Steampunk Wallpaper

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

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. […]

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/

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 […]

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.

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.

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.

Fullscreen: Leaky Pipes

| February 8, 2009

Title:Leaky PipesDescription: I’ve been using this one to sort icons on my desktop. Top pipe is for really useful things (like Photoshop) and then I separate everything else out down below.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Hand painted in Photoshop, with textures by Grunge. Creative Commons licensed graphic.

Fullscreen: All Hallows’ Eve, and the lamps are lit.

| October 31, 2008

Title: All Hallows’ Eve, and the lamps are lit.Description: Wanted something orange and black for my desktop this week.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by pietroizzo. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Excerpt 3

| October 29, 2008

Title: Excerpt 3Description: More excerpts from Scientific American Supplement, this one No. 514, November 7, 1885. I’m learning a boatload from reading these things.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the ebook by posted by Project Gutenberg. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Clockstreet Grunge Abstract

| October 27, 2008

Title: Clockstreet Grunge AbstractDescription: I dunno. I’m battin about 3/5 with my last couple, but I’m still gearing up for NaNoWriMo, so I’m distracted.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by Alex Balan. Creative Commons licensed derivative. NOTE: Some people have pointed out that the roman numerals on the clock are wrong, specifically the 4. I […]

Fullscreen: The Green Fairy’s Outhouse

| October 24, 2008

Title: The Green Fairy’s OuthouseDescription: In honor of my friends.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by t3mplar. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Excerpt from Scientific American Supplement No. 819

| October 23, 2008

Title: Excerpt from Scientific American Supplement No. 819Description: Scientific American has so much awesome stuff in it. This one is from September 12, 1891.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the e book made available by Project Gutenberg. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: The Horseshoe Crabs

| October 22, 2008

Title: The Horseshoe CrabsDescription: Tribute to the locket on Girl Genius. The Foglios have a way with putting in tiny details that make things so much more interesting. While they are Gaslamp Fantsy, and not steampunk (as they say), I adore their work.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by Haeckel. Creative Commons licensed artwork. The original is in the public […]

Fullscreen, by request: Grand Bazaar

| October 21, 2008

Title: Grand BazaarDescription: Fullscreen version of Grand Bazaar.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by Curious Expeditions. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen, by request: Gearpaper 2

| October 18, 2008

Title: Gearpaper 2, fullscreenDescription: Fullscreen version of the widescreen, shaded version of Gearpaper 2, as requested by Kyle.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits:  Brushes from redheadstock along with some others. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen, by request: Harry A. Sprague Library

| October 15, 2008

Title: Harry A. Sprague LibraryDescription: Bill from the Harry A. Sprague Library requested a ‘plain’ desktop for use at the library. Here you go, Bill! Enjoy!Type: Fullscreen, 1600×1200Credits: Most of it hand made in photoshop. Creative Commons licensed derivative. Some spatters from Gorguss’s Photoshop brushes.