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Widescreen: Grunge Abstract

| August 31, 2008

Title: Grunge AbstractDescription: Teaching a class today, so I’m posting an abstract I’ve been working on.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the textures by jbushnell. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Decorated Airship

| August 30, 2008

Title: Decorated AirshipDescription: On her virgin flight, The Painted Lady carried on board no less than three bottles of Champane, 2 bottles of Brandy, and 16 bottles of some kind of moonshine Edgecrumb purchased from a street merchant in Vienna.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture from the Bain Collection (Library of Congress) via Pingnews. Flames […]

Widescreen: First Day of School

| August 29, 2008

Title: First Day of SchoolDescription: It took a while before Sarah made it to school, but eventually they figured out a way for her to take her Special Machine with her…Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based off the picture by PingNews. [No Known Restrictions: Girls Leave Factory by Lewis W. Hine, 1910 (Library of Congress)] Creative Commons licensed […]

Fullscreen: High Flyin’

| August 28, 2008

Title: High Flyin’Description: Ah, those were the days. Of course, twenty minutes after this, the Pirates attacked, and McGee lost part of his mustache to an exploding autogyro. He was never the same after that….Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the pictures below: Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Non Wallpaper Note: A distress beacon – request for submissions

| August 27, 2008

Hello, all. Due to a pressing family emergency, I won’t be able to finish my wallpaper tonight (another propaganda poster for the Aerocorps. They amuse me to no end). I refused to miss a day, however! If any of you have a wallpaper you’d like featured on the site, please comment in this post! I […]

Fullscreen: Abstract

| August 27, 2008

Title:AbstractDescription: Rocket Robby stepped up to the plate, and gifted me with something for you tonight. I also had a few others; expect them to pop up sometime soon. Thank you all so much!Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the pictures by Rocket Robby (what url, man?). Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Non-Wallpaper note: RSS feed, or what?

| August 26, 2008

Hey, all. So, I’m trying to make this site as friendly as possible (access wise) and wondered how many of you are reading this through an RSS reader. I don’t want to make the ruling that most people are using Firefox 2.0 (for instance) when a whole batallion of you are using Safari though an […]

Fullscreen: Enlist today!

| August 26, 2008

Description: Do you Tire of Being Confined to this Dismal Earth? Do you Envy the Birds their Careless Flight? There is Hope! Enlist in the Aerocorps Today! Penetrate the Very Firmament! See the Wonders of the Sky! You Will Fly, Guaranteed.* *Landings not Guaranteed. Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by Dogseat of the World Moustache […]

Widescreen: Mechanics of an Orrery

| August 25, 2008

Title: Mechanics of an OrreryDescription: From the photo of the same name. Ben Cooper is my new favorite person.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Ben Cooper. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Non-wallpaper note: Posting weirdness

| August 24, 2008

Well, today’s wallpaper is ready, but something’s hinky with my posting thing. I’m going to wait an hour or so to see if the post shows up. If not, I’ll post it again. Sorry about that.

Fullscreen: Submarine 1

| August 24, 2008

Title: Submarine 1Discription: I know, it’s the most original title ever. Shut up. I’m having a bad internet day. 🙁 Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credit: Sub credit: Diver Meg. Porthole credit: Leo Reynolds. Room credit: oobrien. Creative Commons licensed derivative. Edit: IT WORKS YAY! Whatever weirdness that happened before, we managed to fix it somehow. Edit 2: well, I figured out what happened. […]

Widescreen: The Courier

| August 23, 2008

Title: The CourierDescription: “Yes, ma’am. No, ma’am. I assure you, ma’am, our courier will deliver your package on time. I know it’s breakable. Yes, ma’am. Uh huh. Thank you for using Nightflyer for your shipping needs.” click. “Damnit, Edgecrumb, get Rupert’s telemetries up on the scope. I think he’s after dormice again. We really need […]

Widescreen: The Workshop

| August 22, 2008

Title: The WorkshopDescription: Sometimes you just have to retreat to your workshop and think about things for a while. And then wonder where that crankshaft went…Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the phenomenal picture by JF Sebastian. Creative Commons licensed derivative. (oh, and it’s extra brown, because I know a certain viewer who loves that)

Fullscreen: Pipe Organ

| August 21, 2008

Title: Pipe OrganDescription: Well, the last two have basically struck out. This one is more traditionally ‘steamy.’ I hope to have a little more time to work on any of the four that are more involved than these nightly ones.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by ario_J. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Impulse

| August 20, 2008

Title: ImpulseDescription: I’m in a weird mood tonight. This is the same kind of mood that produce Disasters can be Beautiful, though, and people seem to like that one. I’ll just post it an hope I don’t get stoned off the internet. Oh, wait, am I typing or thinking this?Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture […]

Fullscreen: Warning Light Activated

| August 19, 2008

Title: Warning Light ActivatedDescription: Damnation! I thought we had lost him in the clouds! Bring the net guns around!Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by Bleicher. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Non Wallpaper note: AMAZING Steampunk clockmaker

| August 18, 2008

Check out his website: Eric Fretias, clock artist. Not a wallpaper, but by Tesla’s Coil check out these clocks. They’re amazing, and I want one so badly I can taste the copper in my mouth. It’s probable that I just bit my lip, but it could be that I’m fantisysing about licking one of these beauties. … I […]

Widescreen: River Run Line

| August 18, 2008

Title: River Run LineDescription: The River Run line ran for more than 50 years… until the rivers rose, and the waters ran over what once had run over them.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by ecstaticist. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Destroy Bot is looking for love

| August 17, 2008

Title: Destroy Bot looks for Love (Widescreen edition)Description: Widescreen, Dr. Steel edition. The solders over at the ToySolders forum asked if Destroy Bot could be made widescreen. I am a benevolent dictator over here at SteampunkWallpaper.com. I probably won’t do EVERY wallpaper in both aspect ratios, but if there’s one you want particularly, send me a comment, […]

Fullscreen: Disasters can be beautiful

| August 16, 2008

Title: Disasters can be beautifulDescription: Even the failure of the most brutal plan can be beautiful… especially if you’re not the one on fire. Mostly an abstract. I fell in love with the colors while I was trying to do something else with it, and decided to post this version instead.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off […]