August desktop, horah!

On 2 August, 2010 · 19 Comments · In Free Stuff

Hand drawn desktop design with green toned starburst, clouds, paisley and bunting with a banner saying "AUGUST".

Down this part of the globe it’s been the 1st of August for a whole day and I hope you won’t hold my tardiness against me. Maybe you’re only just starting the month in your part of the world? Then I hope I’m posting this in time!

I quite like august as a word in its own right, if you’ve never heard it used before here’s a definition:

au·gust

   /ɔˈgʌst/ [aw-guhst]
–adjective
1. inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
2. venerable; eminent: an august personage.
from dictionary.com

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I spend around 12-24 hours on each desktop, inking and drawing each element before scanning everything and pulling it all together in Photoshop for each desktop resolution. If you’d like to throw in a couple of bucks to contribute to the time spent drawing each desktop as well as my general hosting costs for definatalie.com and my flickr account, your donation will be much appreciated. <3


This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
You may not upload this desktop to other websites, nor may you use it for any other purpose than to wallpaper your desktop. This also means it’s uncool to alter it and reupload it somewhere as your own work.

Related posts:

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  2. The clear blue skies of July
  3. It’s June already!
  4. April is not so cruel after all!
  5. March on.
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  • femmeknitzi

    Love it! I'm only sad that I found your website too late to enjoy July's desktop! :)

  • Nugraha

    I love it!!! August is my second favorite month of the year after December, haha…

  • Professfashion

    'Gorgeous! And summery even though you're in the dead of winter – aren't you?

  • Racheal

    loves it!

  • http://teanose.tumblr.com Teanose

    very nice :)

  • http://twitter.com/verbalreport Heather Conroy

    Thanks Natalie! Your Donate button is not working-says Fatal Failure!

  • Lightning Heart

    i love it!

  • Peta

    I love this one, the colours are so pretty. You are so creative!

  • http://www.definatalie.com definatalie

    Oh dear, I'm not sure what the situation is (I think my whole blog is having a fatal failure, I didn't get any of these comments!!)

  • Andrew

    Have you ever thought about sharing your creative wallpapers with Smashing Magazine.

  • Starrrie

    I love it! Thank you soooooooo much! :)

  • http://www.definatalie.com definatalie

    Yes, but winter in Brisbane is very mild :D

  • http://www.definatalie.com definatalie

    I'm sure someone's suggested it to me before but I realised it was too hard to upload my desktops to their site in time because I usually do mine at the very last minute!!

  • Andrejs

    just curious, was it the ekka that gave you the circus idea or just a love of stripes and a wish for summery fluffy clouds in august?

  • http://www.definatalie.com definatalie

    Actually the bunting was inspired by so many decor blogs out there, and I decided to give it a carnival sort of vibe because of the lettering I ended up doodling!!

  • http://pretty-in-plus.com bethamint

    This one's gorgeous! I always use your desktops now <3

  • http://jasiferlionsclub.blogspot.com Jennifer/Jasifer

    So beautiful! you're so talented!!

  • Carolyn

    Awesome!

  • Ebony

    This is fantastic! I wish I could afford to donate :) Will definitely be blogging about your amazing desktops.

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