Free Download: 16 Halloween Wallpapers for Mobile and Desktop

Deck out your devices for Halloween with these spooky-themed backgrounds created by Domestika teachers

From pumpkins to monsters to kawaii characters, there are all kinds of scary wallpapers out there to help you get into the Halloween spirit. But if you’re looking for some creative backgrounds created exclusively for the Domestika community, read on to discover 16 wallpapers created especially for the spooky season.

Shared by Domestika teachers, the illustrated and photo wallpapers are all available in both desktop (horizontal) and mobile (vertical) formats. Read on to download the images, and learn more about the techniques the teachers have used…

To download the wallpapers, click on the blue download button for each image you want to download. You’ll find the images in the Downloads folder on your computer.

1. Expressive portraits

If you’re inspired by this expressive art work of The Joker, master the expressiveness, details, and layout of watercolor painting to produce stunning illustrations in Carlos Rodríguez Casado’ (@carlosrodriguezcasado) course, Watercolor Illustration: Recreate Your Most Iconic Scenes.

2. Children’s illustration

To learn more about Adolfo Serra’s (@adolfoserra) process, learn how to illustrate a classic story using manual and traditional techniques in his course, Introduction to Children’s Illustration.

3. Quirky cartoons

Learn the fundamentals of creating unique and quirky characters with illustrator Ed Vill (@edvill) in the course, Introduction to the Creation of Cartoon Style Characters.

4. Kawaii characters

If you’re taken in by these cute ghosts and pumpkins, inspired by the Japanese culture of kawaii, learn to create your own adorable characters with Estudio Kudasai (@estudiokudasai) in the course, Design of Kawaii-Style Characters.

5. Illustration in Procreate

Learn how to draw your own seasonal version of iconic characters—like this Hello Kitty-inspired design—and discover tips to create professional digital drawings on the iPad in the course Digital Illustration with Procreate, by Óscar Lloréns (@ollorens).

6. Vector illustration

Art director, animator, and illustrator Rafahu (@rafahumx) will teach you how to use effects for lighting, color, and texture to take your illustrations to the next level in the course, Advanced Techniques for Vectorial Illustration.

7. Characters in India ink

Learn to give personality to your own creations through color with cartoonist and illustrator Andonella (@andonella) in the course, Introduction to Illustration of Characters with Gouache and India Ink.

8. Illustrated worlds

Learn how to create original characters and build the environment they inhabit with Nathan Jurevicius (@nathanjurevicius) in the course, Illustrated Character Design and World Creation.

9. Botanical illustration

Pumpkin season is upon us! If you’re inspired by botanicals, learn how to incorporate natural elements and colors into your illustrations as you create a stylized self-portrait with Isadora Zeferino (@imzeferino) in the course, Illustrated Portraits with Botanical Elements.

10. Creative drawing

Ready to experiment with creative drawing techniques? Graphic artist Alex Arizmendi (@alexarizmendi) shows you how to put your ideas to paper through exercises of observation and documentation in the course, Drawing as a Creative Base.

11. Color sketching

Create your own artistic doodles with illustrator Mattias Adolfsson (@mattiasadolfsson). He teaches you how to use your sketchbook to find your own drawing style and share it with others in the course, The Art of Sketching: Transform Your Doodles into Art.

12. Illustration in Photoshop

Explore your imagination as an infinite source of inspiration, and learn how to bring your ideas to life in Photoshop with Vals (@vals421) in the course, Digital Illustration: Use Your Imagination to Create.

13. Watercolor vignettes

Cartoonist and illustrator Sergio Bleda (@sergibleda) teaches you watercolor techniques and how to apply them to your vignettes and illustrated stories in the course, Watercolor Coloring for Comics and Illustrations.

14. Conceptual portraits

Learn how to carry out a somber-looking photoshoot from concept to editing with Eduardo Gómez (@alterimago) in the course, Dark Conceptual Portraits.

15. Night photography

Photographer Alejandro Chaskielberg (@alechaski) teaches you techniques to capture a portrait that tells a story using light and timing in the course, Night Portrait Photography.

16. Artistic self-portrait

Learn to capture artistic photographs and bring them to life in post-production with Krishna VR (@bykrishnavr) in the course, Conceptual Self-Portrait Photography.

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