November Desktop Wallpapers: The 2024 Collection

November’s gray days are here, but your desktop doesn’t have to match the weather. Following a tradition at Smashing Magazine that spans over 13 years, this collection of free desktop wallpapers was designed by artists from around the world. Each wallpaper comes in two versions, with and without a November 2024 calendar, and is available for download. If you're feeling inspired by these designs, the call is always open to submit your own wallpaper. Click on any preview image to see a larger version of the artwork, and keep in mind that the theme is entirely the artist's choice—a point of respect that keeps each piece unique. A special thank-you goes out to all the creatives who contributed this month.

Honoring the Sound of Jazz and Soul

"Today, we celebrate the saxophone, an instrument that has added its signature sound to jazz, rock, classical, and so much more. From smooth solos to bold brass harmonies, the sax has shaped the soundtrack of our lives. Whether you're a seasoned player or just love its iconic sound, let's show some love to this musical marvel!"
— Designed by PopArt Studio from Serbia.

Honoring the Sound of Jazz And Soul

Available in a range of resolutions from 320x480 up to 2560x1440, both with and without the calendar.

Snow Falls In The Alps

"The end of the year is approaching, and winter is just around the corner, so we'll spend this month in the Alps. The snow has arrived in the mountains, and we can take advantage of it to ski or have a hot coffee while we watch the flakes fall."
— Designed by Veronica Valenzuela from Spain.

Snow Falls In The Alps

This wallpaper is also ready for a variety of screens, with sizes ranging from 640x480 to 2560x1440.

Hidden in Plain Sight

Spanish designer Ricardo Gimenes brings a touch of mystery to your screen with "The Secret Cave." This wallpaper invites a moment of quiet contemplation, perfect for the reflective mood of late autumn. As with all wallpapers in this collection, it is available for download both with and without a calendar overlay.

The Secret Cave

To fit your screen perfectly, downloads are offered in a wide range of resolutions, from 640x480 up to 3840x2160 for 4K displays. You can grab the version with the calendar for November or opt for a clean, calendar-free design that won’t clutter your desktop.

  • Preview: See the full design
  • With calendar: Choose from resolutions including 1280x800, 1440x900, 1920x1080, and more.
  • Without calendar: Available in all the same sizes for an unobstructed view.

Giving Thanks in Warm Autumnal Style

Cronix, from the United States, designed this wallpaper to capture the spirit of Thanksgiving. It offers a warm, autumnal aesthetic that fits perfectly with the late November holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving Day

The wallpaper is available in a wide range of resolutions to suit most displays:

With calendar

Without calendar

Echoes in the Dark

Ricardo Gimenes from Spain offers The Sailor, a piece that trades the cozy and domestic for something more solitary.

The Sailor

A Last Frontier

For a calmer, more whimsical take on vastness, Reethu from London designed Space Explorer. The wallpaper shows a lone cartoon astronaut floating in a minimalist space scene, populated only by a few planets and stars.

Space Explorer

Diwali Illumination

Designed by Cronix from the United States, this wallpaper captures the warmth and light of Diwali.

Happy Diwali

The design is available in a wide range of resolutions, both with and without a calendar overlay:

Which format do you prefer — with a calendar to plan your month, or without for a cleaner look? Head over to the comments and let us know.

November 25 as a Call to Action

For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Friendlystock has crafted a wallpaper intended to raise visibility and support for the cause. The design serves as a daily reminder of a critical global issue throughout the month. It is available for a wide range of screen sizes, from mobile to 4K displays.

Elimination Of Violence Against Women

You can download a preview to see the design, or grab your resolution directly:

Playful Geometry From France

Philippe Brouard's abstract approach resulted in an unexpectedly satisfying image. Starting with simple squares constructs, his experiment with line arrangements evolved organically into a geometric pattern that he found visually compelling enough to share as a desktop backdrop.

Square Isn’t It

This design is offered in a more curated set of sizes, focused on common widescreen and full-HD displays. Download a preview or go straight to your resolution:

Seasonal Shift for Your Screen

Capturing the mood of the changing season, Tecxology presents "Transition." Inspired by the period when autumn gives way to winter, this design uses visual elements to evoke the shift in atmosphere and light. This wallpaper is offered without a calendar version.

Transition

See a preview of the design, along with download options for these resolutions:

Temple At Dusk

November may lean toward earth tones and quiet evenings, but it can also carry a sense of adventure. This design places Pura Ulun Danu Bratan in Bali at an ambiguous hour — sunset or sunrise — where the distinction hardly matters. Designed by Veronica Valenzuela Jimenez from Spain.

Sunset Or Sunrise, What Difference Does It Make?

Available in resolutions from 640x480 up to 2560x1440, with and without a calendar.

Hot Drinks And Halloween Leftovers

Pumpkins and cocoa may be typical fall imagery, but there is no reason to let them go when November starts. This piece channels that warm seasonal feeling with a mix of fallen leaves, cute gourds, and steaming cups. Designed by MasterBundles from Ukraine.

Cozy Autumn Cups And Cute Pumpkins

Mysterious Deep

Looking for a darker, more atmospheric screen for the cold months? This wallpaper takes its cue from a rather unexpected November date — Jellyfish Day on November 3rd. Aside from the visual, it comes with a set of facts about these marine animals: they are not really fish, need very little oxygen, have diverse diets, and shrink when food runs low. Designed by PopArt Studio from Serbia.

A Jelly November

Colorful Autumn

“Autumn can be dreary, especially in November, when rain starts pouring every day. We wanted to summon better days, so that’s how this colourful November calendar was created. Open your umbrella and let’s roll!” — Designed by PopArt Studio from Serbia.

Colorful Autumn

Winter Is Here

Designed by Ricardo Gimenes from Spain.

Winter Is Here

Moonlight Bats

“I designed some Halloween characters and then this idea came to my mind — a bat family hanging around in the moonlight. A cute and scary mood is just perfect for autumn.” — Designed by Carmen Eisendle from Germany.

Moonlight Bats

Time To Give Thanks

Designed by Glynnis Owen from Australia.

Time To Give Thanks

A Call for Kindness

Color Mean Creative Studio from Dubai brings a reminder of shared humanity to the desktop. The design pairs a simple, meaningful message with warm, welcoming visuals.

The Kind Soul
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All wallpaper files for this design can be found by following the preview link above.

Anbani

Vlad Gerasimov from Georgia celebrates his native script with a visual metaphor. As he explains, Anbani means alphabet in Georgian, and the illustration imagines the unique characters of the Georgian alphabet as leaves growing on a tree.

Anbani
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Each wallpaper is available for download by selecting the appropriate resolution link.

Tempestuous November

Ana Masnikosa from Belgrade, Serbia, captures a moment of seasonal transition. Her description sets the scene: "By the end of autumn, ferocious Poseidon will part from tinted clouds and timid breeze. After this uneven clash, the sky once more becomes pellucid just in time for imminent luminous snow."

Tempestuous November
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Puzzle Pieces

A whimsical illustration from Bart Bonte, a game designer based in Belgium. The piece adds a playful note to the collection, imagining a companion in key-shaped form.

Me And The Key Three
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The full set of resolutions is available through the provided file links.

Forest Foraging

Verónica Valenzuela from Spain captures the essence of a rainy autumn day by depicting mushroom foraging in a forest scene. The timing is right: the weather invites a trip outdoors to gather ingredients for a seasonal recipe.

Mushroom Season!

Click the preview for a closer look or get the version without the calendar in a range of common screen resolutions, from 800x480 up to 2560x1440.

Cozy at Home

As the air turns colder, the pull toward home grows stronger. Acodez IT Solutions from India illustrates this sentiment with a design that celebrates wintertime comforts: good food, warmth, and quiet conversations. The title says it all: “Welcome Home Dear Winter.”

Welcome Home Dear Winter

Every wallpaper is offered without a calendar, and the selection covers standard desktop and mobile formats, starting at 640x480 and going up to 2560x1440.

Inspired by Nature

PopArt Studio from Serbia draws a connection between the forests around us and the universe above. Their calendar is meant as a prompt to reflect on environmental preservation while pondering a bigger question: could humanity call outer space home?

Outer Space

For desktop and laptop users, no-calendar downloads are available from the compact 320x480 portrait size through expansive 3840px options, all in JPG format.

Captain’s Home

Elise Vanoorbeek from Belgium contributes a design without an accompanying statement. The artwork carries a straightforward title about a captain’s dwelling.

Captain’s Home

You can download the wallpaper without a calendar in a full suite of sizes, running the gamut from 1024x768 to 2560x1440 in JPG.

Ready for the Holidays

ActiveCollab from the United States moves the calendar toward the festive season with a wallpaper fitting for the annual countdown to the holidays.

Holiday Season Is Approaching

The no-calendar variant is provided in both PNG and JPG formats, with portrait and landscape resolutions spanning 1080x1920 all the way to 2560x1440.

Cozy, Quirky, and High-Flying Designs

From mellow autumn scenes to playful homages and a nod to global connectivity, this month's wallpaper collection spans a wide range of moods. Each artist offers a unique visual take on November, whether it's the stillness of a mountain landscape or the simple comfort of a classic sandwich.

Forest Whimsy

American designer Maria Porter captures the affectionate side of autumn with a design that personifies the season's charm. The artwork gives a warm, endearing character to the fading foliage, perfect for adding a touch of personality to your desktop.

Deer Fall, I Love You!

A Tribute to Comfort Food

Belgian designer Senne Mommens celebrates National Peanut Butter Month with a playful pairing. His concept features two sandwiches—one with peanut butter, one with jelly—to illustrate that some things are simply better together.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

High-Flying Inspiration

PopArt Studio from Serbia turns the spotlight skyward, honoring International Civil Aviation Day on December 7. The design acknowledges civil aviation as an engine of global connectivity and a symbol of social and economic progress. The creators offer the calendar as a sign of gratitude to those who help people reach their dreams.

International Civil Aviation Day

Moonlit Peaks

Serbian designer Jovana Djokic evokes the quiet magic of the season with a scene of mountain summits coated in fresh snow, glistening beneath a cool November moon.

November Nights On Mountains

Playful Cozy Scenes

For a lighter take on the season, a wallpaper titled "November Fun" by Xenia Latii from Germany offers a playful visual theme. The design captures a cheerful November mood without leaning into the traditional autumnal palette.

November Fun
The artwork is available as a PNG preview and in a variety of sizes without the calendar, stretching from 320x480 for mobile devices to 2560x1440 for high-resolution desktop displays.

A Harvest of Ingredients

Dorothy Timmer from the United States contributes "November Ingredients," a piece that evokes the essence of the harvest season. As Timmer notes, certain elements always make this time of year special, regardless of whether one celebrates Thanksgiving. Coming from Florida, she appreciates any hint that the weather will finally cool down. The design is available in a wide range of formats, including a square 1024x1024 option alongside the standard widescreen and portrait resolutions.

November Ingredients

A Dream for Children’s Day

Luis Costa from Portugal designed a wallpaper to honor Universal Children’s Day, which falls on November 20. Costa describes the piece as a dream world that invites viewers to let their imagination flow, notice the details, and reconnect with their inner child. The file set is more limited than others, offering PNG downloads in standard desktop resolutions of 1366x768, 1440x900, 1920x1080, and 2560x1440.

Universal Children Day

A Classic November

Cedric Bloem from Belgium brings a more refined aesthetic with "A Gentleman’s November." The wallpaper is provided in a broad spectrum of sizes, from mobile-friendly options like 320x480 up to large displays at 2560x1440, all available as PNG files without a calendar.

A Gentleman's November