Category: Mascot
Name: Low-poly Raccoon
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Edit: increased contrast
Direct links to the images (without compression): Light, Dark
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License: CC-BY-SA 4.0
Category: Photography
Name: Wave in Paramé, Saint-Malo
Original URL: wallpapers/20250810_SaintMalo_Paramé_Waves.jpg at main · vhaudiquet/wallpapers · GitHub
I took this picture while I was in vacation in Paramé, Saint-Malo, France and edited it a bit with Darktable.
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Category: Photography
Name: Lichen
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Location: near Sonora Pass, California
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Category: Photography
Name: Shore
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Location: Point Lobos, California
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Sorry, I forgot to provide information about my submission:
Category: Mascot
Name: Hand-drawn Ubuntu Raccoon
Preview:
Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NplTFLdh98Wb8T7kjja1Skp7EOgNo60k/view?usp=sharing
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I wanted to create a racoon who was standing on business or very resolute 
Question do you think i should turn off the text layer? (The ubuntu 26.04 text)
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I already “liked” you earlier posting with the two versions you offered.
Regarding your original submission, while your mascot doesn’t seem to follow the general trend of portrayal for the mascot, I absolutely LOVE the facial expression and stance because, for me, it seems to be trying to make a more “emotional” connection with the User. The only reservation I have on what you offered is that the image is a bit large, imposing, and “in your face”, to the point of potentially being distracting.
The more important reason for a smaller size of mascot is the intent of keeping the boot process “throbber” from being placed over the image of wordmark, the resulting overlap being less pleasing to the eye. 
I think every good offering for wallpaper should have a corresponding “twin” that does not include the version, wordmark or logo/roundel.
I would also encourage submitters, if possible, to share the inputs that would facilitate end-users to further customize for their own use.
This Gimp file demonstrates the “packaging” submission I am proposing. The background image was of a different source which I then made darker, to suit my purposes: using the image for both login (with wordmark) and desktop (without wordmark).
As for a Raccoon image for Desktop wallpaper, not a competition offering, the following reference offers an image that is too cute to ignore (maybe enough to convince me to use it for my own wallpaper at some point ):
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This is my current wallpaper!
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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Name: Loons of the Great Lakes
Category: Photography
Location: Colton Lake, Ontario
Name: Loons of the Great Lakes
Category: Photography
Location: Colton Lake, Ontario
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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Name: The Sweet Humming Bird
Category: Photography
Location: Colton Lake, Ontario
Name: The Sweet Humming Bird
Category: Photography
Location: Colton Lake, Ontario
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