The Desktop Wallpaper Project featuring James Gulliver Hancock
August 6, 2008 - By Bobby Solomon - Category: The Desktop Wallpaper Project
Good morning world, it’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to get an awesome new wallpaper! Today’s artist is someone I’ve been a fan of for a little while now, but when I first saw his art I was totally impressed. His name is James Gulliver Hancock and he’s quite a whiz at illustration, though as you can see above he has no problem dabbling in mixed media as well. He also has a really great poster shop with lots of fun posters, my personal favorite being Miking Up the Steinway, a beautiful mix of pianos and old school microphones.
The wallpaper above is one of my favorites, James went above and beyond the call of duty with this one. I love that it’s a collage a lot, the idea that it’s something hand made being used as digital background always makes me smile. Seeing all the details is also pretty amazing, all the paint strokes and the rough edges where he cut out pieces, definitely fun times. I’m also quite a fan of the palette, which I’m pretty sure he just hit the inverse command in Photoshop, but how often can someone do that and it actually looks cool?!
Enjoy the wallpaper and check back next for more awesome goodness!
Bobby
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If you've got something to say, keep it positive.[...] one is definitely one of the better ones that Kitsune Noir has featured. It definitely stands out when I put it as a background wallpaper on my gazillion inch [...]
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thanks for this one, although you might want to update the link on the right-hand column of your blog that goes exclusively to Desktop Proj posts — it’s a couple updates behind for whatever reason.
Hi – Are you still running the monthly contests for the Desktop Wallpaper? Sorry if you’ve mentioned this already – have missed out on checking the blog lately!
Yikes! Nevermind – just saw below –
Cheers -