Func_Msgboard: Inspiration & Reference

Posted by metlslime on 2003/02/17 08:18:34

I just wanted to know if people had any links to good websites for either level design inspiration (photos, paintings, concept art, etc.) or just for architectural reference. We had a thread like this on the old qmap, but we know how much good that does us.

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Pixel Art

#986 posted by metlslime on 2008/03/06 11:03:21

random guy with cool pixel art:

http://www.foolstown.com/pix/

A Few Shots Of Brutalist Architecture

#987 posted by bambuz on 2008/03/19 01:59:56

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpmiss/2165948885/sizes/o/in/pool-82971046@N00/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iqbalaalam/2192429102/sizes/l/in/pool-82971046@N00/

Mmf.

#988 posted by biff_debris. on 2008/03/22 02:43:36

Rough-hewn awesomeness, bam =D

#989 posted by Kell on 2008/03/22 03:02:12

how are either of those rough hewn?

Bad Choice Of Words?

#990 posted by biff_debris. on 2008/03/23 05:55:22

Go play my base pack map, Kell.

Alien Life

#991 posted by bambuz on 2008/03/25 03:06:31

Well, almost
http://www.seatreker.com/Lembeh06.htm

My current favourite:
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/outdoor_health/uploaded_images/mantis-shrimp-791419.jpg

Haha

#992 posted by DaZ on 2008/03/25 19:44:59

whats that little bastard got to cheer about, he looks the the bastard child of a hula dancer and a orange elephant! :)

#993 posted by bambuz on 2008/03/25 20:42:42

In April 1998, an aggressive creature named Tyson smashed through the quarter-inch-thick glass wall of his cell. He was soon subdued by nervous attendants and moved to a more secure facility in Great Yarmouth.

So that little bastard has one of the fastest punches in nature. Plus it can see and differentiate circularly polarized light, even clockwise and anticlockwise. You can't do either of those. Among many other things.

Looks Like Dougle

#994 posted by RickyT33 on 2008/03/26 10:25:57

from the Magic Roundabout...

A First Hand Account

#995 posted by bambuz on 2008/04/08 12:21:25

on encountering bigger-than-man Humboldt squids.

http://www.deeperblue.net/article.php/696/%200/0

Strange things exist in the sea.

Nice

#996 posted by bambuz on 2008/04/11 03:41:56

First high res pics of Phobos
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/phobos.php

#997 posted by - on 2008/04/11 05:26:28

I think I can see a CyberDemon :o

That's Going Straight On A Gui

#998 posted by Kinn on 2008/04/11 20:47:24

(in my map that may or may not ever be finished)

Scampie

#999 posted by than on 2008/04/12 17:08:12

I thought I saw the chinese flag!

Better double check.

Illustrations

#1000 posted by jiri_b on 2008/04/16 01:23:23

by Boris Artzybasheff

http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/02/media-artzybasheffs-machinalia.html

Stills From Some Anime:

#1001 posted by metlslime on 2008/04/22 07:58:18

http://i-seldom-do.livejournal.com/115405.html

Woot

#1002 posted by Blitz on 2008/04/22 09:27:56

Awesome stuff!

Tekkon Kinkreet.

#1003 posted by bal on 2008/04/22 11:26:20

Awesome movie.

I have both those artbooks, with all the scenery sketches and paintings, amazing work, and very inspirational, 100+ pages of that kind of art in both of them.

More...

#1004 posted by bal on 2008/04/22 11:37:24

The second artbook is full of sketches like this: http://born-robotic.net/stuff/tekkonkinkreet.jpg
Which are also amazing.

Both

#1005 posted by bambuz on 2008/04/22 15:50:07

extreme talent, extreme ambition. And diligence.
I don't know that movie but some anime things really go the extra mile in detail, something that is practically never seen in "for kids" western animation.

Well...

#1006 posted by bal on 2008/04/22 16:00:26

In the 'west', Pixar definitely go that extra mile too.

I Don't Like Pixar Too Much Though I Should Watch It More

#1007 posted by bambuz on 2008/04/22 17:20:08

Best western animation to me is probably the forties Donald Ducks etc. They're comedy but anyway you can feel identify with Donald so much in his hardships.
Bugs Bunny etc are cheap and nonsensical instead...

Have You Seen

#1008 posted by RickyT33 on 2008/04/22 17:33:01

Ratatouille (sp?)

That movie almost made me cry.

Well...

#1009 posted by bal on 2008/04/22 17:40:05

Even if you don't enjoy Pixar movies, you can't deny their creative process is very in depth, the ammount of research and concept art they make for each movie is amazing. Everyone of the "The Art of..." artbooks released for each Pixar movie is great.

And yeah, Ratatouille is great, can't wait for Wall-E.

Ratatouille...

#1010 posted by JPL on 2008/04/22 21:22:59

...is a great movie, as it speaks very well of French cuisine :D Yummy !!

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