Steampunk Wallpaper

Posted by Kyle on April 6, 2025

Postcard from Professor George Edward Challenger from The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I’m a huge fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s work, and this was quite a fun project. I usually try to do full-screen options as well, but in this case, there’s just too much to rearrange to make that work. Licensed as Creative Commons CC0, in fitting with the book being public domain. To read The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, visit Project Gutenberg.

Edit: I’m aware the dinosaurs aren’t accurate to current paleontological research. That was purposeful. Personally, I love my pet birds and love the idea of really big pet birds, feathers and all. But this is for a book written over 100 years ago, so I figured using period-accurate dinosaurs would be better.

Based on these images (roughly in order from furthest away to nearest):

• Landscape of a Steppe with Orange Rocks by Airam Dato-On (Pexels License)
• East aspect of Mitchell Mesa by Jeff Hollett (PD)
• Iguanadon by Ryanz720 (PD)
• Megalosaurus dinosaur by LadyofHats (PD)
• Stegosaurus Anava Park by McKaby (CC0)
• Pterodactyl (PSF) by Pearson Scott Foresman (PD)
• Alsophila sp. tree ferns – Misamis Oriental, Philippines 04 by Obsidian Soul (CC0)
• AO-Etiopia-1936-D-mitraglieri-Fiat-F-nel-Tembien by Foto luce – ediz. d’arte v.e. Boeri – v. f. Corridoni, 7 Roma (PD)
• Facade of the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil by Tamilles Esposito (Pexels License)
• Bamboo plants by Maina Tudu (CC0)
• Bolivia B4 by Richard Stambaugh (PD)

Posted by Kyle on February 8, 2025

My own photo. Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

Posted by Kyle on January 25, 2025

My own photo of the carriage on my 1942-ish South Bend lathe. Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

Posted by Kyle on January 17, 2025

My own photo of the quick change gearbox selector plate on my 1942-ish South Bend lathe. Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

Posted by Kyle on January 11, 2025

My own photo of a Bent Wood butter churn. Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

Posted by Kyle on December 26, 2024

Like a phoenix, SteampunkWallpaper.com has risen from the ashes!

Please be patient as we piece the site back together from archives and old files we had around. It’s been almost 14 years now since it went down! It’s actually rather amazing how much stuff we still had around after such a long time.

Update: I think we’ve got all of the wallpapers back. Unfortunately, we were not able to restore all of the comments on the posts. It’s been so long that the site couldn’t be restored from backup and had to be basically rebuilt from scratch based on archived descriptions/attributions and the image files we had laying around. So feel free to leave a comment, and welcome back!

Posted by Kyle on January 10, 2012

Join us, friend, in watching a truly momentous occasion! An unlimited supply of cheese awaits, not to mention the prospect of growing gardens and food crops on Mars with a future trip.

3…2…1…

Based off of these:

Eiffel Tower by Terrazzo
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Licensed as CC-BY as of 2012-01-10

Rocket Bank by Calsidyrose
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Antique Fire Extinguisher by Marcin Chady
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Licensed as CC-BY as of 2012-01-10

P1050007 by mandy_turner
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Licensed as CC-BY as of 2012-01-10

Big Gear by Kevin Collins (Kevin)
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Secured by David Goehring (CarbonNYC)
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Crane by Graham Richardson (didbygraham)
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GothTeaParty-122 by Elmo Love (Elmo H. Love)
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20090627_9999_2b by Sanna Pudas (Fantasyfan)
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Licensed as CC-BY as of 2012-01-10

DSC06603 by IK’s World Trip
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First encounter by Debs (ò‿ó)♪
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Signalman by Paul Albertella
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Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

Made with The GIMP on Xubuntu Linux

Posted by Kyle on December 15, 2011

Maintenance has been complaining of unusual problems with our mine cars. At least 100 feet of track have turned up missing, and our inventory of cotton rags has been depleted. Rover, the camp mascot, has been rather excitable lately but has given us no clues as to who is stealing supplies. We suspect employee supervision has been somewhat lax at the mines as of late.

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Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

*EDIT* Made using The GIMP

Posted by Kyle on

Maintenance has been complaining of unusual problems with our mine cars. At least 100 feet of track have turned up missing, and our inventory of cotton rags has been depleted. Rover, the camp mascot, has been rather excitable lately but has given us no clues as to who is stealing supplies. We suspect employee supervision has been somewhat lax at the mines as of late.

Based off of these:

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Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

*EDIT* Made using The GIMP

Posted by Kyle on December 5, 2011

Escape the world of air and visit the town of New Atlantis. A safe environment, our town is constructed of glass domes and connecting tunnels and anchored to solid bedrock to prevent floating away. We are located just 50 miles offshore and can be reached by submarine or by the New Atlantis Central submersible tramway system. Accomodations include:

• Reef Inn

• Coral Bed and Breakfast

Some of the many activities include:

• Underwater polo

• Enjoy the view from one of the many indoor parks

• Don a waterproof diving suit and explore the depths or go upward-fishing

• Rent a submersible

• Explore the mines below the town

Fun for the whole family!

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Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

*EDIT* Made with The GIMP

Posted by Kyle on December 3, 2011

Swift • Safe • Sure

A most efficient form of transportation. Hasten to your local Railplane station for speedy transit to your place of business or holiday. Our network of single suspended rail covers most metropolitan areas, and our trains are far in advance of earlier systems. A most singular experience. Ride today.

For those interested in the history of our line, you may derive a great deal of knowledge by submitting your request to the great “series of tubes”. A quick summary may be found here:

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Based off of these:

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Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

*EDIT* Made with The GIMP

Posted by Kyle on December 2, 2011

Swift • Safe • Sure

A most efficient form of transportation. Hasten to your local Railplane station for speedy transit to your place of business or holiday. Our network of single suspended rail covers most metropolitan areas, and our trains are far in advance of earlier systems. A most singular experience. Ride today.

For those interested in the history of our line, you may derive a great deal of knowledge by submitting your request to the great “series of tubes”. A quick summary may be found here:

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Based off of these:

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Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

*EDIT* Made with The GIMP

Posted by Kyle on November 21, 2011

Billion Global Index
Scores of Results

Submit your queries to us, and we will endeavor to fulfill them with the most efficient and pertinent data available. The newly developed series of tubes for communication allows for quick responses, sometimes yielding 100 possible results in a timeframe of only a very few minutes. Just yell down your local Billion Voice Query speaking tube, and we respond in a timely manner. Pictured above is our indexing room, where your queries are sent and answers retrieved. We crawl the world and index all information we can find into our neatly-organized drawers based on what we call “key words”. We currently have over 1,000,000,000 possible “key words” that we use to search. As we acquire more information, we may change our name to reflect the higher number.

We’re currently working on an upgraded version of this system – a steam-powered engine for searching – which will eliminate the need for human locators and hopefully speed up the usage of the series of tubes. However, this is quite an undertaking, and will probably not be complete for a few years.

Artist’s note: I struggled a bit with fitting in a number of references in a manner where they would be at least somewhat perceptible. It’s still a mite subtle, however if you examine it closely enough, you may be able to spot a number of humorous references regarding another very popular query system. It’s primarily based around one joke – if you “get it”, please inform me in the comments so I may gauge how subtle to make future ones. If not, I will elaborate further at a future date.

Based off of these:

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Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution

*EDIT* Made with The GIMP

Posted by Kyle on October 31, 2011

Not sure I ever actually posted this before, although it was built back in 2009.

Based off of this:

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Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial

*EDIT* Made with Adobe Photoshop

Posted by Kyle on October 30, 2011

Foul weather is a boon to our industry. Do not touch glowing purple substance.

Based off of these:

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*EDIT* Made with The GIMP and Inkscape

Posted by Kyle on February 13, 2011

Title: Alternate Lift
Description: Slightly faster.  Ski mask required.
Type: Widescreen, 1920×1080, 1680×1050, 1280×1024
Credits: Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution.

Notes: I’d like to point out that I used The GIMP to make this.  I’ve used it for a few of my other ones as well but I don’t think I’ve mentioned it every time.  If you haven’t tried it yet, you should.  It’s quite a nice program.

Based on these:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/globalismpictures/2066167488/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/abfreeskier/2324518185/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2979210677/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2904881415/

Posted by Mousewrites on October 31, 2010

Here’s a calendar I whipped up for NaNoWriMo 2010. Good luck everyone! (EDIT: Yup, the numbering is off. Very sorry about that, everyone. Next year I will do better!)

Posted by Kyle on September 26, 2010

Title: In Which Landscape is Surveyed
Description: One must be prepared for visitors.
Type: Widescreen, 1920×1080, 1680×1050, 1280×1024
Credits: Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial.

Based on these:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparktography/1382585742/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hypersapiens/4701769776/

Posted by Kyle on September 19, 2010

Title: Ye Be Our Hostage
Description: Happy September 19th!
Type: Widescreen, 1920×1080, 1680×1050, 1280×1024
Credits: Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-alike.

Based on these:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul/295674163/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdpettitt/185824365/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/niriel/4550730742/

Posted by Kyle on September 10, 2010

Title: Application of Vapourjet for Manned Flight
Description: Indeed, heavier-than-air flying machines are possible.
Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, 1280×1024
Credits: Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-alike.

Based on these:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/richspk/1164873053/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjackrian/459183801/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14508691@N08/3927569742/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/phonogalerie/4179465818/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitkeeper82/3970918663/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davefayram/3295328389/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/3456361581/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/silverfuture/4641267746/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianjmatis/3530280988/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/koalie/2681151836/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezioman/2095465978/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaui/3524305769/