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 almost two years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed and are still diligently contributing each month.

We continue to nourish you with a monthly spoon of inspiration. This post features 25 free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe for July 2011. 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 Calendar series. We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists to be featured on Smashing Magazine. Are you one of them?

All Seeing

"An abstract, gold all-seeing eyeball. No real rhyme or reason to it - enjoy!" Designed by Evan Eckard from USA.

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• without calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200

Unwritten Stories

"For all the unwritten stories that happened to us this summer." Designed by Ivan Ushmorov from Germany.

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• without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200, 1920×1080, 2560×1440

The Kingdom

"Old world atlas." Designed by Jarod Mottley from Trinidad & Tobago.

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Summer Feet

Designed by Pietje Precies from The Netherlands.

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• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

California

""Many of us are dreaming of spending the summer in California - who doesn't?"." Designed by Lotum from Germany.

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• without calendar: 320×480, 640×960, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Freedom Happiness

"July month is seventh month of the year. For this month I have choose the theme of illustration.The basic idea of my theme is Freedom happiness as in this month most of the country celebratestheir Independence Day. So I took that idea and design my wallpaper as Freedom is all equal toeach an d everyone, whether they are human being or other creatures as everyone love freedom.Lots of birds flying high in the blue sky escaping from the cage and enjoying their freedom.So lets celebrates the freedom happiness." Designed by Pooja Jha from India.

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• without calendar: 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

The Colourful Animal

Designed by Dana Gerigk from Germany.

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• without calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440

Against The Gravity

"I was inspired by one of the Bible verse: "But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings" (Proverbs 1:17- Douay-Rheims Bible). Spread your wings and fly :)." Designed by Dadsdouter from Indonesia.

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• without calendar: 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×960, 1680×1260, 1920×1440

Summer Breeze (Updated)

Designed by Design 311 from Belgium.

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• without calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440

Color Panels

Designed by Marcus from USA.

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• without calendar: 480×320, 800×600, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Water_lily

"The Water Lily is the birth flower for the month of July." Designed by Edward Ellsworth from USA.

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• without calendar: 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Them Crooked Vultures

"Portrait of the 3 members of the band, made with the lyrics of their songs." Designed by Alexandre Bourgois from France.

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• without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Ghost Jump

"Shot this pictures in Hamburg, Germany in the "Old Elbe Tunnel".Enjoy July!" Designed by Marco Palma from Italy/Germany.

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• without calendar: 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1600×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Digital Beauty

Designed by Rewizja.net from Poland.

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Summer Night

"The magic of a summer night." Designed by Mandi Coleman from USA.

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• without calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440

Be Cool!

"Keep Cool in the Summer." Designed by Nenad S. Lazich from Serbia.

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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, 1440×900, 1440×1050, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440

Time For Ice Cream

"Even in Canada, July can get pretty hot. Who doesn't love a nice cold ice cream cone on a warm summer day?" Designed by Athena Studios from Canada.

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• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200

Summer (Updated)

"It's too hot to think of a description... Just spending summertime on the beach." Designed by Ron Gilad from Israel.

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• without calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 1440×1152, 2560×1600, 2560×2048, 640×960

July Heat

"a vintage fan for the heat of July!" Designed by Almog Shemesh from Israel.

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• without calendar: 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080

Knee High By The Fourth Of July

"A common saying around here, farmers in the American midwest use "knee high" as a way to test if their corn is growing normally by the 4th of July. The photograph was taken in Cascade, Iowa in the U.S." Designed by Jared Rogers from USA.

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• without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1440

Private Island

Designed by Kayro C from China.

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• without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440

The Cocoons

"Viktor Mazhlekov's painting "The cocoons" is one of the famous and favourited by people. It is oil on canvas painting 90x75 cm." Designed by Viktor Mazhlekov from Bulgaria.

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• without calendar: 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 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 Favourite?

What’s your favorite theme or wallpaper for this month? Please let us know in the comment section below!

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