To
download these wallpaper images just click on the links below them. Dimensions
indicate the appropriate screen size setting. When the image appears in
the browser, right click on it to set it as your desktop background wallpaper. Click
the thumbnail image to see a mid size preview.
A Photoshop desktop composition for
Chinese New Year 2012. Happy Year of the Dragon! The image combines
a classic Chinese Dragon with a picture of a wild Chinese landscape.
I also included some birds for a sense of scale and some smoke
curling out of the dragon's mouth.
A Photoshop desktop composition for
Chinese New Year 2011. Happy Year of the Rabbit! The image combines
a hopping bunny with a picture of the Great Wall of China. I
also included a chinese man wielding a sword. The overall composition
is inspired by the classic illustration of Peter Rabbit being
chased by Mr MacGregor, hahaha!
A Photoshop desktop composition for
Chinese New Year 2010. Happy Year of the Tiger! The image combines
a tiger lounging in the snow with a picture of Kinkaku-ji (Temple
of the Golden Pavilion). Unfortunately, Kinkaku-ji is a Japanese
Zen Buddhist temple! So authenticity gets thrown out the window
in favour of composition, hahaha!
A Photoshop desktop composition for
Chinese New Year 2009. Happy Year of the Ox! I have also created
a wider version
(1280 x 800) which should be suitable for most laptop screens.
The image is more stylised than previous years, and combines
an ancient ceramic miniature of an ox with a photograph of a
bamboo forest.
A Photoshop desktop composition for
Chinese New Year 2008. Happy Year of the Rat! This version of
the image has been cropped to fit a desktop, so the reflection
in the water is missing (check out the
full original version here).
A Photoshop composition of the lunar
eclipse March 3rd 2007. I setup the digital camera in the backyard
and took a picture approximately every 15 to 20 minutes. There
are plenty of crisp shots of the moon using telescopes, so I
went for a more artsy interpretation, showing the gradual dimming
of the moon.
The 3D object was
created using TrueSpace, the spiral background image was created
using a Java applet on the internet and "screen grabbed"
into Photoshop. The "OUT OF THE BOX" text was laid
on the object within Photoshop using masks and distorted text.
This Composite image
was created using images supplied on a "Computer Arts"
magazine CD-ROM. I have included the original images along
the bottom of the composition.
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Artwork by Lorraine Whelan & James Hayes
