Microsoft Desktop Backgrounds

After the upgrade to Fedora 22 last night, I was looking for a new desktop background image, to change the mood. Ā Surprisingly, one of the top search results pointed me to the Microsoft website, which has a selection of some really good background images. Ā  Backyard bonfire works well for me.

Backyard bonfire
Backyard bonfire

 

Illustrations by Jason Seiler

Via this blog post I came across an amazing artist – Jason Seiler. Ā Being an amateur photographer, I am not much into paintings. Ā I always thought that most paintings miss the details and accuracy of the photographs. Ā A lot of Jason Seiler’s art doesn’t have that problem. Ā Some of the images are breathtakingly similar to photographs and only theĀ caricaturist distortion suggests that these are actually drawings. Ā Have a look at this image of Bill Murray, for example.

Or at this absolutely wonderful black and white portrait:

More images are available at Jason Seiler’s website and in his blog. Ā I’m an instant fan now.