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Inspiration & Reference
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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Just Realised 
This room and the mechanics inside are just fucking ace: http://i.imgur.com/Twzvg.jpg (e4m2) 
 
really? i didn't like the way there were just contrived things there to allow you to reach places, like those thick beams and that suspended platform. 
That Room 
just reminds me how eye-gougingly bad much of the brushwork is in episode 4.

Putting r_fullbright on in that room is the Quake equivalent of opening the curtains for the morning light to illuminate whatever happens to be sharing your bed after a particularly brutal tequila party the night before.

But in both cases, whilst you can barely remember playing with it, you just know it was fun at the time. 
 
necros: That's what I love in Quake. Screw realism.

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Interesting write-ups about the creation of de_dust, de_dust2 and de_sienna (Counterstrike maps): http://www.johnsto.co.uk/ 
Dubai 
Dubai 
Either that, or a really spergy minecraft map. 
Futuristic Photo Decay 
Professional Photography Blog 
http://pphotographyb.blogspot.com/ - wow, amazing blog...
http://crephoto.net - another one. 
Above Post Feels Spammy... 
yea/nay? 
Kill It With Beer 
 
Yes Slime 
oblitertate it 
Virtual Tour Of CERN 
http://petermccready.com/

Got some nice reference stuff using 360 degree camera points + industrial sound! 
 
interesting concept with the 360+sound.
it's quite immersive, in fact once an image loaded with my 'back' to some dudes and when i panned over to them it kind of creeped me out how they were frozen in time yet the rest of the place felt alive.
shame there is a very audible looping and some of the samples are extremely short (< 4 seconds).
also, it helps zooming in one mousewheel 'tick' because the fov it's set at is a bit high unless you a pro gamer. :P'
thanks for that link! 
Aerial Ropeways 
Virtual Tour 
Nice. That'd work great as a level portfolio format. 
 
^^^^ 
Februus Depth 2 
Wow 
I clicked a Shambler link and didn't want to instantly sear my eyeballs out with hot pokers.

Nice pic. 
Oh 
needs to be mapped instantly 
Shambler 
needs more WIZARD METAL ONE TWO but otherwise that's an awesome use of the swampy wizard theme. In fact the transitions from wiz1_4 to wswamp2_1 work better than expected. 
Where Is That? 
Looks similar to places in Yorkshire. 
Libraries 
http://www.reddit.com/r/BookPorn - Not all of them are library posts, but here are some from this subreddit

http://i.imgur.com/sJ1tH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/j7ax3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SBmW5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/D3L1h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vynDv.jpg

Also, almost all the SFWPorn subreddits are great. 
Library Concept 
Level Design! 
It is not often I see modern day level design (block-outs and scripting) on forums and explained in detail as well.

http://www.mapcore.org/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1552&start=9285#p317400 
Where's The Explanation? 
i just see a bunch of screenshots of the scripting.

Also, why did he choose to copy the single most boring thing out of rage? :) 
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