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/

A request from Woodguy32 – Rusty pipe 2

| March 7, 2010

Title: Industrial – Rusty pipe 2Description: I got an email from an awesome builder of Steampunk computer systems, Woodguy32. He requested a few wallpapers to display on his amazing monitors, and I am delighted to do so! Also, check out his auction for his latest keyboard (ends Mar 07, 201018:56:28 PST, so hurry!)Type: Widescreen, 1600×900Credits: Textures from the […]

Steamtrain, leaving the station – widescreen and fullscreen

| October 17, 2009

Title: Steamtrain, leaving the stationDescription: Minor manipulations and tone/color washing, but the train and steam are genuine. I fell in love with this picture when I came across it on Flickr.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Creative Commons Licensed derivative of infomatique‘s beautiful picture “Steam Train – Leaving Connolly Station”

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

Guest Wallpaper: Widescreen – Steampunk Graffiti by Brad

| April 15, 2009

Title: Steampunk GraffitiDescription: Brad says “Latest graffiti design using Steampunk style.” This is a pretty cool reimagining of the steampunk style. It’s got a lot of steampunk elements, but is very different from a purely Victorian or classical feel. This is the more subversive side of steampunk. Thanks, Brad!Type: Widescreen, 1920×1080Credits:http://www.graffititechnica.com/Graffiti_steampunk.htmlLicense: Brad says “My whole take on the […]

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 […]

Widescreen: Steamglass Window

| February 3, 2009

Title: Steamglass WindowDescription: This… is not the wallpaper I started out to make. I had dreams, you see, dreams of empty cathedral windows, brimming with steam, colors projected upon it’s vaporous goodness. Steamglass windows, the perfect adornment for a factory cathedral. But no, it was not meant to be. My brain, my mouse wandered. I […]

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: Train

| October 10, 2008

No Zomblies tonight; too tired. Star (who is awesome, btw. Makes all sorts of cool steampunkery. I covet her raygun. ) gave me the PSD though, so… ::thumbs up:: Title: TrainDescription: Nothing manipulated here, other than a faint edge shadow for edge-happiness sake. I just love this picture, and wanted to share it with you all. I know it’s a little […]

Widescreen: Clothed in Steam

| October 2, 2008

Title: Clothed in SteamDescription: They found her in the morning, still steaming gently. She never was able to tell them where she came from, but she worked metal as if she was born to it.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based of the picture by Marcus J. Ranum, and a background by sonyasonya. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: That’s it, I’m outta here.

| September 30, 2008

Title: That’s it, I’m outta here.Description: Took me three weeks to get the damn tank right, but I’m finally ready go go. See you later, suckers!Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the pictures by nick_russill and Crayok. 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: 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: 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: […]

Widescreen: Leftovers

| 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.

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!)

Fullscreen: Broken Window

| July 21, 2008

Title: Broken WindowDescription: This one suggested by someone (I’m trying to find your post! if it was you, please comment!), but it’s the first one I’ve not liked so far. I’ll redo it at some point, but I must sleep tonight. Le Sigh. I guess I’m not going to make a winner every time.Type: Fullscreen, […]

Fullscreen: In Remembrance of Steam

| 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.

Widescreen: A Gentleman’s umbrella

| 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.

Widescreen: Robot Calling

| 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.