but yet millions of people still smoke. I Designed this wallpaper just to Celebrate the NO SMOKING Day and raise our voices against this habit that Kills." Designed by Vanshika Wadhwani from Bahrain.

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Women as nature

"Women have long been associated with nature – metaphorically, as in ‘mother Earth’,for instance.International Womens Day is celebrated as the first spring holiday in the Northern Hemisphere, March is considered as the month which brings spring season with Nature Dressed in Green, to Greet the season of spring." Designed by Neelam Asrani from India.

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Spring is coming

"The vision of spring by m-mstudio. Now the nature is awakening!" Designed by m-mstudio from Italy.

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Luminance

Designed by Jordan Scott from Canada.

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Are you doing all you can?

"Are you doing all you can to become the person you want to be?" Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.

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Bright Summer

"In America, March is the month of American Red Cross. In India people celebrate Holi – the festival of colors in March. And in history it is the month in which Brutus assassinated Julius Caesar. Moreover, it is the starting of summer with the hot air, in southern Asia. In human color psychology, red is associated with bravery, purity, happiness, good luck, heat/fire, energy, and blood, and emotions that “stir the blood”, including anger, passion, love, pain, and sacrifice." Designed by Ramesh V R from India.

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Ballerine

"The letters with drips represent the cold winter and the ballerine is spring." Designed by Axenis from France.

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Birthday Month

Designed by Ammar Ceker from Turkey.

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March Sentense

"Just motivating sentence for March :)" Designed by Temeshi from Poland.

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Winter’s Almost Over

"Winters are long and slushy in Buffalo, NY. March is both the ugliest and most hopeful month, because spring is just around the corner." Designed by Palmer Louise from USA.

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New Beginnings

"I graduated college approximately 2 years ago, and since that time have worked as an IT consultant/auditor for a large accounting firm. I realized early on that I had made a mistake and would never be content until I got back into the world of design and development, which is where my passion truly lies. I have been working for the past year building a portfolio in the hopes to do this. This design is a direct byproduct of this and a hope that with Spring comes a new life and a new beginning." Designed by Noah Jablonski from USA.

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Lucky Me

Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.

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Colourfull

"I am presenting a colourfull march." Designed by Sandhya Banshal from India.

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Spring Bloom

"March marks the beginning of a new season and is the time of year when plants begin the grow.The beauty of the month is depicted in this wallpaper." Designed by Ellen Xue from Canada.

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Escaping Winter

"I took this photo of Wharariki Beach while on holiday last month in New Zealand. I hope it brings some good weather this side of the world in March." Designed by Adam Foster from England.

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Why March

"Nothing like a good ol’ anti-war statement. For the record, I am not against the troops. I am against war. Thanks!" Designed by Kris K. from United States.

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Feeling Sheepish

"A visual interpretation of the month that most importantly connects winter with summer, it just sometimes feels a bit sheepish." Designed by Jordan Scott from Canada.

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Chuck misses a tooth

"Was kinda bored and looking for some fun. So, came up with Mr. Chuck who just lost a tooth!" Designed by Abdus Salam from Pakistan.

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Spring Is The Season

"Spring is the season of new, young and vibrant colors. My idea behind this creation is to leave behind the darkness of failure, tears, pain and broken hearts. Brighten yourself with new colors, hopes and thoughts like these flowers." Designed by Upasana Jain from India.

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Ultimate Sophistication

"I’m keeping the description simple to. The motivation behind this design was reading the Leonardo DaVinci quote online, liking it and wanting to do something to illustrate it." Designed by Håvard Bergersen from Norway.

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Sploosh

"Bring in March with a sploosh." Designed by Ryan McLeod from Scotland.

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Stripy

"Be simple and bold this march :)" Designed by Akash Chandrayan from India.

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Standing Tall

"Like any designer, I derive inspiration from nature. And animals are my favourite. Still I remember the tall, majestic Giraffes that I saw in my school excursion. Have a beautiful month." Designed by Ganesh k Swaminaathan from India.

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Olympic Mania

"Desktop Wallpaper for March, 2010, Inspired by Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter games." Designed by Sagar from Bangladesh.

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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 March, folks!

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  1. 101

    SPRING TIME is the best.

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    Pandora batteries

    March 1st, 2010 9:23 pm

    Very nice wallpapers and very inspirational article. Honestly speaking I had never think about an desktop as an inspiration because I thought we are not so free to look at our wallpapers and thus never care for the wallpaper but now my vision is quite changed. And from all the design I liked “The Road of Success” a lot. I felt it’s very inspirational and also looks good.Pandora batteries

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  3. 103

    Good collection of wallpapers. I love the collections coooooooool!!!

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  4. 104

    This site always make awesome wallpapers!!! I love it!!

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  5. 105

    My favorites are Super Mario Bros and Haiku on Hanami.

    This is a great way to spice up my desktop :)

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  6. 106

    Loved Spring Bloom, and the ones from Sasha Bell. Sasha! Your wallpapers are really cute. My 6 year old niece just loves them all and insists I don change it. “Why March” is awesome. I am against war too.

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  7. 108

    why march is the best! rest all are mediore

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  8. 109

    I love the spring time:)))

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  9. 110

    thank you so much. i love Heart Splash the most ^^ !

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    Valdecir Carvalho

    March 2nd, 2010 5:08 am

    Hey guys, check this out! You have been “featured” in the biggest internet portal in Brazil — tecnologia.uol.com.br/album/wallpapers_marco_album.jhtm?abrefoto=1

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  11. 113

    Really lovely work as always, and thanks once again to Smashing Magazine for making these available!

    I went for simplicity. :)

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  12. 114

    Laryssa Alvarado

    March 2nd, 2010 7:08 am

    ultimate sophistication! — already on my desktop :)
    thanks SM.

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  13. 115

    There are others done so creatively

    Valerie Martin USA Are you doing all you can? clever shadowing. So right question.

    “If I would be a ladybug…” Designed by Christine Schirbel from Germany. Just wow. the thoughts turn just long enough for relief from a cruel day to be embraced by such massive beauty and refreshed enough to yes do all one can in one’s own way.

    Just like all of you so thanks to all your creativity spans the globe via smashing magazine.

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  14. 116

    My favourite one is Ghost Stories!

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  15. 117

    Wow. As a BC graphic designer, i would suggest you take off the olympic wallpaper before you get sued. It is highly illegal to use that image and the olympic rings image.

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      They aren’t making any money off of it. I could make one too and put it on my desktop along with sharing it with my friends with no problems.

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  16. 119

    Didn’t really see anything amazing this month.

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  17. 120

    I love then, every month I download some ones and put to cicle in the backgrounf of Windows 7… =D Thanks!

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  18. 121

    mario bross is the best :D

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    Daniel Correia

    March 2nd, 2010 4:11 pm

    My favourite is “Why March?”, nice illustration. Lemmings style =)

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    Palmer Louise

    March 2nd, 2010 6:01 pm

    Kudos to Dan Sweet for finding something to celebrate in March, with “telephones.” ;) I like the illustration style as well.

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  21. 124

    This is a fantastic month, I have too many favorites to choose from

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  22. 125

    nice collection but its not better then previous ones :(

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  23. 126

    More great designs this month as usual. Great work designers! ;)

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  24. 127

    Wow!!! I got again so many collections for this month.
    each one differ with 1 another, all the best for all designers and
    thank u all.

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  25. 128

    I love almost all….Thanks Smashing Magazine!

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  26. 129

    M sooooo sad! I could not find the size of 1366X768,
    noone is suites on my notebook :(

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  27. 130

    Maybe what would make this more of an impact is having a functional calender over layed over the wallpaper. That is something I’ve been looking for my website since the front page is like a desktop.

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    Milos Mike Homola

    March 3rd, 2010 1:42 pm

    “Why March?” is splendid!

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  29. 132

    I became a fan of April Joy E. Jasmin’s works! Tnx can’t wait for “April” ;-)

    PS: “Why March” is also fatastic and it goes to ma screen at work :)

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    Luiza (Brazil)

    March 3rd, 2010 3:07 pm

    I loved the one by Anca Varsandan. To be true I usually like the cute ones. “Donuts” is really nice too. I wish the designers remembered not to put the calendar in the bottom because it usually disappear in the computer desktop.

    I also want to say that I’m a big fan of this website. I’ve been using your wallpapers for a long time. Hope you keep posting them and they keep getting better.

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  31. 134

    this time I choice Mario Bross, its great! thanks ;)

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  32. 135

    i love sasha bell’s words.

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    Andrea Roa F.

    March 3rd, 2010 8:48 pm

    spring time es preciso para mi, es mi favorito…
    Desde Chile

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    Rogelio Tobias

    March 3rd, 2010 9:08 pm

    Ultimate Sophistication, is very nice.

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  35. 139

    Gummy March.

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  36. 140

    “Haiku on Hanami” is my choice

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  37. 141

    I choice “Why March?”, it’s funny!

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  38. 142

    “A New Day” is my choise!

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    Sukanya Shinde

    March 4th, 2010 3:51 am

    ghost stories is d best, i lv it.. :)

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  40. 144

    I liked all the designs, so I can use one for each day. Thank you.

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  41. 145

    Currently using Spring Time & love it!!

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    Kashif M Qasim

    March 5th, 2010 2:24 am

    Does SM have updated this post? and updated some of the wallpapers because I see some new ones which were not there on 1st March. May be I am wrong, can anyone please confirm?

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  43. 147

    i like “Lucky Me”
    thank!

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  44. 148

    Zine Creative

    March 6th, 2010 1:34 am

    Inspiring desktop wallpaper designs. Keeps you fresh.

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  45. 149

    My favs are “Even Cupcakes Have Bad Days” (fabulous!) and Luminance. How fun!

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  46. 151

    Wow. That fractal is just amazing. I’m usually into desktop wallpaper photographs (currently have the Hubbel Ultra-deep Field photograph as the background), but I might take that for a spin!

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  47. 153

    Heart splash is my favourite – now on my desktop for march.
    they are all good in their own way, really impressed ,have bookmarked the site for future viewing.

    A.

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  48. 154

    Please, we need more 2560 wide wallpapers for iMac 27.

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  49. 155

    Haiku on Hanami is my fav~~

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  50. 156

    Really would like to thank all the talented designers and smashing for bringing us all these wonderful wallpapers every month. Butterfly is on my desktop now but I’ve saved a few others like A New Day, Midnight and Up as well!

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  51. 157

    Haiku on Hanami its nice!
    I love his simple colours, its serius but not a lot.

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  52. 158

    I can’t believe how cool these wallpapers are! What an awesome site, bookmarked!

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  53. 159

    I love the telephones, cupcakes and women as nature wallpapers.

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  54. 160

    Haiku on Hanami!!!!!!!!! It´s beautiful!!! Very nice collection, like always!

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  55. 161

    Thanx u alot from Mexico for these Wps

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  56. 162

    good work buddy

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  57. 163

    Kerrie Brooking

    March 10th, 2010 2:50 am

    Once again….a wonderful selection……tHaNkYoU!!

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  58. 164

    Heart Splash is great work, m lovin it.

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  59. 166

    This is ridiculous. What did happen to cause this degradation of creativity and originality.

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  60. 167

    Nice Wallpapers.

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  61. 168

    I love Ghost Stories!!!

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  62. 169

    i love standing tall so much!~

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  63. 170

    wallpaper r good for computer destop

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  64. 171

    Thanks for your various options of wallpaper, which makes me wondering in a happy worry :-)

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  65. 172

    I put it on desktop, really liked olivia bell and Haiku on Hanami alot :p

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  66. 173

    The Donut one is very jummy.. =)

    Keep work!

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  67. 174

    i like ‘why march’ and ‘lucky shamrocks’
    but
    i LOVE DONUTS! <3

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  68. 175

    Cupcake is my favorite! I like the glow, the colors.

    Lemonade Love is second best. It’s very happy.

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  69. 176

    Please include wallpaper size 1366 x 768, because my laptop screen size 1366 x 768.

    Thanks

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    Great selection again this month guys! You make the month much more bearable by brining us such a unique and eclectic group of wallpapers to pick from. I find myself choosing one a week cause I can never decide a favorite!
    This month I liked: Morgan, Wendelins, Salazar, Cordueanu.

    Thanks for the inspirations! Keep up the good work!

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  72. 179

    hello smash
    this is my first magazine i was read this is most interesting magazine and please paste poster of kate winslet and leanardo dicoprio and lyrics of akon you r so beautiful plz in april smash magazine keep smashing and enjoy.
    karachi

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    boiancristian

    March 25th, 2010 1:00 am

    …..my vote for “Haiku on Hanami”
    Designed by April Joy E. Jasmin from Philippines.
    10+

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  74. 181

    I think “Colourfull” should be called “9Flavors”. The artist inspiration surely came from our website :) 9flavors.com

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  75. 182

    I LIKED IT SO MUCH…

    ‘Nothing like a good ol’ anti-war statement. For the record, I am not against the troops. I am against war. Thanks!” Designed by Kris K. from United States.’

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  76. 183

    All the wallpapers are very good. I liked “Are you doing all you can?” for its message, Luminance and Olympic mania for their color composition. Keep up the Great work!

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  77. 184

    “Chinese also like this” ,nice work!

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  78. 185

    Iwan Hermawan

    April 21st, 2010 5:38 pm

    I love wallpapers…. Dammm, I love this site….

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  79. 186

    I love them all! But my favorites are
    UP
    Sophication
    heart Splash for sure
    Olympic mania

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  80. 187

    @Sasha Bell
    you have no shame !

    building portfolio of other people’s works, isn’t ok….

    all those “designs” are traces of many other illustrators working at stock agencies….I know very well that ilustration

    Considering that I also work for stock agencies this is realy upset me…

    you are a teaf….

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  81. 188

    Your post will be rather good, and I’m sure some will find it interesting because it’s about a topic that’s as widely discussed as others. Some may even find it useful.Thanks so much for your post.

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  82. 189

    Great for inspiration. We plan to use a few of these design for inspiration for our new splash screen.

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