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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Petra...

#451 posted by JPL on 2006/01/05 01:02:26

... would be a very good basis for map... sure ! And BTW, the photos on the websites are very good ..

Czg

#452 posted by Lunaran on 2006/01/06 10:45:34

please let those of us who actually have jobs know in advance when you've linked a girl with a fucking ball gag in her mouth in a thread about architectural reference thanks

Oh Come On...

#453 posted by metlslime on 2006/01/06 13:35:04

Madison is a progressive town. I'm sure you have people in ball gags walking around the office. Even if they don't look like Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Roman Port City Of Ostia

#454 posted by metlslime on 2006/01/06 19:16:05

These are not necessarily the best photos of it, but there's not bad for a start. Do some searches for "ostia" and you'll probably find more cool galleries.

http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~smann/Rome05/ostia.html

Metl

#455 posted by gone on 2006/01/09 06:39:24

I think thats Bettie Page

Wewt

#456 posted by Blitz on 2006/01/09 22:25:16

Lots of pictures of lots of places...

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/

Stumbled on to this looking for something else -- hooray for happy accidents!

^^^

#457 posted by Blitz on 2006/01/09 22:30:10

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/index/index.html

This is actually a much more comprehensive list of everything on that site.

Very Cool Art

#458 posted by Spirit on 2006/01/10 10:45:26

http://visionafar.spaceart.org/

Nice Environments (3d Mostly)

#459 posted by gone on 2006/01/11 03:52:04

http://www.weiweihua.com/

and actually usefull for mapper-(wanna)bees.

Dan Seagrave Art

#460 posted by negke on 2006/01/20 03:17:40

http://www.danseagrave.com

interesting images of strange environments and scenes. i particularly like the temple series (from which i also have two posters).
the only setback is that the site uses flash and opens in popups, which makes viewing the large versions of the images a pain.

e.g. http://www.acclaimposters.com/_gallery/large/10033052.jpg

New Propaganda Tool

#461 posted by inertia on 2006/01/20 15:20:50

Title says it all. If you've got up-and-coming q1 deathmatch releases, post pics here:

http://nqr.esports-zone.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=81

Glasgow Subway

#462 posted by metlslime on 2006/01/23 00:39:44

http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1057&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Slime

#463 posted by Vondur on 2006/01/23 07:46:36

awesome pics!
i liked the old subways better

Holy Crap Metl

#464 posted by bambuz on 2006/01/23 07:57:02

looks like I imagined Soviet Union would be.
Or partly, Afghanistan:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/9505367/Subway%20Album/ShieldsRdExt1.jpg

OMG

#465 posted by Kell on 2006/01/23 11:56:33

The Clockwork Orange!

personal anecdote: my dad, trained civil engineer, worked on the modernising of the glasgow underground. That victoriana building about halfway down the page, the entrance to St. Enoch station, had to be jacked up in one piece - by 7mm iirc - so the tunnels below could be worked on.
My dad has dozens more photos of the project, but I shan't be asking him for more 'inspiration' :P

What a surreal reminder o_O

Rocky Stuff

#466 posted by Vondur on 2006/01/25 00:31:17

http://www.inca.is/show/pages/thumbs.html

Creepy Wax Heads

#467 posted by Lunaran on 2006/01/26 18:21:38

http://www.joeseigenthaler.com/Joseph_Seigenthaler_Noggins.html

noggins I say!

Wtf

#468 posted by bal on 2006/01/27 03:19:45

Off of bear's pics of Thailand, what the hell is this place...
http://bear.leveldesign.org/wordpress/gallery/Thailand/IMG_9072.jpg.html
http://bear.leveldesign.org/wordpress/gallery/Thailand/IMG_9073.jpg.html
http://bear.leveldesign.org/wordpress/gallery/Thailand/IMG_9074.jpg.html
Pretty damn freaky.

(Btw, nice heads Lun)

Bal

#469 posted by JPL on 2006/01/27 07:07:55

he he he ... They drowned some people in concrete ;P ..

Bal:

#470 posted by cyBeAr on 2006/01/27 22:15:58

Contemporary thai artist making his own bhuddist temple after his own design. Apparently there's another artist that's answering with a black temple in the same city but haven't seen any of that.

Found This

#471 posted by here on 2006/02/08 23:19:09

http://www.inetgrafx.at/

This Painter is very good

Shipbreaking

#472 posted by metlslime on 2006/02/19 02:45:04

The shipbreaking yards of Chittagong, Bangledesh. We've seen a few photos of them in this thread before, but I never knew the name of the place they came from. Apparently half of the tankers in the world are dismantled on this beach:

http://www.aeroplastics.net/dreamscapes/BURTYNSKY/SHB_21_00.jpg
http://www.aeroplastics.net/dreamscapes/BURTYNSKY/SHB_12_00.jpg
http://www.aeroplastics.net/dreamscapes/BURTYNSKY/SHB_01_00.jpg
http://scenic-group.net/tsunamibenefit/artwork/burtynsky_number15.jpg
http://www.palinstravels.co.uk/photos/him/wallpaper/1024/him_288_01_l.jpg
http://www.palinstravels.co.uk/photos/him_photobook/wallpaper/1024/him_p_172_02_l.jpg

And this doesn't have anything to do with shipbreaking, but it came up in the search:

http://www.baaa-acro.com/Dossier%20Photo/S2-ADN.htm

Also, this guy took some of the above pictures, check out his website for more cool photos at a lower resolution:

http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/index.html

Really Wonderful Cave Photo

#473 posted by czg on 2006/02/22 10:12:18

http://tinyurl.com/kyveu
Notice the two tiny helicopters down at the bottom to get a sense of the scale.

Czg

#474 posted by Vondur on 2006/02/24 01:30:56

nice pic, but your caption is kinda werd

Let's Build An Extraterrestrial

#475 posted by bambuz on 2006/03/06 12:44:11

http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3aa.html

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