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Gianluca Calia from   Taranto, Puglia, Italy
 
 
I’ve decided to stop making wallpapers based on other artists’ work. It might seem like a small thing—just backgrounds for screens—but the idea that something I created could be on someone else’s desktop, a part of their daily life, is honestly more meaningful than I expected. It’s my way of leaving something behind, even if it’s just a little corner of the digital world. To think that something so simple can become special when you put yourself into it, that’s powerful. And while there will always be people who appreciate what I do, it still doesn’t feel like enough for me to feel fully at peace with it.

Honestly, I feel like garbage for having relied on someone else’s creations just to chase some hollow idea of success. I look back at the small recognition I’ve received, and it makes me sick because it feels completely undeserved. From now on, I’ll be drawing everything by hand. Sure, it’s daunting because my skills are nowhere near where they should be, but at least I won’t feel like I’m standing on someone else’s shoulders while pretending they’re my own legs.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how people like Marcel Duchamp said art isn’t about creation but about ideas, about context. He turned a freaking urinal into art, so by his logic, what I’ve done might qualify as “art.” But then I look at Joseph Kosuth, who basically argued that creating isn’t art at all, just a reproduction of what’s already been thought, and it hits me how little I’ve really added to anything I’ve done. My animations feel lifeless, my wallpapers all look the same, and it’s like I’m just recycling ideas without actually saying or doing anything meaningful.

There are so many insanely talented people out there who are just leagues above me—not in some competitive way, but in a way that makes me painfully aware of how inadequate I am. It’s not about being jealous or wanting to beat anyone. It’s more like standing in front of their work feels like a mirror, and I hate the reflection I see in myself. I want to feel proud of what I create, to feel like it has meaning, but instead, I’m stuck feeling like an imposter.

And on top of that, my job is slowly sucking my soul dry. It’s taken away whatever little social time I had left, and I barely have the energy to even pick up a pencil most days. But maybe that’s why I need to do this—because even if I’m not good enough yet, even if I fail, at least it’ll be me failing.

-Gianluca
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Mago Pajas aka Jase 10 hours ago 
I fully understand your position here and I respect it.
As I imagined, all the assets were created or modified by you, I didn't want to sound like "give me your work" or "share it with me for free". My apologies for that.

I just wanted to offer people (who don't have money for wallpaper engine, or don't want to buy it for whatever reason) an open-source and free alternative.
Sadly, I'm good at programming but ghastly at design as I've never worked or studied for that (photoshop or other tools).
If you feel like you want to collaborate with me or handle my request through your desired platform feel free to contact me in any way.

I sent you a friend request, so if you want we can stay in touch for future oportunities.

Thanks!
🌼 B e c c o 3 8 🌼 12 hours ago 
I don’t want to be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ or rude in any way, but I’d rather keep things as they are. I currently handle requests and collaborations through Ko-fi, as I prefer to have control over how and where my work is used. In the future, I might also explore other platforms like the ones you mentioned, but that’s something I would personally decide if and when the time comes.

I truly appreciate your enthusiasm and initiative, and I wish you the best with your project! Thanks again for reaching out!
🌼 B e c c o 3 8 🌼 12 hours ago 
Hey! Thanks so much for your kind words, I really appreciate it! It means a lot to know that my work resonated with you.

That said, I’d prefer to keep these assets private. While many of them were created entirely by me, others were heavily reworked and refined, but even then, it took a huge amount of time, effort, and study to learn the software from scratch and bring everything together. This project is also my most important work, and in a way, I feel like a parent to it, seeing how well it has been received on the workshop.
Mago Pajas aka Jase 31 Mar @ 8:12am 
Hi, Becco!

I've seen your awesome work on wallpapers.
I'd like to do something like you did for Persona 5 Calendar on Wallpaper Engine.

Sadly, I could not find any wallpapers like the ones you use (sunset, afternoon and so on) so I imagined you drew them.

Is there any way you could share them to me?
I'd like to create a free website for the ones who want to use it, maybe for other alternatives to Wallpaper Engine such as Lively Wallpaper.

Feel free to contact me for more information! :)
Thanks in advance!
0riginalPoster 30 Mar @ 8:13pm 
I love your wallpapers sooooooooooo much, even if it doesn't fully live up to your personal standards creatively, just having put things together and made them accessible for people the way you have is something really valuable in of itself that not everyone can do. It's great that you're channeling your sentiments to further develop yourself and your approach to things nonetheless.
🌼 B e c c o 3 8 🌼 29 Mar @ 11:01am 
Thank you, I really appreciate your words. It means a lot to know that you’ve found something good in my work. In a way, you’re right—since it’s not 100% original, I can’t fully claim it as my own, but at the same time, I’ve managed to create something interesting.

Mods for video games work in a similar way—they take someone else’s creation and enhance it, like bringing Fallout into Skyrim. I guess I just need to figure out whether my use (or maybe overuse) of those elements has turned my work into a messy collage or something genuine.