Articles - Written by Gino on Friday, April 25, 2008 3:11 - 18 Comments

Sparkle Backgrounds MADNESS!

I’ve been noticing a new trend in graphic design that has been picking up a lot of steam recently. It’s been around for a little while, but now I’m seeing new designs that fall into this category every day. I don’t think I’ve seen such a popular theme for a while! The designs usually have several things in common; A central photo (usually of a person ) surrounded by tons of sparkles, glow effects and other colorful effect such as swirls and lines.

Below you will find some prime examples of this new sparkle backgrounds trend in graphic design. Its hard to pinpoint where things start nowadays due to the shear amount of designers and tutorial sites, but my guess is Fabio Sasso’s three tutorials ( one, two and three ), this Computer Arts tutorial and Chuck Anderson all might have something to do with this outburst of cool designs.

Notice this trend? Start this trend? Got work like this? Show and tell us in the comments!

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arnaud
Apr 25, 2008 4:12

Love !

liam_uk7
Apr 25, 2008 4:52

Interesting topic, however I’m not fond of this style at all. A handful of the images I’ve seen in this style actually look decent, and different. The rest just look like poor imitations. I think the trend was given exposure by PSDTuts & http://abduzeedo.com - And while l like both of these sites I’m a little sick of seeing these.

I do however like the recent trend of this style in web design, like the Abduzeedo site above.

Leonidas
Apr 25, 2008 9:46

Madness?
THIS
IS
SPARTA!

Xavier
Apr 25, 2008 11:04

Cool works!
Anyway I would have loved to be informed that some of my pics were here…

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Geoserv
Apr 27, 2008 22:55

STUMBLED!

Those look awesome.

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Fubiz
Apr 28, 2008 14:00

So beautiful!

Sara
Apr 28, 2008 23:51

Pretty!
It looks like the music video from the 70’s and mid 80’s filters but in a way better resolution.
Thanks for posting this it looks like fun.

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rajita
Apr 30, 2008 1:29

Sparkles and Blings and gradients are in style for graphic designing.

Gino
Apr 30, 2008 19:00

Yes they are def in style right now =)

Aravind
May 2, 2008 7:05

I too have noticed and have talked to my friends, exactly the same thing.
At SocWall there are many wallpapers sporting in flashy flares and sparkles..

swirls of light and lines of cool colours are also being used widespread..

Anonymous
May 17, 2008 11:03

wicked

katie
May 18, 2008 20:15

i love them there so wicked

francesca GREENBANK
May 22, 2008 8:26

they are sooooo cool you should make more of them

Anonymous
Jun 14, 2008 8:47

sexy mann

Hannah
Jun 25, 2008 23:23

this is amazing, you all have serious talent and its just amazo