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The 21 Worst Apple-themed Wallpapers ever

macenstein.com — “Good Art ” is a subjective thing, but really bad? Well, that’s universal. In order to prove the point that it takes more than simply a copy of Photoshop to make a well-designed desktop wallpaper, we have compiled a list of the top 21 worst Apple-themed Desktop wallpapers to help serve as teaching tool for aspiring desktop artists.

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  • ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -1/+55are these for real? a 1st year design student can create better graphics, & I'm not even talking about college-level.
    • edwartica, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4I think that's the point of the article mocking them.
  • jakerudy7, on 07/02/2008, -13/+8ha i would probably use some of those cause there so funny (think black)
  • Tagaiz, on 07/02/2008, -6/+15The Pac Man one could have been really cool if done properly.
  • GalacticRerun, on 07/02/2008, -4/+37I wish there was some sort of license people had to obtain before getting hold of any image editing software.
  • TheDude01, on 07/02/2008, -6/+6#3 and #4 are by far my favorites, might event use them as my wallpaper :), or maybe #11...
    • edwartica, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Please, please, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD say you're being sarcastic.
  • batmanz, on 07/02/2008, -18/+8Dugg for destroying the notion that all great graphic designers use a Mac.
    • alpha88, on 07/02/2008, -4/+22You realize that just because most graphic designers use a Mac, it doesn't mean that everyone who uses a Mac is a graphic designer, right?

      Way to fail.
    • Balanced, on 07/02/2008, -3/+9Actually, it doesn't disprove it... it merely suggests that a lot of crappy designers use Macs, too.
    • KnightWhoSaysNi, on 07/02/2008, -1/+2Well... at least the notion that all designers who use a mac are good.
      • B1663r, on 07/02/2008, -3/+1Oh I disagree, these particular designs were done in windows!
    • Thuktun, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1This does no such thing. It might destroy the notion that *only* great graphic designers use a Mac, though.
  • leerayIG88, on 07/02/2008, -6/+1One too many apples fell down the tree.
  • MattFromSeattle, on 07/02/2008, -2/+26So true, I avoid Apple wallpapers on my Mac like the plague. Hard to believe that the Mac is the 'designers choice' when you see these.
    • spoogieking012, on 07/02/2008, -2/+2there are a few good ones out there. i have this one and i think its aight
      http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/downloads/01502 ...
    • edwartica, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4I like to put them on my XP pro laptop, just to confuse the hell out of people when I take it to a cafe or something.
      • KMartSheriff, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2I take it a step further and run Vista on my MBP while browsing on Safari.
      • MattFromSeattle, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3If you really want to confuse them, put on an Apple IIE emulator and start playing Oregon Trail. I always get double takes when I'm doing that.
      • edwartica, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2@KMartSheriff
        I've actually worked with a macbook running vista. Worst combo ever!
      • edwartica, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Oh, did I mention I took one of the apple stickers from my ipod and put it on my toshiba?
  • Asheis, on 07/02/2008, -3/+12What is bad art is just as subjective as what good art is!

    Though according to my subjective perception.. these are all terrible.
  • Ganpachi, on 07/02/2008, -6/+6#8 is based on a billiards variant called carom which is very popular in Korea. So there.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carom_billiards
    • gforce051, on 07/02/2008, -1/+8It's still bad.
    • saymawa, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1#8 is based on a billiards variant called carom which is very popular in Korea. So what?
  • fakekevinrose, on 07/02/2008, -10/+7your computer is a tool, not a fashion statement
    • TremorX, on 07/02/2008, -4/+2Your computer is a tool >_
    • KnightWhoSaysNi, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5Huh, huh, huh...tool
    • clockdist, on 07/02/2008, -5/+1Everything is a fashion statement, or else everything would look like a radioshack science kit.
    • metapop, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5are you the fresh prince's mom?
  • brettruffenach, on 07/02/2008, -3/+9Think NO WAR!


    Apple!
  • alpha88, on 07/02/2008, -3/+8Ow. My retinas.
  • metalpres, on 07/02/2008, -6/+2Nazi swastika? its a design that has a resemblance, thats pretty harsh on the "artist" throwing an allegation out there like that.
    not to mention the nazis did not create the swastika, the symbol was around long before the nazis and had nothing to do with them.
    • amadeusdemarzi, on 07/02/2008, -2/+5Stop defending your work :P
      • metalpres, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1gotta love digg, make an honest comment and get dugg down, someone responds with a really lame joke that seriously isnt even funny and they get dugg up. digg sure is the pinnacle of society.
  • Dubbsacc, on 07/02/2008, -4/+3Killer lens flair on #3

    (/sarcasm)

    Edit: Is it me or does #5 look like those stereoscope images you can use 3D glasses with?
    • digitaldan87, on 07/02/2008, -1/+4Photoshop beginner rule #1: Add lens flair to EVERYTHING.
      • noreturn, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I hear that lens flare is another technique also excessively used by novices.
      • ijwhelan, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Digg Beginner Rule #1: Learn proper spelling and grammar.
  • markmckay, on 07/02/2008, -5/+5wow those suck
    • B1663r, on 07/02/2008, -6/+1No, its not these particular compositions that suck, it is the idea of wallpapers that sucks. Wallpaper is soooo 1970's, its the 90's already, we paint now, mmmkay?
      • markmckay, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2B1663r - yeah I was never good at painting. I think I'll just stick with the classic mac background. Its nice and clean and unoffensive.
    • digitalpencil, on 07/02/2008, -2/+7^ these comments suck
      • B1663r, on 07/02/2008, -6/+1Yes because nothing say great design potental like agonizing over what wall paper to put on your computer....

        Quit screwing around and get back to work!
    • markmckay, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2B1663r - yeah I was never good at painting. I think I'll just stick with the classic mac background. Its nice and clean and unoffensive.
  • D14BL0, on 07/02/2008, -5/+3Racism sucks!
  • ConanTL, on 07/02/2008, -14/+7Think whatever Steve tells you to think

    Apple!
  • wrxpert, on 07/02/2008, -4/+2Is the Stretching the Possibilities one Shannon from lost?
    • themastersb, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1i dunno, but it didn't seem as bad as it said.
  • TheSesom, on 07/02/2008, -4/+1I am surprised that there are only two desktops built around swastikas.
  • boo6585, on 07/02/2008, -5/+0I kind of like Pac-App.
  • renemartini, on 07/02/2008, -5/+1Hmmm I feel the person who made the blog faked these themselves.
    • B1663r, on 07/02/2008, -1/+3It is noted that on the front page of this website, there are photos of some celebrity with apple products photo-shopped in.

      So either apple users are fashion casualties, or they want to be...
    • BoneStamp, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1You can't make that ***** up.
  • morningchai, on 07/02/2008, -0/+13Intergalactic killer whales in outer space... FTW!
    • KMartSheriff, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1God I don't know which is worse; those wallpapers or some of these comments (not yours, morningchai).
    • Goombellaofgoom, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3The apple should be a picture of Earth. And the killer whale needs to be a sperm whale, and there needs to be a flower pot somewhere thinking 'oh no, not again.'

      I'd use that desktop.
  • zosoIV, on 07/02/2008, -1/+9There needs to be more lens flare.
    • Zaetha, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1And cowbell.
      • mrBitch, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2can't get enough of that cowbell...

        guess what? I've got a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell !

        in fact, the wallpapers could benefit from allowing the extra cowbell to really explore the studio space this time..
  • nexus, on 07/02/2008, -2/+1interesting
  • hapax, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1Little surprise, the Apple platform attracts a lot of graphic designers, including its fair share of lame ones.
    Not so many lame gamers though.
  • erichw1504, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1#16, the Dawson's Creek one is my favorite.

    ~> Apple.
  • BoneStamp, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1This blog post was really funny.
  • antdude, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1I thought these were Apple's official bad wallpapers.
  • wallryan, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1those were ***** stupid
  • kreatre2007, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1OK. These are just tacky.
  • pHr34kY, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1My eyes! Zee goggles do nothing!
  • bibble13, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0These were obviously done with Window$. Mac users are incapable of making bad choices.
  • toetagger, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/63425388_e939407 ...
  • scyon, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1dugg: for "there is no unicorn. You can’t take an idea this good only halfway. "
  • Electricpigdigg, on 07/07/2008, -0/+0At least two of them were pleasing on the eye!
  • MizFresh15, on 07/09/2008, -0/+0wow...someone would actually put those designs on the web for the whole world to see? pray 4 them
  • GoodnDelicious, on 08/17/2008, -0/+0Those are just really terrible
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