Steampunk Wallpaper

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

Application of Vapourjet for Manned Flight

| September 10, 2010

Title: Application of Vapourjet for Manned FlightDescription: Indeed, heavier-than-air flying machines are possible.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, 1280×1024Credits: Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-alike. Based on these: http://www.flickr.com/photos/richspk/1164873053/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjackrian/459183801/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/14508691@N08/3927569742/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/phonogalerie/4179465818/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitkeeper82/3970918663/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/davefayram/3295328389/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/3456361581/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/silverfuture/4641267746/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianjmatis/3530280988/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/koalie/2681151836/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezioman/2095465978/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaui/3524305769/

Not dead! Massive set of guest wallpapers to tide you over.

| June 2, 2010

Hey all! No, I’m not dead, I’ve just been very, very busy. For one, I’ve been running a tabletop RPG for 10 people (ye gods, I must be mad) that has taken up a lot of my free time. Yes, of course there are airships in it. It’s a reality-bending modern game set in Oklahoma. […]

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: 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: Dynamo

| April 21, 2009

Title: DynamoDescription: A really cool shot of a dynamo at Strasburg (which is known far and wide for their repair shop).  Pretty much straight from the source, with just some cropping and resizing.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinkemmerer/2593678907/License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Clockwork

| April 9, 2009

Title: ClockworkDescription: What can I say, it’s just a really cool photo.  Pretty much no retouching – just resizing/cropping.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Joseph O’Connell http://www.flickr.com/photos/joconnell/539761408/License: Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Same as above.License: Same as above.

Guest Wallpaper: Myke Amend’s “Behold the Machine”

| March 13, 2009

Title: Behold the MachineDescription: From Myke “Wallpaper from the painting I did for the same-named Vernian Process CD.” From Mouse “:: whimper :: oh god, this is such a beautiful piece of art. The airship in the back makes me tremble. Thank you so much, Mike!”Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported, by Myke Amend.Myke also gave it to […]

Guest Wallpaper: Widescreen, Race the Turkey!

| October 31, 2008

Today marks the last of the daily wallpapers until December, as I’ll be working on my Steampunk NaNoWriMo project. 50,000 words, baBEY. Here I come. I’ll be tracking progress (and by that I mean you can watch me go insane) at my personal journal: Geekery Abounds. (and yes, I know I haven’t posted much there. This website took […]

Widescreen: The Steam Bell

| October 25, 2008

Title: The Steam BellDescription: Went a little color crazy tonight. 😀 Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits:  Based off the e book made available by Project Gutenberg. 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, 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.

Widescreen: Grand Bazaar

| October 19, 2008

Title: Grand BazaarDescription:Photo basically stands on its own. Gah.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Curious Expeditions. 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.

Fullscreen: Rising

| October 5, 2008

Title: RisingDescription: In honor of the HP Lovecraft Film Festival, which I’m going to later today, I present a metal tentacle for your perusal. My Wacom tablet is still broken, so it’s painted with a mouse. I may do another with the tablet when I get it repaired.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Hand painted in Photoshop.

Fullscreen: Machines of Old

| September 23, 2008

Title: Machines of Old, fullscreen.Description: AND a fullscreen version, because I know I’m going to be asked for it. Based on Machines of Old, again.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the brushes by necrosensual-art and raininspiring. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

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.

Seamless: Machines of old

| September 14, 2008

Title: Machines of oldDescription: I said there would be more. This one is more grungy and mechanical than Big Vic.Type: Seamless, 512×512Credits: Based off the brushes by necrosensual-art and raininspiring. Creative Commons licensed derivative. Title: Machines of oldDescription:Same as the above but smaller.

Guest Wallpaper: Birthed in Brass by Terrichance

| September 12, 2008

Title: Birthed in BrassDescription: Mech and brass and lines. Awesome work submitted by Kevin. This one’s a jpg, but I have the original PNG at 800×600 if anyone wants it.Type: Fullscreen, 1024×768Credits: Based off the picture by Terrichance.