Wallpapers on OnePlus smartphones have been a topic of conversation ever since the first-gen phone. While we know they are designed by India-based, Swedish artist Hampus Olsson, the company has now profiled the artist to reveal how these backdrops are created.

Olsson's association with OnePlus started after he met co-founder Carl Pei at a weekend market in Goa. Impressed with his work, Pei entrusted him with the job of designing the backdrops for the OnePlus 2, and Olsson has been doing the wallpapers for all new OnePlus phones since then, including the upcoming OnePlus 6.

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Olsson is also designing wallpapers for the OnePlus 6 and he says, “With the OnePlus 6 wallpapers, I've brought with me what I've learned along the way. The new wallpapers feature a clean, fluid style with mountainous depths... if I were to compare the new wallpapers with the first ones I made for OnePlus, I would say the new ones are more vibrant, and hold a better, more suitable composition to reveal...Well, I won't spoil the rest. Suffice to say there are exciting things to come.” 

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Talking about his evolution with OnePlus wallpapers, he said, “The ï¬rst set of wallpapers I made for OnePlus 2 featured a clean, ï¬uid art style with layered coloured elevations reaching far into the abyss. The wallpapers made a great impact and stood out from the crowd of other phone wallpapers.”

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For him, the wallpaper of the OnePlus 5 was another shift in style and featured a ï¬oating object with a plain background. He had created a bunch of macro photographs of ink together with his dad, which formed incredible shapes on its own.

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The launch date of the OnePlus 6 is not known yet but the company has already unveiled some specs of the device. It's confirmed to come with a notch and will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC. It will come with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, which will be the first for the smartphone manufacturer. 

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We also know the phone will finally have water resistance and a notch. OnePlus has also confirmed that the device will come with a compatibility mode for those who do not want the notch visible. The OnePlus 6 is also said to come with gesture support, which could allow users to swipe up and hold from the right or left for multitasking, swiping from the left to go back a menu and more.

Source: OnePlus Forums