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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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Obviously 
It was actually a giant turtle. 
Not That This Theme Is Common In Quake ... 
... but this can be an useful collection and index for references.

http://stronghold.heavengames.com/history/cw/index_html 
 
Who decided this imaginary island had sand on!? 
Hm 
It was probably a guy called 'Sandy' who first reported it's existence. 
Sand Island 
Now points to Midway Atoll. I are confused... 
#2034 
Wow, a huge bunch of inspiration for Castle maps: great !!! 
 
CDA2????? 
Ijed 
What's the turtle reference from? I recall that from something I saw as a kid. 
Giant Turtle 
Terry Pratchett's Discworld ;) 
Yeah 
But he took it from a lot of different myths as well. 
Like These: 
Necros 
CDA2=Five Rivers Land ;) 
 
Yeah discworld. I should read those...

I love this expression also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down 
 
 
Another Cool Art Blog 
Cool Indeed 
 
Oz 
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 
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 
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! 
 
More 
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 
I need to go to France! 
I Need To Go To France! 
Is that a cheese icon? Well it is for this post... 
It Is A Cheese Icon 
long ago, some heretics decided that cheese fueled mappery. these renegades were most decidedly wrong, but their propaganda lives on 
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