Vladstudio desktop wallpapers, clocks, news

Wallpaper: Visible Light

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:14:16 +0900

A very very simple wallpaper, a result of small Photoshop experiment. Maybe you will like it anyway :-)
Also available in wallpaper clock format.

Wallpaper: Robots In Love

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:08:15 +0900

This wallpaper has been inspired by many completely different things, including (but not limited to) coming Valentine's day, Machinarium game, Marvin the Paranoid Android, The Gift picture by StarZEE, and more. I encourage you to send it as e-card to the one you love! :-) You can do it from this page. Thanks! Update: making of, video: 5 hours of Photoshop compressed into 5 minute video. View larger video Background music by Booroondook Quartet. There is also realtime video (it's looong!) - robots_in_love_realtime.m4v (270 Mb).
Also available in wallpaper clock format.

Blog: Introducing Vladstudio Facebook timeline covers!

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:44:41 +0900

Make your Facebook timeline unique and beautitul with a cover designed by Vladstudio! Personalize it with custom message, designed to "pop out" from your Facebook profile photo. Facebook timeline covers are available for Vladstudio premium users.

For examples, and to create a cover, visit www.vladstudio.com/facebook_timeline_covers.

Wallpaper: Ensifera ensifera (Sword-billed Hummingbird)

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:48 +0900

Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) is a species of hummingbird from South America and the sole member of the genus Ensifera. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
Also available in wallpaper clock format.

Blog: Happy New Year!

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:53:58 +0900

Dear visitor,

it is already January 1st here, and although a little late, I'd like to take this chance and wish everyone a wonderful 2012! You might have noticed I was a little quieter than usual lately. The main reason for that (not counting being a unexperienced dad) is the e-book that I have been working on. It is, no doubt, most difficult and time-consuming project I have ever had. I teamed up with great people and I appreciate their help very much. We (naturally) targeted for this Christmas, but in the end we decided to squash last bugs and make final polish instead of releasing "almost ready" book. So, the book is coming this January!

Here is the quick preview of how the book looks now (please forgive the shake - I was filming that on New Year's night :-) -

In several days, I'll publish professional video trailer, as well as new website for our publishing house. I'll also write a looong post in my blog, with all kinds of details of e-book production. And of course, the e-book itself!

Finally, I wanted to thank everyone who purchased an account, left a comment, or simply visited my website. Running a website like this is a dream came true. Where would I be without my audience? :-)

Happy New Year!

Blog: Christmas Dragon - making of (video)

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:49:33 +0900

Here is the time-lapse video showing the process of drawing Christmas Dragon wallpaper:

If you want to see it in more details, here is the realtime version: vladstudio_xmas_dragon_realtime.mov (right-click and Save as...). Thanks!

Wallpaper: Christmas Dragon

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:16:30 +0900

Last minute wallpaper to celebrate Christmas and New Year! Ho ho ho! Update: Here is the short "making of" video:

Wallpaper: Alice, Her Dragon and The Christmas Tree

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:22:58 +0900

Get ready for Christmas!!! Are you? Me - not yet at all :-)

Wallpaper: Alice and Her Dragon Skiing

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:35:10 +0900

It's that time of year again... Skiing time!

Blog: Halloween on a Little Planet - making of (video)

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:55:22 +0900

Once again I did not forget to turn on screen recording while I created my latest wallpaper, Halloween on a Little Planet!

Blog: Great voices wanted!

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:22:38 +0900

Once again, I want to make use of having such a great website audience :-)

For the upcoming release of our interactive e-book, we have translated it into the following languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Czech. What we also need is a voice to read the story in each of these languages. This is no easy task: finding friends of friends is already not enough! If you or someone you know can make a high-quality voice recording, please get in contact! For reference, here is the voice for the English version, recorded by the most excellent Scott Ross. We naturally want to keep the voices as similar as possible, so male voices are preferred. Thanks for your time!

Blog: Coming soon: Who Stole The Moon? interactive book for iPad!

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:46:21 +0900

I'd like to shed some light on the project that keeps me busy for several months. As you noticed, I do not draw new wallpapers as often as I used to, and that's not because I don't like drawing them any more!

After I completed the artwork for my first book, Who Stole The Moon?, I naturally started to think about the best way to publish it for tablets (iPad first of all, but Android as well). I knew for sure I did not want a boring book in ePub format (the one that you will usually find in iBooks, suitable for most books, but not for richly illustrated).

To keep a story short, I ultimately teamed up with my friends from Chicago, Russia and Ukraine, and we started a company with the ambitious goal of creating the most beautiful interactive e-books possible. We've created our own engine for simple animation and interactivity, and our first book to be published soon for iPad is - Who Stole The Moon?. But that's just the beginning - more books are on their way!

Here is the video preview of the book. I'll link to our publishing house website as soon as the book is available for download.

Please do let me know your opinion in the comments! Thanks!