The Desktop Wallpaper Project featuring Adrian Fleet
December 10, 2008 // The Desktop Wallpaper Project


Good morning everybody. Sorry I missed out last week, but I have two fun surprises for this morning. The first is the awesome desktop you see above by Mr. Adrian Fleet, a UK illustrator who wrote to tell me that we were connected in three rather odd ways. He also sent me a link to his work which features all sorts of weird ass monster-y people, all of them colored in with this great color palette he uses.

The wallpaper above is Adrian’s “entirely depressing and pessimistic view of the Earth”, though he says, “I’ve managed to make it look laughable. (I never could take myself seriously).” I couldn’t agree more. I’m so in love with all he craggly little details he’s put into this, there’s seriously so much going on here, I’m sure people will definitely do a double take when they pass by your screen.

Bobby

  1. nifty!

    Comment by Welikeit.indie — December 10, 2008 #

  2. It appears the iphone link isn’t working.

    Comment by Ryan — December 10, 2008 #

  3. wow…
    i took me a few minutes to absorb it all but a brilliant wallpaper…
    grim but a good reflection of what we humans are doing to the plant.

    reminds me of a song from Story Of The Year “The Antidote”

    “Now the damage has been done
    And this machine has begun on a path of destruction
    We need the medicine
    To reverse what’s been done
    Before this disease has destroyed everything we know
    Everything we know!

    All we need is a reason (all we need is a reason)
    All we need is right here inside us all

    With our weapons drawn and all our resources gone
    We’re facing extinction
    The only antidote consists of blood, sweat, and hope
    And a blueprint to save us from all that we’ve become
    All that we’ve become!

    All we need is a reason (all we need is a reason)
    All we need is right here inside us all
    All we need is a reason (all we need is a reason)
    All we need is right here inside us
    Here inside us all!

    Yeah!
    Oh

    Now the gears they will fail to turn
    As the lights go out
    And the sun will be all that burns on our way down
    (On our way down)
    But right now we have to understand the problem
    And overcome!

    So arm yourself
    You’ll mind your gun
    It’s time to learn
    Accept what’s done, and yeah
    Repair this destruction!”

    Comment by Peter — December 10, 2008 #

  4. *edit
    “what we humans are doing to the planet” (not plant haha)

    Comment by Peter — December 10, 2008 #

  5. wow this is brilliant. absolutely love it! love all the details in it. wow. cheers to you, Mr. Fleet and to you, Bobby for posting such amazing work.

    Comment by maura — December 10, 2008 #

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  7. This one is so(oooooooooooooooooooooooo) wonderful. Thanks for posting it.

    Comment by Roberto C. Madruga — December 10, 2008 #

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  9. iPhone no worky

    Comment by Jon — December 10, 2008 #

  10. iPhone link is fixed!

    Comment by Bobby — December 10, 2008 #

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  12. Had to search for this latest update, did a link to the DWP get taken off the front page or am I just blind?

    Sweet wallpaper by the way

    Comment by Greg — December 12, 2008 #