KDE Visual Design Group/Plasma 5.16 Wallpaper Competition

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We have a Winner!

The default wallpaper for Plasma 5.16 is Ice Cold 2 by Santiago Cezar and went through several iterations before winning the competition.

There were several very high-quality entries in the running, so much so the judges had to go to a second round because it was so hard to decide. Although there can only be one default wallpaper, users can have the best of both worlds, as the finalists (plus many of the other submissions) will be included with Plasma 5.16 or later versions KDE's desktop.

We would like to congratulate Santiago for the win and thank all the participants for the effort and beautiful works they submitted for the competition.

Rules

  1. The design of your wallpaper must be original and created specifically for the contest
  2. The design of your wallpaper must be released to KDE under a copyleft license (CC By, CC By-SA), or released into the public domain or equivalent (CC0)
  3. Even if your work is not picked as the default wallpaper, your submission may still be included in Plasma 5.16 or used with future releases
  4. You can submit up to 3 entries
  5. Image files must be in PNG format, preferably accompanied by the source files in a non-proprietary format (Inkscape-compatible SVG, blend, kra, xfc, etc.)
  6. The minimum size for your submission must be 4K (3840x2160), although 5K (5120x2880) is preferred. Optionally, a phone-sized (1080x2280) wallpaper for Plasma Mobile can also be submitted
  7. Do not add the Plasma version number into your wallpaper. Any logos or text, such as the (Plasma logo) should be tastefully integrated into the design of the wallpaper itself, not just added on top as text
  8. A jury made up of members of KDE's Visual Design Group (VDG) and other KDE community members will decide the winner. There will be only one winning wallpaper and the decision of the jury is final
  9. The organisers will disqualify and erase any entry that is racist, sexist, demeaning or inappropriate in any way. Disqualifications and deletions are final and cannot be recurred
  10. The deadline for submissions is midnight (UTC) on 29/05/2019

Prize

Our friends at Slimbook have kindly donated a Slimbook One v2 as a prize for the winning participant. The One v2 is an eco-friendly, compact machine, measuring only 12.4 x 12.8 x 3.7 cm. It comes with an i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM, and is capable of outputting video in glorious 4K. Naturally, your One will come decked out with the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.16 desktop, your spectacular wallpaper, and a bunch of great software made by KDE.

Help and Feedback

You can ask the VDG for help and feedback any time during the competition! Just join the #kde-vdg channel on Matrix or the freenode IRC channel (which is bridged to the VDG Telegram room, if you prefer Telegram).

Also check out the discussion in the competition's subforum to get tips and feedback.

Previous Wallpapers for Inspiration

Previous wallpapers, made by the artist Ken Vermette, can be found on this page. This is just meant to help you design the wallpaper, and following the style is not mandatory. Here are the most recent ones:

Current Entries

A tiny edited shot of the entrance of a house in Moscow by vanushwashere

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Wallpaper submission #1 and #2 by Povibi

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Core, Kepler and K612 by veggero

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KDE Plasma Nebula 5K Wallpaper by chenson

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Horizon by joedavis

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Amoeba and Origami by tomasvejvoda

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woof #1 and #2 by josepho

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Rainbow Banana and Triangularity by kzeller

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Peaking Galaxy, Breeze Papers by sirmentio

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Poly by opekope2

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Tiled Mascot and Snowy Mountain by kwhali

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3 papers #1, #2 e #3 by 3dsf

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Blue Moon by CarvalhoMat

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Hexalens by jonasb

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Mountains during dusk by chpie

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Overcoming by wesmith

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Pure Awesomeness by magunas8

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Mountain Lake, Mountain Lake Night and Tesseract by m4TZ

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Starry dusk on Matterhorn by Riusma

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KDE Proud Redeux and Plasma Star, sKooling by distrobro

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Remember a Day and Mirage and Inclined by ivan

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Raindrops, Water Drops, Water Drops 2 by davidmoore

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Geometryistic and Atlas (with and without texture), Flux (with and without texture) by kde-ivanam

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Wallpapers Submission #1, #2 and Circular by sharazali

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KDE Theater wall by gacosta

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Dark Hexagons by luizotavio

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Morning by hexleyio

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Blue Plasma, Planet-X and SOLO AMADOR by rinha

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Spectral, in versions Shadow, Twilight, Light by klorax

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Symmetric Chime, Claw Chime and Skewed Chime by extrado

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Isometric Plane by delsa

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Orbz1 and Orbz2 by tuxlink

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海辺, Private Space, Little Shell by manko

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Icospheres by cybercow

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4m 01 by 4m

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Safe Landing by I\'m Louis

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Leviathan, Ice Cream Breeze and Alberta by dikasetyaprayogi

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Bubbles by ryanobernie

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DemosceneIsAlive by bodqhrohro

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Magnetic by bogdan_c

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Dream Set #1, #2 and #3 by AlexSabo

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Backyard Lock, Escape the Void and Ocean Sunset by mirdaki

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Flat Breeze #1, #2 and #3 by Quiralta

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'Future Rays, Horizon and Birth of the Lights by joseb

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Ice Cold with and without penguins by santiagocezar

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Kauil by lilianar

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конкурс обоев by nvoronina

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Abstract KDE by sakenassanov

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Lonely Mountain by blu.256

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Plasmaland, Ocean by farid

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Konstellation #1 and #2 by fperez

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Crystal Valley by Ishoravi

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Interspatial Transport Plasma version 1, 2 and Dragon by DaniiDragon

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Pampas by tortuljuandiego

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Geometric by OscarOswaldoNR

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Kaecius by shelcod

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Colours of the Earth, Causeway and Pipes by CylinderDude

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Future by damdurer

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Abandoned Airport by michailtokmakov

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Woodpile by juzagorodneva

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NoFall by Pyroman

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Ayla Wallpaper by aylapa

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1QQPOr_qNQ7EB1wPz6oun07JsSooAhMn-

Aroa Wallpaper by aroapa

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1fNNM6C11aBHk8R3Ll1OOK433Ztj8OZwc

Liquid Plasma and Cell by komordor

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Sakura by mallgrab

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Sky by kikox

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Triangle Space (verison 1 and 2) by Xrott

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Kumulus by jimted

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Tulip Love, Secluded in the Mountains and City Across a River by appadeia

https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=312&t=160925

Lost Forever, Scented and Candy by pewzers

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Aeropolis by lilianar

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Slant, PlasmaKDE and Unfold by therockydoo

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River, Scatter, Scatter Dark by muffintops

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Waves by ttttiee

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Mystic Hills by bogdanpetrea

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Biome by andro

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Lumin, Plasma Wave, Lumin Mesh by kscheneider

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Gouache by mirabellaoz

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2394344610788905&id=100006401673305&set=a.1420219414868101&source=57#

Array Warm, Array Spiral and Array Cool by PhaseS

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Jazz, Lilac blues and New rain by tatyanat

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Hexagonum by rxl

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Rays Wallpaper by mrantovich

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