Success Wallpapers

Well, April's been quite a month for me, of which, has but only a few hours left in it (as of this writing). But before April 2008 becomes history, I wanted to post my 39th wallpaper, which I call "Work Ethic".

This image was taken last fall in the summer, when the bees were out working hard, focusing on their own tasks. I was able to capture a few nice shots that day, which I may use in some other wallpapers in the future.

On another note, you may have noticed that I included the author of this fine quote on this wallpaper. I've redesigned this one to fit 3 lines of text. If you go back and look at the rest of my stuff here, I have always used 2 lines of text. Part of that was due to the overall design structure. But it was limiting me to use shorter quotes, in which I felt that the wallpaper just wasn't complete as it could be.

I've also decided to go back and try to credit all authors on wallpapers that I've used their quotes - if they can be found as some quotes are so common now and so old that it is nearly impossible to track down.

Time is so limited for me right now, but it will be my goal to get this done. Some quotes on some wallpapers may even have to be changed, but I'm not fretting about that, because on some of the older ones I know that I can find a few better quotes to improve the wallpaper anyway. And when I go back, I'll make sure that I includ all 8 resolution formats this time. So all the wallpapers on this site will be recreated for the better. All I ask is for a little patience while I make these changes. Thank you! :-)

Tonight I give you my 38th wallpaper entitled "Fortitude". This actual image comes from a photo taken almost 20 years ago (as this little shed no longer stands today). Before it collapsed though, it must have stood for close to over 100 years. The outside didn't look like much, but what was holding it up was on the inside. I would say that within the final 5-10 years of it's standing, three or four trees started to grow inside of this small shed that helped keep the walls and roof from collapsing.

Here's the main point I'd like to make: it wasn't what was on the outside that held this little shed up, but what was determined to grow on the inside.

Truth be told, I cannot really determine if the shed collapsed due to the gravity's affect on the weak rotting boards, or that it was because of the trees inside of the shed growing too big and strong and finally burst their way upwards toward the sky. I'd prefer to think that the latter caused the event.

So, stay determined to overcome life's challenges, everybody has them. Sooner or later, the dawn of day will appear. May you find the strength to keep going.

Today I've created a wallpaper on the topic that mostly everyone around the world has heard of at least once in their lifetime - if not hundreds or even thousands of times (depending on your age). It's funny that I mention age, as today is my own birthday. And as such, I wanted to give something away on my birthday that everyone could relate to. So, tonight I give you my 37th wallpaper entitled "Golden Rule".

From what I have been able to come up with, (and there is much debate on this issue), this very phrase (or Rule) is inspired from the passage of Scripture in Matthew 7:12. It reads: "Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them", which came from Christ's famous Sermon on the Mount.

Hello again. Tonight I've finally finished up on another wallpaper that's been in the works now for about a week. This one I started on Monday night and it uses both 3d generated content and photography to achieve the mood and environment I was looking for.

This image conveys to me the idea that this place could be viewed as a desolate wasteland of isolation, or a hiding place of serenity. I'm sure most of you have heard the old phrase, "Life is what you make of it." I think that holds true in every area of life. It's your outlook on an event or circumstance you face in life that can color your reality. So, with another opportunity to help encourage you tonight, I give you "Outlook", my 36th wallpaper.

Tonight I've created 4 more resolutions for "Success": two widescreen versions (1920x1200 and 1440x900) and two 5:4 aspect ratio versions (1600x1280 and 1280x1024). You can download these new files at the "Success" page. This marks the first wallpaper to be recreated with the new resolutions as I decided to slightly tweak this wallpaper by moving the text on these - along with the original 4 files - a little higher so as not to be so close to the bottom edge of the desktop.

Well, today being a day which comes only once every 4 years - Leap Year Day - I decided to integrate today's theme into a wallpaper. The image portion of this wallpaper was something I actually created 4 years ago, on the last Leap Year Day, February 29, 2004. I've changed the colors from the original though to help convey the concept of this wallpaper.

This is actually only 1 of 6 different versions I made of this wallpaper. I've been going back and forth for the past couple of days on which version to release as my 35th wallpaper. Well, I've decided today that this was the one. I may decide in the future to offer the other versions I've created, but for now, this will have to do. I hope you like it. It's called "Leap Forward".

On another big decision I've made, I'm sure some of you may also have noticed that there are 8 resolution choices of this wallpaper to choose from to download. Yes, I've finally decided to "leap forward" myself and offer 2 widescreen versions (1920x1200 and 1440x900) and 2 more 5:4 aspect ratio versions (1600x1280 and 1280x1024) of all my wallpapers going forward.

I hope this will satisfy those of you who have asked to see widescreen versions of my work. I know, you'd like to see more converted over. Well, I promise that I will eventually get to the previous wallpapers converted over to the other new sizes in time. (It may take a while though, as I still have many more new ones to create. So stay tuned.)

Today seems to be a great day to offer another wallpaper based on a topic I've been holding on to. Some call this topic an emotion. Some call it a feeling. I'd like to think of it as a character quality that everyone must possess in themselves. This quality may seem to come and go, depending on one's outlook on life. This quality is "Hope", and this is what I decided should be my 34th wallpaper.

To me, this image delivers the idea that when times are tough, if we keep focusing on the negative, we will look down, and all we will see is our present circumstances that make things seem hopeless. But if we can change our perspective and be positive and look upwards, we can find the hope that lies beyond our present circumstances. Keep searching for that hope, it is a precious thing to hold on to. The great thing is that anyone can have this hope if they choose to grasp it.

Well, it's that time of the year again: a time when we can celebrate love and romance with that special person in our lives. So, for those who may tend to forget about Valentine's Day or tend to put it off till the last moment, let this serve as an early reminder for you.

I'd also like to mention that this image is obviously not a photo. This is a 3d render I did in 2003. I've modified it since then to what you see here now. So, keeping count now, this is my 33rd wallpaper entitled, "Love". (You can pretend it's a photo if you'd like. I'll allow it.) :-)

You've asked for it, now you got it! I've finally completed setting up an RSS feed for this site using Feedburner's feed service - which is perhaps the best on the web, and it's free!

I've decided to go back and use January's last blog entry as the first item, then new entries after tonights will follow in the feed - as using tonights announcement as the first feed seems kind of pointless. Anyway, it's set up now, so go and subscribe. I've decided to call the feed "Success Wallpapers Served". (Yeah, I think I need more sleep too.)

Tonight seems to be the perfect night to present this picture - at least for me. You see I live in Northeast Wisconsin and we've been bombarded by a lot of snow so far this winter. In fact, this picture was taken from my backyard. (Just kidding - it's not that bad - yet.) I will say though that we've received more than the normal amount of snow for our area. Even tonight, as I look outside, we are getting hit with another snowstorm prompting winter storm warnings all over the state.

I've also been wanting to present this theme for a while now, as an encouragement for you to challenge yourself this coming year to do more and become more by taking steps that may have seemed hard to take in the past. So tonight, I'm pleased to present to you my 32nd wallpaper called "Challenge".

In addition to creating more wallpapers, I'm also working on creating an RSS feed for this site, so those of you who use RSS feed software, or some other type of feed program, you can keep up to date on what's happening here at this site. I'm hoping to set one up within the next few weeks when I can find the time to. (I guess I need to challenge myself to get it done as soon as I can. Maybe this weekend! If it's not done by then, you can guess that I'll be outside shoveling the snow in my driveway.)

Hello again! Since this is my first new post for the year, I'd like to say thanks for coming back. I know it seems that I've been slacking off, but I have been busy lately. In addition to testing out some new features to add to this site, I've also been working on a few new wallpapers the last few weeks and today I am glad to be able to provide to you (finally) the first new wallpaper of the year. This one's called "Encourage" and is the 31st wallpaper for the site.

I'm close to having 2 more done, but I will most likely only have one more added this month due to some other things that I need to take care of first. (This year's already looking to be busier than the last. But isn't it how it always seems to be?)

Today, I am proud to say that I have finished putting up my last wallpaper of the year - wallpaper number 30 - meeting my goal of getting 30 unique success-themed wallpapers on this site. I call this one "Improvement".

This is the last wallpaper of 16 wallpapers that I originally designed in 2006 before I took a break from making them only for myself. A year later, I would enhance those 16 wallpapers and decide to create a site using them as the basis of the content you now see here. (For more on how this site got started, you can read up on it at my About page.)

I hope that this year found yourself making progress in various areas of your life. I know for myself it has been a year of ups and downs. But I love the fact that I can look back and see that some of the goals I had set out to do came to fulfillment this year - one of those being able to create this site and fill it with wallpapers that people seem to enjoy. In fact, I find that this very wallpaper seems to top off this year's crop of wallpapers rather nicely, as it should be the goal of everyone in the coming year - to improve upon who we are and keep making progress.

Thanks for sharing this year with me through my site. I'd like to wish you a wonderful Happy New Year that finds you continually improving and succeeding in all that you set out to do!

Another day, another wallpaper, another step closer to hitting my goal of seeing 30 wallpapers here on the site. This one's called "Potential" and is the 29th wallpaper for this site. One more to go now! Check back tomorrow and I'll hopefully have that 30th wallpaper up on this site. I hope that this wallpaper will inspire you to reach your full potential in the coming New Year ahead.

Hi again! I have another wallpaper in which the topic had me searching a while for the right quote that could fit into 2 lines of text. It wasn't easy, but I eventually came up with something that I thought was fitting. This was also an image that I had been working on for a while back, but I never quite finished it up until tonight. This new wallpaper is entitled "Diversity" and is the 28th wallpaper for this site.

Tonight I bring you one of the last two original wallpapers I had done last year. It's called "Vision" and is the 27th wallpaper for this site.

On another note, I think I'll be able to meet my goal of getting 30 wallpapers up here before the year ends. I've already determined which ones I'll post here this week, but I still need to do some minor enhancements to all of them. So keep coming back for more.

Well, I'm back with another new wallpaper tonight. I had taken this photo 2 years ago on my parent's property in the early fall. This one is called "Integrity" and is the 26th wallpaper for this site.

Hello and a very big "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays" to everyone! OK, I wasn't able to post this yesterday, which was my original plan, but my day was filled with other obligations. (I'm even amazed that I've found a little time today to post this.) Well anyway, I've added the 25th wallpaper for the site entitled "Christmas" in celebration of the season. This is one of my favorite Bible verses concerning the true meaning behind this holiday. I've deviated a little bit from my usual style of not adding the author of the quote, but I felt that adding the verse reference would help out those who wanted to look this Scripture reference up for themselves. Once again, I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy NEW Year!

Just a short note to announce that tonight I've added the 24th wallpaper for the site entitled "Discover".

Check back tomorrow for a special holiday wallpaper.

Hello again. With the Christmas season in full swing, it's been pretty hectic trying to get more wallpapers created. I've managed to get another one up for you though. This is the 23rd wallpaper, and it's called "Service".

I'm looking to add at least 2 more before Christmas Day, so stay tuned.

Tonight I've added one of the last remaining original wallpapers - based on the success theme - that I did last year. It's entitled "Quality", and is the 22nd wallpaper for this site. I have a few more originals remaining, including one called "Service", which I plan on releasing as my next wallpaper for this site sometime later this weekend. So be sure to come back later this week.

Today I've added the 21st success wallpaper for this site called "Innovation". This is a reworked version of an older wallpaper I did a year ago. I was thinking of adding a river into this scene, but in the end I opted not to. (Maybe I'll add another version of it to the Innovation page in the future.)

Today I've added success wallpaper number 20. It's called "Brilliance" and is another one of my earlier wallpapers I had last year, but I wanted to tweak the quote underneath to something that fit the image a bit more before I put it up on this site.

I hope to add 10 more to this site before the month ends, including a Christmas wallpaper too - so stay tuned.

I've finally updated - at least one section - the site structure. I've created separate pages for each wallpaper on the site now, (currently at 19) so, in the future, I can link blog entries and random thumbnails to these individual pages. I've actually added a little script on each individual page which shows a few random samples of other wallpapers on the site, which can also be seen here on this page off to the right side - for now anyways.

I felt I needed to update the wallpaper page because it was starting to get too large and too long. I've linked all individual topics found there to the individual pages for now, but I'm still making up my mind if I should just show a grid of mini thumbnails for the page instead of how it appears currently.

You can see the changes in the wallpaper section now.

Along with working on new ideas for more wallpapers, I went back to some older success wallpapers I had done last year, but not yet posted here on the site. This is one of those entitled, "Perseverance".

Hello again. It's December now. Snow has fallen, temperatures have dropped to the mid-teens (at least where I live), and it definitely feels like winter now. I have a few ideas to make some wallpapers with snow scenes, but I haven't created any that I like yet. So for now, I'll keep enhancing some of my other non-wintry images into wallpapers for you. One such wallpaper focuses on the topic of "Visualization", and it is the 18th wallpaper on the site.

On another note, last time I mentioned that I'm trying to enhance the site structure before working on any new wallpapers. I am currently in the process of doing this, but getting the changes to work the way I like is taking longer that I anticipated. So after 5 days, I wanted to add something new on the site.

Tonight I give you another wallpaper, bringing the total to 17 for this site. This one's called "Think Big". I'm starting to feel inspired enough to add a few more very soon. However, I still need to reformat the wallpaper section on my site as well - and soon. So, I'm trying to decide what to do first - work on another wallpaper, or improve on the site structure.

(Hmm . . . choices, choices.)

Another month, another wallpaper. This month seems to have flown by even faster than the last. I can make that statement because it seems that there are even more things in my life that need to be done than ever before. It may explain why I haven't gotten back to adding more wallpapers here on the site lately. Well, I'll try to rectify that this week. Tonight I'm adding my 16th wallpaper to date. It's entitled, "Rise Above It". The image that appears on this wallpaper is taken from a 3d render I did for my 3d wallpaper site about 5 years ago. It just seemed to fit so right with this idea of overcoming obstacles, so I just had to use it.

I can't believe how fast October has flown by, as it's been a very busy month for me. I thought I'd better put up at least one more wallpaper on this site before the month came to an official close. So, allow me to present my 15th success-themed wallpaper called "Imagination". It's just a little taste of autumn - while there's still some of it left. Also, this image marks the half-way point towards my goal of getting 30 total success wallpapers up here before the year ends. (Hmmm, that means I need to average 7.5 for the next 2 months in order to meet this goal.)

Can I get it done in time?

Stay tuned....

Tonight I finished up on a new wallpaper called "Dreams". The quote I included in this one should make you think a little bit while you're looking at the image. I also wanted to make note that this is obviously a 3d rendered scene, and not a photo, as the sun and night sky rarely appear together, so it may not make any sense on the surface. But if you ponder that the sun in this image is the dream (or some highly desired goal), this may make a little bit more sense. (This is my only hint I'm going to offer you.)

Ok, I know it's been a little longer than I usually take to post something new. And for that, I'm sorry. Not to make excuses, but I've been quite busy developing a new idea that I hope to bring live later this year online. But enough of that. Let's get to what's new. Tonight I added a new wallpaper called "Character", focusing on how under the heat of adversity our true character is revealed.

Well, another week, so another new desktop wallpaper. This one's called "Zest".

I will be working on a few more new success wallpapers within the next few days, but it may take a little longer before I post any more wallpapers, as I will be working more on the site structure. The "Wallpapers" page is starting to get out of hand (too many to fit on 1 page), and so I am looking to make a separate page for each wallpaper - which I feel may work out for the best. So stay tuned...more improvement is under way.

I've added a small resources page today which you will see in the top navigation. As time goes on, I will evaluate helpful and useful sites that come across my path for me to include here. Some may be deleted if I feel that they are not providing as much value as I thought they once were. But it is my desire that this page can be useful for your journey to success.

It's my pleasure to give to you another desktop wallpaper. The title (and subject) of this one is "Take Action", and I am very proud to say that I followed this advice myself tonight rather than putting it off till tomorrow, as I easily could have. (I have this very wallpaper up on my own monitor even now, and I think I'm going to keep it up longer than I usually do with wallpapers.) I hope it can inspire you to take some form of positive action in your life today.

Today I added another wallpaper entitled "Achievability" - the tenth success wallpaper for this site. I hope this wallpaper will challenge you to evaluate where you are now, and see yourself becoming much more - the best you can ultimately be. And, and in case you were wondering - no, I am not trying to recruit for the US army. :-)

I added another wallpaper tonight to bring the count to nine wallpapers. The topic is "Perspective" - couldn't we all use a healthy one when life gets "challenging". Anyway, this image was actually my very first stab at making success themed wallpapers when I originally started a year ago. I've tweaked this one a little, but enough that it strikes me at being finished. Enjoy!

Tonight I finally added another wallpaper that I had been working on for over a week. It's called "Youth" and is the eighth wallpaper in my collection here. The hardest part was coming up with a concept I liked, for a topic that I wanted to portray without using people. Why? Well, I wanted to portray this subject in a different light. We easily look at people and judge others on the outside. This concept was a new way for me to convey youth without using the obvious old man or youth child. I feel it really fits with the particular quote I found as well. Is it the best way to convey the idea? I've already decided. You are free to make up your own mind. (Your welcome.)

One more note, I have been making more wallpapers since my last post, but I wanted to load this particular wallpaper first. I actually am planning on putting up 4-5 more desktop wallpapers up here within the next week. So come back real soon.

Today I added an easy way for you - my site users - to tell others about this new site: a recommend tool. It's a pretty simple process, where you can notify up to 5 people at a time, or you can send a reminder to yourself if you aren't at your home computer when you find this site.

I don't have any new wallpapers to put up here as this week I'm focusing on a few other things besides the new recommend tool. A few of the other things I am working on to fill out the areas that I feel can provide more value here, include a list of success resources and poster-sized versions of all my work. For now, I am still cleaning the source code and trying to make the site as streamlined as possible.

Tonight I added a wallpaper that I had created quite a while ago, that is why I was able to add it to the site so fast. I just had to create a few different versions to cover the most common monitor resolutions before I cold add it here. It's entitled "Attitude". This is one of many that I have created and am planning on putting on this site, but one only has so much time in a day. Eventually, I will get them all up here. So keeping coming back, because you never know when I may put another one up here. ;-)

Tonight I added another wallpaper that I've been working on the past 2 days. It's entitled "Wonderland" and it includes an image that I took behind my parents house in their woods last winter when it had just snowed. It's another one of my favorites.

It's been my routine with every site I make - yes, I have more than this one - to include a page somewhere on the site a page to explain why I am doing this. It may not mean so much to other people (or have any worth for that matter), but for me it's a way to remind myself what I am doing this for. If I didn't do this, I probably would not be motivated to continue working at it. So, for those of you who would like to know why I started this site in the first place, take a look at the "About" page for a deeper understanding of my goals behind this site. Thank you for your interest, or for the extra time you wanted to kill. :-)

Ok, after five days of pouring over ideas for a new wallpaper, I've finished up on another - the fifth of the site - entitled "Shine". (Hmm, I hope the sixth wallpaper doesn't take me 6 days to create.) This one took me longer since I had a lot of ideas, and I could not settle on the perfect quote to go along with this one until late last night. This photo is one of my favorites I've taken this year and I knew I had to make it into a wallpaper eventually. I hope it inspires you.

We're on a roll now - three new wallpapers in three days! Tonight I uploaded wallpaper number four, "Dream Big". I'm still planning on getting one more success-themed desktop up this week.

Tonight I uploaded another wallpaper, the third for this site, entitled "Opportunity." I hope it brings you a little motivation and enjoyment.

Tonight I uploaded the second wallpaper called "Goals." I actually have three more success-themed wallpapers created and finalized, but I still have to make them into the "ready-for-download" sizes by resizing and optimizing each wallpaper. These next three I plan on putting up here later on in the week. So be sure to check back real soon.

Today I added a contact form so that if you had any ideas for ways I could improve this site, any ideas for specific wallpapers that you would like to see created, or for ideas or links that you would like to see added to a resources section that I am currently building, you can send them my way.

Today I uploaded the other sizes for "Success". Ok, I know it took longer than expected, but it's there now for those who use a different resolution on their monitors. I also have future plans to offer more resolution sizes, but for now, all wallpapers here will be provided in the following sizes: 1600x1200, 1152x864, 1024x768, and 800x600.

Today I uploaded my first wallpaper, aptly named "Success" to start off this site's collection. For now, it's posted in the wallpapers section. I will eventually create another way to categorize my work, but for now, this will have to do. I only have this wallpaper in the 1152x864 resolution, but I plan on providing 3 more resolution sizes later on this week.

Today I finally opened up the doors of the SuccessWallpapers.com website. I've been planning this idea for over a year now, but unfortunately have been way too busy with other things in my life to finally sit down and put together a site and code it. I've made over 25 success themed wallpapers, but never had found the time to post them really anywhere - save my own personal site. I hope you enjoy the inspired wallpapers to come.