Fresh Spring Vibes For Your Desktop (March 2019 Wallpapers Edition)

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Get ready for March with a fresh wallpaper. Today, Cosima Mielke brings you some designs for the community and available with and without a calendar. Please note that all images can be clicked on and lead to the preview of the wallpaper, and 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?

Spring is coming! With March just around the corner, nature is slowly but surely awakening from its winter sleep. And, well, even if spring seems far away in your part of the world, this month’s wallpaper selection is bound to at least get your ideas springing.

Just like every month since more than nine years already, artists and designers from across the globe got out their favorite tools and designed unique wallpapers to cater for some fresh inspiration on your desktop and mobile screens. The wallpapers come in versions with and without a calendar for March 2019 and can be downloaded for free. A big thank-you to everyone who submitted their designs! As a little bonus goodie, we also added some favorites from past years’ March editions at the end of this post. Now which one will make it to your screen?

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?

Time To Wake Up

“Rays of sunlight had cracked into the bear’s cave. He slowly opened one eye and caught a glimpse of nature in blossom. Is it spring already? Oh, but he is so sleepy. He doesn’t want to wake up, not just yet. So he continues dreaming about those sweet sluggish days while everything around him is blooming.” - Designed by PopArt Studio from Serbia.

Time To Wake Up

Queen Bee

“Spring is coming! Birds are singing, flowers are blooming, bees are flying… Enjoy this month!” - Designed by Melissa Bogemans from Belgium.

Queen Bee

Bunny O’Hare

“When I think of March I immediately think of St. Patrick’s Day and my Irish heritage… and then my head fills with pub music! I had fun putting a twist on this month’s calendar starring my pet rabbit. Erin go Braugh.” - Designed by Heather Ozee from the United States.

Bunny O’Hare

A Bite Of Spring

Designed by Ricardo Gimenes from Sweden.

A Bite Of Spring

Balance

“International Women’s Day on March 8th is the inspiration behind this artwork. Through this artwork, we wish a jovial, strong and successful year ahead for all women around the world.” - Designed by Sweans Technologies from London.

Balance

Stunning Beauty

“A recent vacation to the Philippines led me to Palawan, specifically El Nido, where I was in awe of the sunset. I wanted to emphasize the year in the typography as a reminder that, even though we are three months in, our resolutions are still fresh and new and waiting for us to exceed them! Photograph shot by @chrishernando, whose companionship and permission I am so grateful for.” - Designed by Mary Walker from the United States.

Stunning Beauty

Spring Time!

“Spring is here! Giraffes are starting to eat the green leaves.” - Designed by Veronica Valenzuela from Spain.

Spring Time!

Banished

“The legend of St. Patrick banishing snakes from Ireland.” - Designed by Caitey Kennedy from the United States.

Banished

Oldies But Goodies

In more than nine years running this community project, a lot of wallpaper gems have accumulated in our archives. Let’s take a look back and rediscover some March favorites from past years. Please note that these wallpapers don’t come with a calendar.

Let’s Get Outside

“Let’s get outside and seize the beginning of Spring. Who knows what adventures might await us there?” - Designed by Lívia Lénárt from Hungary.

Let’s Get Outside!

The Unknown

“I made a connection, between the dark side and the unknown lighted and catchy area.” - Designed by Valentin Keleti from Romania.

The Unknown

Imagine

Designed by Romana Águia Soares from Portugal.

Imagine

Spring Bird

Designed by Nathalie Ouederni from France.

Spring Bird

Ballet

“A day, even a whole month aren’t enough to show how much a woman should be appreciated. Dear ladies, any day or month are yours if you decide so.” — Designed by Ana Masnikosa from Belgrade, Serbia.

Ballet

Wake Up!

“Early spring in March is for me the time when the snow melts, everything isn’t very colorful. This is what I wanted to show. Everything comes to life slowly, as this bear. Flowers are banal, so instead of a purple crocus we have a purple bird-harbinger.” — Designed by Marek Kedzierski from Poland.

Wake Up!

Spring Is Coming!

“Spring is the best part of the year! Nature breaking free and spring awakening is symbolic of our awakening.” — Designed by Silvia Bukovac from Croatia.

Spring Is Coming!

Spring Is Inevitable!

“Spring is round the corner. And very soon plants will grow on some other planets too. Let’s be happy about a new cycle of life.” — Designed by Igor Izhik from Canada.

Spring Is Inevitable!

Tune In To Spring!

Designed by Iquadart from Belarus.

Tune in to spring!

Wake Up!

“I am the kind of person that prefers cold but I do love spring since it´s the magical time when flowers and trees come back to life and fill the landscape with beautiful colors.” — Designed by Maria Keller from Mexico.

Wake up!

Let’s Spring!

“After some freezing months, it´s time to enjoy the sun and flowers. It´s party time, colours are coming, so let´s spring!” — Designed by Colorsfera from Spain.

Let's spring!

MARCHing Forward!

“If all you want is a little orange dinosaur MARCHing (okay, I think you get the pun) across your monitor, this wallpaper was made just for you! This little guy is my design buddy at the office and sits by (and sometimes on top of) my monitor. This is what happens when you have designer´s block and a DSLR.” — Designed by Paul Bupe Jr from Statesboro, GA.

MARCHing forward!

Waiting For Spring

“As days are getting longer again and the first few flowers start to bloom, we are all waiting for Spring to finally arrive.” Designed by Naioo from Germany.

Smashing Wallpaper - march 12

March Fusion

Designed by Rio Creativo from Poland.

Smashing Wallpaper - march 12

Daydream

“A daydream is a visionary fantasy, especially one of happy, pleasant thoughts, hopes or ambitions, imagined as coming to pass, and experienced while awake.” Designed by Bruna Suligoj from Croatia.

Smashing Wallpaper - march 11

Sweet March

“Digital collage, based on past and coming spring. The idea is to make it eternal or at least make it eternal in our computers! Hope you like it.” Designed by Soledad Martelletti from Argentina.

Smashing Wallpaper - march 11

Knowledge

“Exploring new worlds is much like exploring your own mind, creativity and knowledge. The only way to learn what’s really inside you is by trying something new. The illustration is my very own vision of the knowledge. It’s placed in some mysterious habitat. It’s a space where people learn from each other, find new talents and study their own limits.” - Designed by Julia Wójcik from Poland.

Knowledge

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.

Thank you to all designers for their participation. Join in next month!

Further Reading

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