Refresh Your DesktopDesktop Wallpaper Calendar: August 2012

• By The Smashing Editorial
• July 31st, 2012
• Wallpapers
• 73 Comments

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 four 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 free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe for August 2012. 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?

The Lady With Red Coat

Designed by Viktor Mazhlekov from Bulgaria.

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• with calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 2560×1440

August Cat

Designed by Soodabeh Amirakbari from Iran.

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• with calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 320×480, 640×960, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Fly

"Colors!!" Designed by Lotum from Germany.

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• with calendar: 320×480, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Searching for Higgs Boson

Designed by Vlad Gerasimov from Russia.

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• with calendar: 800×600, 960×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1229×768, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1440×900, 1440×960, 1600×1200, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1728×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2304×1440, 2560×1600
• without calendar: 800×600, 960×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1229×768, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1440×900, 1440×960, 1600×1200, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1728×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2304×1440, 2560×1600

Ahoy

Designed by Webshift 2.0 from South Africa.

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• with calendar: 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Through Happy Shades

Designed by Mihai Fischer from Romania.

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• with calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Colorstrike

Designed by AndrР№ Presser from Germany.

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• with calendar: 1280×720, 1440×900, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 1280×720, 1440×900, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Let’s Go Great Britain

"”Let’s go Great Britain!” typographic wallpaper to cheer at the 2012 London Olympic games." Designed by Paula RГєpolo For Garment Printing from United Kingdom.

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• with calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440

Childhood Memories

Designed by Francesco Paratici from Australia.

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• with calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Olympic Games

Designed by Cortando Pixeles from Argentina.

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• with calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1152×864, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1600×1200, 1920×1440
• without calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1152×864, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1600×1200, 1920×1440

London Olympics

Designed by Meenal Jain from India.

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• with calendar: 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 2560×1440

Deer Summer

Designed by Resko Elena from Russia.

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• with calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080
• without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080

Late Summer

"Butter yellow daisies for the last of summer days!" Designed by Karen Keung from Canada.

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• with calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1600×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1600×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200

Frederique’s Summer

"Frederique is a satiric comic strip about hanging around at beaches, getting rejected by hot chicks and enjoying life with full blown optimism." Designed by Richard Dancsi from Hungary/Germany.

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• with calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440

Forest

"A trip into the woods. August 2012." Designed by Timothy J. Reynolds from USA.

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• with calendar: 320×480, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Team Gb

"August 2012 is here which means it is time for the Olympic Games! This calendar incorporates various aspects of London, the UK and the Olympics." Designed by Donna Hall And Loren Grosvenor from United Kingdom.

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• with calendar: 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050
• without calendar: 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050

Infinite Imagination

"The Power of Imagination makes us Infinite." Designed by Roland Szabo from Hungary.

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• with calendar: 1280×720, 1280×800, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1600×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440, 2560×1600
• without calendar: 1280×720, 1280×800, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1600×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440, 2560×1600

World Traffic Lights Day

Designed by Cheloveche.ru from Russia.

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• with calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 395×512, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Cycling Holidays

"“Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride.” – President John F. Kennedy." Designed by Simona Gosu from Romania.

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• with calendar: 1280×720, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1600×900, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 1280×720, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1600×900, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Lucky August

"Life is a game. Are you feeling lucky in August?" Designed by Marina-art from Russia.

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• with calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200

Augmented August

"In summer things may seem different then they really are. Which is not necessarily a bad thing." Designed by Sanja Vukasinovic from Serbia.

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• with calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 2560×1440

Summertime

"It’s summertime so enjoy the weather!" Designed by Christina Mokry (allaci Gmbh) from Germany.

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• with calendar: 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Your Title Holed

Designed by Agata Maciљgowska from Poland.

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• with calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440

Summer Rain

Designed by Virginia Saint from USA.

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• with calendar: 1280×1024, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
• without calendar: 1280×1024, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Responsive Wallpaper

"I was thinking to make the wallpaper as a responsive design, i’d add more interaction next month." Designed by Mondedesign.net from France.

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• with calendar: 768×1024, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 2560×1440

Monster Attack

Designed by MicroCreatives.

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• with calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1336×768, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1336×768, 1920×1200

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 Favorite?

What’s your favorite theme or wallpaper for this month? Please let us know in the comment section below.

Stay creative and keep on smashing!

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