Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: November 2011
We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one — desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for over two years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed and are still diligently contributing each month.
We continue to nourish you with a monthly spoon of inspiration. This post features 30 free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe for November 2011. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free. It’s time to freshen up your wallpaper!
Please note that:
- 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?
Real Artists Ship
"A tribute to Steve Jobs, from the crew at Busy Building Things." Designed by Andrew Power from Canada.
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Design For Good
Designed by Nicci Miller from USA.
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Coffee
Designed by Agnieszka Malarczyk from Poland.
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Autumn Impression
Designed by Agnieszka Malarczyk from Poland.
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Fall Leafs
"I like autumn colors on the leafs!" Designed by Petr Vaclavek from Czech Republic.
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The Hush
"Take time to sit and watch the leaves turn." Designed by Jason Krieger from USA.
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November Nostalgia
"November Nostalgia has a bit of the old mixed with the new." Designed by Colin Whitehurst from Philippines.
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November Rain
"It rains around here in november…." Designed by Inerseshen Creative Media from USA.
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The Most Productive Month
"Working hard or hardly working? What will your work stats look like in November?" Designed by Photo Stats from Sweden.
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Gunpowder Treason
"I doubt this piece needs any description at all, but here it goes. Because I’m a V for Vendetta fan, I decided to make a wallpaper out of the classic quote combined with the V for Vendetta “logo”. Of course this quote referenced to a historical event, which should never be forgot." Designed by Yentl from Belgium.
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Soul Candle
"When we do not visit the dead, they come to visit us." Designed by Pilo Francia from Philippines.
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Disco Ball
Designed by Emily Shirley from USA.
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A Clearing In The Foggy Forest
"A clearing in the foggy forest could be your salvation or your downfall. Be careful!" Designed by Alberto Varela from Basque Country.
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Pink November
"A face can manifest especially in a texture." Designed by Niki Virág from Hungary.
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Winter Is Coming
"I always like to use the macro feature of my camera to capture all the nature’s changes. Winter is coming and the first molecules of snow appeared on the autumn leaves… Isn’t it amazing?" Designed by Tatiana Anagnostaki from Greece.
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November Love
This November Love desktop wallpaper is designed by Medianovak from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Rainy Day
"A picture from Budapest (Hungary), a city full of history in which I spent two lovely days." Designed by Simona Gosu from Romania.
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Late Atumn
"The late arrival of Autumn." Designed by Maria Castello Solbes from Spain.
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Autumn Hair
"The colour of Autumn." Designed by John Rubio from Australia.
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Little Mademoiselle P
"Black-and-white drawing of a little girl." Designed by Jelena Tšekulajeva from Estonia.
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Grey
"It’s November. Again. And we can’t believe that another year has gone by." Designed by Lotum from Germany.
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Frozen Kingdom
"Cold, cold November somewhere in Frozen Kingdom…" Designed by Frozen Kingdom from Estonia.
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Hunting
"Sometimes you hunt a bear, sometimes a bear hunts you." Designed by Cheloveche.ru from Russia.
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Flying
Designed by Nindze.com from Russia.
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Cool November
"This big oak tree is standing in the middle of a big corn field, near the trail where I jog every other day. I always wanted to include into on of my creations, and finally, with Smashing Magazine’s wallpaper contest, it finally found its place in my November’s wallpaper. This year, autumn was very warm, and I hope this photo taken on a warm october day, will keep you warm through a cool and cold november that is coming up…" Designed by Uros Opaka from Slovenia.
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November 1st
"The 1st day of November was the first day of the Algerian revolution. It started in 1954 and lasted more than 7 years." Designed by Houssem Teghri from Algeria.
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Thanks Gathering
"November is a month for reflecting on the past year and beginning to look ahead to the coming year. During this time, we come together as friends and family to give thanks for the good things we have received and to band together in preparation for whatever may come next." Designed by Danielle Camorlinga from USA.
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Autumn
Designed by Leen Van Severen from Belgium.
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Constellations
"As a young girl my father showed me the constellations in the night sky. These are the November constellations as they will appear from the northern hemisphere placed in a landscape I dreamed of. See their names in the non-calendar version. Look at the night sky and find them!" Designed by Christina Balanou from Greece.
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November Turkey
Designed by Roland Szabo from Hungary.
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Undas
"”Undas” (Day of the Dead) is a significant holiday in the Philippines. A tradition derived from the “Dia de los Muertos” of Spain and Mexico. Families visit their deceased relatives in the cemeteries. They clean the tombs and decorate it with candles and flowers." Designed by Bored Astronauts from Philippines.
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Join In Next Month!
Please note that we respect and carefully consider the ideas and motivation behind each and every artist’s work. This is why we give all artists the full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience throughout their works. This is also why the themes of the wallpapers weren’t anyhow influenced by us, but rather designed from scratch by the artists themselves.
A big thank you to all designers for their participation. Join in next month!
What’s Your Favourite?
What’s your favorite theme or wallpaper for this month? Please let us know in the comment section below!
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Kent
November 2nd, 2011 5:27 pmI love almost every single one!!!
This month’s collection is so great~
weoweo
November 2nd, 2011 7:00 pmsoul candle!
good job to all the contributors!
Dreb
November 3rd, 2011 12:19 amWow. I can see pretty wallpapers this month. Got to pick the ‘Most productive month’. It’ll simply motivate me every time i open up my laptop. Thanks guys.
Grizet
November 3rd, 2011 1:05 amAutumn Hair… Beautiful ! My favorite this month
Jennifer Mitchell
November 3rd, 2011 11:06 amGreat collection this month! I really appreciate the artists who put a nice, usable grid calendar on the design, too.
David
November 3rd, 2011 12:15 pmWow! Lots of creativity!
Cat
November 3rd, 2011 2:16 pm“Remember, remember, THE 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I KNOW OF no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot”. Get your words right, mr. V for Vendetta fan! Cool wallpaper, though!
Yentl (Design 311)
November 7th, 2011 7:53 amI used the lines from the original poem (see below), not from the V for Vendetta movie. In the poem it says in fact “I see no reason why …”
I’m glad you like the wallpaper though :-)
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Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
the Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent to blow up King and Parliament.
Three score barrels were laid below to prove old England’s overthrow;
By God’s mercy he was catch’d with a dark lantern and lighted match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
Hip hip hoorah!
shiyuan
November 3rd, 2011 5:08 pmLove the “the most productive month “, I’ve sent this page to my friends!
Good work! Well done!
Jodi
November 3rd, 2011 10:46 pmVery surprised there’s Movember walls?
Pat Naidoo
November 4th, 2011 5:40 amHello,
I live in South Africa, and its Summer here !!! :) Needless to say I love the wallpapers but they are mostly themed to northern hemisphere seasons and not helpful in my case. No tranquil winters for us I’m afriad…. I do use the more inspirational generic ones. Thanks anyway…
mariza
November 4th, 2011 7:13 amwow! so much inspiration!!! beautiful!
Shawna
November 4th, 2011 1:40 pmI love The Hush. It’s perfect for that fall warmth feeling. Reminds me of the trails back east.
vico
November 4th, 2011 11:45 pmmy favourite:
Coffee
Autumn Impression
A Clearing In The Foggy Forest
Winter Is Coming
Rainy Day
Sachendra Yadav
November 5th, 2011 3:50 amMy Favorite: Fall Leaves
Frank
November 5th, 2011 6:53 amAutumn Hair is my favourite
Mike
November 5th, 2011 7:58 amGreat selection this month! I haven’t found one I was into in the past few months ( and I’ve never taken the time to contribute a design, so i’m that guy) but this month there’s a few I really like :)
Francisco Nobre
November 5th, 2011 10:35 amUnfortunately, I am not web designer or something of the sort. I do not understand why all the illustrations has as its theme the situation or the climate of north of the Earth. The south of this planet is in the middle of spring and there is not reference to it, even countries such as Australia who are also living this wonderful season! It’s weird.
Aldea
November 5th, 2011 10:44 amI love “Constellations” – just set it as my desktop!
Rohini Chaudhury
November 5th, 2011 11:53 pmI have been downloading wallpapers and reading articles on smashingmagazine since October 2011 and I just love it all. Great going, guys! The designers rock. You’re creativity and hard work amazes me! Love you all. May you go a long way ahead! I cannot chose any one of them, all of them are just ‘picture-perfect’… :)
Eric Nguyen
November 6th, 2011 3:04 ampersonally love “Real artists ship” but I’m gonna use “Most productive month” since this month is very important to my company :)
thanks
belle
November 6th, 2011 3:30 pmI look forward to the wallpapers every month. My favorite for November is Fall Leaves.
Claudiu
November 7th, 2011 1:20 amI’ve also made a November calendar, but the name of the month it’s in Romanian. If anyone likes the wallpaper I can provide the English version: http://blog.claudiuconstantin.ro/calendarul-lunii-noiembrie/
Thanks.
Natalie
November 7th, 2011 12:23 pmLoved the selections this month, great use of textures in some of these :)
Danielle
November 8th, 2011 1:07 amI really like these:
Coffee(something I drink a lot)
A Clearing in the Foggy Forest(beautiful scenery)
Winter Is Coming(natural beauty and texture)
Late Autumn(concept)
Autumn Hair(nice concept, colorful, texture)
Ketan
November 8th, 2011 4:54 amNice Wallpaper…
JKuik
November 8th, 2011 7:20 amReally GREAT COLLECTION!!! nice :) My favourite are Agnieszka Malarczyk photos, Design for Good and Pink November…. but wow… this month is rich!!!!! great job everyone!
Celso
November 8th, 2011 8:13 pmI like “Working hard or hardly working? What will your work stats look like in November?” Designed by Photo Stats from Sweden.
Is my wallpaper now. Great piece.
But all the other pieces like always are great!!!!!
Salevits
November 9th, 2011 12:21 amYou support my resolution (2560×1600) no more. :(
Berthold
November 9th, 2011 1:34 amWow, this is easily the most epic collection of wallpapers I have seen to date, absolutely gorgeous. November ftw!
Xingalaxiano Prizis
November 9th, 2011 10:39 am“The Most Productive Month” and “Real Artists Ship” are fucking awesome! Thank you guys!
Matthew
November 9th, 2011 5:09 pmI really like the wallpaper that is put out every month, I usually download about four or five. They have a lot of artistic talent, which I don’t have, but it’s still nice to see. To the submitters keep up the good work, I can’t wait to see what you have for us next month.
Jeff
November 10th, 2011 8:48 amMy fans:
Fall Leafs
The Hush
November Nostalgia
Late Autumn
Constellations
Jules
November 10th, 2011 9:41 amThe best for me is Rainy day, i´m impressed about how beautiful is Budapest . I’d love to go there. The picture could really make me feel on a delicious rainy day, perfect!!. Also I’m agree with those who live in the southern hemisphere, the weather is exactly opposite hehe.Think on they!.
Congratulations for every single month and every single wallpaper you give us, I always use them .
Jack Norell
November 13th, 2011 4:19 pmBest selection in months! Need to see more in 1366 x 768 though, getting to be a very common screen size :-)
rmom352
November 14th, 2011 8:31 amNovember Nostaligia, The Hush and Autumn Hair are my two favorites. They depict the colors of fall and I prefer the block calendar rather than the line calendar. It was really hard to choose one this month, so I have a new one for each week!! Thanks for sharing these. They are the best on the web!
Frank
November 14th, 2011 10:47 amGreat images
tulpoeid
November 17th, 2011 2:11 amAaaaw, productive month, cosntellations, and undas are fabulous! I’m rotating them…
ruben
November 19th, 2011 10:12 amI’ve always come here every month to download one wallpaper for my computer (this month very late) and I have to say that this is the most amazing collection of wallpapers, I can’t choose one!, Thanks to every single artist who created them.
Boo
November 19th, 2011 8:59 pmAll the wallpapers are wonderful. Thanks a lot for sharing.
pratibha
November 19th, 2011 9:57 pmheyyy some wallpapers are awesome :))
cool creativity…………
I loved november love , a clearing in the forest & fall leaves..
lukng ferwd 2 some more designs :).
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n plz tell me hw cn we submit our designs :)
Mel
November 24th, 2011 10:08 amHAPPY THANKSGIVING and thanks to the artists who work every month to provide wonderful wallpapers!
Imdad Ullah
November 30th, 2011 2:05 amSend Please Calender 2011 December
chandru
December 8th, 2011 10:01 pmAutumn Hair
I love it!!!
mattymays
December 21st, 2011 11:15 pmhi http://www.smashingmagazine.com-ers happy christmas to you all – matt-mays