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 six years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed and are still diligently contributing each month.
This post features free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe for June 2014. 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 Calendars series. We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists to be featured on Smashing Magazine. Are you one of them?
Oh, The Places You Will Go!
“In celebration of high school and college graduates ready to make their way in the world!” — Designed by Bri Loesch from the United States.
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Nothing’s Like A Mango In Summer
“I am a UI/UX designer and I love to create low poly flat looking web designs. I am a Core WordPress Contributor at Tutsplus. I have spent last 10 years in development of crazy algos as well as about 6 years in UI/UX modelling. I wanted to contribute to the wallpapers’ category at Smashing Magazine for a month or so and here it is.” — Designed by Ahmad Awais from Pakistan.
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- without calendar: 320×480, 800×600, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
Ice Cream June
“For me, June always marks the beginning of summer! The best way to celebrate summer is of course ice cream, what else? ;)” — Designed by Tatiana Anagnostaki from Greece.
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Start Your Day
Designed by Elise Vanoorbeek from Belgium.
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- without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1440×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1220, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
Choose Your Company
“Getting ready for World Cup 2014?! Choose how to freshen up while watching the games.” — Designed by Monk Software from Italy.
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- without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1920×1080, 2560×1440, 960×640
Doughnuts Galore
“Friday, June 6th is National Doughnut Day. Designer Dorothy Timmer found inspiration in the sweet treats and brought the obscure holiday into the spotlight. Doughnuts are delicious. That is all.” — Designed by Clarity Creative Group from Orlando, FL.
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- without calendar: 320×480, 640×960, 640×1136, 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, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
Initiating Summer…
“Hm… Summer. Ηair gets lighter, skin gets darker, water gets warmer, drinks get colder, music gets louder, nights get longer, life gets better.” — Designed by Marielle Perikly Kokosidou from Greece.
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- without calendar: 1280×1024, 1440×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
The Kids Looking Outside
“These are my cats looking out of the window. Because it is Children’s Day in June in a lot of countries I chose to make a wallpaper with this photo of my cats. The cats are like kids, they always want to play and love to be outside! Also, most kids love cats!” — Designed by Kevin van Geloven from the Netherlands.
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- without calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
Retro Dad, Our Nostalgic Superhero
“A little tribute to all the Dads, from the Lights.com team. Happy Father’s Day!” — Designed by Lights.com from Brooklyn, NY.
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Evolution
“We’ve all grown to know the month of June through different life stages. From toddlers to adults with children, we’ve enjoyed the weather with rides on our bikes. As we evolve, so do our wheels!” — Designed by Jason Keist from the United States.
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Summer Is In Session
“Inspired by school being out and a summer vacation coming up in June.” — Designed by Cliff Almeida from Phoenix, USA.
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- 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
Sunsets & Sundreams
“Although June marks the start of summer in Toronto, it’s warm all year-round with everything I design. When I look at my computer, I always want to be whisked away to a tropical paradise with blazing sunsets, neon palm trees and unreal colours.” — Designed by Katherine Gaskin from Toronto, Canada.
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- 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
Good Design Is A Tough Knitted Job
“I came across this awesome tutorial on Tuts+, about creating a card with knitted effect, so I took it up a notch and said, hey, why can’t I make a couple wallpapers using what I’ve learnt… So here we are.” — Designed by Brian Jangima from Kenya.
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- without calendar: 640×480, 800×600, 1024×1024, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440, 1366×768
Tropical Island
Designed by Luc Versleijen from the Netherlands.
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Summer Dreams & Summer Schemes
“With the start of summer, a trip to the amusement park with friends is a past time I always remember. This jumps me back to that feeling of being inspired with sneaky excitement.” — Designed by Nicole Pribicevic from Florida, USA.
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It’s A Big World
“The world caan be small: we are all connected by smiles, heartbeats, families, and laughter. The world can also be big: we can be separated by oceans, languages, cultures and borders. So connected. So diverse. One year ago, I moved to the other side of the world and began to experience these connections and separations. We each have the privilege of discovering more of this amazing world every single day.” — Designed by Rachel Litzinger from Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Sunset
“The beginning of the summer 2014. So I decided to create a wallpaper to bring this summer feeling to the desktop.” — Designed by Mladen Milinovic from Germany.
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Rock On, It’s Festival Season
Designed by Neon Digital from United Kingdom.
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- without calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1400×1050, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
Fisher Towers
“Taken on one of my favorite hikes, I never tire of looking at these red rock cliffs towering hundreds of feet up to a cloudless sky. A little reminder to get outside this month!” — Designed by Rachel Leffler from the United States.
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- without calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1440×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
Andromeda
“Now that it’s officially summer, it’s time to lay outside and stare up at the sky and search for constellations (maybe even create your own). If you look closely, you can see Andromeda chained to a rock in fear of Cetus the sea monster.” — Designed by Jonathan Shears from Fuzz from Brooklyn, USA.
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Beets and Goat Cheese
“Beet and goat cheese salad is my favorite dish, and I felt it represented June well. This was based off of an absentminded doodle of mine.” — Designed by Molly Misek from the United States.
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- without calendar: 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
Camomile
Designed by Gato Vision from Poland.
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- without calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
Hello Summer!
“Summer is here at last and the temperature is rising! Enjoy sunbathing, diving and walking in the sun!” — Designed by WebOlution from Greece.
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- without calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440, 640×960, 2560×1600, 1366×768
La Vie En Rose
Designed by Megan Handley from the United States.
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Summer Color
“I like the the grungy colors of the summer nights!” — Designed by Marcus White from Omaha, USA.
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- without calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 800×480, 1024×768, 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
The Birds
“Been noticing and hearing a lot of birds around the house lately. In turn, I’ve been thinking a lot about the movie, The Birds. An eerie, summery movie… Just right for June. Cover your eyes, haha.” — Designed by Matt Noa from the United States.
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Handmade Pony Gone Wild
“This piece was inspired by the My Little Pony cartoon series. Because those ponies irritated me so much as a kid, I always wanted to create a bad ass pony.” — Designed by Zaheed Manuel from South Africa.
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Romantic Night
“A typical Nepali couple together with flute music on a boat.” — Designed by Bukesh Maharjan from Nepal.
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Let’s Play
“Because of my love for football I could not resist making a wallpaper for the FIFA World Cup 2014 scheduled to take place in Brazil from the 12th of June to the 13th of July 2014. The national teams of 31 countries are going to be in the tournament. Which country do you think is going to be the champion this year? Style wise I am mixing some graffiti with typography and all in vector. Hope you like it and enjoy the world cup!” — Designed by Mike Karolos (Smirap Designs) from Greece.
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- without calendar: 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
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.
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