Most of the wallpapers on this site are Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial - Share Alike 3.0 licensed. Check each wallpaper for it's individual license; some are copyright their original owners (in the case of guest wallpapers or featured artists)
Gear brushes used in my pictures are from several people. Unfortunately, I've lost the credit file of who all of those people are.
However, one has found me!
Ewark made the brushes used in several posts.
Mousewrites | 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.
Mousewrites | August 14, 2008
Title: Let there be SCIENCE!Description: Inspired by Dr. Horrible, and Dr. Steel, my two favorite labcoated men. Not strictly steampunk, I know, but… well, I had to. I blame SCIENCE!Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based off the picture by Impulse Stock. Creative Commons licensed derivative.
Mousewrites | August 13, 2008
Title: Vernian Process wallpaperDescription: The very awesome band Vernian Process offered to share this very awesome wallpaper with us. Go check out their music; I think it’s particularly nifty.Type: Widescreen, 1440×900Credits: Copyright to Vernian Process
Mousewrites | August 12, 2008
Title: Municipal PowerDescription: The power station was a lovely place to go visit for lunch, but for some reason any chocolate you had in your pockets melted before dessert…Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Sunsurfr, with bits by Djof. Creative Commons licensed derivative.
Mousewrites | August 7, 2008
Title: The MachineDescription: Eventually, it ran down, and we never could figure out how to make it start again. We learned how to get along without it, but at night I missed the sounds it had made as it moved around in the parlor.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Dru!. Creative Commons licensed derivative. […]
Mousewrites | 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 […]
Mousewrites | 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.
Mousewrites | August 3, 2008
Title: Make the trains run on time.Description: Hm. We’ll be late if we stop here. I should have checked the mainspring before we left Prague…Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the pictures by Wili Hybrid and Falln-Stock. Creative Commons licensed derivative.
Mousewrites | August 2, 2008
Title: Aeronaught’s Badge (widescreen edition)Description: My stupid roommate has a stupid widescreen monitor and she won’t leave me alone. HERE! It’s widescreen now! ::sticks her tongue out at her roommate::Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Still based on lots of pictures: Creative Commons licensed derivative.
Mousewrites | 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 […]
Mousewrites | July 25, 2008
Title:LeftoversDescription: This one is almost entirely Balakov’s amazing photo, with only small stuff done by me. Balakov is amazing.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based off the picture by Balakov. Creative Commons licensed derivative.
Mousewrites | July 23, 2008
Two versions because I’m indecisive. Title: KeysDescription: just a pile of keysType: Seamlessly tiling,Credits: Based of the picture by MikeK. Creative Commons Licensed Derivative. Title: Low contrast KeysDescription: just a pile of keys but dim enough you can still see your icons.Type: Seamlessly tiling,Credits: Based of the picture by MikeK. Creative Commons Licensed Derivative.
Mousewrites | July 22, 2008
What’s this? A new type of post? Do tell! A few people have given me permission to post a wallpaper they have made. Some of these make my eyeballs drop out of my head they’re so beautiful. FlameRaven was the first, so here’s her lovely paper. Artists! If you’d like to be featured on SteampunkWallpaper.com, […]
Mousewrites | July 20, 2008
Title: In Remembrance of SteamDescription: Do sleeping machines dream?Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Another amazing picture from Sonya (her picture was the base for Map for a Factory Long Gone. Beautiful photography. Go check her Flickr stream.) Creative Commons Licensed derivative.
Mousewrites | July 19, 2008
Title: A Gentleman’s umbrellaDescription: I think a losing an umbrella stand every month or so is worth this particular umbrella.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Greg E, and the clock by krazydad/jbum. Creative Commons licensed derivative.
Mousewrites | July 17, 2008
Title: Robot CallingDescription: Who’s at the door, honey?Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by $Y. Creative Commons licensed derivative.
Mousewrites | July 11, 2008
Title: Wooden desk with gearsDescription: Simple wooden desk with gears. Due to an optical illusion, sometimes the gears seem to rotate… at least to some people. I’ve included two sizes. The large tiles approximately twice across the screen, and the small one tiles about 4 times.Type: tileableCredits: Hand created in Photoshop, with brushes from Ewark .
Mousewrites | July 8, 2008
Title: Lady BirdDescription: Copper, steam powered Lady Bird.Type: Fullscreen, 1600×1200Credits: Based on the ladybird picture by Reini68. Creative Creative Commons licensed derivative.
Mousewrites | July 4, 2008
Title: Map to a Factory long goneDescription: Paper with a factory and a strangerType: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Base picture by sonyasonya. Creative Commons licensed derivative.
Mousewrites | July 4, 2008
Title: Nice ThreadsDescription: Thread spools, old sewing machine, and faint shadows of yesteryear’s fashion sense.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Base pictures by Gabisa Motonia, wiseacre, and Sunspark58.Creative Commons licensed derivative.
