No. 008, in six platesYellow and Hairy
Six shaggy yellow characters, all teeth and eyeballs, grinning out of the dark as if they know something you don't.
The look here is the puppet workshop: dense, slightly unkempt yellow fur, eyes like table-tennis balls, and smooth mouths lined with chunky white teeth. Each character is rendered against the same inky, blue-tinged black and lit from the front, so the fur glows at its fringes. Six characters, one recipe, and the recipe is mostly teeth.
Their dentistry tells them apart. The first has a gappy, crooked set and eyes pointing in slightly different directions. One shows full upper and lower rows and tips its head back in pure delight; another beams with small dark pupils and a grin that runs nearly ear to ear. A scruffy fellow has just two buck teeth beneath tiny eyes and fur that has given up on any styling. The squarest has blue irises and a wide denture smile, and the last is a tall, blocky type with one long fang and heavy, knowing eyelids.
Every plate puts the head in the middle or lower half of the screen, with a tall column of dark empty space above. That is ideal for the clock and Lock Screen widgets, which sit on near-black with the grin directly underneath. On a Home Screen the monster peers out between your icons: white labels are crisp over the dark top half and a little softer where they cross the yellow fur.
For people who want their phone to make them smile at seven in the morning, for fans of puppet shows, and for anyone whose favourite colour is unapologetically yellow. Gap-Toothed and Full Grin are free to download in full resolution; the other four monsters are premium.
Buck teeth, wonky eyes, and not a single bad day between them.
Try each one on before you save it.
Tap any plate to hang it on the Lock Screen, then switch to the Home Screen to see it behind your apps. This is the same preview the app gives you, on your own phone, with your own clock.
Every plate here can be ordered as an unframed matte print, from A$59 with free shipping. Or hang three side by side: any three plates from Yellow and Hairy, 8 × 16 in each, for A$179.
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Plate IGap-Toothed -
Plate IIOne Fang -
Plate IIIFull Grin -
Plate IVBlue Eyes -
Plate VBuck Teeth -
Plate VIEar to Ear
How Yellow and Hairy wears.
Goofy, cheerful, cheeky, warm. Furry 3D puppet render, sized for every iPhone up to 2160 × 4800.
On the Lock Screen
A tall band of near-black above every head gives the clock and widgets a clean, dark backdrop.
On the Home Screen
Fill the top rows with icons and let the grin show through below; the dark ground pairs naturally with dark mode.
Full resolution, every model
Each plate is delivered at the exact size of your iPhone's screen, up to 2160 × 4800, so nothing is stretched or soft at the edges.
- Canary fur#F6D600
- Mustard shag#E0A020
- Ochre shadow#C08020
- Inky black#000000
- Tooth white#FFFFFF
Free plates, and the rest.
Open Yellow and Hairy in pxCream and preview any plate on your Lock Screen first. Prices come from the App Store in your region and are shown in the app before you buy.
Yellow and Hairy
Two free platesFree
Full resolution, saved straight to Photos.
A single premium plate10 credits
Yours for good: re-download it any time, on this iPhone, at no extra cost.
pxCream UnlimitedMonthly
Every premium plate in Yellow and Hairy and the rest of the gallery, for as long as you subscribe.
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About Yellow and Hairy.
Are the Yellow and Hairy monsters too creepy for kids?
Not at all. They are closer to friendly puppets than monsters: big eyes, gappy teeth, and every one of them smiling. The one with a fang is as cheeky as it gets.
Which plate leaves the most room for the clock?
Blue Eyes and One Fang sit lowest in the frame, leaving the top half of the screen almost entirely dark.
Something else? Support answers within two business days.
Yellow and Hairy, in your pocket.
pxCream is on the App Store for iPhone, with Yellow and Hairy and the rest of the gallery inside.