Ugly Christmas Sweater Mac Wallpaper: 2024 edition
This year, the Ugly Christmas Sweater for the Mac pays homage to the 80s.
63,158 individual knitted stitches go into creating my Annual Mac Ugly Christmas Sweater. And like with the iPhone wallpapers released earlier in December, these wallpapers are more of a refresh than a brand-spanking-new design (or, in Apple's marketing parlance, an S-year update).
Ugly Christmas iPhone Wallpaper
Download the matching Ugly Christmas Sweater wallpaper for your iPhone by clicking on the image.
This year, I've scrapped the Happy Mac (but don't worry, he's still on last year's Mac wallpaper & the 2024 iPhone wallpaper) in favour of the Apple lettering. Backstory: the design & colour inspiration came from an old Apple catalogue from the 80s featuring mousepads, clothing, pens, and sailboards (not kidding). And in that catalogue was a heavyweight cotton sweatshirt featuring the Apple lettering in five garish colours and the Garamond typeface. Once I saw it, it felt right that it should adorn this year's Ugly Christmas Sweater wallpaper for the Mac.
Catalogue Description: “After a rough day windsurfing, the Apple sweatshirt is just the thing. And a perfect companion to our sweatpants. Unisex sizes (S-XL) in jade and black. Letter Sweatshirt #3950, $15.”
In addition to the new lettering, this refreshed design comes in four new colours: Arctic Blue, Cranberry Red, Mistletoe Green, and Amber Hearth, along with some minor edits, design tweaks, and a new row of icons on the bottom featuring an assortment of Apple Products; from AirPods to Vision Pro.
The design was entirely created in Sketch, after which it was imported into Pixelmator Pro for some final adjustments (noise, gradients, background, shading, etc.) before being exported and uploaded. Enjoy.
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