{"id":15859,"date":"2012-12-20T21:01:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T13:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=15859"},"modified":"2022-08-29T19:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T11:18:26","slug":"wallpaper-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallpaper Release &#8211; Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been fascinated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/futuristic-video-games\/\">doomsday prophecies<\/a> since history allowed us to remember, but nothing takes the cream like 2012, the mother of all prophecies. Dec 21, 2012, seems to be a <strong>culmination of all our fears,<\/strong> so much so that even our culture is affected by it. We read about it in blogs, watch it in disaster movies and hear about it in songs.<\/p>\n<p>There are also amazingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/end-of-the-world-artworks\/\">talented<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/end-of-the-world-artwork-part2\/\">individuals<\/a>, who put these visions of armageddon onto paper and artwork (so to speak) and we get beautiful creations like this <strong>Apocalypse wallpaper <\/strong>by<strong> Richard Roberts<\/strong>. Here we see the Angel of Death walking through streets of destruction brought upon by man himself.<\/p>\n<p>On a lighter note, the end usually marks the beginning of something new. And if there is one thing humankind does best, <strong>it is the ability to celebrate the good in everything they come across<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, if you just have this wallpaper, you can get them in these sizes.<\/p>\n<h2>Download Wallpaper<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Desktop<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/desktop-1024x768.jpg\">1024\u00d7768<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/desktop-1280x800.jpg\">1280\u00d7800<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/desktop-1280x1024.jpg\">1280\u00d71024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/desktop-1440x900.jpg\">1440\u00d7900<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/desktop-1680x1050.jpg\">1680\u00d71050<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/desktop-1920x1200.jpg\">1920\u00d71200<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/desktop-2560x1440.jpg\">2560\u00d71440<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mobile<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/ipad-portrait.jpg\">iPad portrait<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/ipad-landscape.jpg\">iPad landscape<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/ipad_retina-portrait.jpg\">iPad retina portrait<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/ipad_retina-landscape.jpg\">iPad retina landscape<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/iphone4.jpg\">iPhone 3G\/4\/4S<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wallpaper-apocalypse\/iphone5.jpg\">iPhone 5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About the Author:<\/h2>\n<p>This wallpaper is courtesy of <strong>Richard Roberts<\/strong>. Roberts is a freelance designer and digital artist. Check out more of his work  at <richardroberts.com.>\n<h2>Want to Release a Wallpaper With Us?<\/h2>\n<p>If you would like to see your own beautiful artwork or photographs turned into wallpapers and shared amongst our readers like what we are doing here, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/contact\/\">drop us a line<\/a> and we\u2019ll see what we can do.<\/p>\n<\/richardroberts.com.><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been fascinated with doomsday prophecies since history allowed us to remember, but nothing takes the cream like 2012, the mother of all prophecies. Dec 21, 2012, seems to be a culmination of all our fears, so much so that even our culture is affected by it. 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