Awesome Wallpapers That Will Blow Your Desktop Away

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We love desktop wallpapers. And we love beautiful ones most. The wallpapers for this post were selected over a long period of time; they cover mainly nature, abstract and digital art (further collections will be coming if you are interested). We’ve tried to pick only the most beautiful ones and hopefully you won’t be disappointed.

We love awesome wallpapers. And we love beautiful ones most. We thought that it would be nice to provide our contributors with some fresh inspiration and our readers with some nice desktop wallpaper update for a lousy Monday.

The wallpapers for this post were selected over a long period of time; they cover mainly nature, abstract and digital art (further collections will be coming if you are interested). We’ve tried to pick only the most beautiful ones and hopefully you won’t be disappointed.

Below we present a showcase of over 50 awesome wallpapers that will blow your desktop away. Most of them are in HD and will make your desktop look as nifty as it is possible. Because the resolutions are so high, if one doesn’t fit your screen, use your favorite image editor to refine its dimensions.

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Fantastic Wallpapers That Will Blow Your Desktop Away

Bird on a branch. Available in various widescreen, fullscreen, HDTV and dualscreen resolutions.

Patrick Gunderson’s abstract artworks Available in 1920x1080.

Unbrella Sky 1024x768, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1440x900

Glacier Sunrise Available in various full screen and wide screen resolutions – 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050 and 1920×1200.

The Dancing Nebula 1920×1200px.

Colors and An Animal Available in various fullscreen resolutions.

Guara Available in 1920x1200, 2560x1600

Strukt Available in 1024x640, 2560x1600

Serenity Available in 1440×900.

De La Haut Available in various fullscreen resolutions.

Creamy Sky Available in various widescreen, fullscreen, HDTV and dualscreen resolutions.

Chameleon Available in various widescreen and fullscreen resolutions.

something like an astronomer

MacBook Pro Available in various widescreen, fullscreen, HDTV and dualscreen resolutions.

Bello Nebula Available in the resolution 1920×1200.

La Solitudine Available in the resolution 1680×1050.

Super Silo Available in various resolutions – widescreen, fullscreen and iPhone.

For A Thousand Years Available in 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050.

Dreamer A beautiful wallpaper created by Henrik Newstream, available in various full screen resolutions.

Equidistant Available in the resolutions 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1900×1200 and in the iPhone-version.

Nova Available in the resolution 1920×1200.

Eifel Tower Available in the resolution 1600×1200.

Ee Venn’s wallpaper Available in various resolutions – widescreen, fullscreen and iPhone.

Bokeh Available in Dual & Single Display Screens (Wide/Full Screen)

Vladstudio’s wallpapers Available in various fullscreen resolutions – 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1600×1200.

Cosmic Apple Available in various wide screen resolutions – 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050 and 1920×1200.

Let if fly Available in various full screen and wide screen resolutions – 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050 and 1920×1200.

Swan Available resolutions: 1440×900, 1680×1050 and 1920×1200.

Phalanx Available in various full screen and wide screen resolutions – 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050 and 1920×1200.

Autumn Available in various full screen and wide screen resolutions – 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050 and 1920×1200.

Chasing Dreams Available in 1920×1080.

It’s Magic Available in 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050 and 1920×1200.

Influx Available in resolutions 1280×1024, 1920×1200 and 2560×1600.

All Falls Down Available in resolutions 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050 and 1920×1200.

Distorted 7 HD Wallpaper Available in 1680×1050

Rooster’s Ranch Available in 1440×900, designed by Andrea Andrade.

Electricmanja Available in the resolutions 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 and in the iPhone version.

Photons Available in various themes in resolutions 1280×1024, 1600×1200, 1920×1200.

Korean Star Paper Available in the resolution 1920×1200.

a flower Available in various resolutions 1600×1200 and 1920×1200.

The End, The Tsunami Available in 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200

depthCore Heist Available in various resolutions – widescreen, fullscreen and iPhone.

Twizted Available in the resolution 2560×1600.

In a Whisper Available in 1280x800

Fritrix Available in 1280x1224, 1680x1050, 2600x1300

Gone Clubbing Available in various resolutions: 1920x1200, 1680x1050, 1440x900, 1280x800, but also fullscreen, HDTV and Mobile versions are available.

Route 66 1920×1200

The Dope Show Available in 1680x1050 (up to)

Yellow Silk Available in 1680×1050.

The Lich King (Warcraft) HD – 1900x1200

Diablo3 1024×768, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200

Bulls on Parade 1100x778, 1920x1200, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1280x800, 1024x768

Last Click

Videogames Remakes Wallpapers The French designer

Mikaël Aguirre designs remakes of legendary video games such as Mario, Sonic, Gunstar Heroes and others. The wallpaper dimensions are up to 5000×2800 for printing. Incredible pieces of art.

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