Anonymous asked:
Why did you stop posting on Prettify? :(
It’s not that I actively stopped posting on Prettify* so much as it has been hard to find high-quality wallpapers and icons recently. I’m sure there are a ton out there, but with my busier schedule I don’t have as much time to devote to it.
My specific tastes and standards make it such that most user submissions don’t pass muster, which means I have to go out and find this content. Lately that’s been more difficult with the shuttering of MacThemes and the general state of free icon releases.
I do have a small backlog of items to post and I’ll continue to meter them out.
Update: It has been brought to my attention that this answer makes me sound like an elitist asshole to some. I didn’t mean for that to happen, and I think it’s probably the line “my specific tastes and standards make it such that most user submissions don’t pass muster.” So I should clarify: I’m not saying I’m some sort of special, awesome guy who has better taste than everyone else. What I’m saying is that the whole reason I started Prettify* was that most wallpaper and icon sites just take anything and everything. I wanted to create a specially curated site where things like poor antialiasing, blurriness, incorrect or missing sizes and bad alpha transparencies weren’t acceptable.
My tastes and standards in this case refer to high-quality, well-produced wallpapers and icons. No exceptions. If it doesn’t contain a size that fits 27-inch Cinema Displays, I don’t let it in. If it is grungy when viewed 1:1, I don’t let it in. If the icons look funky against white but okay on black, I don’t let it in. I’m trying to make Prettify* a place where you can find great stuff that will look great on your machine. It’s that simple. If you want anything and everything, there are a million resources for that. I’m not being a dick, I’m just trying to create a nice collection.
Refined Desktop Collection by Hector Simpson
Fantastic and simple desktop wallpapers in three varieties, each in several versions including several with Apple logos. These are just perfect.
I’ve been using the wood version of these wallpapers for months on my MacBook Air, and on and off on my MacBook Pro. Perfect in execution and simplicity.
iTunes 10 by Michael Flarup
Replace the new, blue iTunes 10 icon with a more stylish version. Includes alternate square icon design and several color options.
Over the past week loads of designers have released their takes on the new iTunes 10 icon. I’ll be posting a few of my favorites over at Prettify.
Glass Stairs
Shot in the West 14th Street Apple Store. You can download a version of this to use as a wallpaper, including a horizontally flipped version, at Prettify.
Josh Holloway collects (and creates) iPad-specific versions of popular and nice wallpapers. Makes for a great companion site to Prettify.
Finally got around to doing something I meant to do more than a year ago—I moved Prettify from a simple Tumblr domain (prettify.tumblr.com) to its own real domain (prettifyit.com) where it will be from now on. All old links will automatically forward correctly.
Annoying story: When I started Prettify back in January of 2009, I searched for domains before coming up with the name and prettify dot com was available. I built the site in a few hours, launched it on Tumblr and went to buy the domain—it was taken. It seemed almost as though someone had seen that I searched for it and bought it. A year later, the same exact thing happened when I searched for a domain for That’s Not Art. Lesson: If you find a domain you want, buy it immediately.
Anonymous asked:
I like the wallpaper you have in your home office picture. Where can I get it?
Based on how many people asked this question, I can say for certain that not nearly enough people are visiting Prettify. You fools! There are loads of awesome wallpapers over there. Including Aurora, the one I’m using in my home office post.
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