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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Home Sweet Home

#1151 posted by pope on 2008/10/10 01:46:09

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-10/ff_walker?currentPage=all

Site Of The Guy Whose Pics Lun Linked To

#1152 posted by nitin on 2008/10/10 13:21:20

heaps more photos here, sorted by country.

http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/

Shop Till You Drop

#1153 posted by pope on 2008/10/11 00:03:25

http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2008/10/sarugaku-backstreet-shopping-mall/

A Few Futuristic Transportation Themes

#1154 posted by bambuz on 2008/10/11 04:16:35

Rollercoasters are the way of the future - you can do tight turns with high speed since the track can be tilted.
http://www.brusa.biz/news/news.php?l_sel=1&idm=4&idk=9

There's been a huge number of fascinating concepts for mass transit but something always comes in the way:
http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/romag.htm

Here's a more general history with a huge number of cases http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/history.htm

Addendum

#1155 posted by bambuz on 2008/10/11 04:37:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdF0FK-2io
Cabintaxi from Germany

Finely Lacquered Hardwood Crateware

#1156 posted by Lunaran on 2008/10/11 08:33:45

http://www.alicjakwade.com/Palette.html

#1157 posted by Zwiffle on 2008/10/11 09:14:05

That does not inspire me. That makes me suicidal.

Wuppertal Schwebebahn

#1158 posted by jiri_b on 2008/10/11 15:55:55

a monorail thats now over 100 years old !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNI45mt8q0o&feature=related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Schwebebahn

Now Zwiffle,

#1159 posted by HeadThump on 2008/10/11 18:22:21

as the computer game industry grows, more specialized niches will spring up, and virtual crate designers are bound to be high in demand (ever seen a FPS without one?).

Of course, gazebos are my thing.

#1160 posted by Lunaran on 2008/10/13 14:43:32

http://blog.kierankelly.net/

Hard-ons

#1161 posted by pope on 2008/10/13 22:02:17

from teh 31st century!

Frank Frazetta

#1162 posted by pjw on 2008/10/16 04:12:09

is the man. He's always been one of my favorites, and is often imitated, but few artists have the sheer talent and style to get away with it.

More here:
http://www.artshakes.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=99

Also

#1163 posted by pjw on 2008/10/16 06:29:53

apologies if this has been posted here before, but I hadn't seen a lot of these:

http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

Be sure to go on to part two.

#1164 posted by Zwiffle on 2008/10/16 06:49:59

Not sure if it was mentioned in your link, but I heard Frazetta lost his right arm (his drawing arm) to a stroke or somesuch, and re-learned to draw with his left arm.

Fucking gosu. Props. Mad props.

Nice...

#1165 posted by metlslime on 2008/10/16 11:01:43

seen about half of those.

but WTF... they listed Agbar Tower twice! (ones as "Torre Agbar")

Stefan Hoenerloh

#1166 posted by Spirit on 2008/10/17 10:33:53

I saw a poster of some picture of this guy yesterday because there will be an exhibition in Hamburg. Thought "BANG! Inspiration!".

http://www.hoenerloh.de/startframe_en.html (a bump actually, it was posted just a few hundred posts ago. But it's so level designish.)

#1167 posted by negke on 2008/10/17 10:52:28

That's pretty cool

#1168 posted by JneeraZ on 2008/10/17 11:20:36

Yeah, I've seen those before. They just SCREAM Quake level to me. So nice.

Yeah...

#1169 posted by bal on 2008/10/17 11:31:38

Those are very nice, thanks for the link.

Those Are Awesome But

#1170 posted by Lunaran on 2008/10/17 16:06:53

http://www.hoenerloh.de/bilder/hoe00.jpg

how very myspace of him

#1171 posted by Lunaran on 2008/10/17 16:20:40

http://www.martiniere.com/