A few weeks ago, we launched what ended up being my favorite creative Android Police contest to date - the wallpaper design contest. With over 250 submissions, it took me a little while to sort through everything and pick out the two winners, the top 25 runners-up, and even one hilarious entry that we absolutely had to include.
As promised, the first place entry will receive a 16GB Sony Tablet S, and the second one will get the Philips Fidelio AS851 that we reviewed earlier.
For a history of creative contests, see these posts:
- AP banner design
- AP 404 page design (here are the top 20 entries)
- AP T-shirt design
- AP Twitter page design
- XOOM/Otterbox defender photo
Note to runners-up: Because we had so many excellent submissions but only two prizes, we decided that all runners-up should receive at least something for their efforts. Therefore, designers of all runner-up entries who didn't win the grand prizes will receive Android Police t-shirts of their choosing from our apparel store - just send an email to giveaways@ap from the same email address you used to enter. Include the exact link to the shirt you want, color and size, along with your address and phone number (note: we can only send shirts to Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic), Luxemburg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States).
And now, the 2 amazing winners and 25 runners-up - bravo, guys, you've really outdone yourselves!
Which ones are your favorites?
1st Place Winner
Designer: Ryan Smith
Download: 960x800 :: 1280x1024 :: 1440x1280 :: 1680x1050 :: 1920x1080 :: 1920x1408
Here are a couple of other variants Ryan experimented with, though only available in a single size (1920x1080):
2nd Place Winner
Designer: Krzysztof Stano, aka stanosky
Download: 960x800 :: 1280x1024 :: 1440x1280 :: 1680x1050 :: 1920x1080 :: 1920x1408 :: 2560x1600
Runners-Up
#1
Designer: colortrilogy
Download: 1920x1080 (click the variant you like below)
#2
Designer: Tommy
Download: 1920x1408 (click below)
#3
Designer: Samarth Gulati
Download: 1280x1024 (click the variant you like below)
#4
Designer: Honza
Download: 960x800 (click the variant you like below)
#5
Designer: CeKker
Download: 1920x1408 (click below)
#6
Designer: Cordan
Download: 960x800 (click below)
#7
Designer: MughalMAB
Download: 1680x1050 :: 1920x1408
#8
Download: 960x800 (the first wallpaper) :: 1280x720 (all the others)
Designer: Bjorn Althoff
#9
Designer: Zach B
Download: 1920x1200 (click below) - same aspect ratio as 1680x1050
#10
Designer: alang
Download: 960x800 :: 1920x1080 (with text) :: 1920x1080 (no text)
#11
Designer: Paul, aka Kaiyoti
Downloads: 1920x1080 (click below)
#12
Designer: Joshua
Download: 1920x1080 (click below)
#13
Designer: kaiyoti
Download: 1920x1080 (click below)
#14
Designer: Attila Csapo
Download: 960x800 (click below)
#15
Designer: phorq
Download: 1920x1080 :: 1080x1080
#16
Designer: Prash
Download: 960x800 (larger logo):: 960x800 (smaller logo) :: 1920x1080
#17
Designer: Aaron Ferguson
Download: 960x800 :: 1280x1024 :: 1440x1280 :: 1680x1050 :: 1920x1080 :: 1920x1408
#18
Designer: The Archemist
#19
Designer: The Archemist
#20
Designer: Bjorn Althoff
Download: 1280x720 (click below)
#21
Designer: Patryk Ponichtera
Download: 1920x1408 (click below)
#22
Designer: Erik Graul
Download: 960x800 (click the variant you like below)
#23
Designer: Mariux
Download: 1920x1408 (click below)
#24
Designer: Dave
Download: 960x800 (click below)
#25
Designer: colortrilogy
Download: 1920x1080 (click below)
For The Lulz
Designer: Gunner
Download: 1440x1280 (click below)