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This dark, noir wallpaper is currently adorning 3 monitors at Arcane Palette Central.  The dark theme is easy on the eyes, especially after a long day staring at white pixels.  It takes the classic smoky look and adds an interesting wallpaper texture, giving the feeling of sitting in a dark hookah bar, sipping a mango lassi.

This wallpaper also looks great as a Twitter background.

Standard 4:3 and widescreen versions — as well as an iPhone variaion — are available in the download in the following resolutions:

Standard
1600×1200
1280×960
1024×768

Widescreen
1920×1200
1680×1050
1440×960

iPhone
320×480

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She eased back in her chair and took a pull on her cigarette. For having just told her that he suspected his wife was murdered, this John didn’t look too concerned. “Alright,” she cooed, “I’ll take the case. My fees are pricey, but you can afford it. I’ll need you to start by telling me where you were on the night of your wife’s death…”

We’ve been working on some projects recently with a film noir feel, so have been doing quite a bit of visual research on the style. This wallpaper is inspired by classic and neo-noir films like Chinatown with a bit of a twist; rather than the typical, square jawed, male PI starring, I wanted to play with the idea of the classic film noir archetypes with a female lead instead.  We have a film noir wallpaper already, but this one is more about the look and aesthetics of the films rather than the 1940s and ’50s posters.

As always, we have widescreen and standard versions available and we’ve included an iphone version as well.  This wallpaper is calendar-only, and the zip file contains versions in the following sizes:

standard
1024×768
1280×960
1600×1200

widescreen
1440×900
1920×1200

iphone
320×480

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Glimmer glimpse shudder embrace.
shadows fall and get up again, dancing across the grass and pavement,
unbecoming in other shadows
then peeking out, themselves again.

light broken apart into joy and sharp focus skitters across the day in crystalline shapes and soft undulating bubbles.

what will I choose to see today?
what will choose to be seen?

widescreen and standard versions are available as well as an iphone wallpaper.  the zip file contains variations in the following sizes:

widescreen
1920×1200
1440×900

standard
1600×1200
1280×960
1024×768

iphone
320×480

download glimpse now 766.4 kB
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