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 five years now, and we are very thankful to all the designers who have contributed and are still diligently contributing each month. This post features free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe for July 2013. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free. It’s time to freshen up your wallpaper!
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Only one
Designed by Elise Vanoorbeek from Belgium
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- with calendar: 1024x768, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1440
- without calendar: 1024x768, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1440
Spectate
Designed by Tekstografika from Russia
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- with calendar: 320x480, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 2560x1440
- without calendar: 320x480, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 2560x1440
The 4th of July
Designed by Pat Buenaobra from Philippines
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- with calendar: 800x480, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200
- without calendar: 800x480, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200
Mason Jar
“Make the days count this summer!” — Designed by Meghan Pascarella from USA
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- with calendar: 1280x800, 1366x768, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 2560x1440, 2880x1800
- without calendar: 1280x800, 1366x768, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 2560x1440, 2880x1800
Love is caring
“Love is caring.” — Designed by Zanetine Web Design from India
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- with calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 2560x1440
- without calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 2560x1440
Celebrate Freedom
This wallpaper encourages you to appreciate and celebrate the country’s freedom as well as your own! Designed by Marina Zhukov from USA
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- with calendar: 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080
- without calendar: 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080
Tanabata Festival
Designed by Evacomics from Japan
World Ufo Day
“The holiday dedicated to those who study the phenomena that have no logical explanation, and the objects, which is attributed to an extraterrestrial origin.” — Designed by cheloveche.ru from Russia
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- with calendar: 1024x768, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200
- without calendar: 1024x768, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200
Hola Quintilis
Designed by Logan Holy from Indonesia
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- with calendar: 1024x768, 1280x720, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200
- without calendar: 1024x768, 1280x720, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200
Hot Air Balloon
Designed by Studcréa from France
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- with calendar: 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440
- without calendar: 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1440x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440
Wimbledon 2013 RF
“Inspired by Roger Federer and the most famous tennis grand slam. I created this wallpaper to pay homage to one of the greatest tennis players and what he may achieve this year.” — Designed by Jeremiah Selengia from U.S.A
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- with calendar: 1280x800, 1440x900, 1920x1080, 2560x1440
- without calendar: 1280x800, 1440x900, 1920x1080, 2560x1440
Canada Day
“July 1st is Canada Day!” — Designed by Jen Riehle from USA/Canada
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- with calendar: 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1440
- without calendar: 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1440
Aurora diamond globe
“Left overs from some ideas that did not made it into projects. My debut here in monthly wallpapers.” — Designed by Henning Stein from Germany
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- with calendar: 1024x1024, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1366x768, 1920x1080, 1920x1200
- without calendar: 1024x1024, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1136x640, 1920x1080, 1920x1200
Kite
Designed by Katerina Bobkova from Ukraine
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- with calendar: 320x480, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080
- without calendar: 320x480, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080
Walk in the sun
Designed by Justyna Dominika from Poland
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 the 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.
