Steampunk Wallpaper

i say, is that a gear i see? jolly good, yo.

Guest Wallpaper! Widescreen: Steampunk Wallpaper by FlameRaven

| July 22, 2008

What’s this? A new type of post? Do tell! A few people have given me permission to post a wallpaper they have made. Some of these make my eyeballs drop out of my head they’re so beautiful. FlameRaven was the first, so here’s her lovely paper. Artists! If you’d like to be featured on SteampunkWallpaper.com, […]

Fullscreen: Broken Window

| July 21, 2008

Title: Broken WindowDescription: This one suggested by someone (I’m trying to find your post! if it was you, please comment!), but it’s the first one I’ve not liked so far. I’ll redo it at some point, but I must sleep tonight. Le Sigh. I guess I’m not going to make a winner every time.Type: Fullscreen, […]

Fullscreen: In Remembrance of Steam

| July 20, 2008

Title: In Remembrance of SteamDescription: Do sleeping machines dream?Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Another amazing picture from Sonya (her picture was the base for Map for a Factory Long Gone. Beautiful photography. Go check her Flickr stream.) Creative Commons Licensed derivative.

Widescreen: A Gentleman’s umbrella

| July 19, 2008

Title: A Gentleman’s umbrellaDescription: I think a losing an umbrella stand every month or so is worth this particular umbrella.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Greg E, and the clock by krazydad/jbum. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Old Ideas

| July 18, 2008

Title: Old IdeasDescription: I knew if I kept looking I’d find something in one of these old books…Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Paul Garland, with some help from Jon’s machinery brushes.  Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Robot Calling

| July 17, 2008

Title: Robot CallingDescription: Who’s at the door, honey?Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by $Y. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Forgotten Photograph

| July 16, 2008

Title: Forgotten PhotographDescription: I think this is my great, great, great grandfather, holding the cross-axle of the machine he invented. I found it in the bottom of a steamer trunk.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by an unknown artist. Library of Congress image found again though Pingnews. No known restrictions on publication for the base picture, but elements in […]

Widescreen: Mary’s first invention

| July 15, 2008

Title: Mary’s first inventionDescription: We were so proud of Mary the first time she fired up that thing. Of course, that was before it set fire to her little sister, and then went on to disintegrate the town… Mary was such a sweet girl, I’m not sure why we didn’t notice her mad…Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: […]

Widescreen: Victoriana

| July 14, 2008

Title: VictorianaDescription: wrought iron abstractType: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Meanest Indian. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Left watch remix

| July 13, 2008

This isn’t Sunday’s Wallpaper a day, but I thought I’d post it this morning anyway. EDIT: Sorry about the wrong link. Full size should work now! Title: Left WatchDescription: gently used paper desk blotter. Someone’s left his watch there overnight. There was a request for a widescreen version, so I made one.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050 (thanks […]

For Takuan: fullscreen 3d pipes paper.

| July 12, 2008

For Takuan. He commented that I should use the Pipes screensaver and slap some steam on it. So I did.

Tileable: Wooden desk with gears (large and small)

| July 11, 2008

Title: Wooden desk with gearsDescription: Simple wooden desk with gears. Due to an optical illusion, sometimes the gears seem to rotate… at least to some people. I’ve included two sizes. The large tiles approximately twice across the screen, and the small one tiles about 4 times.Type: tileableCredits: Hand created in Photoshop, with brushes from Ewark .

Fullscreen: Mechanical Spider (copper version)

| July 9, 2008

Title: Mechanical SpiderDescription: rivets, rust, and an itsy bitsy spider…Type: Fullscreen, 1600×1200Credits: Based on the spider picture by Tolka Rover and some grunge pictures by GrungeTextures.com. Creative Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Lady Bird

| July 8, 2008

Title: Lady BirdDescription: Copper, steam powered Lady Bird.Type: Fullscreen, 1600×1200Credits: Based on the ladybird picture by Reini68. Creative Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Steam Powered Fruit

| July 7, 2008

Title: Steam Powered FruitDescription: Waiter, my fruit is losing pressure. Stoke the boiler, won’t you?Type: Fullscreen, widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Fruit basket CC courtesy of His Master’s Voice. Boiler CC courtesy of Jackal of All Trades. Creative Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Steamyfox

| July 6, 2008

Title: SteamyfoxDescription: Firefox logo with rivets, grunge and steam.Type: Fullscreen, 1600×1200Credits: Some grunge textures from Grunge Textures. Logo by Mozilla.

Fullscreen: Broken Robot

| July 5, 2008

Title: Broken RobotDescription: Poor little broken robot…Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Base picture by Baboon tm. Creative Creative Commons licensed derivative of Baboon’s picture of one of Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys.

Fullscreen: Map to a Factory long gone

| July 4, 2008

Title: Map to a Factory long goneDescription: Paper with a factory and a strangerType: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Base picture by sonyasonya. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Nice Threads

| July 4, 2008

Title: Nice ThreadsDescription: Thread spools, old sewing machine, and faint shadows of yesteryear’s fashion sense.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Base pictures by Gabisa Motonia, wiseacre, and Sunspark58.Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Steamy Factory Woodcut

| July 3, 2008

Title: Steamy Factory WoodcutDescription:  Pipes and steam and gears.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Base picture by Autowitch. Creative Commons licensed derivative.