Steampunk Wallpaper

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

Alternate Lift

| February 13, 2011

Title: Alternate LiftDescription: Slightly faster.  Ski mask required.Type: Widescreen, 1920×1080, 1680×1050, 1280×1024Credits: Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution. Notes: I’d like to point out that I used The GIMP to make this.  I’ve used it for a few of my other ones as well but I don’t think I’ve mentioned it every time.  If you haven’t […]

Fullscreen: Stringed Instrument

| September 27, 2008

Title:  Stringed InstrumentDescription: This one didn’t come out exactly as I wanted it to, but I like it well enough.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by *fetishfaerie-stock. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Deckhand

| September 24, 2008

Title: DeckhandDescription:Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the pictures by Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: The alleyway

| September 18, 2008

Title: The alleywayDescription: Fantastic base picture. I wanted a simple, low contrast wallpaper for my work, so I made one. Not terribly steampunky, but I like it.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by Alex Clark. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: The Summoner

| September 17, 2008

Title:The SummonerDescription: Well, for Max’s birthday we wanted to do something special, and we knew that he always loved science, so we had a real live scientist come in to show the mysteries of the universe to him and his little friends. :: sigh :: Of course, we didn’t realize that he would be showing […]

Guest Wallpaper: Old Cog by mszafran

| September 11, 2008

Title: Old CogDescription: Something from off the coast of Oregon. I remember reading about some of this stuff washing up. As I’m an Oregonian myself, this picture brings me a special kind of joy.Type: Fullscreen, 2624×1966Credits: Guest wallpaper by Mszafran.

Guest Wallpaper: Raygun by mszafran

| September 10, 2008

Title: RaygunDescription: Hand made raygun. Nice aged photo. I like it muchly. Thanks, Matt!Type: Fullscreen, 1632×1214Credits: Guest wallpaper by Mszafran.

Fullscreen: Model aPod

| September 1, 2008

Title: Model aPodDescription: Jose didn’t seem to like the new music machine, but when his grandfather tried to get him to take off the Audioator nubs, he screamed something about no one understanding him and went to his room for three hours. The next day he had plastered his room in posters and was wearing […]

Widescreen: Decorated Airship

| August 30, 2008

Title: Decorated AirshipDescription: On her virgin flight, The Painted Lady carried on board no less than three bottles of Champane, 2 bottles of Brandy, and 16 bottles of some kind of moonshine Edgecrumb purchased from a street merchant in Vienna.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture from the Bain Collection (Library of Congress) via Pingnews. Flames […]

Widescreen: First Day of School

| August 29, 2008

Title: First Day of SchoolDescription: It took a while before Sarah made it to school, but eventually they figured out a way for her to take her Special Machine with her…Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based off the picture by PingNews. [No Known Restrictions: Girls Leave Factory by Lewis W. Hine, 1910 (Library of Congress)] Creative Commons licensed […]

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: 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 […]

Widescreen: Make the trains run on time

| 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.

Widescreen: Forgotten Photograph

| July 16, 2008

Title: Forgotten PhotographDescription: I think this is my great, great, great grandfather, holding the cross-axle of the machine he invented. I found it in the bottom of a steamer trunk.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by an unknown artist. Library of Congress image found again though Pingnews. No known restrictions on publication for the base picture, but elements in […]

For Takuan: fullscreen 3d pipes paper.

| July 12, 2008

For Takuan. He commented that I should use the Pipes screensaver and slap some steam on it. So I did.