Steampunk Wallpaper

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

Steamtrain, leaving the station – widescreen and fullscreen

| October 17, 2009

Title: Steamtrain, leaving the stationDescription: Minor manipulations and tone/color washing, but the train and steam are genuine. I fell in love with this picture when I came across it on Flickr.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Creative Commons Licensed derivative of infomatique‘s beautiful picture “Steam Train – Leaving Connolly Station”

Boiler room, part 2 – Fullscreen and widescreen

| October 9, 2009

Title: Boiler room, part 2 Description: Well, I suppose the pipes probably go there…but where else? grungetextures.com/gallery/pic.php?id=626(by-nc when previously available) www.flickr.com/photos/chibijosh/67266910/(by-nc at the time of writing)  www.flickr.com/photos/redcritter86/3916858951/(by-nc-sa at the time of writing)  www.flickr.com/photos/broughturner/2330342519/(by-nc at the time of writing)  www.flickr.com/photos/helzerman/2543318402/(by-sa at the time of writing) www.flickr.com/photos/joeross/2498377434/(by-nc at the time of writing) License: Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, […]

Fullscreen and widescreen: Boiler room, part 1

| October 2, 2009

Title: Boiler room, part 1Description: I wonder where that pipe goes? Based off of these: [link](by-nc as of 2009-06-21) [link](by as of 2011-10-27) [link](by-nc as of 2011-10-27) Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial *EDIT* Made with Adobe Photoshop

Widescreen and fullscreen- Tophat

| September 27, 2009

Title: TophatDescription: A chapeau for those with discriminating tastes…Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Textures from Lost and Taken. Tophat source from rattified.

Fullscreen and widescreen: The Docks

| September 25, 2009

Title: The Docks Description: Better calibrate your monitors for this one – it’s pretty dark. Based off of these: [link](by-nc as of 2011-10-30) [link](by-nc-sa as of 2011-10-30) [link](by-nc as of 2011-10-30) Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike *EDIT* Made with Adobe Photoshop

Fullscreen and widescreen: Walls2

| September 23, 2009

Title: Walls2Description: Exciting name, isn’t it?Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Textures from Lost and Taken as well as Grunge and Filter Forge.

Fullscreen, Widescreen, and Dual-screen: Catch

| September 19, 2009

Title: CatchDescription: Ahoy, lads and lasses!  Here be a holiday wallpaper for ‘ye.  Think ye be fast enough to catch me present? (Originally posted September 19, 2009 – Talk Like a Pirate Day. Not in chronological order like the rest up to this point have been. Revised later to include another size.) Based off of […]

Fullscreen, Widescreen, and Dual-screen: Under Pressure

| September 17, 2009

Title: Under Pressure Description: Light retouching. Credits: Photo by Les Chatfield License: Creative Commons Attribution

Fullscreen and Widescreen: The Best Manfg. Co.

| September 7, 2009

Title: The Best Manfg. Co. Description: Gotta love the old abbreviations!  Minimal cropping and resizing from the original. Notes: Please leave comments to let us know what you like/dislike about this. Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024, Widescreen, 1680×1050 Credits:Excellent photo by Gregory P. Smith License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike

Fullscreen and Widescreen: Hot Water Balloon

| August 9, 2009

Title: Hot Water Balloon Description: Steam is lighter than air, isn’t it? www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/10509303/(by-sa at the time of writing) www.flickr.com/photos/dazzling_expresso/2266936562/(by-nc-sa at the time of writing) www.flickr.com/photos/grumpypants/2820036715/(by-nc at the time of writing) www.flickr.com/photos/ezioman/2095465978/(by at the time of writing) www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/2405208706/(by at the time of writing)

Guest Wallpaper (and a note): CyberHippie’s Steampunk wallpaper

| June 10, 2009

Hey, all. I know that I’ve been MIA, but I’m still working on some things.   Still taking submissions, though. 😀 Site is NOT dead. I repeat, the site is NOT DEAD. Title: CyberHippie’s Steampunk wallpaperDescription: Great, simple wallpaper from CyberHippie. Thanks, man!Type: Fullscreen?, 1398×916Credits: Copyright CyberHippie. (http://customsteampunk.com/ looks like a landing page. Cyber, is that the […]

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Steam Organ

| May 22, 2009

Title: Steam OrganDescription: …otherwise known as a calliope.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024, Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Original by Nick Trebyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/biggleswadeblue/3071236476/License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike Notes: Sorry, folks, for not posting in a while.  I was out of town for about a week, and felt like I was getting into a rut, so I thought I’d take a breather for […]

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Absinthe Lab

| May 3, 2009

Title: Absinthe LabDescription: Here at J.M. Smythe Absinthe Co., we take pride in our product.  “Experimentation is the key to the perfect taste!”Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: [link](by as of 2011-10-27) [link](by-nc as of 2011-10-27) [link](by as of 2011-10-27) [link](by-nc-sa as of 2011-10-27) [link](by-nc-sa as of 2011-10-27) License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-alikeNotes: There are no electric […]

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Steam Train Gears

| May 1, 2009

Title: Steam Train GearsDescription: That was its original title.  A close-up shot of some Walschaerts valve gear on a steam locomotive.  Valve gear is (fittingly enough) what drives the valves, to offset the valve movement from that of the piston, and controls whether the engine runs forward or backward.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Again, by […]

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Inner Workings

| April 29, 2009

Title: Inner WorkingsDescription: No idea what this thing is, but it’s cool!  Cropped, resized, and minor retouching.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Another wonderful original by Curious Expeditionshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/632777127/License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Disused gear

| April 27, 2009

Title: Disused gearDescription: Nice shot of an old gear, rotated, cropped, and resized.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Original by Stef Lewandowskihttp://www.flickr.com/photos/aeioux/107522319/License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Shift Key

| April 25, 2009

Title: Shift KeyDescription: Because, obviously, “Shift” by itself isn’t enough.  🙂 Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ongline/3131143170/License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Airship Cabin

| April 23, 2009

Title: Airship CabinDescription: The cabin of an airship!  I’ve actually been working on this one for months now, and just decided to call it done and post it.Type: Widescreen, 1920×1080 & 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: [link](by-nc-sa as of 2009-02-22) [link](by-nc as of 2011-10-25) [link](by-nc as of 2011-10-25) [link](by-nc-sa as of 2011-10-25) [link](by-nc-sa as of 2011-10-25) [link](by-nc […]

Guest Wallpaper: Firefly by Brigid Ashwood

| April 17, 2009

I finally bought my new Wacom pen for my tablet, so as soon as it gets here I’ll be doing more orginal stuff. In the mean time, here’s an awesome wallpaper submitted by Brigid Ashwood! Title: FireflyDescription: Cool steampunkian fairy by Brigid Ashwood. A lot of her stuff is awesome. Go look. She also has this totally […]

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