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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Flashes

#540 posted by Lunaran on 2006/07/25 12:56:39

I really hate flashes, but I'm no photographer, and holding my camera still for a couple of seconds to get a long exposure of a dark scene is a pain in the ass and prone to blurry results.

that's why actual photographers use tripods :)

I Find

#541 posted by bambuz on 2006/07/26 06:56:58

you can very often find a place to lay your camera on or support it against. Big tree trunks are better than tripods, since if you push hard enough (with an SLR the "shoulder" the lens and body form is good), it's completely standing still. Also, some table or ground and just put something under the camera to do the vertical alignment.

Tripods are never around when the situation comes and they are ~never robust enough. :/

I also like to use manual focus, since otherwise it's always fucked up (in this way only like 30% of the cases, especially if there's not much time.) Of course that's a pain in the ass with cheap new cameras.

Yay

#542 posted by bal on 2006/07/26 07:19:04

Tripods are always around when you always have one with you. =)
I used to do like you bambuz, find somewhere to push my camera against, but having a tripod is much much better, and alot more stable.

Photozzzz

#543 posted by czg on 2006/07/26 10:16:49

For once BoingBoing is useful/interesting:
http://pingmag.jp/2006/07/24/japan-underground-photography/
(No, this is not that old photoset of the G-Cans project.)

Old Iron Mines

#544 posted by metlslime on 2006/07/26 13:01:07

http://www.ironminers.com/ironmines/

More Half-Lifey Than Half-Life

#545 posted by BlackDog on 2006/07/28 12:05:55

Right down to the lens flares.

http://russos.livejournal.com/210363.html

Crazy Russians

#546 posted by tron on 2006/07/31 17:48:00

http://www.abandoned.ru/

More abandoned locations than you can poke a stick at.

#547 posted by Zwiffle on 2006/08/01 22:28:36

Why would you poke a stick at abandoned locations?

Well

#548 posted by tron on 2006/08/04 14:08:51

It's better than poking a stick in crowded locations, which just tends to annoy people.

And How Is That Better?

#549 posted by HeadThump on 2006/08/04 14:42:59

Hey you! You at the other table. Pass me your salt.

#550 posted by wrath on 2006/08/04 17:21:14

Fuck you. Get your own salt.

Ha Wrath!

#551 posted by HeadThump on 2006/08/04 19:48:44

Where the hell have you been?

Are you going to eat those?

#552 posted by wrath on 2006/08/05 06:39:53

I'm like Det. Lt. Somerset, I'm around...

Just finished playing through hl2and hl:ep1. Valve knows how to make games. Jesus christ, do they ever...

In fact, they might as well come to your house, piss on your floor, and punch you in the crotch. "We're Valve - and you are all snivelling shits next to us."

And no, I'm done, though I've slightly touched one of them with the tip of my penis, and you don't know which one. Bon Apetit!

As Long As They Dont

#553 posted by nitin on 2006/08/05 18:34:45

piss on my rug, it's all good.

Futuristic Skyscrapers

#554 posted by DaZ on 2006/08/08 03:29:22

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=323935&page=2

Pics mostly at the bottom

Factory Jackpot

#555 posted by Lunaran on 2006/08/08 17:32:06

http://www.hfinster.de/StahlArt/

Flashes

#556 posted by bear on 2006/08/11 04:03:10

Flashes can be good if used right...it's not as simple as just saying OMG ALL TEH FLASH0RZ SUX!

Even the simple ones that come with most affordable cameras (that pretty much do suck) can be usable. You can always add something to reflect the light upwards for indoor use or put some plastic over to make it less harsh.

Carcassonne

#557 posted by metlslime on 2006/08/16 00:33:56

Fortified city in the south of France:

photo galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/ouinpis/carcassonne_2004
http://www.pbase.com/dimasebaur/carcassonne_2005
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68259253@N00/sets/1194255/

huge panorama image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Carcasssonne_vieux_pont.jpg

Hey

#558 posted by DaZ on 2006/08/16 04:09:40

http://www.pbase.com/dimasebaur/image/46233040

This looks strikingly similar to the day of defeat : source map anzio.

http://www.nothing-2-fear.de/inc/images/maps/halflife2/dod/dod_anzio.jpg (best pic I could find of that particular street..sorry)

Cool place.

Hey

#559 posted by metlslime on 2006/08/16 13:13:48

That looks strikingly similar to *MY* Anzio level for MOHAA:Breakthrough.

http://www.celephais.net/cv/image.php?anzio2.jpg

Infiltration.org

#560 posted by . on 2006/08/19 21:40:06

http://www.infiltration.org/index.html

<quote>Infiltration offers a mix of the practice and theory of urban exploration in areas not designed for public usage. This site is the online companion of the paper zine about going places you're not supposed to go. The latest issue of the zine, focusing on military leftovers, came out in June 2005. It's black and white, but you might like it anyhow.</quote>

#561 posted by metlslime on 2006/08/21 00:30:09

<quoth>nevermore</quoth>

Hey, Look At That

#562 posted by Lunaran on 2006/08/21 11:53:04

maps based on european towns for ww2 shooters look like european towns.

#563 posted by wrath on 2006/08/21 15:58:20

Went to France once. I could totally spot the CG.

Also

#564 posted by than on 2006/08/21 18:30:43

I went into a cafe in Paris and the waitress kept on asking the same question to everyone. It's really scripted, just like in the games! I was blown away by the outright realism of CoD.

I even found the location where the glider landed in CoD and it was THE SAME.

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