Massive Wallpaper Roundup!
Well Wallpapers aren’t really a necessary resource or anything, designers always like to have a pretty desktop(well at least i do). Heres a roundup of a bunch of great wallpaper sites and lists! If i’m missing anything, let me know in the comments.
50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers - Smashing Magazine
(Really) Stunning Wallpaper and More (Really) Stunning Wallpaper - Smashing Magazine
Space and Nebula Wallpapers - Smashing Magazine
Breathtaking Photo Sets Guaranteed to Inspire - Design Reviver
49 Amazing Wallpapers - Paint Bits
Top 10 Gaming Wallpapers - Digital Battle
Grunge, splatter and vectors
A much loved combination in both web and print design these days is the grungy, splattered, vector effect. The real key in creating this effect is in the photoshop brushes used (unless you do everything yourself). I collected this list of excellent brushes from deviantART, and I also used them to create this wallpaper (click to expand):
And, the brushes (info is below images):
