Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: November 2010
Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use a specific wallpaper for a longer period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers for over 12 months. To make them a little more distinctive than the usual crowd, we’ve decided to embed calendars for the upcoming month. So if you happen to be searching for a specific day of the month, 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 for November 2010. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free.
Please notice:
- all images can be clicked on 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 2010?
Update (02.11.2010): You can also download the Windows 7 Wallpapers Pack with all wallpapers featured in this post.
Rose Petal
"Don’t underestimate the true beauty of a single dried rose petal…." Designed by Thuy Truong.
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Infinite Space
"Infinite Space… Inspired by the infinite beauty of our universe" Designed by Natanael Fernandez from Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana.
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Flying
"I’d like to fly away to warm countries for winter." Designed by Marta Miazek from Poland.
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Pink Morning
"Some watercolor, inspiration and good mood!" Designed by Oxana Kostromina from Poland/Russia.
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UX cake
Designed by WitFlow from Poland.
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Symbian World
"Scene from Symbian World." Designed by Anna Alfut from UK.
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Favourite Pair
Designed by Sasha Bell from England, UK.
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Fall into Place
"Photos from a damp, autumn day." Designed by Laurice Solomon from Canada.
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Enjoy the creative process
"November will surely be rainy for most of us. Hopefully you’ll remember to take a glimpse through the window, at least a virtual one. This wallpaper also features great free font called Franchise." Designed by Lucijan Blagonic from Croatia.
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Thanks For Giving
Designed by Randal Baker Jr from USA.
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Bon Voyage
"And in the morning I’ll be goneFor other towns and other livesI’ll catch the first train, bag in hand. And I won’t miss you, and you won’t cry." Designed by Yellowbook from South Korea.
Fallen Leaves
"You know Autumn has arrived when the leaves have fallen, and it rains? Have a great November everybody!" Designed by Olivia Bell from England, UK.
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Heavy Equipment
"In the vicinity of Zürich, the company hosted a field test with the new machine and presented the first diesel electrical chain dozer. The Caterpillar D7E Dozer is the November motif of the Heavy Equipment Calendar 2010.Weight: 25,7 Tons/ Performance: 175kW (238 PS) / Motor: Caterpillar with capacity 9,3 l / Location: Zürich, Swiitzerland" Designed by Bauforum24 from Germany.
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Reprieve
"Watching nature prepare to go to sleep for the winter. The beauty of the process deserves a closer look. The austerity of a branch without its leaves and a leaf’s exposed skeleton. All for us to marvel at in this season of change." Designed by Kim Carney from USA.
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High Treason
"After a bit of plotting and planning we decided we would use the British tradition of Bonfire Night and create something explosive for the desktops of Smashing Magazine’s followers for the month of November, so here it is, “High Treason” — inspired by the ultimate raving lunatic (Guy Fawkes) and crafted in a digital masterpiece!" Designed by Fluid Creativity from England.
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One Big Heart of Ours
"Thank you to Olivia Bell and Rosanna Bell for modelling." Designed by Sasha Bell from England, UK.
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November Tree
Designed by Christine Bradway from United States.
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Autumn with gecko
"Graphics made in Illustrator and Photoshop, combining nature elements, like classic autumm leaves with a more exotic and unexpected little gecko. Its purpose is to create an athmosphere of mystery and stillness, before the harsh winter strikes." Designed by Diana Samoila from Romania.
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Mechanical Month
Designed by Lemonsquash from france.
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Lonely White Guardian
"It’s almost winter and there’s only one thing stopping it from coming down the mountains and into the plains. This lonely white guardian struggling to keep the freezing snow at bay. Special thanks to Mikhail Dudarev for the photo." Designed by Bogdan Lazar from Romania.
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Calaca for El d’a de Muertos
"This illustration was created to celebrate the day of dead in the Hispanic countries and reflects the joy of those who celebrates the life through the death." Designed by Celsiuspictor from Spain.
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Autumn Fun
"After a happy cold and colourful afternoon, with the wet smell of earth filling my senses, we were walking home, for a hot chocolate, and with all these familliar feelings that sweet image got in my mind, and then I decided… I had to draw it!" Designed by Alkminnie Nestoridou from Greece.
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Expectation
Designed by Jaro Mlkvy from Slovakia.
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November Rain
"Every night I look down this street, because I’m attracted to color and shape of the newly constructed gas station. This is the most beautiful street in my town, with plenty of benches and alleys. Walking along this street You can relax a lot, and forget all the problems. By day it is very noisy, because the school is close to the street, but in the evening – becoming very quiet and lovely. When it starts raining, the street is just Yours." Designed by Edis Selimovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Hendrix Fire Lyrics Micrography
"Hendrix micrography themed wallpaper, based on the “Fire” lyrics. Micrography is an ancient art of drawing shapes based on letters." Designed by Ron Gilad from Israel.
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Remember, Remember
"Remember, remember the 5th of November." Designed by Ian Lunn from England.
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Stereo is better!
"On November 5, 1955, the stereo radio was introduced. Stereo is really better!" Designed by Matteo Palazzani from Italy.
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Diwali Greetings
"Diwali is the celebration of the Hindu new year which is celebrated all over the world. This piece wishes everyone warm wishes for the Hindu new year and the common new year holiday coming up soon." Designed by Smita Upadhye from New Zealand.
Friendship
"Day of National Unity." Designed by cheloveche.ru from Russia.
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A Myriad of Stars
"Each separate star, Seems nothing, but a myriad scattered stars, Break up the Night, and make it beautiful.” — Bayard Taylor. This photo was taken during the Perseids Meteor Shower this year, a magical night in the pine forests of Flagstaff, Arizona." Designed by Myriad Advertising from USA.
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Speaker Bird
Designed by Emily Shirley from USA.
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November Girl
Designed by Yuskiv Taras from Ukraine.
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Autumn Afternoon
Designed by Sasha Bell from England, UK.
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Racing Incident
"For racing snails, a split minute decision can lead to disaster, but racing incidents are just one part of the crazy world of The Racers." Designed by Ian Pullen from Spain.
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Ghost Friends
"Boney wanted to have friends but they are all ghosts." Designed by Constantino Co from Singapore.
Picturesque November
"Just another picturesque place from Iran!" Designed by Arash Zad from IRAN.
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Transitions
"Autumn meets winter…The vibrant red leaves meet the grey mist of winter mornings." Designed by Nishith from India.
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Life Thougths
"November is the month to think about the yearend and of the new year… where we plan about enjoyment… each one should enjoy the life during this month.. so a colorfull “11″ and some life quotes surronded." Designed by Darshan Kore from India.
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November in Africa
"One of the most striking attribute of any rural area of Africa is the calm and peace it has. This is why the number of tourists from far and wide come here to be a part of this memory-etching experience. It is in this light that I try to portray such nostalgic atmosphere. Keenako!" Designed by Aroyewun Babajide from Nigeria.
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November Fire
Designed by Pietje Precies from The Netherlands.
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Remembering George
"Nine years ago on November 29th, the world lost its second Beatle to cancer. George was my favorite of the four, and I thought this lyric was fitting for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday." Designed by Emily Blackwell from USA.
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Lawka
"photography" Designed by Mon from Poland.
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Rustic Flower
"Decoration on a coffe table on a sunny autumn day on a beach." Designed by Ivana Stojkovic from Serbia.
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Tiramisu
"Who doesn’t like a good piece of Tiramisu? Just created this simple wallpaper with no special reason, just felt like putting a vector piece of cake in a corner, and have everything else breathe and leave room for all you un-organized people with tons of icon on your desktop (just like me). Enjoy, and if you wonder what kind of desert you should have today, this week or this month (if on a really strict diet) well don’t look further!" Designed by Kevin Bedard from USA.
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November
"It is November. It is rich. It is golden." Designed by Jade Cheng from USA.
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Simple Sunflower
"This photo was taken in the spring, but I always think of sunflowers as an autumn flower." Designed by Allison Jirsa from United States.
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Movember
"For a weird reason, Australia and New Zealand celebrate Moustache November. And USA and Canada call it No Shave Month." Designed by Sahil Khan from India.
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Knitting Fall
"Cosy and bright knitting wallpaper will warm you on cold fall days." Designed by Maria Fisenko (marylika) from Ukraine.
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Channel 11
"Have a nice November!" Designed by Marco Palma from Italy/Germany.
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Expanse
"The shear magnitude of our corner of creation is inconceivably small compared to the known universe, which overshadows our solar system 1.25 quadrillion (successor to trillion) to 1 in diameter alone. Humility in this great expanse should be instinctive." Designed by Coswyn from United States.
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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 November, folks!
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Vina
November 2nd, 2010 12:31 amI like it so much! Thanks a lot!^^
dinastio
November 2nd, 2010 1:03 amAnother great collection!
I love especially Pink Morning.
Thank you!
VJ
November 2nd, 2010 1:26 amgreat collection)
i like November Girl, makes special spirit for me)
tanx Yuskiv Taras from Ukraine.
Gégé
November 2nd, 2010 2:04 amI’ll go for racing accident … and will see what my students will think of that one :)
agnieszka
November 2nd, 2010 2:51 amGreat choice as always! I like ‘November Fire’ most.
Oxana Kostromina
November 2nd, 2010 2:57 amHi! Thank you very much for featuring my wallpaper!
Really good collection on this month!
These are my fave this month: UX cake, Fall into Place, Symbian World, Fallen Leaves, A Myriad of Stars, Autumn Afternoon and Picturesque November.
Amanda
November 2nd, 2010 3:17 amCan someone design a spring one as it is spring in Australia….and maybe next mth a summer one for a Oz???
Greatly appreciated
Natalia
November 2nd, 2010 4:47 pmI was trying to design several that incorporated major nations’ holidays, and both hemispheres (reversed) seasons…but I ended up running out of time [got sick, as did my PC :( ]. It’s a difficult proposition to try and fit a lot of different needs into one wallpaper, and definitely bucks the trend of ‘minimalist’ design, so it won’t please those trendoids…I was going to have Thanksgiving, Diwali, Dia de Muertos and Guy Fawkes (firey, autumnal colors as unifying theme) along with contrast of green (fading from green into harvest) along with some other motifs. Will start soon on Dec….summer vs. winter solstice and various holidaze of lights. Wish me luck!
Mauricio
November 12th, 2010 4:30 amI would suggest that you could “re-edit” seasons, with changed calendars. For example:
In December winter begins in North Hemisphere, and summer on south, you could reedit the june wallpapers, changing the calendar to december to us on the south hemisphere, doesn´t need to be a new one.
I would not mind having a calendar/wallpaper that was previously released, but matches the calendar and the season I´m currently in.
The season thematic calendars are great, but seems odd to use them here on south hemisphere, since our seasons are opposed to yours.
Helge-Kristoffer Wang
November 2nd, 2010 3:32 amMy favourites was “Lonely White Guardian” and “A Myriad of Stars”. I’m currently using the “Lonely White Guardian” as my desktop wallpaper, and it brightens my inspiration. :-)
Thanks alot for this good share!
Manish
November 2nd, 2010 5:11 amHappy Diwali to all !!!!!
Mia
November 2nd, 2010 7:00 amthe thanks for giving calendar has a typo. it says “heats and minds” instead of “hearts and minds”. that one would have been my second favorite. my favorite is the usability calendar.
Paula
November 2nd, 2010 7:45 amMy favorite this month is Bon Voyage… But, what happened with Sentense.me??? I really miss their design!!!
Thank you so much!!!
Heather
November 2nd, 2010 8:04 amLove the collection but would certainly love it much more if the Movember wallpaper called out the real cause behind the movement – not just calling it some “weird reason”
sarah hanna
November 2nd, 2010 10:11 amReally nice callenders… very good work .. cant wait to c more…
Diana Rivera
November 2nd, 2010 10:50 amExpectation by Jaro Mlkvy was my favorite this month!
My birthday is coming and this wp reminds me of my always cold but cool parties.
Love this month!
I took Expectation and it looks awesome on my desktop…
This was my first gift, thanks Jaro! hehehe…
Hope to see more from you!
Great job!
P.S. Bell Sisters rocks… they’re my faves (:
Diana Rivera from Mexico
Jaro Mlkvy
November 4th, 2010 12:59 pmThank you very much! Im so glad you liked my wallpaper:) your comment made my day :) and happy birthday!
Dreb
November 2nd, 2010 11:55 amAwesomeness. I can’t take my eyes off of these wallpapers. A must have for the month of November and i guess for the rest of the month. Excited for the December snowy with lantern issue of smashing magazine.
Jennifer Newcumbersome
November 2nd, 2010 12:04 pmI didn’t read all the comments. But I am pretty disappointed that the only Thanksgiving calendar has “hearts and minds” misspelled. I don’t think I will prepare my “heats and minds” at all. :( /facepalm
neeka
November 2nd, 2010 12:07 pmI’m not a designer, but LOVE design! My faves this month are Flying, Reprieve, November Tree, November Rain, Stereo is Better, La Calaca, Myriad of Stars, and Diwali Greetings. Great job, everyone! Didn’t know there was a controversy about the Bell sisters, but their pieces don’t really appeal to me.
mein melon
November 2nd, 2010 12:20 pmmore infographic wallpapers like Expanse & UX Cake, please! and i’ve always liked cheloveche’s designs :)
Jenna
November 2nd, 2010 1:39 pmLoved Kim Carney’s! And also Celsiuspictor’s. Beautiful and fun. Can’t wait to see next month’s!
Jenny
November 2nd, 2010 1:44 pmYeah, I totally agree about the Bell sisters, I think something dodgy’s going on! What I don’t like is the way that she won’t publish critiscism on her website, it doesn’t make it look very legitimate!
Shashi Kanth Tangella
November 2nd, 2010 6:28 pmfalling for the “Fallen Leaves”, “Fall into place” :)
@the Sisters ! – just do wat you folks do best.. leave rest to fate.
most don’t speak – but ther are some who say – “I love your Work !”
Cheers!
Brhynn
November 2nd, 2010 6:42 pmI like a lot of these, though I can’t/won’t use any that feature people. Great work!
That being said, I do think that ones with typos or completely wrong calendars should be instantly disqualified. It does make one question the selection process. I understand getting inundated with 200 calendars, but is it so hard to review the final 50 before the post goes up?
Jenny
November 3rd, 2010 6:02 amI think it would be mean to disqualify those pictures, I think you should just have someone correct the mistakes.
Brhynn
November 9th, 2010 9:13 amOr the designer should correct the mistake, or review before submitting, or have someone else review it before they submit. It’s not about being mean. if SM is choosing the best of the ones they received, shouldn’t the best be free of errors?
Qiu
November 2nd, 2010 10:46 pmI like “Expectation” most. It is so cool.
hoopoe
November 2nd, 2010 10:49 pmI like Simple Sunflower
maryam
November 2nd, 2010 11:03 pmI think “Racing Incident” was brilliant and different. I loved the fact that there was a thought to it.
Shahrouz Farsi
November 2nd, 2010 11:58 pmOlivia and Sasha , Well done ! Marvelous …
Olivia Bell
November 3rd, 2010 7:12 amThanks Shahrouz! :D
Suparna
November 3rd, 2010 12:23 amI liked the “Autumn Fun”, Greece. Its simple, the dates are prominent, colour is soothing and looks good on the desktop. Also nice to see the Diwali wallpaper.
Alkminnie
November 18th, 2010 5:47 am:) I am very happy to see that you liked my work :) with a welcome good feedback :)
Haiko Peters
November 3rd, 2010 12:38 amWow! There’s so many superb wallpapers this month. I like Sasha’s photo’s a lot, especially the heart. But I think I’ll stick with “High Treason” as a wallpaper.
mihaela
November 3rd, 2010 3:53 ammovember
Justin
November 3rd, 2010 4:22 amI’m a big fan of the Bell sisters and the one that works best on my work desktop is Fallen Leaves by Olivia Bell. Thanks for another great photo.
Olivia Bell
November 3rd, 2010 7:11 amThanks Justin, that’s wonderful to hear. Have a great November! :)
ailiev
November 3rd, 2010 4:57 am“Fall into Place” is awesome. Great work.
Marco Aurelio
November 3rd, 2010 5:10 amHi people…
Last two months i send my wallpaper, but i received this message:
because of the unexpectedly high number of submissions, our automatic system that processes these submissions reports problems.
Your submission contains errors and therefore can not be considered for the contest.
But please notice that we have changed the rules for the desktop wallpaper submissions.
Please carefully review rules: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/19/desktop-wallpaper-calendar-join-in/
one more time and send us the files in the right resolutions.
Please do not send us your wallpapers multiple times – it makes the processing of your submissions
more difficult and may result in ignoring the wallpapers because of the spamming.
With warm greetings,
So, i review the rules and cannot find my mistakes… I send the wallpaper in jpg and in right resolutions…
Please, somebody can help me?
Thanks…
Jenny
November 3rd, 2010 6:08 amI’d just like to say my favourites are Knitting Design by Maria Fisenko and Pink Morning by Oxtana Kostromina. I love Maria’s design, it’s really cool and I love Oxana’s colours, so well done to you guys!
RobM
November 3rd, 2010 8:15 amI love your monthly calendar wallpapers! I must say this month is amazing – so many too choose from. Think I’ll have to have a different one every day this month!
Thanks to all the designers
Stefanie
November 3rd, 2010 8:21 amI just love Christine Bradway’s art work.,, hip without being teeny-boperish. Her lettering is so soothing with the way she makes flow. I will be back for her other wall paper designs.
Christine Bradway
November 3rd, 2010 11:04 amThank you Stefanie! I appreciate it :)
Chey
November 3rd, 2010 8:36 amI keep hearing about the Bell wallpapers being fabulous, but I just don’t see the greatness in the work. I mean, sweaty socks? Really? None of them really impress me, and yet they make up a lot of the wallpapers. Sad.
I love the Myriad of Stars, though. Very nicely done. =)
Jacques
November 3rd, 2010 9:58 amI am not particularly impressed this month, might be the cold turning down the inspiration ??
Asti
November 3rd, 2010 1:01 pmI’m looking forward to the beginning of each month ever since I discovered your site! It’s great to see how creative people are and I also love that contributions come in from all parts of the world. So thanks to everyone who takes the time to create a wallpaper or to put them on this page!
This month, my favourites are the ux cake, Calaca for El día de Muertos, Picturesque November and the Jimi Hendrix wallpaper. Looking forward to the December wallpapers already!
Rufino
November 3rd, 2010 11:13 pmGreat collection of desktop wallpaper. I like the November Rain, simple and attractive.
Kellyparks sam
November 4th, 2010 1:08 amThat’s great work. i really like this calender.
Laas
November 4th, 2010 1:36 amGreat collection, love the Mechanical Month!
Lindsay
November 4th, 2010 5:22 amI am using November Tree this month… Very simple, smooth lines… I love it.
Arjun
November 4th, 2010 5:39 amHappy Diwali
William
November 4th, 2010 5:59 amVery Nice collections.. love it..
Maud
November 4th, 2010 7:11 amI love “Pink Morning” !
szczerb
November 4th, 2010 8:44 amThanks for another month with multiple awesome wallpapers to choose from ;)
(Would love to see more of them in 1600×1200 as it’s my native resolution at work.)
AK
November 4th, 2010 11:03 amThis month’s selection was very good. Some really inspiring works. Autumn Afternoon is my choice as the best this month.
Paula
November 4th, 2010 12:02 pmNovember wallpaper from Sentense.me is available now! You can find it here: http://sentense.me/2010/11/01/wallpaper-for-monday-november-1-2010/
But it seems that they are having some trouble with the website because this is the only one that I could see… But it is enough for me!
Have a nice day!
KHM
November 4th, 2010 3:48 pmDAEPARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^.~
Sonny
November 4th, 2010 6:52 pmthese are most gorgeous wallpapers that I’ve seen in 2010
tnx
azul
November 4th, 2010 8:11 pmI love them all, thanks for sharing this wallpaper
Apple
November 4th, 2010 9:09 pmthank you very much so cute
kiki
November 5th, 2010 3:14 amFor me it is “Knitting Fall”, just downloaded it!
Great work, thanks from Berlin!
Rebekka
November 5th, 2010 4:09 amPink morning is beautiful and I like the Day of the Dead one, too, but the one I’m putting up is “Knitting fall”. Awesome!
Ritika
November 5th, 2010 5:44 amNow this is what i call a smashing mag collection. Real nice one.
Aurora
November 5th, 2010 11:33 pmGreat collection! I loved the George wallpaper, November rain and I just love the whole Symbian world series!
Channel 11 took the prize for me, though, its very unique, I just love it!
MP
November 6th, 2010 9:45 amThanks a lot, Aurora!
Andalee Motrenec
November 6th, 2010 12:53 pmI really liked this post a lot. I reposted it on my twitter account. @andaleem
Thank you!
sumanth
November 6th, 2010 11:53 pmSuperb wallpaoers.really liked them..am going a windows 7 theme and wanna use it.thanq for the walls…
Ray
November 7th, 2010 7:14 amFantastic! Thank you so much for these wonderful wallpapers.
Anh Nguyet Tran
November 7th, 2010 7:07 pmMy slideshow in desktop include:
- Rose Patel // I like its meam
- Fall into place // I like green
- Fallen leaves // I like rain and color in this picture.
- Reprieve // I like leaf’s skeleton.
- Autumn Afternoon // I like this picture, Sasha I realy like your pictures every month.
- Transitions // I like this colors.
- Simple Sunflower // I like Sun flower.
Maybe I like pictures than. But thanks for all calender of this month and their author.
Sid
November 8th, 2010 12:14 amAfter hearing so much about them, I went and checked for myself the plagiarism accusations against Sasha Bell.
From what I’ve seen, it looks like she’s quite clearly someone who mooches off others’ work. Maybe a publication as influential as SM should be more careful about who it promotes on it’s website.
Another point, if SM gets about 150 – 200 submissions, couldn’t you add some more variety instead of just putting up the uncannily similar works of the Bell sisters?
Amit Panchal
November 8th, 2010 1:49 amFinally, Amazing pics again.. !! :)
Rashmi G R
November 8th, 2010 2:53 amSmita Upadhye is rocking on India’s great festive ethnic design… Smitha you should be a regular contributor for this monthly wallpaper series….!!! Hats off…
Rama Chandu
November 8th, 2010 3:08 amthese are nice wall papers..
especially, the rain wallpapers was great..
pumaamravec
November 8th, 2010 3:40 amAll callenders are very nice. Best is from Lucijan Blagonic and Jaro Mlkvy.
Jaro velmi sa mi paci tvoj design, je vidiet ze sa vyznas v grafike a som velmi rada ze som nasla v smashingmagazine takto nadaneho slovaka ;)
miqitie
November 8th, 2010 5:31 pmEnjoy the creative process、Expectation、November Rain
hamster
November 8th, 2010 11:29 pmI do not like not nice
Daud Khan
November 9th, 2010 1:43 pmnot impressive…as previous ones…
Mareike
November 9th, 2010 5:56 pmNovember Rain is the best this Time but there are several great ones! REALLY GREAT CHOICE THIS MONTH thank you!
ellehcim
November 10th, 2010 2:53 amI love Symbian World, cant wait for the next one…keep it up Anna
Zeeshan Elahi
November 11th, 2010 10:37 pmSomehow, I feel quality is decreasing. Overall these are not as good as we had for last few months.
CarlSoN
November 14th, 2010 2:04 pmReally like:
Bon voyage
One big heart of ours
November rain!
kw
November 15th, 2010 9:37 pmsome calendar numbering got error
david booker
November 15th, 2010 11:14 pmFallen Leaves has my vote. It’s just beautiful. It’s hard to be photos this great into words.
Lupe
November 16th, 2010 6:57 amI, too, miss the Thanksgiving theme. For those who stated that not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving, I would also say that not everyone celebrates Diwali but there is a calendar for that. I like Calaca for D’d de los Muertos because at least it is more relevant for me since there isn’t a turkey or cornucopia around. P.S. I’m not too fond of the Bells either.
Maya Abramsky
November 17th, 2010 4:32 amwow!!! amazing designs!
Hafsa, the heaven
November 19th, 2010 3:26 amI would thank all the people who made these designs with keen interest and with different themes and ideas, but if it is required to select and suggest one, then i would suggest Diana Samoila’s design.
Olga
November 19th, 2010 11:04 amMaria Fisenko (marylika) from Ukraine!!!
Prasannakumar
November 19th, 2010 8:12 pmNice…Wallpapers….I missed til date to See …I didnt Saw such A Website…Thnx for Developers
Kulli
November 20th, 2010 1:43 amNovember fire!!
Thanks for a great idea and a really great design folks!
ariari
November 21st, 2010 2:29 amThank you for sharing all of these.
I choose Transitions^^ ♧
DJ
November 21st, 2010 5:41 amThough I no longer do any serious graphic arts work, I follow the articles in Smashing magazine. I love the monthly calendar choices. This month I have November Girl on my screen at work. People stop by and comment “where did you find that?”, or “I LOVE your screen background!” I tell them about Smashing magazine and often send the link to calendar choices to people every month, so this is good advertising. If I could have one wish though it would be that the artists remember function. Most people have all of their desktop folders on the left side of their screens – bad place to put the calendar or any part of the design that will obscure the folders.
Maddison
November 21st, 2010 8:20 pmLove “One Big Heart of Ours”, “Fallen Leaves” and “Autumn Afternoon”
ryan
November 22nd, 2010 6:22 pmin the thanksgiving one they spelled hearts wrong
dunkdaft
November 22nd, 2010 7:59 pmBest collection as always. But as always, the glitch is – the smashing magazine logo.
you should put it at a predefined place, like a corner or so, and add some transparency to it.
putting it anywhere looks an eyesore in otherwise gorgeous designs.
Abhinav
November 26th, 2010 5:49 amMechanical Month might be good but the calendar shows the date 31. Oops! :)
Arial
November 26th, 2010 11:42 pmthat’s great and amazing!!!!!!!11
Kubilay
November 30th, 2010 5:25 amThanks for all these amazing wallpapers… I know have a “Desktop” that everyone is looking twice :)
Thumbs up!
veapon
December 5th, 2010 4:47 pmGreate job!!!
I love this site!
Sporsho
January 31st, 2011 2:18 amawesome creative works
super like
Sacha
March 24th, 2011 2:46 pmBeautiful work!