Website for Backdrops

(Image from WallpaperUp)

Yesterday I spent nearly four hours looking at pictures on Wallpaper Up.  It's certainly easy for any writer to get distracted while "doing research" on the internet.

But I swear this wasn't the case--for the most part.

I've been on a quest for exotic miniature backdrops to add to my meagre collection, which can be seen here and here.  Most of the stuff I found, like Ez Scenes are more suited for model railroading, depicting 1950s American and Europe than the "...galaxy far, far away." 

After a couple of hours of fruitless trolling, I was about to give up in despair.  Then I stumbled across Wallpaper Up.  The site is actually designed to provide desktop wallpaper for computer screens.  But that didn't stop me from spending an additional two hours downloading and printing various images to use as backdrops for upcoming chapters of Breakout from Bongolaan. 

I focused my search on:  Planets in Science Fiction, Futuristic Cityscapes, Futuristic Landscapes and was just taking my first peek at Battle Scenes and Star Wars, before calling it a night.

Of the 50 images I downloaded, I printed nine pieces of wallpaper art on standard 8" x 11" cardstock, that I felt would be large enough for close-up shots.  There's at least two dozen photos and on-line artwork I'd like to enlarge and paste on 20" x 30" poster boards. 

"I'd like to..." being the operative phrase.  To accomplish this, I'll have to take these to a print or photography shop.  I may trim this list down, once I get over the sticker shock of the cost per page. 

In the meantime, it's back to trolling through Wallpaper Up for more images, like this...