Sorry for the delay in posting, this morning has been hectic already, you know how it is… Anyhow, this weeks wallpapers (yep, plural) were created by the phenomenally talented Kristina Collantes. Kristina lives and works in California where she draws inspiration for her work from things like wallpaper, textiles, and Japanese art. When I first saw her work I as sooooo impressed by the amazing amount of detail she puts into each piece. When I asked her to do the project I was a little skeptical that she would say yes, but fortunately she knew of the blog and the project, which leads us to right now!

Kristina decided to make not one but two different designs for today, both of them lovely and awesome. The first one is aptly titled Skulls, while the second one is titled Blues. Those actually might not be their names, but that’s what the files were called, so it works for me. I’m totally into those soft and cuddly skulls, I love how the texture is really delicate, but it’s all shaped into a skull. The other one I love because of that pattern in the background, which totally destroys everyone, and the big K and N shapes. Also, the colors on both of those are the best.

Check back in next week for a desktop that’s the complete opposite of this!

Bobby

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2. Wow… thanks for introducing me to this artist. I’ve been looking through her site and her work is blowing my mind.

   The skulls are freaking me out, with their yellow teeth and lush, flowery facial prominences… love it.

   Comment by Jess — June 11, 2008 #

3. Favorite wallpaper so far, keep it up.

   Comment by Piers — June 11, 2008 #

4. Ahhh too good! Almost too hard to pick between, but i’ve gone for skulls. I pretty much change my desktop every week with the new wallpaper you put up, but this time I might end on keeping this one up for a while longer. Excellent!

   Comment by Camilla — June 11, 2008 #

5. haha sweet! the only downside was when i put this up on my work computer and got a “talking to” from my boss because it looked like a cult symbol. i find that amusing actually…so now it wallpapers my lovely home computer. thanks :D

   Comment by colleen — June 11, 2008 #

6. Nice! Will work great on my double-monitor set up. One for each screen.

   Comment by Kathryn — June 12, 2008 #

7. Colleen: OMG. That’s one of the best comments ever. I read it last night and started cracking up. You definitely need to comment more.

   Comment by Bobby — June 12, 2008 #

8. Holy crap, there are two. I don’t know which to choose. Why do you insist on making my life so difficult? :(

   Comment by Jason — June 12, 2008 #

9. Sweet. But how about dark backgrounds? Hellooo! (Because of the RGB screens color model, brighter colors are less good, technically)

   Comment by Rasmus — June 13, 2008 #

10. Rasmus: The desktops are totally up to the artists, I let them do their thing. If you’d like a darker background, try Dan Funderburgh’s or UPSO’s wallpapers.

    Comment by Bobby — June 13, 2008 #

11. Is there a version without the letters in the eye sockets? Cause everyone always asks what the letters mean, and I think it’d be cleaner looking without them… no offense.

    Comment by Piers — June 24, 2008 #

12. Nope, that’s the way Kristina made it.

    Comment by Bobby — June 25, 2008 #

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