The May 2012 Calendar Wallpaper image is of the Amateria age from MYST III: Exile. Of all the MYST ages this is by far my favorite. I love everything about it - The colors, ambiance, lighting, contrasts, puzzles and the ambient background music.

This image was created from a panoramic shot. I cannot find who the original creator was. Whoever it was my thanks to him or her. I took the image, cropped it and did some editing of some minor flaws to create what you see here. I hope you like it as much as I do. As you look at it on your desktop you can imagine yourself there, enjoying gthe slight breeze, the beautiful sights and relaxing to the sounds of ocean lapping on the shores. Did I mention that I love this age?

How I yearned to use Cyanworlds old April Fool's Day image of people running around Myst Island playing laser tag. Truth be told I couldn't find the image and if I did, I'm sure it wouldn't be the resolution I needed.

This month I've waxed nostalgic and used an image of the Riven dome for the April calendar wallpaper. Who wouldn't want to visit Riven? Ok, who wouldn't want to visit a stable Riven?

I hope you all made it through April Fool's Day unscathed and if you didn't, may it have been a good practical joke that made you laugh.

Greetings. I certainly have spring fever. I started out with an image from Eder Tsogal which was beautiful but the trees on the horizon were just too grainy looking. I wanted to use an image from Eder Delin but Spring hasn't arrived yet in that age. Eder Gira just didn't do it for me so Eder Kemo it was.

The base image size for this wallpaper was 1680x1050. I normally use 1600x900. Let me know if you have any issues with the imager resizing to your personal preference.

The February 2012 calendar wallpaper is of the J'nanin Age from MYST III: Exile. I know it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere but here in Utah I see 98% grass when I look out the window with a 2% smattering of snow. Perhaps that subconsciously helped me select something a bit more springlike for this month's image. Nevertheless, it is what it is and I hope you enjoy it.

The January 2012 calendar image is of the D'ni library. Every January I wax a bit nostalgic. 2012 marks the beginning of the fourth year since I started making calendar wallpapers of MYST/URU ages and this January 1st is the 1 year anniversary of MYSTgallery.

The library represents a place of learning to me, a place where one can read and better themselves. At the top of the stairs in this image is light, a symbol of knowledge and enlightenment. All fitting for the beginning of a new year.

May we all learn and better ourselves as we start anew in this upcoming year.

The December 2011 calendar image is of the icy age of Tahgira. I wanted to use an age that had snow in it and I have used images of Eder Delin twice within the past few years. I did manage to get a shot of Rime but it was a little more granular looking than I would have liked. That was simply due to the graphics in the original game. By process of elimination that left Tahgira, which I am glad I used. It is from MYST V END OF AGES and I have never used Tahgira in any previous calendar wallpapers. I hope you enjoy it.

My best to each of you this Holiday Season. May you enjoy that special feeling that seems to permeate throughout the month this time of year.

The November 2011 calendar image is a view of Teledahn. I really like the color contrast in this image. The browns seem to give it a warmth that is accentuated by the blue portion of sky and its reflection in the water.

For those celebrating Thanksgiving, enjoy!

The October 2011 calendar image is of the rebel hive in Riven. It is the first calendar wallpaper I've made from the Riven series. I have no doubt that all of you die hard fans have noticed something is different with it as well. Since the original image I used was a bitmap, the sky was a bit too grainy for my liking so I extracted it and placed the hive under an almost clear, starry sky. I think it added to the, ahem, "Mystique" of the image and I find it even more fitting in this iteration for the month of October and the Halloween holiday.

Enjoy the coming autumn season. Eder Delin will be getting snow soon...

The September 2011 calendar image is of the Channelwood Age from MYST. It is the first wallpaper I've made from one of the MYST Ages. It is to honor the 18th anniversary of the release of MYST on the MAC (in September of 1993. I didn't know when it was released for PC! :-)

I hope you enjoy the serenity of the image as we all bask in the last month of summer.

NOTE: The initial wallpaper I posted accidentally had 31 days. I have re-posted with the correction.

August has arrived and what better image to use than Tomahna during the daytime? Who wouldn't want to jump into that big blue pool of water for a swim right about now?

The image is from MYST IV: Revelation and it is the first wallpaper I've made from that series. I hope you enjoy it.

For the Northern Hemisphere it is summertime and in Utah, where I reside, it has been HOT recently. What better captures that sentiment than a bright sky shining over a caldera? The Moitey dagger just kinds of adds the explanation point to it all :-).

The image was taken from MYST V: End of Ages and is natively in 1600x900 format. I hope you're all enjoying your summer.

I liked this image of Noloben for June. The sun is out, yet it doesn't seem too hot at the beach. It conveys a mild warmth which I found appropriate since the first day of summer is June 20th, the summer solstice.

For the first time I used a color other than white for the calendar portion. When using white, the background image washed out the numbers in areas and it was difficult to see them. Due to that I experimented with the brown color in different shades. This was the final result. I felt it stood out enough without overpowering the image as a whole. I hope you enjoy it.

First off, my apologies on the late post. I had the flu for the first week of the month and that set me back a good deal. I created two other wallpapers utilizing images of Tohmana which I really liked the only problem was I couldn't get them into a 1600x900 format. I'll continue to see what I can do to resize them, I just ran out of time.

Due to that, the May 2011 image is of the monolith in Eder Kemo. Somewhat Spring like with the flowers and Kemo Bamboo.

 The April 2011 calendar wallpaper image is of the Egg Room. I thought it an appropriate image to use for the Easter Holiday. It is a little darker than I was hoping for, especially for a Spring image.

I'd like to use a MYST IV image for May but I still haven't been able to get the game to play in anything higher than 1024x768 resolution. I'll keep working on it though. If anyone has any tips or pointers how to do so please let me know.

I've received a number of requests to make calendar wallpapers using ages from the whole MYST series as well as from some fan created ages. The March 2011 calendar wallpaper image is of the rest age Direbo (from MYST V END OF AGES). It is the first calendar I've published that doesn't use an image from any iteration of URU.

I like the soft, relaxing tone Direbo has and find it a cross between Kadish Tolesa with a touch of Teledahn. I hope you all like it.

I still have plans to add new sections and features to the MYSTgallery website but it is going a bit slower than I planned. I appreciate your patience and in the meantime I hope you like the content that is being added.

The February 2011 calendar wallpaper is of the hut in Teledahn. Although the colors are a bit warm for February (unless one is in the southern hemisphere :-) I liked the falling pollen that resembles snow.

I know this image is similar in tone to Shaper's Office (January's image) so I'm determined that March's wallpaper will be  different. I already know what image will be used for April and I'm quite excited about it.

I believe all the bugs have been fixed with the dimension changer. Please let me know if you run into any problems.

Also, I'm hoping to add some additions to the site this month. Stay tuned...