30 Most Visually Stunning wallpapers for your desktop + Tutorials

Richie

It’s that time of month again! Time to change your wallpaper to something new and exciting. I have always found that by updating my wallpaper on a regular basis, it gives me a sense of being in a new work space thereby motivating me to get my day to day tasks done easier and in a more effective manner. Although, I must admit, its in our instincts to keep changing our wallpapers every once in a while to perk up our computers a bit.

A good wallpaper definitely reflects a character of the person and the creative aspect of his life, not to mention the computer’s as well. The concept of neo-surrealism and space has alyways intrigued us. Space is a bag of enigmatic wonders waiting for us to unravel it and let our minds transcend our imagination. Even though, in reality its a far fetched fantasy, artists have rendered a parallel world which is quite visually stunning and is definitely worth praising about.

In this article, I have collected some of the best space and futuristic wallpapers which is going to blow you away. Also, I have selected some of the best tutorials on creating really cool photo effects and is definitely worth trying out.

1) Harbinger

2) A New Dawn

3) At World’s Edge

4) Moonshadow

5) Sky Song

6) Summer Wood

7) The Moon

8 ) Circum Polar

9) Earth

10) Project Genesis

11) Eternal Moment

12) Submerge

13) Earth 2049

14) Shadows of Elysium

15) First Snow

16) Starry Night

17) Edge of Precipice

18) Aurea Mediocritas

19) Little Outpost

20) Field of the ART

21) Valentinka

22) Good vs Evil

23) The Rise of a Planet

24) Collab Nightly Journey

25) D K

26) A new era

27) Loca Infernonum

28) Meduzarts

29) Artificial

30) Spacelun

31) Starlight Night

32) End of days

Tutorials:

Here are some cool tutorials you can check out. A lot of visual effects, tips and tricks to learn here. A must for every beginner who is interested in creating awesome space and light effects

1) Create a really cool eclipse in Photoshop

This tutorial on Abduzeedo is certainly an inspiration from James White’s works. A brilliant way to create an eclipse, using a lot blending modes and getting the visual lightning effect. Worth trying it out

2) An Alien Invasion Photoshop Tutorial

A very cool tutorial using a lot of picture elements and an insane photomanipulation to bring out the lightning effect. Definitely worth a try

3) Space Environment

A very quick tutorial on how to create those glowing edges from scratch and using Photoshop default tools. Also, learn to create stars and a space background

4) Create a City Scape concept Art

In this tutorial, You will learn how to easily create a successful piece of cityscape concept art. Then you’ll be using a very basic 3D scene as a foundation for the piece, then taking it into Photoshop for some creative photo manipulation of reference photos, basic painting and adjustments

5) Create a fantasy landscape Photo manipulation

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a fantasy landscape using some simple and easy techniques. Everyone with basic Photoshop skills can succeed to recreate this simple image using the most important thing in this kind of photo manipulation – the right stock

6) Create a touching Story scene in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you are going to create a story scene using photo manipulation and a lot of color adjustments. Creating a fantasy scene has never been so interesting.

7) Create a fantastic abstract fan poster

In this tutorial, you are going to get creative with layering, lighting, and texture to build fantastic abstract piece. More specifically, you’re going to employ some unusual techniques to make a fan poster for the band Omega Code, but you’ll quickly see many different applications for what is taught here.

8 ) Create a Heroes Eclipse in Photoshop

If you’ve ever seen the show Heroes then you’ll no doubt remember the stunning eclipse intro. It’s only a few seconds long, but it’s one of the best intros on television, mainly due to its simplicity and its stunning design. In this tutorial, you will learn how to recreate that solar eclipse image in a slightly retro style using nothing but photoshop.

9) Back to Space – Case Study

A not-so-detailed Case Study of one of the awesome works of Patrick Monkel. This wallpaper was featured in Abduzeedo and it is still my wallpaper to date. I just love this stunning composition of colors and visual elements.

10) Create an awesome Space Themed artwork in Photoshop

When it comes to blending psychedelic image effects, James Qu of PSDVault is definitely the best I know. In this tutorial, James will teach you how to achieve great lighting effect by simply mixing custom brushset and various Photoshop filters. You will also explore different layer blending effects and the use of Pen Tool to create abstract lines. Lastly, you will learn to quickly and effectively render realistic star field effect in Photoshop.

11) Create a distant energy scene with ray blast

Another screamer from James. In this, you will be using tons of layer blending techniques, and he will show you how to merge the images together effectively and efficiently. You will also explore skills such as masking, filter effects and various custom brushsets. This is an intermediate-level tutorial, and is definitely worth a try.

Well, that was the best I could find among the websites I visit on a daily routine. If you have links to some other cool tutorials or wallpapers which take your breath away, please share it with us. Good Luck!!

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