Arcane Palette Creative Design » artistic graphic design

Okay, so this month’s wallpaper has a bit more of a story.  Or, at least, it’s meant to imply that it has more of a story.

I wanted to do something spacey/sci-fi because it’s something we haven’t really done.  I started thinking about what a captain’s journal might look like if it wasn’t explicitly limited to just handwritten text.  What if it was sort of like a cross between a journal and an iPad (or, as Steven Fry noted, the closest thing, thus far, to a real, live Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy).  What I had in mind was something that was both futuristic and retro, and with that in mind, I designed Captain’s Log…

This is the first time, also, that we’ve included a wallpaper for an iPad/tablet (of course, it was never really an issue before since they previously didn’t exist).  Time will tell if this becomes a regular inclusion but, given the booklike nature of the design, we included two different iPad wallpapers and two different iPhone wallpapers (as well as calendar and non-calendar versions of each).  Captain’s Log is available in the following resolutions:

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1440×900
1280×800

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1600×1200
1280×960
1024×768

Mobile
320×480 (iPhone)
768×1024 (iPad)

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This background combines two things I love: watercolor and paisley blooms spread across a subtly textured paper as if to signal the arrival of Spring in all her glory, daffodils, tulips, songbirds and sunshine spreading from her fingers.  I wanted to use watercolor because it is so fun to look at, with bright colors and whole ranges of different fascinating textures.  It especially feels right to me in the spring and summer months, with it’s carefree and vivid airiness.  Paisley designs celebrate spring and growth too.  Paisley began in India and Persia and is a representation of a mango fruit, a decadent growing treat that is much anticipated.  It’s a design that is always recognizeable but can be altered and adorned in infinite different ways, but is always intriguing with details and curves.  This background is my ode to spring.  Please come and brush the cobwebs from the sky with me!

lil somethin is available with and without calendar, in all the standard resolutions, including iPhone.

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This month’s calendar wallpaper (and non-calendar companion) has a mysterious, vintage feel.  Dark shapes and strange symbols and half-forgotten memories drift across the periphery of your awareness and you’re not sure if those strangely familiar shapes are ominous or welcoming.

This wallpaper comes in all the usual sizes, with and without calendar, as well as an iPhone version.

Widescreen
1920×1200
1440×900

Standard
1600×1200
1280×960

iPhone
320×480

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