Where to Find Great High Resolution Wallpaper

February 25th, 2008

I’ve never been big into custom wallpaper/desktop pictures on my computer, mainly because I’ve never found a really good repository of them. Today, via a random Google search though, I came across Interface Lift’s great wallpaper section.

Holy crap there’s a lot of good stuff in there. All super high-resolution. All unwatermarked. Sunset Beach is workin’ nicely right now:

Apparently the site has been around for at least a couple of years, but hey, it’s new to me, so I figured I’d spread the word to any of my fellow rock dwellers.

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24 Responses:

E.T.Cook says:

http://www.vladstudio.com is one of my favorite sites.

#1 - February 25th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Simone Manganelli says:

Ooh, there *are* some nice desktops at that site. I just downloaded the “Ghost Fog” one — it’s nice because unlike some of the others, it’s fairly uniform across the whole pic so it doesn’t distract from finding things on the desktop.

Thanks for the link!

#2 - February 25th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Matt Jankowski says:

http://www.mandolux.com is great as well.

#3 - February 25th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Adrian says:

Yes, tons of nice wallpapers there. Another to add to the list:
Desktopography.net

#4 - February 25th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Jason Beaird says:

I think I found that site the same way a while back. I keep going back there to get this “Panel” image. I don’t what it’s from, or why I like it so much, but it makes me feel like I’m rockin along in an old jeep or something.

#5 - February 25th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Matt Hoult says:

I’ve never been a great fan either, frankly because I am so picky and can’t be bothered to look. I often revert to plain colors also because I tend to use VNC a lot at work. I do however find some occasionally that I just have to have.

http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk has a couple of nice ones, but there is a very limited number since it’s not really what the company is all about. I am currently sporting their Rissington wallpaper.

#6 - February 25th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Chris Hill-Scott says:

It’s not free, but Earthdesk is pretty amazing. Before I discovered it I usually went with a solid grey background or something equally neutral.

http://www.xericdesign.com/earthdesk.php

#7 - February 26th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Rob Paller says:

Lifehacker recently had about Social Wallpapering (http://socwall.com/). There is a decent collection of wallpaper and the “community” can vote on what they like. Like Interface Link, the wallpapers are grouped by resolution as well as a category (e.g. Computer, Art, Transportation, etc.)

#8 - February 26th, 2008 at 5:07 am
julian says:

I’m quite partial to the stuff at http://fiftyfootshadows.net/?cat=7 .

#9 - February 26th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Spa says:

I thought this site was interesting: http://socwall.com/

#10 - February 26th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Rob Goodlatte says:

I’ve been using (and contributing to) http://www.caedes.net/ for years now

#11 - February 26th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Ryan says:

I have been using http://digitalblasphemy.com/

#12 - February 26th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Tyson Rosage says:

Flickr anyone? I guess if you have an idea of what you’re looking for its the best resource I’ve found. Maybe no the best for simply browsing potential desktop photos.

#13 - February 26th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Tom Henderson says:

Man that’s weird to see that here – that beach is 5 mins from where I live!

#14 - February 27th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Jonathan E says:

Awesome find, thanks for sharing Mike!

#15 - February 27th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Jonathan Dobres says:

DeviantART’s Wallpaper selection is enormous and covers a lot more than just landscapes and skylines. It’s possible to search by resolution, and if you sort by popularity or downloads, you’re sure to get some high quality stuff.

#16 - February 27th, 2008 at 7:15 am
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#17 - February 27th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Chris laskey says:

Ah, Interface Lift is a spectacular site for finding quality wallpapers.

I also found Flickr’s The Last 7 Days photos to be another great place for some amazing wallpapers (though admittedly high resolution versions are only offered about 50% of the time).

Cheers

#18 - February 27th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Matt Robin says:

Nice find Mike! :)

#19 - February 27th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Mike D. says:

Thanks for the great other sites, everyone. Good stuff.

Tom: Holy crap, that *is* weird. I dare you to go anywhere near those steps.

#20 - February 27th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Josh Stodola says:

Never heard of the site, I’m absolutely lovin’ it, thanks alot for posting!

#21 - February 28th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Devon Shaw says:

InterfaceLift is actually a good repository for CandyBar icons, the primary reason I’ve kept that link nestled in my bookmarks for the last few years. For wallpapers, however, I’ve been a subscribing member of the aforementioned digitalblasphemy.com since early 2001. It costs $25 the first year and $15 to renew, but the artist Ryan Bliss has built a collection easily worth that and more over the years. The quality of the images are second to none, and the added bonus is that he renders images in a variety of formats: Standard, Widescreen, Double Screen, Triple Screen (double and triple widescreen as well), and more recently iPhone-sized.

http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/wip.shtml

There’s a preview of the more recent stuff he’s completed. Highly recommended from a longtime member.

#22 - February 29th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Timothy says:

I like Interfacelift as well as Caedes.net, however, I found that Digital Default is coming up quickly and there are a lot of nice features on the site as well. I have donated some of my work there.

http://www.digitaldefault.com

#23 - May 21st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Leah says:

Thank you so much, I was messing around with google and found this page, so many useful links!

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