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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A Rather Big Island Vanishes

#2032 posted by bamby on 2013/05/07 18:03:11

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/03/13/174203234/pacific-island-bigger-than-manhattan-vanishes

And what about the reverse?

Obviously

#2033 posted by ijed on 2013/05/07 18:12:46

It was actually a giant turtle.

Not That This Theme Is Common In Quake ...

#2034 posted by Cocerello on 2013/05/07 18:48:24

... but this can be an useful collection and index for references.

http://stronghold.heavengames.com/history/cw/index_html

#2035 posted by Text_Fish on 2013/05/07 19:57:53

Who decided this imaginary island had sand on!?

#2036 posted by ijed on 2013/05/07 21:40:04

It was probably a guy called 'Sandy' who first reported it's existence.

Sand Island

#2037 posted by quaketree on 2013/05/08 09:22:52

Now points to Midway Atoll. I are confused...

#2034

#2038 posted by JPL on 2013/05/08 10:31:56

Wow, a huge bunch of inspiration for Castle maps: great !!!

#2039 posted by necros on 2013/05/08 23:28:33

CDA2?????

Ijed

#2040 posted by Spiney on 2013/05/08 23:46:53

What's the turtle reference from? I recall that from something I saw as a kid.

Giant Turtle

#2041 posted by FifthElephant on 2013/05/09 00:21:18

Terry Pratchett's Discworld ;)

Yeah

#2042 posted by ijed on 2013/05/09 00:33:28

But he took it from a lot of different myths as well.

Like These:

#2043 posted by ijed on 2013/05/09 00:34:13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle

Necros

#2044 posted by JPL on 2013/05/09 16:45:29

CDA2=Five Rivers Land ;)

#2045 posted by Spiney on 2013/05/09 18:08:34

Yeah discworld. I should read those...

I love this expression also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

#2046 posted by - on 2013/05/11 00:44:38

http://i.imgur.com/XhkINi6.jpg

#2047 posted by - on 2013/05/11 00:44:38

http://i.imgur.com/XhkINi6.jpg

Another Cool Art Blog

#2048 posted by Spiney on 2013/05/15 13:06:25

http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com

Cool Indeed

#2049 posted by ijed on 2013/05/15 13:22:32

#2050 posted by Mike Woodham on 2013/05/18 14:05:30

Interesting to see that Oz magazine cover. I bought the Oz magazines from issue one. Their covers were always 'of their time'. I sold the whole collection for a lot of money earlier this year.

Badarse Church On A Volcano

#2051 posted by Kinn on 2013/05/18 15:13:51

http://i.imgur.com/jaBPUlw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Vp3GCqV.jpg

"Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe is a chapel in Aiguilhe, near Le Puy-en-Velay, France, built in 962 on a volcanic formation 85 metres (279 ft) high"

Wow

#2052 posted by oh, that person on 2013/05/18 16:34:16

That's like something right from the first Unreal.

Wondering if there chapel is just the tip of the iceberg and there are catacombs going miles deep inside the volcano.

Bluff Eversmoking, For Real!

#2053 posted by erc on 2013/05/18 16:49:23

#2054 posted by Kinn on 2013/05/18 17:07:22

Wondering if there chapel is just the tip of the iceberg and there are catacombs going miles deep inside the volcano.

I bet there probably is :}

If that's not the epitome of "omg sum1 needs 2 map dat", I don't know what is.

Speaking of quakeable churches in France, I give you The Black Cathedral (actually it's called Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral)

http://i.imgur.com/tdaUARQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1jt62CZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/kITGs50.jpg

The reason it looks like some kind of Elder God shrine is because the town of Clermont-Ferrand is surrounded by volcanoes and the entire cathedral is built out of black lava stone.

Ok Thats It

#2055 posted by nitin on 2013/05/19 02:32:27

I need to go to France!

I Need To Go To France!

#2056 posted by quaketree on 2013/05/19 04:40:59

Is that a cheese icon? Well it is for this post...

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