Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: May 2011

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Find some inspiration with this free desktop and creative wallpapers for April 2011. Created by artists from all around the world!

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 30 free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe for May 2011. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free. It’s time to freshen up your wallpaper!

Mountains In May

“Mountains In May was inspired by the grandeur and beauty of the mountain ranges I visited on a journey in China. The lushness of the forest and the life growing around me reminded me of the beauty that mother nature privileges us with. With a quote in mind from Thomas Malory and my newfound awe with nature, I set about to create a wallpaper that will hopefully take you into the sights and experiences that I had. To feel the freshness of a morning and the beauty in each new day.” Designed by Christian Casimir Teo from Singapore.

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Wallpaper designed by Christian Casimir Teo – Large preview.

Explore. Dream. Discover.

“I have always loved this quote. Something very whimsical about it. Design inspiration from Anthropologie.” Designed by Morgan Lofing from United States.

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Wallpaper designed by Morgan Lofing – Large preview.

Ranger

Designed by Jonathan Paul from Germany.

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Wallpaper designed by Jonathan Paul – Large preview.

La Ensalada

Designed by Xenia Latii from USA.

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Wallpaper designed by Xenia Latii – Large preview.

Jewel Bug

“Truly a jewel captured on lens - the jewel bug!” Designed by Sureshsathanur from India.

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Wallpaper designed by Sureshsathanur – Large preview.

A Colorful May

“May is here, the winter is over, and it’s time to fill our creative pipes with new colors!” Designed by Ron Gilad from Israel.

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Wallpaper designed by Ron Gilad – Large preview.

Forest Spring

“Forest Spring.” Designed by Kakyaprovelleto from Ukraine.

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Wallpaper designed by Kakyaprovelleto – Large preview.

Mr Fisherman And The Cat

“An old fisherman is having a nap nearby a lake. In the meantime a curious and hungry cat is trying to steal his fishes. Is it going to succeed?” Designed by Ester Liquori from Italy.

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Wallpaper designed by Ester Liquori – Large preview.

May Sun Brings Fun

“Sunny holiday season is the time to play a lot of games and to have more fun. In addition to physical fitness, these Indian native games develop skills like aiming, concentration, basic mathematics, hand-eye co-ordination and also increases the bonding between generations. Happy Holidays guys!.” Designed by Narendar. N from India.

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Wallpaper designed by Narendar. N – Large preview.

Ready For The Summer

“You know summer is on its way when people start lounging on deck chairs! Picture taken on a beautiful day at Brighton.” Designed by Suety Kwan from United Kingdom.

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Wallpaper designed by Suety Kwan – Large preview.

It’s Getting Fresh

Designed by Thomas Rutzer from Germany.

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Wallpaper designed by Thomas Rutzer – Large preview.

Vintage Spring Impression

Designed by Pietje Precies from Netherlands.

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Wallpaper designed by Pietje Precies – Large preview.

From Springtospring

“I created this image as a gift for my girlfriend. Were together 11 months now and so I figured ‘Hey where back in the season that we got together.’ Hans the title: FromSpringToSpring.” Designed by Christian Benstein from Netherlands.

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Wallpaper designed by Christian Benstein – Large preview.

Mr. Mouse

Designed by Valerija Oslovcan from Croatia.

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Wallpaper designed by Valerija Oslovcan – Large preview.

May Day

Designed by Vladimir Kudinov from Russia.

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Wallpaper designed by Vladimir Kudinov – Large preview.

Green

“Green and yellow - our favorite colors for May 2011.” Designed by Lotum from Germany.

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Wallpaper designed by Lotum – Large preview.

The Freedom Of Colour

“We recently lauched our new website and branding with these cool colour strips. Many people have complimented us for the idea so we decided to create a wallpaper and share it with the world :).” Designed by Graham Holtshausen from South Africa.

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Wallpaper designed by Graham Holtshausen – Large preview.

Birdhouse Or Birthhouse…

“May may bring a lot of baby birds ;-).” Designed by Nathalie Lansbergen from The Netherlands.

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Wallpaper designed by Nathalie Lansbergen – Large preview.

Venetian Mask

“I have always been completely captivated by Venetian masks and fans. May is my birthday month and Iwanted to try and capture the masks’ haunting allure and beauty as a present for myself. I had never really used gradientmeshes in Illustrator before, so I challenged myself to learn the tool and use it to challenge my own artistic ideas. I’m very happy with the end result and I hope you guys enjoy it as well!” Designed by Jessica Midence from USA.

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Wallpaper designed by Jessica Midence – Large preview.

Zombi Picnic

“Any company’s OK for a small picnic in May.” Designed by Cheloveche.ru from Russia.

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Wallpaper designed by Cheloveche.ru – Large preview.

Wood Work

Designed by Johanna Kempenaar from Sweden.

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Wallpaper designed by Johanna Kempenaar – Large preview.

Muffy The Alien

“This wallpaper is based on our own comic character, Muffy, at Daily Overview. This cheeky kiddy alien loves playing tricks on others, and plans jokes way ahead just to get the last laugh. Put him on your desktop to brighten up your day!” Designed by Daily Overview from Malaysia.

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Wallpaper designed by Daily Overview – Large preview.

May Hem

Designed by Lance Becker from USA.

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Wallpaper designed by Lance Becker – Large preview.

Breathe In The Air

“Clean and light air. Breathe and feel life!” Designed by Fabio Toscani from Italy.

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Wallpaper designed by Fabio Toscani – Large preview.

May In Orange

“…an orange-retro wallpaper for you!” Designed by Marco Palma from Italy/Germany.

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Wallpaper designed by Marco Palma – Large preview.

Obrero Del Pixel

“The pixel buddy is called ‘Obrero del pixel’ in spanish is the buddy for my webpage.” Designed by Carlos Carreno from Argentina.

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Wallpaper designed by Carlos Carreno – Large preview.

Fade To Black

Designed by Vinteum from Brazil.

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Wallpaper designed by Vinteum – Large preview.

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 Favorite?

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

Further Reading

You may also want to take a look at the following related wallpaper posts:

Smashing Editorial (il, vf, mrn)