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Personal A curated collection of wallpapers organized by quality. Featuring anime, nature, minimal, urban, and abstract themes
https://github.com/ind4skylivey/curated-wallpapers

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Personal A curated collection of wallpapers organized by quality. Featuring anime, nature, minimal, urban, and abstract themes

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# 🎨 Curated Wallpapers

### *A curated collection of 147 wallpapers for your desktop*

[![Total Wallpapers](https://img.shields.io/badge/Total-147_wallpapers-blue?style=for-the-badge&logo=image&logoColor=white)]()
[![Resolution](https://img.shields.io/badge/Resolution-up_to_5K-purple?style=for-the-badge&logo=4chan&logoColor=white)]()
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green?style=for-the-badge&logo=opensourceinitiative&logoColor=white)](LICENSE)
[![Maintained](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maintained-yes-orange?style=for-the-badge&logo=github&logoColor=white)]()

*Anime • Catppuccin • Nature • Minimal • Urban • Abstract*

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### 🌟 **Personal collection backed up and ready to share**

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## 📋 Table of Contents:

- [Overview](#-overview)
- [Quick Stats](#-quick-stats)
- [Collection Browse](#-collection-browse)
- [Download](#-download)
- [Usage](#-usage)
- [Contributing](#-contributing)
- [License](#-license)

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## 🎯 Overview

This repository contains my personal collection of **147 carefully selected wallpapers**, organized and backed up on GitHub for safekeeping. Whether you're looking for anime aesthetics, Catppuccin themes, nature landscapes, or minimal designs, you'll find something here.

### ✨ Why This Repository?

- 🔒 **Backup**: Never lose your favorite wallpapers again
- 🎨 **Curated**: Every wallpaper personally selected
- 📦 **Organized**: Clean structure, easy to navigate
- 🌍 **Community**: Share with others who appreciate good aesthetics
- 🚀 **Git LFS**: Efficient storage for large image files

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## 📊 Quick Stats

| Category | Count | Resolution Range |
|----------|-------|------------------|
| 🎌 **Anime** | 66 | All resolutions |
| 🌸 **Catppuccin** | integrated in themes | FHD to 5K |
| 🏞️ **Nature** | 18 | All resolutions |
| ⚫ **Minimal** | 20 | All resolutions |
| 🌆 **Urban** | 24 | All resolutions |
| 🎨 **Abstract** | 17 | Various |

```
📦 Total Size: ~700 MB
📁 Total Files: 147 wallpapers
🖼️ Formats: JPG, PNG
📐 Resolutions: 1920x1080, 3840x2160, 5120x2880, and more
```

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## 🖼️ Collection Browse

### By Quality

### 💎 High Quality
**Premium**

37 wallpapers

[Browse High Quality →](wallpapers/high-quality/)

### 📦 Standard
**Regular**

78 wallpapers

[Browse Standard →](wallpapers/standard/)

### ⚠️ Yolo
**Lower Quality**

30 wallpapers

[Browse Yolo →](wallpapers/yolo/)

### ✨ S1B
**Custom**

2 wallpapers

[Browse S1B →](wallpapers/S1B/)

> **Quality System**: Wallpapers are organized by quality level. Each folder (high-quality, standard, yolo) contains subfolders by theme (anime, nature, minimal, urban, abstract). Use `yolo` with caution - these may have compression artifacts or lower resolution.

### By Theme

Themes are organized within each quality folder. Browse by theme within:
- **[High Quality](wallpapers/high-quality/)** - Premium wallpapers
- **[Standard](wallpapers/standard/)** - Regular quality
- **[Yolo](wallpapers/yolo/)** - Lower quality (use with caution)
- **[S1B](wallpapers/S1B/)** - Custom wallpapers

Each folder contains: anime, catppuccin, minimal, nature, urban, abstract

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## 📥 Download

### Clone Repository

```bash
# Clone with Git LFS
git lfs clone https://github.com/ind4skylivey/aesthetic-wallpapers.git

# Or regular clone (Git LFS required)
git clone https://github.com/ind4skylivey/aesthetic-wallpapers.git
cd aesthetic-wallpapers
```

### Browse Wallpapers

```bash
# Navigate to wallpapers directory
cd wallpapers/standard/anime

# View with your preferred image viewer
feh . # Linux
open . # macOS
explorer . # Windows
```

### Download Specific Wallpaper

Click on any wallpaper in the [wallpapers](wallpapers/) directory, then click **Download** or **View raw**.

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## 🎨 Usage

### Set as Wallpaper

#### Linux (GNOME)
```bash
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file:///path/to/wallpaper.jpg
```

#### Linux (feh)
```bash
feh --bg-scale /path/to/wallpaper.jpg
```

#### Linux (nitrogen)
```bash
nitrogen --set-zoom-fill /path/to/wallpaper.jpg
```

#### macOS
```bash
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to set desktop picture to POSIX file "/path/to/wallpaper.jpg"'
```

#### Windows (PowerShell)
```powershell
Set-ItemProperty -path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop\' -name wallpaper -value 'C:\path\to\wallpaper.jpg'
rundll32.exe user32.dll, UpdatePerUserSystemParameters
```

### Slideshow

Create a rotating wallpaper slideshow using your OS's built-in features or tools like:
- **Linux**: `variety`, `nitrogen --restore`, `feh --bg-scale`
- **macOS**: System Preferences → Desktop & Screen Saver
- **Windows**: Personalization → Background → Slideshow

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## 🤝 Contributing

While this is a personal collection, contributions are welcome!

### How to Contribute

1. **Fork** this repository
2. **Add** your wallpapers to appropriate category
3. **Ensure** high quality (min 1920x1080)
4. **Submit** a pull request

### Contribution Guidelines

- ✅ High resolution (FHD or better preferred)
- ✅ Appropriate content (SFW only)
- ✅ Original or properly attributed
- ✅ Good aesthetic quality
- ❌ Low resolution images
- ❌ Heavily compressed/artifacted
- ❌ Watermarked (unless minimal)

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## 📜 License

This collection is licensed under the **MIT License** - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

### Attribution

Some wallpapers may be sourced from:
- Wallpaper communities (Reddit, DeviantArt)
- AI-generated art
- Personal photography
- Creative Commons sources

If you recognize your work and want attribution or removal, please [open an issue](../../issues).

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## 🌟 Acknowledgments

- **Artists** - All the talented creators whose work is featured
- **Communities** - r/wallpapers, r/wallpaper, r/catppuccin
- **Tools** - ImageMagick, Git LFS, GitHub

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## 📞 Support

- **Issues**: Found a broken image or have a request? [Open an issue](../../issues)
- **Discussions**: Want to chat about wallpapers? [Start a discussion](../../discussions)
- **Stars**: If you like this collection, ⭐ star the repo!

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### 🎨 **Made with care by [@ind4skylivey](https://github.com/ind4skylivey)**

*Preserving aesthetics, one wallpaper at a time*

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**⭐ Star • 🔱 Fork • 📢 Share**