Combine the best of Windows 11 and Windows 10 with this gorgeous wallpaper

Windows 11 brought a new look to desktops when it shipped. It also added new features (and removed others). Wrapped inside the Windows 11 Start menu is a new Windows logo that's square and symmetrical.

I prefer the symmetrical look of the Windows 11 logo over the slanted Windows 10 logo, but I like the default Windows 10 wallpaper more than Windows 11's. Now, I don't have to choose between the two.

Reddit user "Reamed" shared a wallpaper inspired by Windows 10's "Hero" wallpaper that features the Windows 11 logo.

The wallpaper isn't new, but it's a great way to refresh your desktop. Its creator shared how they created the image on Reddit:

"It's been five years so my memory is foggy on the full process, but from what I recall, I used the Windows 11 logo as my only asset and the rest was done in-application using filters like edge overlays, zoom blurs, cloud noise, etc."

Windows 10's default wallpaper was a practical image taken with a camera, rather than a render. Microsoft fired lasers through a window and used a smoke machine to create the photo.

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Bradley Munkowitz, also known as GMUNK, took the image and documented the process.

Windows 10 launched 11 years ago, which seems like an eternity in the tech space. Since then, we've seen AI-generated art take over. It's refreshing to look back at practical photography that made its way to Windows.

The mashup of Windows 11 and Windows 10 shared by Reamed is a nice homage to Munkowitz's work and mixes in the new Windows logo with a pretty piece of art.

If you don't mind your wallpaper being made by AI, we've covered some pretty options recently. The Windows XP "Bliss" wallpaper mixes Windows 11's Bloom wallpaper with the historic Windows XP Bliss Wallpaper.

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