Aesthetic Background Maker
PicMonkey's background maker helps you create aesthetic backgrounds for your laptop, phone, video calls, and for all types of designs. Customize your own images, choose from our millions of stock photos, or apply gorgeous textures like wood, marble, gradient, or botanical patterns for standout creations.
How to make a background
1. Enter dimensions
Click Create new and begin with the right-sized blank canvas. Enter your phone’s dimensions in the upper right corner. Click Make it!
2. Add photos or textures
Choose from millions of royalty-free stock photos! Want something else? Apply aesthetic textures, patterns, or solid colors to your blank canvas.
3. Customize
Call it a day or go the extra mile with stickers, graphics, or text to your background. Then customize 'em with fun colors and trendy effects.
4. Export and upload!
Time to share! You can re-edit your work in PicMonkey's auto-saving cloud storage, Hub, anytime. Export as a JPG or PNG, or download it to your desktop for printing.
Easily make an aesthetic background with a template or stock photos
PicMonkey's background maker is easy-to-use for all experience levels. Get started fast with a Zoom background template — customizable for any purpose. Or, search millions of stock photos to inspire your DIY creation.
Why use PicMonkey for design and photo editing?
Minimal learning curve
Our easy and intuitive tools allow you to start editing photos and creating spectacular designs immediately, no matter your skill level.
Extensive feature set
Start with a professionally designed template or take advantage of our high-powered tools to make custom images from scratch.
So much for so little
Get everything you need to create fabulous images for one low subscription price, with no one-off purchases or hidden costs.
Make stunning phone backgrounds (and homescreens!)
Check out this step-by-step tutorial for how to make beautiful phone wallpapers and backgrounds, plus a whole lotta ideas for crafting unique home screens on your iOS 14 or later device.
Create phone wallpaper in the PicMonkey mobile app
Open the PicMonkey Mobile App and tap “Custom” under “Start a new design”
Enter your screen dimensions then tap Create size
Customize your blank canvas with textures, images, or graphics
Tap the checkmark in the upper right corner to save to your camera roll
Set the new wallpaper on your phone
Making backgrounds with PicMonkey
Use a stock photo as a beautiful background to your design. Choose from a variety of photos that work to support your creative vision. Think: photos of marble, a brick wall, a forest, sky, water, painted scenes, industrial textures, fur. In PicMonkey you can customize the background you choose by changing the color, erasing parts, or applying effects. Stock photos, you, and PicMonkey make a great background team!