Minimal art is known for its simplicity in both form and content, where individual expression is isolated in order to achieve effective minimal art. Minimal Art emerged as a movement in the 1950s and continued all throughout the 1960′s and 1970′s. And now we see it flourishing all over the art industries, especially the graphic design industry.

The purpose of Minimalism is basically to allow the viewers or the audience to experience the artwork more intensely without all the distractions of the composition, the theme, the organization and so on.

In this article, we will take a closer look at minimal graphic design that has been implemented on desktop wallpapers. And because we all like to customize our personal computers, below are 60 awesome minimalistic wallpapers just for you to download and perhaps even get a little inspiration to create your own!

One Thing Minimal Wallpaper. Includes 1024×640 resolution. (by RMNMD)

Wooden Noir Wallpaper Pack. Includes 17 resolutions from 640×480 to 2560×1600, including iPhone wallpapers. (by Shod4n)

Cloud Minimal. Includes 1920×1200 resolution. (by Jan Krogh)

Dust. (by Deus Nova)

Attaaack. Includes 1680×1050 resolution. (by McLetDown)

My Favorite Book. Includes 6576×4192 resolution. (by Matt Lowden)

IANE. Includes 3 resolutions: 1280×800, 1680×1050, and 1920×1200. (by Imrik)

Pure Wall. Includes 11 different resolutions with iPad and iPhone versions. (by Heskin Radiophonic)

Type Veteran. Includes 1920×1358 resolution. (by Radu Ceuca)

Calmness. Includes 6 different resolutions from 1920×1200 to 1280×800. (by Akmal Ibn Marmoh)

InDaClub. Includes 2 resolutions 1900×1200 and 1680×1050, as well as a free 150×150 .PSD pattern. (by Fred Perry)

Flower Creature. Includes 1680×1050 resolution. (by SilkyLauper)

Plus. Includes 1920×1080 resolution. (by Adam Leung)

Elegance. Includes 8 resolutions from 1280×800 to 1920×1200 with iPad and iPhone versions. (by Adrian)

Soccer Field. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Sondre Stensbol)

Also Calm. Includes 3 resolutions with widescreen, HTC Desire and iPhone versions. (by Mattias)

Helvetica Wallpaper. Includes 1900×1200 resolution. (by Jeremy Paillotin)

Bluri. Includes 14 resolutions with iPhone versions. (by Kris)

Snacks. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Jess Neil)

Peace of Mind Minimal Wallpaper. Includes 1024×640 resolution. (by RMNMD)

AMustacheMen. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Jonathan Amoroso)

The Egg Chair. Includes 1920×1200 resolution. (by David Vineis)

Way Far Out. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Nikos Giannakopoulos)

Spark. Includes 1920×1200 resolution. (by Nabhan Abdullatif)

Gumy Bokeh. Includes 8 different resolutions with iPhone versions. (by Philip Illgen)

Pacmate. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Yegor)

Coco. Includes 1920×1200 resolution. (by Michelle Jinx)

Charlies Shirt. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Rodrigo Muniz)

Precise. Includes 2 resolutions 1920×1200 and 1920×1080. (by Manav Bahl)

Ace Spades. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Michael Burrows)

My Screen is Clean. Includes 2560×1600 and 1920×1200 resolutions with 6 colors. (by Matan B)

Follow The Leader. Includes 2048×1536 resolution. (by Jorge de la Mata)

You Cannot Pass. Includes 1024×768 resolution. (by Sebastian)

Be A Rebel. Includes 1024×768 resolution. (by Sam)

The Best Ideas. Includes 3 resolutions 1920×1080, 1680×1050, and 1440×900. (by Shahrukh)

Wallpaper Focus White. Includes 1680×1050 resolution. (by Kasukedo Gonpori)

Grapefruit. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Jeremy Sallee)

Web 2.0. Includes 2 resolutions 1920×1200 with the iPhone version. (by David B.)

Design Is…. Includes 1920×1200 resolution. (by Goergen)

He’s A Pixel. Includes 1280×1024 resolution. (by Vladislav Perge)

I Love Minimalism Wallpaper. Includes 1680×1050 resolution. (by Chris)

Minimal Joker. Includes 1600×1200 resolution. (by Andre Garrido)

Hot Vs. Cold. Includes 4 different resolutions with an iPhone version. (by Umar Irshad)

Vivid 2. Includes 9 different resolutions. (by Alex L.)

Naer Wallpaper. Includes 5 different resolutions. (by Gravideo Interactive)

Plastic Exploding Circle 01. Includes 1440×900 resolution. (by Graphic Nothing)

Big Idea. Includes 11 different resolutions with iPhone version. (by Big-SB)

iGalax. Includes 3 different resolutions. (by JackieTran)

Helvetica Grunge. Includes 1920×1200 resolution. (by Oliver Wilke)

Loading Wallpaper. Includes many resolutions with 7 different colors. (by Umar Irshad)

On A Clean Slate. Includes 4 different resolution. (by Krisha)

Link It Up. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Justin Page)

My Desktop Is Simple. Includes 1600×1200 resolution. (by CajeFM)

Lightbox Love. Includes 2560×1600 resolutions. (by Rohan Nanavati)

Bear Wallpaper. Includes 8 different resolutions with iPhone version. (by Michelle Jinx)

Once You Pop. Includes 2560×1600 resolutions. (by TruminHaus)

1972. Includes many different resolutions with iPhone version. (by Nikola Lazarevic)

Lemonade Was Popular. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Scott Tolinski)

Hatch. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Daniel Pessoa DamnOmatic)

Sleepy Jean. Includes 2560×1600 resolution. (by Somalia Jamall)

References and More Wallpapers

• SimpleDesktops.Com
• DeviantART | Minimalistic Wallpapers
• Wallpaperism Group on DeviantART
• Minimalist-Wallpaper Group on DeviantART
• Customizers Group on DeviantART
• FMB (Flickr Minimalism Best) Group on Flickr

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Once in a while, we collaborate with creative designers to giveaway free stuff to readers through hongkiat.com. We figured it benefits all parties – creators get the credit and some exposures, readers get to download them for free with no strings attached. Today, we are going to do the same thing again.

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Attractive, visually appealing cover is probably one of the foremost step for a PS3 game company to persuade gamer for another good sale. Thus, the company must be putting a lot of effort in working their designers to create the most attractive and promising cover for their product.

That’s why we grab a chance of a post to showcase 63 purely attractive PS3 game covers for you to get inspired, and who knows, you might grab yourself a copy!

Aliens vs Predator

Nicely designed game cover with appealing color scheme and absolutely different typefaces to distinguish 2 unique species.

Alone in the Dark

Character portrait is very nice that it evokes you a will to discover the story inside the game.

Alpha Protocol

A futuristic design with awesome graphic and typography effects that make this game cover stand out from others.

Armored Core for Answer

Probably one of the most persuading cover in the Armored Core series that expects you to have the coolest 3D machinery combat experience.

Assassin’s Creed II

Well designed mysterious assassin, that’s all enough for you to pick the game up and check out its back cover for more info.

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman series did exceptionally well to attract customer on its design for movie poster, so is its game cover.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Besides the attractive design, the cover designer placed nickname above each character to effectively indicate that the game would be more fun with its multiplayer mode.

BioShock

Named ‘Big Daddy’ (the big machinelike creature in the cover), this genetically enhanced human has done a really good job in attracting the gamer.

BioShock 2

The sequel of the series that showcases another type of eye cathy ‘Big Daddy’.

Borderlands

Very creative use of splatter effect, the overall design also shows how annoying would the game be.

Dante’s Inferno

Nicely blended design that catches your eyes with horrible elements.

Darksiders

Strong color scheme, strong house and strong rider, there’s no reason for this game cover to be less attractive.

Dead to Rights: Retribution

Good combination of splatter and grunge effect that expresses violent gameplay, appealing to fierce gamer.

DiRT

Grunge and splatter effect were used to increase overall messiness that grabs a lot of attention.

DiRT 2

Sequel of the series, this cover applied more ‘dirty’ elements on the design to make itself looks far more different from other, mostly neat designs.

Eat Lead

Massive use of gun elements makes the cover really appealing to wargamer, I thought it’s the sequel for the return of Serious Sam before.

Fairytale Fights

I’ve never seen Fairytale as this bloody before…and this cover really tempts me to check out what’s going on in the game.

Fallout 3

Good use of old photo effects which suits this game’s conspiracal topic, looks tasty for wargamer.

Final Fantasy XIII

Instead of using beautiful background design, Square Enix made Final Fantasy XIII’s cover to be so minimal that gamer can see how impressive the rendered game character is.

Second version of cover that shows you how detail the character rendering that you can expect from the actual game.

Front Mission Evolved

Another Square Enix’s cover design that attracts you with its cool in-game machinery model.

God of War 3

Probably one of the most eye cathy cover design, but it might be tricky for someone who’s new to the series to know that it’s the 3rd installation of the series.

Gran Turismo 5: Prologue

Elegant cover design makes this series of Gran Turismo looks really gorgeous, worth a buy.

Guitar Hero: World Tour

Good job on the character design to show how crazy would the game be, rocker!

Heavy Rain

Mix of emotional character and mysterious origami makes the cover itself nice enough for gamer to check out its content.

inFamous

Infamous people with special ability doing extraordinary things are always a heating topic for gamer.

Killzone 2

Wargamer never resisted to check out this kind of cover with fierce game title and character illustrated.

LittleBigPlanet

You can’t hardly ignore to stare on this cover with one of the cutest illustrated creature in this planet!

Lost Planet 2

Impressively designed logo, characters and monster get this cover a lot of impression.

MAG

Guns, missiles, war scenes, that’re all what you need to attract wargamer.

Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor focuses solely on portraying 1 character with monochrome color scheme, which acutally makes it looks unique from other war related titles.

ModNation Racers

Another game with cute and charming characters, greatest hit for kids and girls.

Naughty Bear

You must be wondering what makes this extremely cute bear so naughty!

Another version of cover that looks bloody, yikes.

Need for Speed: Prostreet

Prostreet series’ car has always done well on grabbing gamer’s attention in its every platform’s cover.

Nier

A very realistic cover design that features promising graphics from the game.

Prototype

Despite the mutated arm, covered face is really the effective yet overused element to attract gamer.

Quantum Theory

Quantum Theory looks fantastic to play with its beautifully crafted character and weapon.

Red Dead Redemption

A game cover presented in totally different way of illustration which suits American gamer’s taste very much.

Reflex: MX vs ATV

Nice application of modern design skill on this game’s cover, which makes it absolutely different with common motocar racing game’s cover design.

Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil series never failed to create terrible atmosphere from its cover design.

Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition

Gold edition’s cover which features 2 of the most welcomed character in the series, Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine.

Resistance: Fall of Man

The unique concept of putting a mutated human skull in the cover makes it uncommonly attractive.

Ridge Racer 7

Another gorgeous cover design for a car game that focuses more on racing car.

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

The cover highlighted the battle between the holy being and evil creature, which is the kind of story that never failed to entertain gamer.

SAW

This terrible mask can probably catches your attention…and a cold breath.

Silent Hill: Home Coming

Absolutely the most horrible-looking cover among all PS3 games that summarizes the game would deliver you horror, horror and more horror.

Skate 3

An inspiring and cool cover design for skating title which always want you to act cool in the game.

Star Ocean: The Last Hope

Very beautiful and promising characters for a fantastic role playing game.

Tekken 6

This sequel’s cover shows that the character is far more realistic than its prequels.

The Club

Very nice use of splatter effect that converts common looking faces into very different pieces.

TimeShift

Visually impressive game title and character.

Trinity Universe

All charming characters from 3 titles gather in 1 game with extra features, looks like a must have collection for those series’ fans.

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

Remarkable design of character and cover that promises you amazing storyline and gameplay.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Sequel of the series which its cover design looks as irritating as the prequel.

Second version of the cover which features another irritating game scene.

Unreal Tournament III

Deadliest Unreal engine hardly disappoint gamer.

Viking: Battle for Asgard

Nicely portrayed character in a rare setting, looks nice to check it out.

Wanted: Weapons of Fate

Just look like it would be another thrilling adventure with guns and bullets.

WET

Girl is the rare appearance as a main character in shooting game, so this is probably the outstanding piece from shooting titles.

White Knight Chronicles

I would say it’s one of the most beautiful white knight I’ve ever seen, and it’s really good to put it in the game cover for aggresive attraction.

Another version of cover that showcases the better portrait of the white knight.

Reflection

So you arrived to the end of this showcase, did you get your favorite cover? Or do you have a nice PS3 game cover to share with us?

Besides, what do you think a game cover should get to attract gamer efficiently? We’re exciting to hear from your sharing!

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If you are born around the 80’s, chances are this video game had been your favorite pass time, or maybe it still is. It’s been 23 years since world-renowned video game Street Fighter was released by Capcom. The series silently set the standards in fighting games genre and eventually became one of the highly successful franchise that continues to this day. Not many video game franchises have both the deep history and significance of Street Fighter today.

With so many interesting characters SF have, we picked those very famous ones. These Illustrations below are created by artists, professionals and fans around the world. You’ll see artworks portraying the Street Fighter cast in a wide array of styles and designs, from powerful to passive, sexy to silly, extremely detailed to sketchy. Enjoy!

Ryu

Born in Japan, Ryu is one of the most beloved and favorite character in the SF series. He typically dressed in a traditional white gi, red fingerless gloves, a black belt and a red headband. Ryu is also famous for creating the memorable scar on Sagat’s chest, resulting from an advanced version of Shouryuuken during the first World Warrior tournament.

RYU: The Rising Dragon (via Mgnz)

Marvel VS Capcom 2: Ryu (via Udoncrew)

Evil Ryu (via Fightersgeneration.com)

Ryu vs Sagat (via Braders1986)

Ken

Ken, the 2nd most popular character in the series also wears a traditional gi in red color. Like Ryu, Ken’s objective is to test his skills against many different fighters and make every effort become the best.

SF4 Ken (via SFgalleries)

Ken vs Vega (via O-beto-O)

Chun Li

Chun Li is the first female playable character to show in a 1-on-1 fighting game. While not as physically powerful as the other characters, she was by far the quickest. She usually dressed in a blue qipao, a traditional Chinese dress. Her hair is styled-up in “horns” adorned with brocades and ribbons.

Chunli Style (via Artgerm)

Chun Li (via Mike Thompson)

Chun Li (via Ddd111)

Chun-Li (via Erina)

Guile

Guile is a Major in the United States Air Force. Guile leaves his family and country to join the World Warrior tournament to take revenge on the death of his beloved friend Charlie, who was killed by M. Bison.

Guile Rendition (via Michael Ryan Kime)

Guile Wall (via M16)

Street Fighter Tribute 1 (via Mgnz)

Blanka

Blanka’s beastly look is a product of Shadoloo genetic experimentation. Blanka is also famous for his shocking orange hair. He was trapped in the Brazilian jungles as a young child and was raised by animals.

Wild Blanka (via Castello)

Dhalsim

Dhalsim, who is a pacifist, was born in Kerala, India. This yoga master is known for his bald head painted with red stripes, the string of skulls around his neck.

Character Select- Dhalsim (via Udoncrew)

Dhalsim vs Necro (via DXS Infinite)

Dhalsim Wall (via Manywallpapers)

Dhalsim: Yoga Blowfish (via Zatransis)

E-Honda

E. Honda is a sumo wrestler who typically seen a blue mawashi with red paint art in his face. Although he never earned the highest rank in sumo (Yokozuna), he got the second highest (Ozeki).

Little Honda (via Dennisbell)

E Honda C2 (via Fightersgeneration)

E Honda C2 (via Creativeuncut)

Sagat

Sagat is frighteningly tall, a natural gift he uses to his advantage with his long-reaching assaults. His natural size earned him to become a powerful and ferocious fighter. He is totally bald and wear’s an eyepatch to cover his damaged eye. This giant has hands and feet larger than most of his opponents.

Sagat SF (via Umagafan84)

Cammy

Cammy White or Cammy wore a green thong leotard and was a member of a British special forces team known as Delta Red.

Sexy Cammy (via Markovah)

Yummy Cammy (via Artgerm)

Cammy (via Omar-dogan)

Zangief

Zangief is a national hero in Russian with a nickname, “Red Cyclone” He became acquainted with Gorbachev towards the end of Alpha 2. After meeting Gorbachev, Zangief is sent to train in the Siberian wastes, wrestling bears.

Zan Da Maaan (via Mon3m)

Zangief vs Blanka (via Kuroitora)

Zangief Street Fighter Fan art (via Giaci78)

Zangief SF (via Leeyiankun)

Zangief fan art (via Jy-kim)

Vega

Vega is an interesting character, not only for his fascination with beauty, but also for his unique fighting style using a claw he wields. He’s one of the few SF characters to continuously carry a weapon. He learned bull fighting and ninjutsu, and became a cage fighter.

Vega – Detalles (via Varges)

PF Vega (via Udon Crew)

Vega vs Cammy (via Jujika)

Balrog

Balrog is an African American boxer who was banned from boxing for permanently injuring his opponents and accidentally killing one. Balrog join the Shadaloo criminal organization, and worked his way up from the bottom, eventually becoming M. Bison’s close disciple.

Balrog (via Syclown)

M. Bison

M. Bison is usually dressed in a red military uniform, large silver shoulder plates, and a grey cape. Master Bison’s ambition is to gain power over the world’s governments through his secret crime syndicate, Shadaloo.

M. Bison Zbrush (via Rv_el)

Sakura

Sakura is a Japanese schoolgirl who has a strong interest on Ryu. She has managed to copy and learn some of Ryu’s techniques. This cute student usually fights in her school’s uniform, a short-skirted sailor fuku.

Sakura Sunshine (via Artgerm)

Cute Sakura (via Markovah)

PF Sakura (via Udon Crew)

SF Legends Sakura Issue 1B (via Udon Crew)

Akuma

Akuma’s fighting style integrates the trademark moves of Ryu and Ken. He is famous for his death technique called, Shun Goku Satsu or “The Raging Demon”. Akuma has red hair, wears a black gi, and wears prayer beads around his neck.

Evil Akuma (via Nefar007)

Akuma Shungokusatsu (via Hekoo)

Akuma Sign (via Comicvine)

Akuma vs Dan (via Omar-dogan)

More Street Fighter Artworks

Street Fighter cover (via Diablo2003)

Street Fighter II 2 Cover (via Udoncrew)

Street Fighter (via Benlo)

Street Fighter Tribute Cover (via Udoncrew)

SF Alvinlee Tribute (via Fiboy)

Street Fighter Art Book (via Imaginism)

Street Fighter Tribute Book (via Imaginism)

Street Fighter Cover 2 (via Udon Crew)

Street Fighter no.3 COVER (via Alvin Lee)

Chibi Street Fighter Group (via Shauno)

Street Fighter Street Jam (via Udon Crew)

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