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My wallpapers are very small, simple, and memory-friendly.
All are packed in ZIP files, each with a
JPG and BMP. Click PREVIEW to sample the wallpaper in
your browser, plus a few additional details. Mac users
who cannot unpack ZIP files can click on the tiled preview
and save it as a JPEG graphic.
All filenames start with a "p_" (for Paulo).
An asterisk (*) marks the more popular wallpapers.
If you like my work, feel free to email me or leave a note
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One
of my very first wallpapers: a 64x64 square of embossed noise which
turned out seamless. Very small; the BMP is only 3KB.
A variation
on Blue Stone 1; this tile is a bit more pebbly, with finer grain,
but is also darker, with lower contrast.
Some
tinkering with the Texturizer filter produced this look of layered
sedimentary rock. Turn it a little reddish, and it looks like a
sheer canyon wall.
Make
your desktop color pure black, then make this your centered wallpaper.
Then you can enjoy the view from high orbit!
My first
attempt at Vigan Tiles looked more like beveled brickish earthenware
squares. It works anyway.
Here
we go; Vigan Tiles, like you see lining the patios of houses in
the Philippine province. But some people say this looks more like
squares of chocolate.
One
of my most popular desktop wallpapers: spheres floating over a smooth
textured surface, complete with drop shadow. Based on an old Macintosh
desktop pattern.
Yet
another SimpleSight favorite: blue tiles floating over a textured
background. Some divergent beveling and lighting added a whimsical
optical twist. Named for a very special person. = )
Simple
enough; a pattern of diagonal lines of varying width, embossed and
colored blue.
My first
attempt at a veiny-looking wallpaper. Looks a bit like a crushed
microscopic specimen; very organic-looking.
These
veins turned out a bit more refined than the first set. Thicker
veins tinted deep blue, with a grainy red background for extra depth.
I was
playing around with the veins in different layer modes, and chance
turned up these cute little glowworms.
Where
there are veins, there must be arteries; a complex (yet fully seamless)
web of red blood vessels.
Some
strange filter combinations turned up this effect, which somehow
reminded me of a closeup from an abstract Filipino painting.
Another
filter effect reminiscent of Filipino impressionism, with its cool,
earthy colors and overlapping forms.
Just
posterize some blurred Photoshop clouds at any level you choose,
then emboss the results: You come up with a textured relief map!
I liked
the look of the "Convergence" wallpaper on the iMac, so I made a
similar one for my Win98 computer. This is a full-screen wallpaper,
so it's a bit big.
You
know how Photoshop's Offset filter reveals the border of a seamed
image? Well, if you keep doing it along with some blurring and rubber
stamping, you get something like this.
Heavy
stone tiles colored grim blue, sitting on a bed of equally blue
stone. I like blue. Can you tell I like blue?
A square
path, smoothed and stroked, then offset, arbitrarily resized, and
layered repeatedly at different opacities. Poor dithering gives
it a "distressed" feel.
Same
process as with Rounded Squares 1, but with more layers in different
layer modes with a smoother texture. This one is busier, with less
negative space.
About
as simple and non-thematic a wallpaper as you can get. A slightly
blurred grid of muted orange against plain dark blue.
Tiny
phrases, seamlessly tiled to fill your screen with profundity. Are
those real words? Can you read them? Tell me if you can figure out
what they say.
Reminded
me of those plastic rings that keep soda can 6-packs together. The
cute thing with this wallpaper is how it looks exactly the same
everytime you offset it 64x64 pixels.
Also
called "Rocko's Modern Tiles." Anyone who watches this Nickelodeon
cartoon will recognize the pattern on our favorite wallaby's shirt.
(I sent a copy of the BMP to Joe Murray, Rocko animator/creator.
He liked it.)
Using
Photoshop's Craquelure filter, I made this wallpaper in four quick
steps -- including color balance and converting to Indexed.
This
was a bit harder to do; I started with the Mosaic Tiles filter,
then did some fancy layering and masking to hide the seams.
Since
I was on a roll with the Filters / Texture Menu, I gave Patchwork
a spin. A little layering, masking, and stamping made it seamless
and pleasantly bumpy.
Patchwork
filter again, but with the relief setting at zero. A little airbrushing
made it seamless. Sometimes makes me think of a bathroom.
That
motion-blurred noise wouldn't look like real fur if not for the
coloring, and the swirly effects which evoke the texture of a spaniel's
curly locks.
Simple
gridlines, with alternating applications of Spherize, Pinch, and
Offset, give the impression of tangled layers of fishnet.
Another
grid, duplicated and slightly offset against a blue texture, then
saved at low color resolution with some blur and contrast. The result
looks like old weavework magnified.
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