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Northern Signal
aurora / midnight
Generative wallpaper studio
Wallpapers grown from a single seed.
Tessera does not store images. It draws them. Choose a family and a palette, shape the composition, then export something pixel perfect for any screen you own.
- Families
- Palettes
- Max width
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Three moves from blank frame to finished wallpaper.
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Choose a family
A dozen drawing engines, from drifting Aurora ribbons to veined Marble and print shop Halftone. Each one is a different way of filling a frame.
02
Tune the composition
Themed sliders for density, contrast, grain, detail and turbulence. Roll the seed until a piece stops you.
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Export for your screen
Pick your exact device resolution or type a custom size. Tessera redraws at full scale and hands you a PNG.
Featured pieces
Hand tuned starting points. Open one to export or remix it.
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Glacier Hum
aurora / ice
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Paper Weather
mesh / mono
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Current Study
flow / neon
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Contour Field
strata / verdant
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Shattered Glass
tessellate / neon
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Far Orbit
orbital / midnight
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Signal Bars
waveform / neon
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Foundation No. 1
bauhaus / ember
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Press Check
halftone / mono
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Lobby Floor
terrazzo / bloom
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Still Pond
ripple / ice
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Carrara
marble / mono
Twelve ways to fill a frame
Each family is its own algorithm. Tap one to start a fresh piece in the studio.
Small site, serious about the details.
Tessera is a study in doing one thing well. No sign up, no tracking wall, no stock photos. Just a drawing engine and a set of controls that feel like part of the same object.
Combinations
Export formats
Backend calls
- Every wallpaper is a pure function of a seed, so a link is all you need to share one
- Exports render off screen at native resolution, up to 8192 pixels on the long edge
- A command palette on Cmd or Ctrl K to jump anywhere or roll a surprise
- A local shelf keeps your favourites in the browser with no account
- Themed controls throughout, down to the scrollbar, the counters and the dropdowns
- Respects reduced motion and ships as a fast static site
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Prefer a photograph?
Discover searches real wallpapers live from Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, Wallhaven and NASA, with the credit and licence for every one.