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Winner of the Android Wallpaper Competition

November 16, 2010 · by Aleksander Aas

The Great Big Android Wallpaper Competition got over 300 submissions. This has been one of the toughest competitions ever. With so many good contributions we had a hard time narrowing it down. Take time to go through the amazing albums and see for yourself! :yes:

Overall Winner

Emoryy submitted four different variations of two wallpapers. His contributions looks awesome on all resolutions and it's clear that he has put a lot of work into his wallpapers. Congratulations Emoryy, you are the winner of a brand new Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone!

Overall Winner

Available in the following resolutions: 640 x 480, 960 x 800 and 960 x 854

Honorable Mentions

You might also want to take a look at the great submissions in our Honorable mentions section, and perhaps dig deep into all the submissions in the Choose Opera Albums!

Thank you so much for contributing to this competition, the quality has been outstanding! :yes:

Readers' comments 50

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  • MorphdreamerTuesday, November 16, 2010 3:42:36 PM

    Congratulations! :party: :cheers:

  • Inside jobTuesday, November 16, 2010 3:44:44 PM

    pff. grats.. i guess

  • Nimit SolankiTuesday, November 16, 2010 3:45:16 PM

    Congratulations . . Barta :-)
    cheers. . .

  • TamilTuesday, November 16, 2010 3:47:03 PM

    Congratulations! :party:

  • DanieleTuesday, November 16, 2010 3:49:27 PM

    Congratulations!

  • JoelTuesday, November 16, 2010 3:54:17 PM

    nice design, congratulations :up:

  • David HåsätherTuesday, November 16, 2010 3:56:33 PM

    Congrats. That has been my background for some time now. :smile:

  • Steve RichesTuesday, November 16, 2010 3:57:43 PM

    Albums not working!!

  • Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaTuesday, November 16, 2010 3:59:56 PM

    Great.
    I was considering taking a part, but obviously I'm not good enough. Congratulations, awesome work!

  • Steve RichesTuesday, November 16, 2010 4:06:42 PM

    It's working now.

  • Diego Schild SmithsTuesday, November 16, 2010 4:13:22 PM

    Congratz man! o/

  • Pallab DeTuesday, November 16, 2010 4:15:03 PM

    Congrats Emoryy. Enjoy the Galaxy S.

  • ★(`'•.¸THAO¸.•'´)★Tuesday, November 16, 2010 4:15:37 PM

    from Samsung, congratulation :party: :drunk:

  • EmoryyTuesday, November 16, 2010 4:16:05 PM

    Wow! Thank you all very much!
    :bigeyes: :smile: :bigsmile: :party:

    I thought that my work is maybe among the top ones, because last week they choosen it to their favorites at Opera, but I did not think that I'll actually win with it.
    Thanks!
    :drunk:

  • JoelTuesday, November 16, 2010 4:32:46 PM

    Originally posted by SteveRiches:

    Albums not working!!



    http://my.opera.com/chooseopera/albums

    :up:

  • cromagrickmanTuesday, November 16, 2010 4:34:20 PM

    Congratulations Emoryy, you deserve it. And thanks for keeping me patient with your comments of the winner announcement from Aleksander, I was getting worried!

    Note: Not sure if anyone wants it, but I made my submissions in full 1600x1200 size for desktops. I'm sporting one at home and (in my opinion of course) it looks pretty good full size. My submissions were #2 (the guy holding the electrified "o") and #228 (guy running through field of "o" roses)

    reply if you're interested and I'll host the pics on a image hosting portal.

  • EmoryyTuesday, November 16, 2010 4:47:30 PM

    Thank you!

    Actually I made higher resolution version of my submissions too, if anyone is interested. I will upload them to my opera albums anyways.:smile:

  • portogalloTuesday, November 16, 2010 4:49:31 PM

    Very Good job!
    There is another phone as a prize?Because the home page it says:
    "Want the Opera Android guy on your phone? Can't wait? Enter the Android wallpaper contest for a chance to WIN ONE OF THE TWO new Android phones."

  • Mağruf ÇolakoğluTuesday, November 16, 2010 4:52:34 PM

    Great.

  • cromagrickmanTuesday, November 16, 2010 4:56:45 PM

    Originally posted by Emoryy:

    I will upload them to my opera albums


    Good idea, that's easier. I'll do the same.

  • Charles SchlossTuesday, November 16, 2010 5:00:50 PM

    Congratulations

  • Uncle MickTuesday, November 16, 2010 5:04:09 PM

    :bigeyes: So many choices. But I think I found my personal favourite.

  • Ionut ColceriuTuesday, November 16, 2010 5:31:52 PM

    Congrats Gábor! You deserve it.
    It shows that you put a lot of work in it, and it turned out great!

    Also, congrats to the Honorable mentions!

  • Spyros MiliaressisTuesday, November 16, 2010 5:41:44 PM

    This not badass. It's more for children.

  • portogalloTuesday, November 16, 2010 6:02:26 PM

    no one knows what the phrase meant:"Want the Opera Android guy on your phone? Can't wait? Enter the Android wallpaper contest for a chance to WIN ONE OF THE TWO new Android phones."
    There is another phone?

  • Ketchup539Tuesday, November 16, 2010 6:24:01 PM

    Good work! But yeah, wasn't there supposed to be two winners?

  • Yeni SetiawanTuesday, November 16, 2010 6:44:32 PM

    Congratz for the winner. I think I should buy my own android phone because I'm not a winner this time :bigsmile:

  • Aleksander AasTuesday, November 16, 2010 7:31:56 PM

    Originally posted by cromagrickman:

    reply if you're interested and I'll host the pics on a image hosting portal.


    Host it on My Opera and link to it in the comments! Perhaps we can get some large scale versions from Emoryy also!

  • portogalloTuesday, November 16, 2010 7:46:03 PM

    Originally posted by Ketchup539:

    But yeah, wasn't there supposed to be two winners?



    what's the answer?

  • Sergio Palma HidalgoTuesday, November 16, 2010 7:48:44 PM

    :yes: Congratulation. Some are really creative wallpapers!
    The best part than all... We can enjoy it!!! :ninja:

  • EmoryyTuesday, November 16, 2010 7:52:45 PM

    Originally posted by Aleksander:

    Perhaps we can get some large scale versions from Emoryy also

    As I wrote you in PM, I've sent to [email protected] newer versions of the pictures a week ago. That file includes the higher res versions too.

    Anyway, it makes no difference, I've uploaded to my gallery all of them.
    Although the HD versions are the same aspect as the 854p version, and they maybe need a little more polishing, because originally made for lower res.
    http://my.opera.com/Emoryy/albums/
    But I will try to optimize for 16:9, 16:10 or whatever ratio you want.

  • WOFallTuesday, November 16, 2010 7:58:20 PM

    There were great submissions, but this was definitely the winner. Congrats Emoryy!

  • mistressEVILTuesday, November 16, 2010 8:25:33 PM

    oh wow! I was wondering where i could vote, because i liked the winning wallpaper so much. Awesome!

  • JamesTuesday, November 16, 2010 8:51:41 PM

    Well done Dude and Congrats!

  • Not GoodTuesday, November 16, 2010 9:26:25 PM

    Well, probably, there's some misunderstanding but do we speak about "We are basically looking for the most badass Opera wallpaper for Android phones."?

    1. the most badass wallpaper
    Have u seen any? Most of them are kinda opera direct ads, childish, funny, but not badass, no way (if u wanted just "oh, cool, oops, he-he" wallpapers pls mention it clearly).

    2. Opera wallpaper
    Hah, brilliant, guys, have tried any of that wallpapers on yr Android phones? How many u do want to keep in the backround at least for one day? How many of them really fit the phone resolution and do not interfere with info indications? I tried the winner's wallpaper, sorry, pal, nothing personal but it a bit.. not the kind I would choose as the best one Android phone.

    3. Yeah, people are right, what about the second phone (if there is any)? Yes is yes, no is no, it's that simple)

    Anyway, thanks for better understanding of Opera designers' priorities in vision of Opera Mobile and due product placement concept.

  • AlexTuesday, November 16, 2010 9:37:29 PM

    Not Good: +1
    Well, we see that opera disigners have an uggly taste of vision "most badass Opera wallpaper for Android phones".
    Comics-style? lol/ its for little children? Lol - 3 times ))
    p/S
    BTW: wtf guys?!?!? wherez my fone?!?!? :wink:))

  • Not GoodTuesday, November 16, 2010 10:02:27 PM

    btw for the first time I did wonder how would u try out all the contest wallpapers on the screens (field test, as u would say) 'cause it's really a huge piece of work but now it's clear)

  • cromagrickmanTuesday, November 16, 2010 10:08:28 PM

    While I agree that most of these wallpapers wouldn't work very well on a phone (most of which for the simple reason that the focus is off center, which doesn't make sense), "badass" was probably just a miscommunication. They wanted "badass" as in "awesome, cool, etc..." I understood that right away. They weren't being literal.

    As far as the designer choices of the honorable mentions and winner, you can't fault them for having a hard time making a decision. It's basically impossible for a few people to choose a winner from over 300 entries. You pretty much get tired of looking, they all start to look similar, and in the end you just pick one so you can be done trying to decide. Chances are the winner was chosen before half the entries were sent, simply because it's such a HARD decision. I know they would deny it though.

    Which is why contests like this should ALWAYS be run by popular vote. Let the people decide :p:

    That being said, Emoryy's wallpaper is one of the stand-out entries in a sea of mediocrity, and it looks JUST FINE on my phone.

  • Michael CalhounTuesday, November 16, 2010 10:18:46 PM

    CUTE!

  • Not GoodTuesday, November 16, 2010 10:22:23 PM

    Originally posted by cromagrickman:

    "badass" was probably just a miscommunication


    It was a contest, right? So, the rules should have been clear from the very beginning, and speaking from linguistic point of view, "badass" can be anything but not just "cool" (prooflink http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=badass).

    Originally posted by cromagrickman:

    You pretty much get tired of looking, they all start to look similar, and in the end you just pick one so you can be done trying to decide.


    If only you do not pretend to be professional, you know..)

  • cromagrickmanTuesday, November 16, 2010 10:50:05 PM

    Originally posted by NotGood:

    It was a contest, right? So, the rules should have been clear from the very beginning, and speaking from linguistic point of view, "badass" can be anything but not just "cool" (prooflink http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=badass).



    How dare they NOT consult the urban dictionary prior to their contest blog post... I'm sure they learned their lesson.
    :rolleyes:

    Originally posted by NotGood:

    If only you do not pretend to be professional, you know..)



    I have no idea what that sentence means in English, but I think you meant that if someone is professional they don't get tired physically and mentally after dealing with the responsibility of choosing ONE winner out of 300 different pieces of art in one week?

  • Spyros MiliaressisTuesday, November 16, 2010 11:03:29 PM

    badass means tough and aggressive

  • Not GoodTuesday, November 16, 2010 11:03:33 PM

    firstly, the source itself is not important.

    secondly, let me make it plain)
    Technically, the whole time spent on this contest is more than one week (8-16th of November, 7 working days, you know). Do some simple maths, roughly you have 43

    Originally posted by cromagrickman:

    pieces of art

    (with my due respect to all participants) per day. Oh boy, is that really what you mean?

  • Spyros MiliaressisTuesday, November 16, 2010 11:05:17 PM

    badass means tough and aggressive the designers are for the penis

  • KarenTuesday, November 16, 2010 11:12:34 PM

    Congratulations and enjoy that Droid! :yes::headbang:

  • portogalloTuesday, November 16, 2010 11:42:13 PM

    The winner fully deserves the award. However I do not understand why in most parts of the site speak of two phones and no one here knows if they still have to be a "gift".
    No one really knows if there is another?

  • ASRUL SYAMWednesday, November 17, 2010 5:13:03 AM

    Creation of the best, would be a winner.

    CONGRATULATIONS
    :yes: WE :heart: YOU :up:

  • HenryWednesday, November 17, 2010 5:26:55 AM

    :cool: congratulations :party:

  • Kobus NelWednesday, November 17, 2010 6:47:21 AM

    Congrats Emoryy! I already have the Galaxy S, and I can tell you with confidence that it's the best phone I've ever had. I took a shot at the comp anyway, but you were the chosen one. Enjoy :up:

  • JoakhymWednesday, November 17, 2010 7:13:18 AM

    Congrats man its not accident. U deserve it.ma tym is also commn!

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Published inChoose Opera
DateNovember 16, 2010
AuthorAleksander Aas
Tagsandroid, contest, opera mobile
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