February 17, 2010

Computer desktops and backgrounds

Find an enormous stash of free desktop wallpapers and background patterns, all designed by Sarah at Totally Severe. According to Sarah's bio, she was raised and educated by pirates. That explains a lot of the wackiness in her artwork, I imagine. Pirates are always so silly.

And a tip about background patterns for the non-computer savvy: when you download a file and want to make the pattern cover your desktop or Twitter page, there should be an option called "Tile" in your settings. Select it, and the pattern will repeat across your screen.

20 comments:

  1. Sarah SarniakFebruary 17, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    These are cool, thanks for sharing.

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  2. hFebruary 17, 2010 at 10:28 AM

    I also love this wallpaper. There's a whole collection of nice ones here, too.

    Cute collection!

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  3. Jessica JonesFebruary 17, 2010 at 10:43 AM

    Ooo, nice! I hadn't visited the Kitsune Noir site since last fall, and there are lots of cool new ones there!

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  4. Grandma GFebruary 17, 2010 at 10:55 AM

    You know I LOVE pirates!!!

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  5. coolhntrFebruary 17, 2010 at 11:07 AM

    i love these and they are totally necessary when you work on your computer 12 hours a day!

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  6. EmilyFebruary 17, 2010 at 11:52 AM

    These rock, thank you! PS - I would love to be raised by pirates, good times ;)

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  7. Vintage Love & PhotographsFebruary 17, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    Thanks for sharing, that link is great!

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  8. BeckyFebruary 17, 2010 at 1:25 PM

    Cool find!

    Raised by Pirates you say? Bah, who wasn't?

    ;)

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  9. My Owl BarnFebruary 17, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    Thanks for sharing! These are awesome!

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  10. KristiFebruary 17, 2010 at 5:31 PM

    Lovely wallpaper selection she has...thanks for sharing!

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2010 at 6:48 PM

    These are so awesome! My work computer desktop is the "proverbs" wallpaper and my iPhone now says "Harry Potter is the gateway drug to hard literature" -- It's a teacher's dream :) AWESOME!!!! Thanks Jessica!

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  12. kateFebruary 17, 2010 at 6:58 PM

    I teach in a Korean school and my vice principal (with limited English) always comes by and examines my wallpapers and asks for a translation when there's words on it. I'm excited to see what will happen with the "Proverbs" background!

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  13. UnknownFebruary 18, 2010 at 6:33 AM

    awesome. I have been looking for some funky wallpapers! Thanks!

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  14. Christy February 18, 2010 at 7:41 AM

    I adore this site to pieces! Thank you Jess for sharing this. :)

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  15. JennyFebruary 18, 2010 at 9:00 AM

    What a really cool blog. Came over to take the color quiz...(strangely right on) and ended up spending too much time looking through your other posts. Very, very cool! Thanks for all the effort you put into this! Neat!

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  17. Liz's Barefoot BooksFebruary 18, 2010 at 7:31 PM

    My son loves wallpaper so he's going to love this idea!

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  18. susan said soFebruary 19, 2010 at 9:31 AM

    What a great find!

    xox,
    Susan

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  19. WHATUPDUCKFebruary 21, 2010 at 9:08 AM

    Nice! I like this site too www.arsgrafik.com. They have some great patterns.

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  20. RoseFebruary 21, 2010 at 1:08 PM

    Thanks for the link!

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