This month’s wallpaper was both awesome and a headache to pull off.

It was great because I love October (and fall in general), and I’m (not-so) secretly a fan of all things dark, gothic and spooky. On the other hand, it was pretty annoying because of our dear friend iOS 7 and the introduction of parallax wallpapers. Much to my dismay, wallpapers that are the actual resolution of the phone (640 x 1136) are now distorted and artificially zoomed in on iOS 7, which means that all of my past wallpapers look like total garbage on my phone. Boohoo! So, all new wallpapers have to be made with a different resolution to fit properly. Thanks, Apple! Going forward I’ll be including two mobile sizes: one for iOS 7, and one for earlier versions of iOS. And, you know, other phones… but who uses other phones? Juuuuuuust kidding!

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Desktop (2560 x 1440) • Tablet (2048 x 2048) • 
Mobile — iOS7 (744 x 1392) • Mobile — old/other (640 x 1136)

(They’re sized for a 27″ iMac, a retina iPad, and an iPhone 5, respectively, but they should all work for smaller devices, too.)

Happy October, ladies and gents!

Better late than never edition ;D

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Desktop (2560 x 1440) • Tablet (2048 x 2048) • Mobile (640 x 1136)

(They’re sized for a 27″ iMac, a retina iPad, and an iPhone 5, respectively, but they should all work for smaller devices, too.)

Happy almost fall!

Hey, it’s the best month of the year! I might be slightly biased because it’s my birthday tomorrow and it’s important to always be biased towards one’s birth month, but it’s also full of nice weather and quietness, and has a relaxed feeling that I really enjoy every year.

Speaking of quietness and relaxation, I seem to have inadvertently slipped into a bit of a blogging/social media hiatus lately. It’s just happened naturally as a combination of putting my head down and working on a bunch of projects at once, as well as just enjoying living life in the offline world. It’s been kind of nice! But I’ll be more active on the Great Interwebs again soon — I have a new series of posts planned about making your front-end development workflow more awesome*, as well as a number of photos that I’m looking forward to sharing.

*I promise, this shiz is totally super exciting if you’re a developer.

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Desktop (2560 x 1440) • Tablet (2048 x 2048) • Mobile (640 x 1136)

(They’re sized for a 27″ iMac, a retina iPad, and an iPhone 5, respectively, but they should all work for smaller devices, too.)

Happy August!

P.S. Long before I started making monthly wallpapers, I always had a soft spot for art that references months or seasons. One of my favourites is this song by Simon and Garfunkel:

And just like that, we’re over halfway through 2013. Madness!

July’s wallpaper is an oh-so-subtle homage to a pretty cool country, which happens to be the one I live in, and which just so happens to celebrate its “birthday” in July.

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Desktop (2560 x 1440) • Tablet (2048 x 2048) • Mobile (640 x 1136)

(They’re sized for a 27″ iMac, a retina iPad, and an iPhone 5, respectively, but they should all work for smaller devices, too.)

Hope you’re having a lovely summer!