SACO INVEST: 20 Stunning Illustrated Wallpapers: Halloween Edition

sexta-feira, 29 de outubro de 2010

20 Stunning Illustrated Wallpapers: Halloween Edition

20 Stunning Illustrated Wallpapers: Halloween Edition: "

Seeing a lot of user-submitted artwork and animations via Blender, GIMP, and Inkscape enthusiasts (some of which you can see in 10+ Amazing Short Films Made With Free Software) has made me really appreciate images illustrated by hand, which includes wallpapers. Given the season, illustrated wallpapers shouldn’t be too difficult to find, and it might even get you excited for Halloween!

Here is a set of wallpapers that feature this exact illustrated-by-hand concept, though authors have not indicated that they used GIMP or other open-source image editing application. Also, some are from general wallpaper search sites, which I suspect don’t always link to the original author, but a number of these have a watermark (smart!) on them so they’re more traceable and attributable.

You can also find a few tutorials after the set of wallpapers, which may help guide you should you become inspired to create your own!

Download at: Zastavki

Halloween Wallpaper Tutorial for GIMP Users

Now if your creative juices are ready to work their way to your next piece of artwork, there’s a tutorial by Xcftuts to produce a basic wallpaper in GIMP (you can also make yourself other stunning wallpapers). You may also want to read How To Create Top-Quality Desktop Wallpapers for tips on attaining the best quality possible for your wallpaper according to resolution and the like.

For more Halloween material, there’s also a video tutorial if you’re interested in creating a cute ghost like the following:

Deciding on whether or not to change your profile picture on Facebook or Twitter for the occasion? Here’s one way to do it with style.

Here’s the video tutorial to achieve the eyes-in-hands effect:

Tutorial for Photoshop Users

Since the previous text tutorial is actually based on a PSDTuts+ tutorial, anyone with Photoshop can follow the guide here. Note that any stock images (source files) and final products in PSD are available to premium members of the site only.

If you’re like me, however, and just prefer to be amazed by others’ masterpieces, check out additional Halloween wallpapers on