Steampunk Wallpaper

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

Globe Lamp – Fullscreen AND Widescreen

| April 8, 2009

Retouched a bit to help add depth and straighten it out. Based on this: Globe Lamp of the Ocean’s Currents and 1930s modes of transport by Curious ExpeditionsLicensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike as of 2011-12-28 Made with Adobe Photoshop and The GIMP

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Surveyor’s Compass

| April 7, 2009

The new model of surveyor’s compass – now with electrical bubble levels! Based on this: Surveyors Compass by Curious ExpeditionsLicensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike as of 2011-12-28 Made with Adobe Photoshop and The GIMP

Brass Goggles on Blue

| April 5, 2009

Title: Brass Goggles on Blue Hi everyone! Mouse has decided to take me on as an apprentice SteampunkWallpaper-er! I only hope I can be useful enough to merit it (and not mess everything up too bad  ). But please, if you see anything I can improve on, let me know. Feedback is welcome, good or bad. […]

Dual-Screen: Mr. Tesla’s summer house

| March 23, 2009

Title: Mr. Tesla’s summer houseDescription: It really was a sleepy village capital of an entire nation.. until that Mr. Tesla moved in.Type: Dual-Screen, 2560×1024Credits: Based off the pictures by Pavlem and stuart updegrave, with lightening from the brushes by Scully7491. Creative Commons licensed derivative. [Edit to fix some spelling and factual errors. 😀 ]

Guest Wallpaper: Zeppelin Depot

| March 22, 2009

Title: Zeppelin DepotDescription: Kyle says ” I hope it’s not too subtle, but here’s my latest one.” Thanks, Kyle!Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Made by Kyle. Based off the pictures: www.flickr.com/photos/ezioman/2095465978/ www.flickr.com/photos/timzim/380424421/ www.flickr.com/photos/renwest/1418439938/ www.flickr.com/photos/kkanouse/3017830498/ www.flickr.com/photos/jiva/174552821/ www.flickr.com/photos/aldaron/536362686/ www.flickr.com/photos/eltham_mob/2293366788/ www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyenglish/899386318/ www.flickr.com/photos/airthru_takashi/2132646130/

Guest Wallpaper: Myke Amend’s “Behold the Machine”

| March 13, 2009

Title: Behold the MachineDescription: From Myke “Wallpaper from the painting I did for the same-named Vernian Process CD.” From Mouse “:: whimper :: oh god, this is such a beautiful piece of art. The airship in the back makes me tremble. Thank you so much, Mike!”Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported, by Myke Amend.Myke also gave it to […]

Featured Artist: Aly Fell – Judith and Holofernes

| March 9, 2009

Title: Judith and HolofernesDescription: I stumbled on Aly Fell’s work on CGPortfolio.com the other day, and was blown away by his paintings. The way he does faces, in particular, is amazing. I like his version of Harley Quinn, too, (though she’s not steampunkery,) and OMG Gomez! He was kind enough to let me feature him here. Go see more of […]

Widescreen: Simple Rust

| March 8, 2009

Title: Simple RustDescription: I needed something dark and not too busy for a week of heavy icon use on my desktop.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Some textures by Grunge. Creative Commons licensed wallpaper.

Guest Wallpaper: Steam-Powered Submarine (requested sizes)

| March 6, 2009

Title: Steam-Powered SubmarineDescription: Kyle loves you even more and made three more versions of this. This one is lacking the water bottle.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024, Widescreen, 1680×1050, Widescreen, 2560×1600Credits: Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Guest Wallpaper: Widescreen AND fullscreen: Novel Exercise Apparatus by Kyle

| February 28, 2009

Title: Novel Exercise ApparatusDescription: Kyle loves you and made two versions of this.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024, Widescreen, 2560×1600Credits: Based off the following pictures: Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Guest Wallpaper: Widescreen – Eagle

| February 25, 2009

A guest submission by Jeff Perryman of Toy Soldiers Unite. Title: EagleDescription: The United States SealType: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Created by Jeff Perryman, no copyright.

Guest Wallpaper: Fullscreen – Trolly

| February 24, 2009

A guest submission by Jeff Perryman of Toy Soldiers Unite. Title: TrollyDescription: An old style trolly advertisementType: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Created by Jeff Perryman, no copyright.

Guest Wallpaper: Fullscreen – Trolly

| February 24, 2009

A guest submission by Jeff Perryman of Toy Soldiers Unite. Title: TrollyDescription: An old style trolly advertisementType: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Created by Jeff Perryman, no copyright.

Fullscreen: Pipeboards

| February 23, 2009

Title: PipeboardsDescription: Darker, less subtle and Interfacing 1 or Interfacing 2, but a bit more 3D ad well.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Hand made in Photoshop, but includes textures from Grunge and Smashmethod. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Guest Wallpaper: Fullscreen, Steam-Powered Submarine by Kyle

| February 22, 2009

Title: Steam-Powered SubmarineDescription: Cool new wallpaper by Kyle the Commenter (who’s kinda shy). He’s given me a few new wallpapers to post, and they’ll be sprinkled here and there over the next week or so. 🙂  I really like this; it takes a pretty simple concept (steam submarine, which I did here, but mine’s not […]

Fullscreen: Interfacing 2

| February 19, 2009

Title: Interfacing 2Description: Man, these are a blast to do.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by Curious Expeditions, again.Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Interfacing 1

| February 18, 2009

Title: Interfacing 1Description: I always end up arranging my icons into little groups, and have been making ‘labeled’ icon box wallpapers for a while. Here’s one that’s non-labeled… and widescreen! If people like them, I’ll do some more. I have visions of ornate scrollwork fillagree’d boxes….Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based off the picture by Curious Expeditions, again. […]

Fullscreen, by request: Blue Watch

| February 17, 2009

Title: Fullscreen Blue WatchDescription: You wanted a fullscreen, you got it. 😀 Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Still based off the picture by Curious Expeditions. Creative Commons licensed derivative. Version of Widescreen: Blue Watch.

Fullscreen: Geargrunge

| February 16, 2009

Title:GeargrungeDescription:Abstracty gear grungy thingymaboby. What? I just woke up.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by abbey*christine, with some textures by Grunge for spice. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen – Dual Monitor Special! Coffee

| February 15, 2009

Title: CoffeeDescription: Yes, I know that almost nobody has dual WIDESCREEN monitors… I forgot. I’ll probably make a ‘fullscreen-dual’ at some point this week.  This is a ‘love you’ present for all the caffinee soaked, twitchy people in my life.Type: Widescreen, 3360×1050Credits: Based off the picture by Curious Expeditions, again (I can’t help it. they have […]