Due to popular request I did a wallpaper using the bubbles appearing on the start page and in the comment section on this site. But instead of just publishing the wallpaper, I thought it would be nice to once again turn it into a wallpaper devkit so you can customize it.
So feel free to play around, reposition the bubbles, remove the gras or add new items to the wallpaper. Would be nice if you shared your artwork with us. And by the way, this devkit also supports dual screen setups - for those of you using two displays or a giant 30” Apple Cinema Display.
So don’t be surprised that the package is about 35MB in size :) If you’re interested in the offical Bartelme Design Deep Blue Wallpaper you can grab your copy right here. Enjoy.
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Matt Wilson May 13, 2007 at 08:00 AM
Fantastic! Thanks for publishing this. I can’t wait to start playing with it.
What happened to the teaser that had the rays of light coming from above?
Wolfgang May 13, 2007 at 08:11 AM
No sweat – my fault. The teaser image above was not up-to-date :)
yichi May 13, 2007 at 08:18 AM
It’s amazing! I was totally fascinated with your Devkit. Can’t wait to download it.
William Wilkinson May 13, 2007 at 08:33 AM
Beautiful!
SasaVtec May 13, 2007 at 08:42 AM
Great wallpaper, going to use it on my daul :D , thanks for the release, really appreciated.
Jaime May 13, 2007 at 08:48 AM
Oh this is so clean and pleasuring to see. I love it.
Edward Scherf May 13, 2007 at 08:49 AM
I absolutely love this wallpaper!
Thanks a bunch Wolfgang, I think it’s safe to say your a genius.
Flip May 13, 2007 at 09:21 AM
Perfect, as usual!
Arturo Rey Soto May 13, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Glub, Glubbb, Glubbbb, Thx Bartelme, you the best :D
soho May 13, 2007 at 11:35 AM
I love the clean design of the walls and your homepage. How about a tutorial on one of them? ;)
Anshul Jain May 13, 2007 at 12:11 PM
Thank you very much for this wallpaper. Love the simplicity.
Sam May 13, 2007 at 01:32 PM
Brilliant, all my desktop backgrounds for the past several months have been creations of yours. Thank you!
olivier May 13, 2007 at 02:09 PM
fabulous :)
Martin Labuschin May 13, 2007 at 02:23 PM
Wow, thanks. Your bandwidth sucks today… ;)
Jeannette May 13, 2007 at 02:37 PM
Thankyou, very nice.
Oli May 13, 2007 at 03:17 PM
Wie immer sehr schönes Wallpaper. Und das ganze noch viel besser, weil es ein DevKit ist!
Danke, Wolfgang
squawk May 13, 2007 at 04:13 PM
genius. I love the idea of stretching it across two screens.
tobias May 13, 2007 at 04:23 PM
thanks a lot! Very nice!
I’m missing a little goldfish in the upper right corner watching me at work!
driz May 13, 2007 at 05:45 PM
im having difficulty making this 1440×900 for a single screen. any possible releases of such stuff. THANKS
BHM May 13, 2007 at 06:34 PM
COOL Wallpaper，I Love It, THX :)
Alexander Hahn May 13, 2007 at 07:33 PM
Sehr schöne Wolfgang!
Kommt sehr geil in deinen Screens dort oben!
Alexander Hahn May 13, 2007 at 07:54 PM
ps: gibts die displays die du verwendest eigentlich auch im download? Im icollection package ists ja nen anderer/kleinerer… feinste grüße!
James David May 13, 2007 at 08:13 PM
Very Nice and great free source but only problem is i see in the future soon a lot of people using the bubbles and grass in designs and not crediting you or asking permission.
LEMONed May 13, 2007 at 08:52 PM
it’s a perfect wallpaper! too bad my monitor is only a 17” @1280×1024
LEMONed May 13, 2007 at 08:56 PM
will wait for the devkit ;)
LEMONed May 13, 2007 at 09:31 PM
alright, a temporary solution (before the official devkit) for those who use 1280×1024.
sorry for being so evil to remove bartelme’s logo. lol
Alexander HAhn May 14, 2007 at 02:20 AM
not a 30” but two big ones on my pc – on my mac i use another wallpaper…
Wolfgang Bartelme May 14, 2007 at 06:17 AM
Well if you wanna do other resolutions just resize the devkit using Photoshop’s “Canvas Size” dialog and reposition the bubbles/gras. It’s as simpleas that :)
Elliott Cable May 14, 2007 at 07:29 AM
What about removing the ‘or’ from ”…for those of you using two displays or a giant 30” Apple Cinema Display”? d-: lol
Markus May 14, 2007 at 09:57 AM
Ein wirklich schöner Hintergrund. Weiter so!
marc May 14, 2007 at 11:44 AM
As always: Really nice work!
LEMONed May 14, 2007 at 11:53 AM
well, didnt realize that the devkit is already available..
winger May 14, 2007 at 02:50 PM
dange – rockt total!
Garrett Bjerkhoel May 14, 2007 at 03:56 PM
Looks awesome! Especially on my Macbook! Thanks a lot Wolfgang!
digitalsoft May 14, 2007 at 09:39 PM
You… Are a genious!
Lars Fischer May 14, 2007 at 11:56 PM
Absolut grandios! Habe das auf meinen beiden Macs als Hintergrund eingerichtet.
Scott Mackenzie May 15, 2007 at 02:19 AM
Just in time, I was fishing for a new wallpaper this morning. This is hot! Without the bubbles.
YILKA May 15, 2007 at 06:29 AM
Fantastic - Thanks for sharing this, my desktop looks beautiful now
Napolux May 15, 2007 at 08:40 AM
Thank you!!!! :P
sebastian May 15, 2007 at 02:33 PM
thanks a lot wolfgang for this wonderful wallpaper. Here’s a little alteration of it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wangapoa/499081296/
kawamao May 15, 2007 at 08:40 PM
Nice shot! I very like this wallpaper..:)
David May 15, 2007 at 11:01 PM
The resolution is showing up in Apple’s Preview with a height of 1200 pixels? My 30” ACD has a height of 1600, any thoughts …
Other than that, this one rocks!
AsceticMonk May 16, 2007 at 03:28 AM
Thanks for the release! I have another toy to play with tonight.
北极冰仔 May 16, 2007 at 03:43 AM
Great work! I do like it!
underone May 16, 2007 at 03:58 AM
cool………….
Chris Carpenter May 16, 2007 at 01:05 PM
Hi Wolfgang,
I like it! It adorns my display as I type. There is just one thing and I don’t know if this is intentional. The bubbles are going in the wrong direction. If this is underwater, the bubbles (presumably, air?) will expand and get bigger as they rise. Sorry to be a science geek but….
Chris
m.Sharp May 17, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Dang…. you hit me again….
This is amazing!
Fantastic work!
owen May 18, 2007 at 10:07 AM
wow cool, now all I have to do is install win zip
Indigo May 19, 2007 at 09:52 AM
Great stuff! Thanks.
Joonas Bergius May 19, 2007 at 09:08 PM
Beautiful work, I love the simplicity. I had to download your kit and apple-fy it a little bit to my liking, here’s the result: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joonasbergius/504738016/
J. Houk May 22, 2007 at 03:08 PM
Looks incredible as always. I was wondering if you could let me know how you make those lightrays. I’ve tried all my old tricks, and I can’t seem to make them look as real as yours. I’m sure others would find it useful as well.
Wolfgang May 22, 2007 at 04:18 PM
Well I guess that’s a good topic for a short tutorial :)
J. Houk May 22, 2007 at 04:24 PM
Many thanks!
Dan May 22, 2007 at 11:11 PM
Wow,
You are really making my desktop look great with the nice icons and wallpaper!
Thanks for sharing :)
Dan
amici May 23, 2007 at 01:08 PM
Beautiful Work, it’s fantastic :)
Chito May 27, 2007 at 07:14 AM
the bubble should expand as it rise, afaik. Other than that, your wallpaper is great! I especially liked the light rays
Vladimir June 02, 2007 at 02:25 PM
WoW amasing! I realy like your work! keep on doing great stuff!
Webdesign den haag June 04, 2007 at 10:17 AM
What a awsome wallpapers!!!!
Michel June 05, 2007 at 11:24 PM
Sehr schönes Wallpaper. :)
adel tebboub June 15, 2007 at 07:59 PM
very nice wallpaper …. good
xxdesmus June 20, 2007 at 05:24 PM
I am late to the game (ok, very late), but thank you for this amazing wallpaper. :)
Joachim June 20, 2007 at 11:04 PM
Thanks for this great wallpaper.
Joao Pacheco June 22, 2007 at 12:21 AM
Great !!!
There is any for 3 – 17’ Monitors ?
Geards.
何必呢 June 26, 2007 at 03:27 PM
8错！
Knutzola June 27, 2007 at 11:41 AM
im starting out web design and i find this “place” amazing thanks
Gay June 28, 2007 at 09:21 AM
Very cool thing ! thats what i was searchin for
Reinigungsforum June 29, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Super Hammerharte Grafiken
Echt bin begeistert klasse Walpaper
macht weiter so einfach Genial
vivek June 29, 2007 at 12:54 PM
hi to every body
Gerd-E. June 30, 2007 at 10:19 AM
Prima, dass ich diese klassse Seite gefunden habe. Sowas cooles gibt es selten. Eine ware Perle. Jetzt werde ich es gleich ausprobieren. Oder erst noch etwas hier schökern ;-)
Danke!!
Willis Witze July 06, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Top Sache! Wird direkt mal runtergeladen und getestet!
David July 12, 2007 at 04:37 AM
Can you please release this with at least a height of 1600 pixels so those of us with 2560×1600 res. can use? Thanks, David