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Grunge style is now becoming popular because of the unique design it has: crooked, stained, grubby, broken. But designers are still using this style on fonts, brushes and interface design and still it is making its mark on the designing community.
You may ask why do you have to consider grunge style for your design since they are branded as “dirty type” of design. What does it make on a design?
Grunge designs are unique because it stands out on the rest with the dirty and irregularity look it has.
I never thought that dirty can also be beautiful until I discovered grunge designs! I find it amazing how designers put different kinds of elements in one design, and still maintains the creative look of the design.
One way to capture a viewer’s attention is to use grunge style. You may agree with me or not but I think most people notice dirty things more than with the clean ones. For grunge style, dirty is positive and that makes it attractive.
And now, to add up on our collection of grunge style, I will be presenting to you 50+ grunge wallpapers that you can use as an inspiration in making one.
I know Super Mario is cool. But he became cooler when I saw this grunge design of him. It rocks!
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Vectors make this design awesome. But the grunge style on this design makes it more awesome.
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I find this design very sexy because of the lady silhouette and grunge style it has. The colors and shapes used work well together.
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This one is very beautiful! The grunge style makes the rose stand out and it really suits the grunges it has.
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Yes! Apple goes grunge and I love this design. Very nice texture and colors!
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The elements fit well together to come up with an awesome grunge design. Very nice concept.
1024 x 768
If you would like to put more creativity on your picture, use grunge style. And one good example is this one.
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I find this grunge design simple and cute. The fonts and trees are nicely placed and the crumpled effect on the background makes the whole design lively.
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The brushes used in grunge style gives texture on the whole design.
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Nice choice of colors. If this design has no grunge style I think it will not be as good as I see it now. And that’s one of the purposes of grunge style, to make designs look better.
1024 x 640
This one is another example on giving more texture on your photos. Very nice!
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Very great concept in combining simple elements to create a wonderful design like this.
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A grunge wallpaper design that is made with many kinds of brushes. Very creative!
1024 x 768
I think vectors and grunges work well together to produce one creative design. The person turned silhouette in this image is nicely done.
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The name says it, this image reflects how grunge style makes a design beautiful.
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The grunge style is very simple yet it fits on the mysterious lady with the swirls on her. Very nice design!
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A simple flower that is combined with a great grunge style. It looks so beautiful. I love the grunge effect this design has.
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This grunge design is very scary. Maybe that is how the photo is really conceptualized. It is like the saying that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
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I think one idea for an invitation to be unique is to put some grunge style on it. This design can be one example.
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I love how all elements are combined and placed to come up with a cool and pretty design.
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Very beautiful texture! Nice colors and I like the way the glow effect is used to put some grunge onto it.
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This one is really grunge, putting several things to create wonderful wallpaper design. The color is simple yet worked well on the whole design.
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The colors and the whole design is just simple but it made me glance and click the thumbnail to look on the whole image. The grunge effect of it makes it attractive.
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Another example that vectors and grunge style look good together. The vectors are nice and the colors of the rainbow too.
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Notice the grunge effects of the word, Grunge. It’s so cool. I will choose this as one of my top ten grunge designs.
1024 x 768
Nice work of grunge design. The colors makes it more dirty and the brushes used too. Very nice.
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A simple but cute design with grunge style. A paper with stained effects on it makes the heart with wings stand out. Very nice desktop wallpaper, isn’t?
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Nice concept with the crow in a shadow like effect with some wordings and orbs on the background. It’s so classic.
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can compare this with the walls we see on the street where some put spray paints on the walls. This how dirty can look beautiful.
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Nice use of vectors and grunge design. I like how the wordings became grungy and the colors are nice too.
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This one is really abstract. I would love to have this as a painting on my wall.
1920 x 1080
A good example where pink becomes grungy. Awesome work! Nice use of brushes and fonts.
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Good concept to use vector as sun rays. The cityscape is very nice, it makes the whole design more grungy in look.
1280 x 1024
Good choice of colors and concept on how to make the design look grungy.
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The colors are attractive and the grunge style too. I think I’m gonna make this one as my desktop background, it’s so cool.
1280 x 1024
The yellow and the flowers makes it very cute and dirty. Very nice!
1024 x 768
I like the brushes and arrows use by the creator. I also like the cloud black effect, it makes the design look very grungy.
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Nice fonts and irregularity of the design. It’s so cool and grungy.
1280 x 800
A simple yet creative grunge design. I like how the fonts and other elements were placed together.
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The bright colors and grunge effect stand out. Cool design, isn’t?
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Cool concept to mix fonts and place it together like this design. This is one technique we can use when creating our own grunge wallpaper.
1920 x 1200
I like how the cityscape on the background was made grungy. Very nice!
640 x 480
This one is grungy and youthful. It really represents grunge style, putting different kinds of elements into one design.
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I like the Chinese fonts and different kinds of brushes used on this design to make it a grunge one.
1280 x 1024
This is a good example in putting elements together to make it retro and grunge as well.
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I find this very cool in such a way that different kinds of metals are placed to form a gas mask and grunge effect too.
1600 x 1200
Nice grunge and colorful texture. I can imagine paints that are spilled and a design was formed on this.
1280 x 800
I got scared when I saw this wallpaper. I think the scary feeling is because of the grunge style and colors of the whole design.
1920 x 1080
I find this grunge wallpaper simple and abstract. Even white stands out, it still looks grungy.
1024 x 640
Grunge style can also be applied with texts, and this one is a good example.
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Bonus! Here are some good sources of tutorials, so that you can make your own grunge-style wallpapers.
A tutorial that teaches on how to create a wallpaper in a grunge style with the use of layer masks, custom brushes and the clone tool.
This tutorial will show you how to create an urban and grunge style combined into one design. You will also learn here how to extract complex shapes to come up with a very nice design.
This tutorial will teach you how to create a floating island with a grungy effect. It also offers how you can blend and combine layers to create a nice effect.
A tutorial that can help you put more creativity on group or solo pictures.
Learn how to give retro and grunge style on your design with this tutorial.
A tutorial that helps you create a photomontage with the use of Photoshop’s filter feature.
Put a grunge style on your wallpapers with this tutorial.
This tutorial can give you tips and techniques to create a grunge design on your own.
Learn how to transform your photos from the original to a grunge photo like this one. Read, learn and believe.
A tutorial that creates a neat with grungy effect on your photos with the use of Photoshop’s Image Adjustments and Filter features.
And that is my collections of grunge wallpapers, I hope you got inspired to create your own. Don’t forget to share with us your thoughts regarding this article.
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Thursday, December 30th, 2010 10:55
Wow, great choice. The wallpaper I like the most is no. 16. Actually, it’s my desktop background. It’s so beautiful, and very mysterious lady right? :)
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 12:37
For me i like wallpaper design no. 21..What about you charina?
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Rahul
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 12:37
For me i like wallpaper design no. 21..What about you charina?
Charina Torres
Thursday, December 30th, 2010 10:55
Wow, great choice. The wallpaper I like the most is no. 16. Actually, it’s my desktop background. It’s so beautiful, and very mysterious lady right? :)
Brett Widmann
Thursday, April 7th, 2011 04:06
These are great wallpapers! Thank you.