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SailGP Mobile Wallpapers

// FEBRUARY 24TH, 2024

As the exhilarating 2024 SailGP circuit rolls into Sydney Harbour this weekend, I thought it was high-time I got a set of team supporter wallpapers out there for your mobiles and Apple Watches, kicking things off with my crew:

🇦🇺 Team Australia

Mobile wallpaper | Apple Watch face

See also:

Tom Slingsby SailGP Mobile Wallpaper

🇨🇦 Team Canada

Mobile wallpaper | Apple Watch face

🇩🇰 Team Denmark

Mobile wallpaper | Apple Watch face

🇫🇷 Team France

Mobile wallpaper | Apple Watch face

🇬🇧 Team Great Britain

Mobile wallpaper | Apple Watch face

🇩🇪 Team Germany

Mobile wallpaper | Apple Watch face

🇳🇿 Team New Zealand

Mobile wallpaper | Apple Watch face

🇪🇸 Team Spain

Mobile wallpaper | Apple Watch face

🇨🇭 Team Switzerland

Mobile wallpaper | Apple Watch face

🇺🇸 Team USA

Mobile wallpaper | Apple Watch face

Links & credits:

Watch face artwork // Rob Masefield

All SailGP team logos and branding marks are of course the property of their respective teams.

SailGP // sailgp.com

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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A new year in music... #onRepeat

// JANUARY 13TH, 2024

While others are scrambling to nail down unrealistic resolutions at the turn of each calendar year, I'm busy closing off one year of awesome curated tracks and kicking off another.

Yes, my annual #onRepeat playlist on both Apple Music and Spotify is returning again in 2024 as I strive to hand-pick a genre-diverse playlist of tunes to keep you entertained all year-long.

#onRepeat 2024: Apple Music | Spotify

Of course, this isn't the first year I've been putting the #onRepeat playlists together. You can go back and check out any of the previous year's collections, for the past 12 years, by following the links below.

#onRepeat 2023: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2022: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2021: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2020: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2019: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2018: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2017: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2016: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2015: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2014: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2013: Apple Music | Spotify

#onRepeat 2012: Apple Music | Spotify

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Finishing off a great season with a ROAR!

// OCTOBER 4TH, 2023

In a bid to drown my sorrows following the ever-so-close defeat of my Brisbane Lions in the 2023 AFL Grand Final on the weekend, I turned to a little AI project.

The goal? To create an eye-catching, multi-device wallpaper that will serve as a reminder over the off-season that we're in a strong, intimidating and exciting moment in the club's history and the best is yet to come in Season 2024!

For those of you who are wondering, the image was composed using Vancouver's Lumenor AI Image Generation service, enhanced and extended using Photoshop's new generative fill tools and brought to life using Photoshop's "depth blur" neural filter.

Fun fact:

...and a reminder that AI tools are still far from perfect - the original image created by lumenor AI featured a Lion with 5 legs! I didn't even notice this myself until earlier today when a colleague (thanks James) pointed it out to me.

A little more manual "human" work by me and we end up with the final design available to download to your devices, below.

Downloads

Mobile | Desktop | Tablet

Links & credits:

AI image concept/prompt and post-editing // Rob Masefield

Brisbane Lions // lions.com.au

Lumenor AI // lumenor.ai

"Dream bigger: Get started with Generative Fill, powered by Adobe Firefly Generative AI now in Photoshop" // blog.adobe.com

"Photoshop adds new Depth Blur to its suite of Neural Filters" // photofocus.com

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Apple Watch AFL Footy Faces

// JUNE 24TH, 2023

As per usual, it's a pretty straight forward process to get these designs to your watch. If you need some assistance, however, here's what you need to do:

Setting the face designs up on your Apple Watch

Follow the links below to the team face designs you want to get your hands on.

Use whatever method works for you to get those designs into "Photos" on your paired iPhone.

Open the "Watch" app on your iPhone.

Tap on the "Face Gallery" tab at the bottom of the screen.

Scroll down and select the "Photos" face option.

Select "Photos" as the content type.

Select the team face designs from those you saved to your iPhone and "Add" them.

Make sure that you have the "Time Position" set to "Bottom".

Select the "Complications" that you want accompanying the time on your custom team face.

Scroll back up to the top of the screen and tap the "ADD" button to add your new team watch face to "My Faces".

...and you're all done!

Adelaide

Brisbane

Carlton

Collingwood

Essendon

Fremantle

Gold Coast

Geelong

GWS

Hawthorn

Melbourne

North Melbourne

Port Adelaide

Richmond

St Kilda

Sydney

Tasmania

Bulldogs

West Coast

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Links & credits:

Watch face artwork // Rob Masefield

All team logos and branding marks are of course the property of their respective AFL clubs.

AFL // afl.com.au

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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AFL Teams by Adobe's Firefly AI

// MAY 28TH, 2023

If this is indeed the case, then check out below what a couple of hours of fiddling around with Adobe's impressive "Firefly" AI engine achieved this evening, when I challenged it to reimagine the 18 AFL Clubs.

The process went something like this:

Load up Adobe's text-to-image generator, "Firefly", which is currently in beta with access by invite.

Enter a text description for each team that went something like, "Leaping male lion with a maroon mane. Background is maroon, blue and gold swirling smoke and lightning".

Keep generating and/or regenerating images until I find "the one" that resonates with me!

And here's what Firefly came up with...

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Links & credits:

All images generated by // firefly.adobe.com

AFL // afl.com.au

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City and Colour delivers "Weightless" for CBC Music Live

// MAY 22ND, 2023

As part of the performance, he pulled out a couple of old belters including "Weightless" which has to be one of my absolute favourite songs of the past... well, since my time living in Dallas' native Canada, over a decade ago now.

It's just a ripping good rock tune that always reminds me of my time living Vancouver, my home away from home, and that is delievered flawlessly here as part of this studio special.

Links & credits:

City and Colour // cityandcolour.com

Posts tagged "Vancouver" // masey.co

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2023 AFL Indigenous Guernsey Designs

// MAY 15TH, 2023

To make it easy for you all to view and learn about each of the team's colourful and creative indigenous guernsey's this season, I've compiled a series of preview images and launch article links for your convenience.

This is something I've been doing for afew years now, so if you'd like to look back over guernsey designs from 2020, 2021 or 2022, simply click through to check those out.

Which designs are your favourites?

Do you have a favourite guernsey outside your own club's design either this year or in the past few years? Let me know out there on the socials - Twitter | Mastodon.

🐧 Adelaide Crows

Learn more about this design

🦁 Brisbane Lions

Learn more about this design

🔵 Carlton Blues

Learn more about this design

🥧 Collingwood Magpies

Learn more about this design

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💣 Essendon Bombers

Learn more about this design

⚓️ Fremantle Dockers

Learn more about this design

🐈 Geelong Cats

Learn more about this design

☀️ Gold Coast Suns

Learn more about this design

🥾 GWS Giants

Learn more about this design

🪶 Hawthorn Hawks

😈 Melbourne Demons

Learn more about this design

🦘 North Melbourne Kangaroos

Learn more about this design

⚡️ Port Adelaide Power

Learn more about this design

🐯 Richmond Tigers

Learn more about this design

😇 St Kilda Saints

Learn more about this design

🦢 Sydney Swans

Learn more about this design

🦅 West Coast Eagles

Learn more about this design

🐶 Western Bulldogs

Learn more about this design

Links & credits:

All images // afl.com.au

Sir Doug Nicholls Round // afl.com.au

Masey Design on Twitter // twitter.com

Masey Design on Mastodon // mastodon.design

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Tom Slingsby SailGP Mobile Wallpaper

// MAY 13TH, 2023

To celebrate Australia's third straight SailGP World Championship win last week, here's a mobile wallpaper design featuring the undisputed GOAT of SailGP racing, Tom Slingsby.

To download either of the wallpapers for your iPhone and Android devices, simply click on the links below:

Lock screen wallpaper | Home screen background

Links & credits:

All wallpaper artwork // Rob Masefield

SailGP // sailgp.com

Tom Slingsby // wikipedia.org

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2023 Brisbane Footy Fixtures wallpaper series

// APRIL 22ND, 2023

Last year's fixture series of wallpapers I completed for the Lions seemed to be fairly popular, so I thought I'd share the love across to their NRL cousins and all their fans in 2023!

To download any of the wallpapers for your iPhone and Android devices, and this year for your Apple Watches as well - simply click on the “Download options” links below and look for the download prompts in the image description that loads up.

Download options

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...and don't forget

Come back next month for a whole new design or keep an eye on my socials @maseydesign@mastodon.design or @maseydesign on Twitter to be the first to know when it drops.

Links & credits:

All wallpaper artwork // Rob Masefield

Brisbane Lions // lions.com.au

Brisbane Broncos // broncos.com.au

Brisbane Lions 2022 AFL Fixture wallpaper series // masey.co

Masey on Mastodon // mastodon.design

Masey on Twitter // twitter.com

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Brisbane Lions 2023 pre-season match sim #2

// FEBRUARY 4TH, 2023

I left the relative comfort of an air-conditioned work-from-home office with my daughter and headed a few short minutes' drive away to Hickey Park, the home of the Wilston Grange Gorillas and today's host of the Brisbane Lions' second open pre-season match sim practice. I'm always so thankful for the opportunity to attend these pre-season sessions for a bunch of reasons. The opportunity to have an hour behind the lens is certainly a welcome bonus, but just the chance to see your AFL team have a run on the paddock during February certainly helps get you all fired up for the coming season.

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Despite the life-sapping humidity out there today, there were a number of players who noticeably used the session to impress. For me, it was the likes of Linc McCarthy, Will Ashcroft, Lachie Neale, Cam Rayner off half-back again, and Jack Gunston up front that showed great form for this stage of the year.

My opinion doesn't hold much sway compared to the experts, however, so here's what respected journo Michael Whiting (aka Fish) had to say on AFL.com and Lions coach Chris Fagan had to say on the lions.com.au website:

With regular midfield options Dayne Zorko, Hugh McCluggage and Jarrod Berry all rested, Ashcroft, Dunkley and Neale were a class above as Chris Fagan orchestrated a virtual 'best against the rest' simulation.

Early days, Jack [Gunston] got free and we weren't looking for him because we weren't used to playing with him but we had a chat about that and reminded the boys outside 50 of how good Jack is at leading at the last moment and getting some space and as a result we found him a few times.

From my lens...

Photos with the players

Just a quick shout out and thanks to the club and especially the players for making themselves available for autographs and photos with the kids following the practice session in swealtering conditions.

You can't put a dollar value on the size of the smiles a photo with your hero players creates. Just ask my daughter. After pics and quick chats with some of her absolute favourite players like Cam Rayner, Zac Bailey, Lachie Neale and Coach Fages, she was absolutely buzzing!

Links & credits:

All images // Rob Masefield

Wilston Grange Gorillas FC // gorillas.com.au

Brisbane Lions // lions.com.au

"Young gun shines alongside star mids in Lions' match sim" // afl.com.au

"Fages' Takeaways from Match Sim" // lions.com.au

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I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation.

Quite the insightful take by Wednesday Addams from the Netflix series "Wednesday".

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Brisbane Lions 2023 pre-season match sim

// JANUARY 27TH, 2023

It's always super speculative and premature to make any sort of definitive calls observing a session such as this, but for what it's worth, here's a few things I did notice.

Firstly, the absence from the full-contact match sim from the likes of Neale, Daniher, Berry, Zorko and Bailey. Lachie was the only one of those names who didn't make an appearance at all.

A lot has been said about captain Zorko's shape this pre-season. And while he didn't partake in the match sim, he definitely looked lighter, leaner and running laps with a lot more freedom than I can remember at any time over the last season and a bit.

Cam Rayner was the stand out surprise showcasing his explosive tackle-breaking strength out of half-back. His interchange with Daniel Rich may be an early sign of things to come.

Wil Ashcroft looked right at home with clean hands playing on the ball for the entire sim session. He was everywhere in the opening 10 minutes and looks a certainty to be on-field for the season's opening bounce.

Dev Robertson looked sharp and dangerous in the forward 50m. I'd love for him to have a breakout year in 2023 - he certainly looks ripe for that to happen.

Likewise, gun recruits Gunston and Dunkley were present and visible as the sim played out with Gunston finding plenty of space in the forward line and Dunkley racking up clean possessions all around the ground.

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What others thought...

The boys are taking off this arvo 🛫 pic.twitter.com/acQsyDkDrT

— Brisbane Lions (@brisbanelions) January 27, 2023

Embarrassment of riches forward of the ball for Brisbane when Cam Rayner is being used as a half-back. Potentially preparing for life after Daniel Rich…

— Mitch Cleary (@cleary_mitch) January 27, 2023

At the first break here: -Ashcroft probably BoG -Rayner playing half back and looking good there -Dunkley very, very good -Reckon Darcy Wilmot is now a best 22 lock Few mainstays missing. No Lachie, Zac, Joe, or Zork. Might be a couple of others out too.

— Dom Fay (@DOMfay) January 27, 2023

From my lens...

Links & credits:

All images // Rob Masefield

Aspley Hornets AFC // aspleyhornets.com.au

Brisbane Lions // lions.com.au

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Christmas "Ugly Sweater" AFL/AFLW mobile wallpapers

// DECEMBER 3RD, 2022

This series of mobile wallpapers have been designed to be as compatible with as many iPhone and Android devices as possible.

If you enjoy having them on your phone (and desktops) this Christmas, the best thing you can do for me is share this page with all your mates and followers on your social media channels of choice - Facebook, Twitter, Reddit etc.

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

🐧 Adelaide Crows

Download Wallpaper

🦁 Brisbane Lions

Download Wallpaper

🔵 Carlton Blues

Download Wallpaper

🥧 Collingwood Magpies

Download Wallpaper

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💣 Essendon Bombers

Download Wallpaper

⚓️ Fremantle Dockers

Download Wallpaper

🐈 Geelong Cats

Download Wallpaper

☀️ Gold Coast Suns

Download Wallpaper

🟠 GWS Giants

Download Wallpaper

🪶 Hawthorn Hawks

Download Wallpaper

😈 Melbourne Demons

Download Wallpaper

🦘 North Melbourne Kangaroos

Download Wallpaper

���️ Port Adelaide Power

Download Wallpaper

🐯 Richmond Tigers

Download Wallpaper

😇 St Kilda Saints

Download Wallpaper

🦢 Sydney Swans

Download Wallpaper

🐶 Western Bulldogs

Download Wallpaper

🦅 West Coast Eagles

Download Wallpaper

Links & credits:

All designs and artwork // Rob Masefield

AFL website // afl.com.au

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Dare I weigh in on the Port Adelaide "Prison Bars" Guernsey debate?

// AUGUST 10TH, 2022

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This time, it's the Collingwood Football Club, who currently claim AFL rights to the "prison bars" syle guernsey, who have stoked the fire by suggesting that they might be:

...prepared to allow Port Adelaide to wear its prison bar jumper once a season if the Power was prepared to use teal instead of white on the bottom panel of the historic strip.

As reported in the Herald Sun this morning, the Pies are not prepared to let Port Adelaide wear a black and white striped guernsey. But, in a move that can only be described as an insult, they seem ok with this less-than-palettable alternate:

Source: Herald Sun

So will there ever be a mutual solution to this ongoing saga? Probably not. But if "black and white stripes" appear to be the specific point of contention here? Why not just add in some teal detailing to the stripes. Something like this perhaps?

What do you think?

Let me know in the comments section below.

Links & credits:

Concept guernsey design // Rob Masefield

Port Adelaide Football Club // portadelaidefc.com.au

Collingwood Football Club // collingwoodfc.com.au

"Collingwood offer a teal-coloured compromise to prison bar jumper furore" // heraldsun.com.au (Paywall)

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Brisbane's Kurilpa Bridge at night

// JULY 8TH, 2022

While the cloudless sky didn't throw up the sunset opportunity I was perhaps hoping for, I did manage to shoot a few angles along with the often controversial "upside down" bronze elephant sculpture outside the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA).

Links & credits:

All images // Rob Masefield

Kurilpa Bridge // wikipedia.org

"Bronze elephant sculpture arrives at GoMA" // abc.net.au

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Catching a sunset with "Jo"

// JULY 4TH, 2022

We were very thankful to have this one stunning evening on the property before the rain settled in.

Check out my "story-free-zone" Instagram account for more images like this one.

Links & credits:

Image // Rob Masefield

Red Kangaroo // australian.museum

Clandulla Cottages & Farmstay // clandullacottages.com.au

Masey on Instagram // instagram.com

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AFL Chrome Browser Themes

// MAY 31ST, 2022

I'll make this quick and just let you get stuck in. Basically:

I made some cool browser themes for Firefox-using AFL and NRL fans.

A bunch of Chrome-using NRL peeps got their backs up crying out for some love.

I obliged.

We all know my true-allegiance will always be to AFL and my fellow Brisbane Lions fans, so here's the opportunity for Chrome users to decorate their "new tabs" with their favourite club's colours!

⚙️ What you need to install your team's theme:

1. Grab your team's wallpaper

Use the prompts to download the wallpaper of your team from the selection below to your desktop or somewhere you'll remember to find the image for step 4 below.

2. Open the Chrome customisation options panel

Open your Google Chrome browser and look for the themes icon in the bottom right of the window.

3. Start by setting the correct header colour

Use the HEX or RGB colour values I've listed for each club to set the custom colour for your theme.

4. Load your wallpaper and you're good to go!

Look for the "Background > Upload from device" option. Click it and navigate to where you saved your team's wallpaper.

Load it up and you're good to go. Every time you start a new tab, your screen will be lit up in your club's colours!

🖼 Club theme wallpapers

Look for your fave team below and hit the corresponding "Download Wallpaper" link to save the wallpaper to your computer.

🐧 Adelaide Crows

Theme colour: #004B8D | R0 G75 B141

Download Wallpaper

🦁 Brisbane Lions

Theme colour: #912343 | R145 G35 B67

Download Wallpaper

🔵 Carlton Blues

Theme colour: #182E43 | R24 G46 B67

Download Wallpaper

🥧 Collingwood Magpies

Theme colour: #222222 | R34 G34 B34

Download Wallpaper

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💣 Essendon Bombers

Theme colour: #222222 | R34 G34 B34

Download Wallpaper

⚓️ Fremantle Dockers

Theme colour: #2A0D54 | R42 G13 B84

Download Wallpaper

🐈 Geelong Cats

Theme colour: #002B5C | R0 G43 B92

Download Wallpaper

☀️ Gold Coast Suns

Theme colour: #E02112 | R224 G33 B18

Download Wallpaper

🟠 GWS Giants

Theme colour: #303B42 | R48 G59 B66

Download Wallpaper

🪶 Hawthorn Hawks

Theme colour: #4D2004 | R77 G32 B4

Download Wallpaper

😈 Melbourne Demons

Theme colour: #1B1E4C | R27 G30 B76

Download Wallpaper

🦘 North Melbourne Kangaroos

Theme colour: #1A3B8E | R26 G59 B142

Download Wallpaper

⚡️ Port Adelaide Power

Theme colour: #222222 | R34 G34 B34

Download Wallpaper

🐯 Richmond Tigers

Theme colour: #222222 | R34 G34 B34

Download Wallpaper

😇 St Kilda Saints

Theme colour: #ED1B2F | R237 G27 B47

Download Wallpaper

🦢 Sydney Swans

Theme colour: #ED171F | R237 G23 B31

Download Wallpaper

😈 Tasmania Devils

Theme colour: #285D50 | R40 G93 B80

Download Wallpaper

🐶 Western Bulldogs

Theme colour: #213270 | R33 G50 B112

Download Wallpaper

🦅 West Coast Eagles

Theme colour: #003087 | R0 G48 B135

Download Wallpaper

🏉 AFL

Theme colour: #17538D | R23 G83 B141

Download Wallpaper

Links & credits:

Chrome theme artwork // Rob Masefield

All team logos and branding marks are of course the property of their respective AFL teams.

National Rugby League (NRL) // nrl.com

Australian Football League (AFL) // afl.com.au

Brisbane Lions FC // lions.com.au

Google Chrome // google.com

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.