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Strands of green moss running through a chunky gelatin of rounded squares. (added Jan 2001)
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I almost called this one "Haw Flakes," but after a little more grain and color correction, a more refined
"Communion" effect was achieved. (added Jan 2001)
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A mix of textures, shapes, and layer modes. This one reminded me of an old, rustic tablecloth. (added Jan 2001)
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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.
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A variation on Blue Stone 1; this tile is a bit more pebbly, with finer grain,
but is also darker, with lower contrast.
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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.
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Make your desktop color pure black, then make this your centered wallpaper. Then
you can enjoy the view from high orbit!
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My first attempt at Vigan Tiles looked more like beveled brickish earthenware
squares. It works anyway.
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Now this is more like it; Vigan Tiles, as you might see lining the patios of houses in the Philippine
province. But some people say this looks more like squares of chocolate.
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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.
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Yet another SimpleSight favorite: blue tiles floating over a textured background.
Some divergent beveling and lighting added a whimsical optical twist.
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Simple enough; a pattern of diagonal lines of varying width, embossed and colored
blue.
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My first attempt at a veiny-looking wallpaper. Looks a bit like a crushed microscopic
specimen; very organic-looking.
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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.
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I was playing around with the veins in different layer modes, and chance turned
up these cute little glowworms.
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Where there are veins, there must be arteries; a complex (yet fully seamless)
web of red blood vessels.
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Some strange filter combinations turned up this effect, which somehow reminded
me of a closeup from an abstract Filipino painting.
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Another filter effect reminiscent of Filipino impressionism, with its cool, earthy
colors and overlapping forms.
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Just posterize some blurred Photoshop clouds at any level you choose, then emboss
the results: You come up with a textured relief map!
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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.
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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.
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Heavy stone tiles colored grim blue, sitting on a bed of equally blue stone. I
like blue. Can you tell I like blue?
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A square path, smoothed and stroked, then offset, arbitrarily resized, and layered
repeatedly at different opacities. Poor dithering gives it a "distressed" feel.
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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.
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About as simple and non-thematic a wallpaper as you can get. A slightly blurred
grid of muted orange against plain dark blue.
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Tiny phrases, seamlessly tiled to fill your screen with profundity. Are those
real words? Can you read them? Can you figure out their meaning?
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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.
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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.)
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Using Photoshop's Craquelure filter, I made this wallpaper in four quick steps
-- including color balance and converting to Indexed.
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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.
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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.
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Patchwork filter again, but with the relief setting at zero. A little airbrushing
made it seamless. Sometimes makes me think of a bathroom.
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That motion-blurred noise wouldn't look like real fur if not for the coloring,
and the radial swirly effects which evoke the texture of a spaniel's curly locks.
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Simple gridlines, with alternating applications of Spherize, Pinch, and Offset,
give the impression of tangled layers of fishnet.
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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.
