Microsoft celebrates the holidays with new Windows 11 wallpaper

A lot of holidays are on the horizon, including (but non limited to) Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. With so many different festivities on the way, Microsoft has taken the path of least resistance and partnered with an artist to produce a wallpaper that celebrates the holidays exclusively by celebrating the common cold, snowy flavor — depending on where you live — they all take place in.

The artist in question is Kervin Brisseaux, who teamed up with Microsoft to make the abstract Windows eleven holidays-themed prototype. Yous can download the wallpaper and read about Brisseaux'due south inspiration for information technology at Microsoft's blog post on the subject, though if you lot want a teaser of the contents, here's an extract:

The calorie-free and bright elements of the visual story Brisseaux imagined for his background track with the new color palette and softer, more outgoing graphics of Windows xi. Soft floral elements and ribbons play on the operating organization's mod and engaging rounded geometry, while invoking vacation gift-giving traditions.

This is far from the only wallpaper Microsoft has provided in recent retentiveness. In the same calendar week that its holiday wallpaper released, the company as well made its Windows eleven SE background available for download. It'southward a pastel offering with a scrap more dimensional texture to it if y'all'd rather have something sporting visual depth and structural rigidity as opposed to the holiday option's flatter and deliberately less-defined artful.

Alternatively, if all this art talk has you hankering for something even fancier than a Brisseaux work, consider opting for a JPEG of a Rembrandt.

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