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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23 Responses:

  1. E.T.Cook says:

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

    #1 - February 25th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
  2. 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
  3. Matt Jankowski says:

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

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

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

    #4 - February 25th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. julian says:

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

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

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

    #10 - February 26th, 2008 at 7:28 am
  11. 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
  12. Ryan says:

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

    #12 - February 26th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Jonathan E says:

    Awesome find, thanks for sharing Mike!

    #15 - February 27th, 2008 at 7:14 am
  16. 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
  17. Internet Brain » Where to Find Great High Resolution Wallpaper says:

    [...] Mike Davidson - Where to Find Great High Resolution Wallpaper [...]

    #17 - February 27th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
  18. 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
  19. Matt Robin says:

    Nice find Mike! :)

    #19 - February 27th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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

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