Steampunk Wallpaper

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

Fullscreen: High Flyin’

| August 28, 2008

Title: High Flyin’Description: Ah, those were the days. Of course, twenty minutes after this, the Pirates attacked, and McGee lost part of his mustache to an exploding autogyro. He was never the same after that….Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the pictures below: Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Abstract

| August 27, 2008

Title:AbstractDescription: Rocket Robby stepped up to the plate, and gifted me with something for you tonight. I also had a few others; expect them to pop up sometime soon. Thank you all so much!Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the pictures by Rocket Robby (what url, man?). Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Enlist today!

| August 26, 2008

Description: Do you Tire of Being Confined to this Dismal Earth? Do you Envy the Birds their Careless Flight? There is Hope! Enlist in the Aerocorps Today! Penetrate the Very Firmament! See the Wonders of the Sky! You Will Fly, Guaranteed.* *Landings not Guaranteed. Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by Dogseat of the World Moustache […]

Fullscreen: Submarine 1

| August 24, 2008

Title: Submarine 1Discription: I know, it’s the most original title ever. Shut up. I’m having a bad internet day. 🙁 Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credit: Sub credit: Diver Meg. Porthole credit: Leo Reynolds. Room credit: oobrien. Creative Commons licensed derivative. Edit: IT WORKS YAY! Whatever weirdness that happened before, we managed to fix it somehow. Edit 2: well, I figured out what happened. […]

Fullscreen: Pipe Organ

| August 21, 2008

Title: Pipe OrganDescription: Well, the last two have basically struck out. This one is more traditionally ‘steamy.’ I hope to have a little more time to work on any of the four that are more involved than these nightly ones.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by ario_J. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Impulse

| August 20, 2008

Title: ImpulseDescription: I’m in a weird mood tonight. This is the same kind of mood that produce Disasters can be Beautiful, though, and people seem to like that one. I’ll just post it an hope I don’t get stoned off the internet. Oh, wait, am I typing or thinking this?Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture […]

Fullscreen: Warning Light Activated

| August 19, 2008

Title: Warning Light ActivatedDescription: Damnation! I thought we had lost him in the clouds! Bring the net guns around!Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by Bleicher. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Disasters can be beautiful

| August 16, 2008

Title: Disasters can be beautifulDescription: Even the failure of the most brutal plan can be beautiful… especially if you’re not the one on fire. Mostly an abstract. I fell in love with the colors while I was trying to do something else with it, and decided to post this version instead.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off […]

Fullscreen: Destroy Bot is looking for love

| August 11, 2008

Title: Destroy Bot is looking for loveDescription: Destroy Bot goes to Florence, looking for someone to love.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by echiner1, with a crab by Vanessa Pike-Russell, with some fire supplied by cnynfreelancer. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Letter from Abigail

| August 10, 2008

Title:Letter from Abigail Description: Dearest Grandfather, Lyra received your generous gift, and adores it. We, however, have no idea what it is, and Lyra will not explain it. Also, it seems to have changed the cat into some kind of hidious mechanical contraption. Could you possibly inform us of what exactly you have given your […]

Fullscreen: Time Machine

| August 9, 2008

Title: Time MachineDescription: So many buttons. What does this one do?Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the pictures by Observe the Banana and Marttj. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Tesla’s porchlight

| August 8, 2008

Title: Tesla’s porchlight.Description: Posting from the road, so no credit links on me. All CC, I promise! As soon as I get home I’ll edit with the credits.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: EDIT: Yey! Found the credits! Based on: Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Guest Wallpaper: Wallpapers (AND SCREENSAVERS!) from The Idea Can

| August 6, 2008

Check these out, aren’t they Nifty? Benjamin of The Idea Can contacted me to offer up these sweet wallpapers. Unlike me, he gives you a bunch of sizes, including cell phones! AND, as a super sweet bonus, he’s made downloadable moving screensavers of some of them. How f’ing awesome is that?? Thanks, Benjamin! Title: Steam Powered Description:Guest wallpaper with gears and […]

Fullscreen: ‘Gaslamps’ 2

| August 5, 2008

Title: ‘Gaslamps’ 2Description: Another ‘lamps on a wall’. I really like doing these, because I have to handpaint the light when it goes out of the original picture’s frame. Am I a geek? yes. EDIT: Ok, ok, I know these are lightbulbs, not flames. I just liked the title. Here, I’ll put quotes around it.Type: […]

Fullscreen: Auto-Gyro Detected

| August 4, 2008

Title: Auto-Gyro DetectedDescription: Damnit, they must have followed us. Warm up the harpoons, boys, we’re in for a fight.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by the lovey Lisa Brewster. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Aeronaught’s Badge

| July 30, 2008

Title: Mechanic’s BadgeDescription: This popped into my head on the way home tonight. I had originally thought of it as a steampunk doctor’s badge (my robot is broken! Help!), but the caduceus (the winged staff surrounded by snakes) is not actually the medical badge. So, instead, here is the badge of the Aeronaught.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based on […]

Fullscreen: The Secretary

| July 29, 2008

Title: The SecretaryDescription: Whew. Lots of hand work in this one, and a lot of sources. I’m going to go to sleep before my hands drop off!Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the following pictures: Creative Commons licensed derivative. So. Tired.

Fullscreen: Edgecrumb’s Aerial Toasting Machine

| July 27, 2008

Title: Edgecrumb’s Flying Toasting MachineDescription: Dusted off my 3D skills for this one. 3DS Max, lots of Grunge textures, and a few hours of pounding my head into the desk. Homage to After Dark’s iconic Flying Toasters screensaver. The wings are based on da Vinci’s flying machine, though it’s hard to tell at this angle. Flying toasters of love, indeed!Type: […]

Fullscreen: Gearswoop 1

| July 26, 2008

Title:Gearswoop 1Description: Simple wallpaper, based on what I wanted my EEE desktop wallpaper to look like but was unable to get it to do. I may make a special “frekin’ weird” sized version of this for those of use with mini computers in our lives.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Hand made in Photoshop with a gear brush and too much time […]

Fullscreen: Cog

| July 24, 2008

Title: CogDescription: Macro shot of a cog. A simple paper.Type: Fullscreen. 1280×1024Credits: Based of the picture by Balakov. Creative Commons licensed derivative. (Balakov, sorry so much for forgetting the link! I swear, my head wasn’t screwed on right last night!)