Steampunk Wallpaper

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Guest Wallpaper: Widescreen: Daedalus Escape

| September 25, 2008

Title: Daedalus EscapeDescription: Beautiful piece by a SUPER AWESOME person I know. I envy her her many talents, including wallpaper making. Enjoy! (fullscreen on it’s way, don’t worry!)Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Picture by Starcrosser. Copyright her.

Widescreen: WARMOSET

| September 20, 2008

Title: WARMOSETDescription: You laugh at me? ME? I am the greatest scientist of all time. UNLEASH THE WARMOSET!!!Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based off lots of pictures: Creative Commons licensed derivative. No, I have no idea where this came from. Perhaps this is the work of the genius behind the DestroyBot?

Widescreen: Drawing 1

| September 19, 2008

Title: Drawing 1Description: I landed on myriorama’s myxomycetes mushroom set, and was entranced.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by myriorama. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: The Summoner

| September 17, 2008

Title:The SummonerDescription: Well, for Max’s birthday we wanted to do something special, and we knew that he always loved science, so we had a real live scientist come in to show the mysteries of the universe to him and his little friends. :: sigh :: Of course, we didn’t realize that he would be showing […]

Widescreen: Machines of Old

| September 16, 2008

Title:Machines of Old, widescreenDescription: Grunge widescreen version of Machines of oldType: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based off the brushes by necrosensual-art and raininspiring. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Guest Wallpaper: Gears and Leather by Elepski Design

| September 15, 2008

Title:  Gears and LeatherDescription: Dark and subtle wallpaper submission by Curtis of Elepski Design.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Picture by Elepski Design. Gears and Leather by Elepski Design is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.elepski.com.

Widescreen: Big Vic Wall

| September 13, 2008

Title: Big Vic WallDescription: A full screen, tarted up version of Big Vic.Type: Widescreen, 1650×1080Credits: Based off of Big Vic, which is based off the picture by jrtcollector-Sassy Bella Melange. (Not CC on Flickr, but  labeled Free To Use). A bunch of random stuff is also in there. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Dangerous hobby

| September 7, 2008

Title: Dangerous hobbyDescription: So, there I was, tightening the flywheel, and the fuel scuttle snapped clean at the stem and set the whole damn thing on fire. I managed to put it out, but I had to lean on the main gear. Left a rather prominent scar, but at least I didn’t lose the entire […]

Widescreen: Water and Iron (by request)

| September 6, 2008

Title: Water and IronDescription: There was a request for a widescreen version of this, so I thought I’d oblige. 😀 Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based off the picture by Yersinia. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: Bottles

| September 3, 2008

Title: BottlesDescription: This picture (slight modified) was just too pretty not to share. EDIT: Just realized what was bothering me about this. Scientifically, the light beams from the sun are so close to parallel that they effectively are. Which means… this isn’t sunlight. It’s a very bright light at a much closer distance. I’m pretty […]

Widescreen: The Copernican System

| September 2, 2008

Title: The Copernican SystemDescription: From the photo of the same name. Ben Cooper is STILL my favorite person. This one is in the same style (shutup, I’m not being lazy, I’m being cheap) as Mechanics of an Orrey, Map to a factory Long Gone, and A Second Clue.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Ben Cooper. Creative Commons licensed […]

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 […]

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.

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)

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, […]

Widescreen: Pipes

| August 15, 2008

Title: PipesDescription: Honestly, I did nothing to this but put an faint frame on it. Lisa Brewster’s photo stands alone. It’s beautiful, Lisa.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Lisa Brewster. Creative Commons licensed derivative.