Share your W10M Start Screens and Backgrounds!
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TASWinFan
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I think that MS should make the tiles look like this, https://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/suggestions/7438894-beautiful-stand-out-os-design-concept really helps increase the level of customization, and is very good looking in my opinon 
i don't know what i'm doing anymore tbh
Light theme version - didn't realise Light themes transfer a ghost background to the app list!
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Roderick Aspiras
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It's a painting by Brian Donnelly
I used the image there for a reverse Google Image search, and the biggest version I found was this one (1242x1242, so it doesn't suffer too much from being resized to 1280x1280 and then cropped): http://media.splash.io/1420997137_HjSmhdAAEjE9Hyag.jpg
I've swapped to a light theme instead of dark, which makes this wallpaper look a lot better than it did when I made that screenshot. As you may have noticed, the black or white underlay of your Theme will affect the wallpaper above it, making it duller or lighter accordingly.
If you like this kind of thing, you might want to check out Sachin Teng, aka Contraomnes on some art sites. He does some nice mixtures of delicate beauty and severe deconstruction:
Sachin Teng Illustration
contraomnes - DeviantArt
He's very careful about sharing images above quite a small size though, but again if you use Google Image Search, you might be able to find some of the bigger versions he used to share.
If anyone wants it, I was previously trying to make something work with various artwork by Lindsey Carr. Buy her prints at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleRobot and her Threadless shirt at https://www.threadless.com/product/2638/The_Fox_Confessor
Wallpaper image here https://www.facebook.com/LindseyCar...0.1429271065./552750381455844/?type=1&theater looks like this:
![wp_ss_20150417_0014[1].jpg](https://windowscentral-data.community.forum/attachments/68/68352-6a6ef72a27da6e95bc95d0f3bfb15f31.jpg "wp_ss_20150417_0014[1].jpg")
I used the image there for a reverse Google Image search, and the biggest version I found was this one (1242x1242, so it doesn't suffer too much from being resized to 1280x1280 and then cropped): http://media.splash.io/1420997137_HjSmhdAAEjE9Hyag.jpg
I've swapped to a light theme instead of dark, which makes this wallpaper look a lot better than it did when I made that screenshot. As you may have noticed, the black or white underlay of your Theme will affect the wallpaper above it, making it duller or lighter accordingly.
If you like this kind of thing, you might want to check out Sachin Teng, aka Contraomnes on some art sites. He does some nice mixtures of delicate beauty and severe deconstruction:
Sachin Teng Illustration
contraomnes - DeviantArt
He's very careful about sharing images above quite a small size though, but again if you use Google Image Search, you might be able to find some of the bigger versions he used to share.
If anyone wants it, I was previously trying to make something work with various artwork by Lindsey Carr. Buy her prints at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleRobot and her Threadless shirt at https://www.threadless.com/product/2638/The_Fox_Confessor
Wallpaper image here https://www.facebook.com/LindseyCar...0.1429271065./552750381455844/?type=1&theater looks like this:
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Sachin Teng Illustration (used Smart Sharpen in Photoshop to restore the detail after resizing the image up to 1280px)
![wp_ss_20150417_0017[1].jpg](https://windowscentral-data.community.forum/attachments/68/68502-13ae532933c4f2deb5b3f2bc7bba840f.jpg "wp_ss_20150417_0017[1].jpg")
gersoncortazar
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gersoncortazar
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http://1drv.ms/1E1dWi9
My phone actually shares the same wallpaper as my laptop. Maybe wallpaper sync is coming in a later build? Would be pretty cool.
My phone actually shares the same wallpaper as my laptop. Maybe wallpaper sync is coming in a later build? Would be pretty cool.
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Don Geronimo
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People's creativity always astounds me when it comes to how the Start Screen's arranged. (as proof of that, I haven't had time to rearrange my screen yet ;___
I do have a question, though. I've been debating to try what DCTF and others have been doing (minimalist start screens), but part of it is inertia and part of it is what "workflow" I have on my phone works. I'm assuming you guys find it easy enough to use your phones in that fashion, or don't mind going to the app list to open apps that might not be on the screen?
I do have a question, though. I've been debating to try what DCTF and others have been doing (minimalist start screens), but part of it is inertia and part of it is what "workflow" I have on my phone works. I'm assuming you guys find it easy enough to use your phones in that fashion, or don't mind going to the app list to open apps that might not be on the screen?
dkediger
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weaksauce27
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I guess it depends how you use your phone and how much you depend on live tiles I guess. I am not much of an app guy so that style works for me. :wink:
dkediger
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The19thD0CT0R
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Great, so that goddamned facebook logo is still living on the people tile. Seriously hate that.....guess my tile will remain small when Win10 arrives.
We don't know what it'll be in the end. If we're still going have Live Tiles, I expect the photo collage will return for People. It's just that none of the MS Live Tiles and few of the 3rd-party ones seem to be operational right now.
dkediger
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Chronos Calandar +
Its a real dog on the 928 interacting with WP10 to the point of being nearly unusable. It worked fine when I had the 928 on 8.1. You can see the LiveTile had not updated yet on the 928 screenie even though I grabbed them at the same time. I hope its just preview code in 10 that's slowing it down so much.
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