If you dig a black-and-white Desktop, Satellite Eyes has tons of options. This is downtown San Francisco rendered in the Toner map style and Street zoom level.

That's San Francisco's City Hall at the top, a little left of center, and the Civic Center courtyards in front, and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium with the octagon-shaped thing on its roof. And do I spy a possible rooftop pool a block away? Curious. (Bing Aeral view, Neighborhood zoom level)

When my desktop switched to this image (City zoom level) when I opened my Mac at a Starbucks, I literally realized for the first time how close Colma is to the ocean. If I let myself gaze at this long enough, I could probably find a new, more scenic route home.

This Bing Aerial map at Street view with the Halftone effect makes the marinas and highways around my office park look like something out of a comic book.

Satellite Eyes also has image effects you can drop on top of any map combination. This is a Watercolor map style with the Halftone effect. I love how the blue watercolor, uh, water looks in shades of gray.

If you like the colors, but the map is a little distracting, the Pixelated effect can make everything blocky. This is a Watercolor map, still centered on my office, but backed up to City zoom level.

Backing up to the Region zoom level (Bing Aeral map, Halftone effect) shows you a lot of ground, and I dig how half my screen is water and half is land, with the San Francisco Bay curling across the divide. (I almost feel better about how much I pay in rent to live here.)

Can you tell I like the Watercolor maps? This is the entire region, no image effects applied.

Toner's stark look really draws my eyes to the text. This is awesome for reviewing which Bay Area towns on this Region-zoomed map go where, but probably not so great when I'm trying to work.