Mapping Inspiration Thread

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  • SentrySteveSentrySteve .txt Join Date: 2002-03-09 Member: 290Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1741774:date=Nov 30 2009, 04:05 PM:name=botelhorui)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(botelhorui @ Nov 30 2009, 04:05 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741774"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->you must see pandorum movie its really good, has a lot of room, and interior invironments

    CHOSE THE 1080p quality:

    <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/pandorum/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/pandorum/</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    That's funny. I read the OP then went off to find some screen shots of Pandorum. None of the shots I found were focused on the environment, however, I found the same video as you ( <a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi58393113/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi58393113/</a> ) and was going to post it.

    Pandorum is a very nitty and gritty environment and I don't think it's possible to recreate it with the current props and textures we have now but you never know what else will be released.
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  • -Diesel--Diesel- Join Date: 2009-09-13 Member: 68769Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1741783:date=Nov 30 2009, 04:57 PM:name=Norton)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Norton @ Nov 30 2009, 04:57 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741783"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->If you are looking to just copy something, you are probably right. I just think it's not fair or useful to tell someone their inspirations aren't actually inspiring. For you they may not spark any ideas, but that isn't really the fault of the images. Artists and designers often find inspiration in just random things from nature like plants and animals that really don't have much to do with architecture. If you don't find the images in this thread inspiring, combat that with sweet pictures of your own. No need to tell people their posting isn't helping you, because your post telling them that definitely doesn't inspire anyone.

    I don't have many good pictures myself, I just thought Daxx had a good idea with his pictures. Reality is where all the ideas for fiction come from. But to not make this a completely derailed post, here are a few of the random pictures I find inspiring. (even though they aren't pictures of space stations)

    <a href="http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/?action=view&current=1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/th_1.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    <a href="http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/?action=view&current=korea18.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/th_korea18.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    Infestation inspiration? ^_^ over run amusement park in Korea. There are more pictures to the set of course.
    <a href="http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/?action=view&current=catwalk.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/th_catwalk.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    <a href="http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/?action=view&current=knuttz_ueba_35_mozda_zatvor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/th_knuttz_ueba_35_mozda_zatvor.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    <a href="http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/?action=view&current=Ciutat.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/norterrible/th_Ciutat.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Those pictures are useless.

    The editor only does indoors right now.
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  • NortonNorton Join Date: 2005-01-13 Member: 35264Members
    edited November 2009
    <!--quoteo(post=1741787:date=Nov 30 2009, 05:12 PM:name=-Diesel-)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(-Diesel- @ Nov 30 2009, 05:12 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741787"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Those pictures are useless.

    The editor only does indoors right now.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    It's like you are a child that cannot draw but wishes he could so he traces everything. Of course you aren't going to exactly duplicate the images. Did you not read my post? This thread is about inspiration. If you cannot see anything in those images that you could incorporate into your map then you lack imagination. The point of my last post was that it is much more useful to post pictures than it is to tell other people their inspiration did not inspire you.

    edit: I even specifically said the pictures weren't that good, what do you gain from criticizing them?
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  • CanadianWolverineCanadianWolverine Join Date: 2003-02-07 Member: 13249Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1741536:date=Nov 29 2009, 02:51 PM:name=-Diesel-)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(-Diesel- @ Nov 29 2009, 02:51 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741536"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Those pictures are too big, should of made them smaller.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--quoteo(post=1741701:date=Nov 30 2009, 09:00 AM:name=StixNStonz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(StixNStonz @ Nov 30 2009, 09:00 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741701"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You guys really need to check your links in Preview when you're posting. Readers don't want to figure out how to manually find the proper large version.

    Hehe, I bought Dead Space with the awesome steam 1-day deal for $15 the other day, solely to run around it taking screencaps. Everything about that game's visuals is phenomenal. I already beat it on Hard on 360 awhile back, so this is purely for inspiration. BTW, it's an amazing playthrough, and if you play on Hard it's like a true survival horror (apparently it loses a lot of that on normal difficulty).<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    It seems my post was misunderstood, the links to the pictures were all found using google images and were only meant as bare one off examples of the inspiration ideas that I put down in point form. Perhaps if I didn't include the pictures, the post might make more sense?

    <!--quoteo(post=1741404:date=Nov 29 2009, 02:36 AM:name=CanadianWolverine)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CanadianWolverine @ Nov 29 2009, 02:36 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741404"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well, how about these as inspiration?

    TV and Movies:

    - Babylon 5

    - Firefly / Serenity

    - Cowboy Bebop

    - Battlestar Galactica

    - The Matrix Series

    Real Life:

    - Mine Shafts

    - Missile Silos

    - Asteroid Bases

    - Space Stations

    - Sewers

    Whatever happens to inspire someone to map, I hope it is something that feels lived in by humans or desirable for colonization by the kharaa, something with purpose, something like a urban warzone where you feel like you are fighting for your home stead and vital life giving resources no matter which side you are on. If it is a lifeless box without purpose for the civilians and their families or infection equivalent ecosystem, I would rather do without that as a place to game.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Basicly following what they said:

    <!--quoteo(post=1741718:date=Nov 30 2009, 10:37 AM:name=Daxx)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Daxx @ Nov 30 2009, 10:37 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741718"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->My suggestion is to look at reality/proposed reality, and build up from there:<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--quoteo(post=1741783:date=Nov 30 2009, 04:57 PM:name=Norton)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Norton @ Nov 30 2009, 04:57 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741783"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I don't have many good pictures myself, I just thought Daxx had a good idea with his pictures. Reality is where all the ideas for fiction come from. But to not make this a completely derailed post, here are a few of the random pictures I find inspiring. (even though they aren't pictures of space stations)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Come to think of it as far as entertainment goes, the first Resident Evil movie, since it is placed in that underground facility, might inspire someone wanting to mess around with Spark as well. What was it called, The Hive? Oh, and another movie for living in a sort of space station enviroment, The Island, that re-purposed missile silo the clones live in with other realizing it might inspire someone too.

    Or maybe it isn't a strictly moving picture medium that will inspire. May I suggest fictional novels by the author Matt Reilly?

    At the very least, I hope anyone looking to this thread at least gets to look at (or is reminded of when they did) or read a fun story, even if it isn't what inspires their experiments with Spark.
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  • monopolowamonopolowa Join Date: 2004-05-23 Member: 28839Members
    I was only critiquing Daxx's pictures, not the idea of getting inspiration from realism. If someone else finds them inspiring/useful, that's good, they've done their job. I'm just not a fan because they don't show any sort of detail at the room level (as I've stated before), but no need to derail the thread any more over a couple pics. Here are a few real pictures...

    Kennedy Space Center (I think)
    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/checco/218712690/in/photostream/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/checco/218712...in/photostream/</a>

    underground corridor in a nuclear missile silo
    <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/ControlRoomtoSiloCorridor.jpg" target="_blank">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f...iloCorridor.jpg</a>

    a mine elevator
    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archelenon/188896386/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/archelenon/188896386/</a>

    A submarine under construction in drydock
    <a href="http://blogs.knoxnews.com/eder/VirginiaConstruct.jpeg" target="_blank">http://blogs.knoxnews.com/eder/VirginiaConstruct.jpeg</a>
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  • QuasimetastabilQuasimetastabil Join Date: 2007-02-20 Member: 60031Members
    edited December 2009
    Hi!

    If you look for inspiration check out <a href="http://cyberpunk.asia/gallery.php?aff=thumb&limit=16&page=0&img=0&lng=us" target="_blank">this gallery</a>

    lots of other stuff there too but also quite a lot of dark scifi interiour concepts.



    random concepts i picked from there:

    <img src="http://cyberpunk.asia/gallery/Leopardsnow_-_U-Wars_Concept_Art_02.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://cyberpunk.asia/gallery/Leopardsnow_-_U-Wars_Concept_Art_05.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://cyberpunk.asia/gallery/PaperBlue_-_Base_In-S.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://cyberpunk.asia/gallery/Pene_Menn_-_Factory_Building.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://cyberpunk.asia/gallery/Pene_Menn_-_Sewer_2.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://cyberpunk.asia/gallery/Rudolf_Herczog_-_Suburbs.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://cyberpunk.asia/gallery/Rudolf_Herczog_-_Underworld.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    cu qms
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  • DaxxDaxx Join Date: 2002-04-16 Member: 460Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited December 2009
    Goddamn. Nice find.

    Edit: balls, some NSFW content in there. Not that I mind, but general warning if your at work ;)
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  • steppin'razorsteppin'razor Join Date: 2008-09-18 Member: 65033Members, Constellation
    Now those are the kind of pictures I wanted to see in this thread, well done
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  • BobpobloBobpoblo Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7011Members
    edited December 2009
    I found a bunch of cool concepts at deviantart.com; hopefully some people will be inspired by these. These pictures aren’t necessarily about, “Could this picture be a real room in my map?” It’s about getting inspiration. Look at the architecture, shapes, corners and walls, textures, wires, prop placement potential etc.

    Station
    <a href="http://ewkn.deviantart.com/art/Station-122402500" target="_blank">http://ewkn.deviantart.com/art/Station-122402500</a>

    LS - Space station Sentinel
    <a href="http://gildeneye.deviantart.com/art/LS-Space-station-Sentinel-101624338" target="_blank">http://gildeneye.deviantart.com/art/LS-Spa...tinel-101624338</a>

    Space _Station_SS
    <a href="http://alexanderbrox0101.deviantart.com/art/Space-Station-SS-144517244" target="_blank">http://alexanderbrox0101.deviantart.com/ar...on-SS-144517244</a>

    Njord Com Station
    <a href="http://leesmith.deviantart.com/art/Njord-Com-Station-exterior-4259140" target="_blank">http://leesmith.deviantart.com/art/Njord-C...xterior-4259140</a>

    Njord Com Station - interior
    <a href="http://leesmith.deviantart.com/art/Njord-Com-Station-interior-4259159" target="_blank">http://leesmith.deviantart.com/art/Njord-C...nterior-4259159</a>

    hangar concept
    <a href="http://cnstntn.deviantart.com/art/hangar-concept-98872628" target="_blank">http://cnstntn.deviantart.com/art/hangar-concept-98872628</a>

    Containment Breach
    <a href="http://bigjobbie.deviantart.com/art/Containment-Breach-52124450" target="_blank">http://bigjobbie.deviantart.com/art/Contai...Breach-52124450</a>

    Star ship hall
    <a href="http://strong99.deviantart.com/art/Star-ship-hall-110042808" target="_blank">http://strong99.deviantart.com/art/Star-ship-hall-110042808</a>

    Space Trooper
    <a href="http://andrevanstone2009.deviantart.com/art/Space-Trooper-124367214" target="_blank">http://andrevanstone2009.deviantart.com/ar...ooper-124367214</a>

    EON concept sketch
    <a href="http://hideyoshi.deviantart.com/art/EON-concept-sketch-70705431" target="_blank">http://hideyoshi.deviantart.com/art/EON-co...sketch-70705431</a>

    Space Debris
    <a href="http://dermonkey.deviantart.com/art/Space-Debris-115473943" target="_blank">http://dermonkey.deviantart.com/art/Space-Debris-115473943</a>

    Use the ship’s outer structure to give you an idea on a possible layout for your level, so that all rooms and hallways fit within the actual ship.

    HWU: Amazon queen Concept
    <a href="http://talros.deviantart.com/art/HWU-Amazon-queen-Concept-118990066" target="_blank">http://talros.deviantart.com/art/HWU-Amazo...ncept-118990066</a>

    space linkore
    <a href="http://larbesta.deviantart.com/art/space-linkore-120457629" target="_blank">http://larbesta.deviantart.com/art/space-linkore-120457629</a>

    Space ship concepts
    <a href="http://benwootten.deviantart.com/art/Space-ship-concepts-123925137" target="_blank">http://benwootten.deviantart.com/art/Space...cepts-123925137</a>

    Emperta Space Station
    <a href="http://wicktone.deviantart.com/art/Emperta-Space-Station-20839168" target="_blank">http://wicktone.deviantart.com/art/Emperta...tation-20839168</a>

    Space hangar
    <a href="http://peterconcept.deviantart.com/art/Space-hangar-62642830" target="_blank">http://peterconcept.deviantart.com/art/Space-hangar-62642830</a>

    Straight Ahead
    <a href="http://camilkuo.deviantart.com/art/Straight-Ahead-131553248" target="_blank">http://camilkuo.deviantart.com/art/Straight-Ahead-131553248</a>

    Killzone 2- Extrasolar War
    <a href="http://skybolt.deviantart.com/art/Killzone-2-Extrasolar-War-116217820" target="_blank">http://skybolt.deviantart.com/art/Killzone...r-War-116217820</a>

    Space Dinner
    <a href="http://jays-doodles.deviantart.com/art/Space-Dinner-68123785" target="_blank">http://jays-doodles.deviantart.com/art/Space-Dinner-68123785</a>

    Void
    <a href="http://ewkn.deviantart.com/art/Void-122287211" target="_blank">http://ewkn.deviantart.com/art/Void-122287211</a>

    Space hotel v
    <a href="http://dekus.deviantart.com/art/Space-hotel-v1-143816966" target="_blank">http://dekus.deviantart.com/art/Space-hotel-v1-143816966</a>

    Space hotel v2
    <a href="http://dekus.deviantart.com/art/Space-hotel-v2-143907276" target="_blank">http://dekus.deviantart.com/art/Space-hotel-v2-143907276</a>

    Station
    <a href="http://ewkn.deviantart.com/art/Station-122402500" target="_blank">http://ewkn.deviantart.com/art/Station-122402500</a>

    Phylon concept 04
    <a href="http://johnnyrocwell.deviantart.com/art/Phylon-concept-04-57759978" target="_blank">http://johnnyrocwell.deviantart.com/art/Ph...ept-04-57759978</a>

    control room concept.
    <a href="http://fogius.deviantart.com/art/control-room-concept-94327816" target="_blank">http://fogius.deviantart.com/art/control-r...oncept-94327816</a>

    space-habitat
    <a href="http://korfali.deviantart.com/art/space-habitat-99618497" target="_blank">http://korfali.deviantart.com/art/space-habitat-99618497</a>

    Space Ship Hangar
    <a href="http://flyingdutchmanrick.deviantart.com/art/Space-Ship-Hangar-123906877" target="_blank">http://flyingdutchmanrick.deviantart.com/a...angar-123906877</a>

    The Core
    <a href="http://dominuself.deviantart.com/art/The-Core-106148130" target="_blank">http://dominuself.deviantart.com/art/The-Core-106148130</a>

    Space Station Cozy
    <a href="http://griatch-art.deviantart.com/art/Space-Station-Cozy-101073643" target="_blank">http://griatch-art.deviantart.com/art/Spac...-Cozy-101073643</a>

    Harbour
    <a href="http://ewkn.deviantart.com/art/Harbour-123362674" target="_blank">http://ewkn.deviantart.com/art/Harbour-123362674</a>

    ANCHORAGE
    <a href="http://tigaer.deviantart.com/art/ANCHORAGE-43967006" target="_blank">http://tigaer.deviantart.com/art/ANCHORAGE-43967006</a>
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  • denzildenzil Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7314Members, Constellation
    I personally think the best concept art for NS is done by a guy called 'sparth'. Please for the love of god someone style an NS2 map from some of these beauties (eyes on you Mendasp :P )! There are hundreds in his archive ( <a href="http://www.sparth.com/gallery/" target="_blank">http://www.sparth.com/gallery/</a> ).

    <a href="http://img697.imageshack.us/i/env01.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/9659/env01.th.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    <a href="http://img253.imageshack.us/i/env02.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4756/env02.th.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    <a href="http://img697.imageshack.us/i/env05.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/7186/env05.th.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
    <a href="http://img237.imageshack.us/i/technology52.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6036/technology52.th.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
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  • marksmarks Join Date: 2008-07-28 Member: 64720Members
    In praise of the sci-fi corridor
    Martin Anderson

    <a href="http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/313130/in_praise_of_the_scifi_corridor.html" target="_blank">http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/313130/in_...i_corridor.html</a>
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    the cube

    <a href="http://closetonefilms.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/cube.jpg" target="_blank">http://closetonefilms.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/cube.jpg</a>


    eden log

    <a href="http://img.ozap.com/00826852-photo-eden-log.jpg" target="_blank">http://img.ozap.com/00826852-photo-eden-log.jpg</a>

    <a href="http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/review_edenlog.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/rev...iew_edenlog.jpg</a>

    <a href="http://www.onderhond.com/style/site/eden-log-1.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.onderhond.com/style/site/eden-log-1.jpg</a>



    dead space

    <a href="http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6421/deadspacemaxun0.jpg" target="_blank">http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6421/deadspacemaxun0.jpg</a>
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    metroid prime 3

    <a href="http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/1/087.jpg" target="_blank">http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/1/087.jpg</a>
    <a href="http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/1/203.jpg" target="_blank">http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/1/203.jpg</a>
    <a href="http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/1/282.jpg" target="_blank">http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/1/282.jpg</a>
    <a href="http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/1/448.jpg" target="_blank">http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/1/448.jpg</a>
    <a href="http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/2/0320.jpg" target="_blank">http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/2/0320.jpg</a>
    <a href="http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/18/334.jpg" target="_blank">http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/748547/18/334.jpg</a>
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  • UKchaosUKchaos Join Date: 2002-08-10 Member: 1132Members
    I'd hate to see this thread die after only 3 pages so i'll keep updating it with what i find.


    Cold Fear concept art taken from this thread: <a href="http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42031" target="_blank">http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42031</a>

    <img src="http://www.aneyeoni.com/ART/Videogames/ColdFear/Aleksi-Darkworks-Cold-Fear26_727_567.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://www.aneyeoni.com/ART/Videogames/ColdFear/Aleksi-Darkworks-Cold-Fear25_727_475.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://www.aneyeoni.com/ART/Videogames/ColdFear/Aleksi-Darkworks-Cold-Fear27_727_475.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://www.aneyeoni.com/ART/Videogames/ColdFear/Aleksi-Darkworks-Cold-Fear14.727_475.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://www.aneyeoni.com/ART/Videogames/ColdFear/Aleksi-Darkworks-Cold-Fear15.727_465.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://www.aneyeoni.com/ART/Videogames/ColdFear/Aleksi-Darkworks-Cold-Fear16.727_585.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://www.aneyeoni.com/ART/Videogames/ColdFear/Aleksi-Darkworks-Cold-Fear17.727_550.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://www.aneyeoni.com/ART/Videogames/ColdFear/Aleksi-Darkworks-Cold-Fear19_727_506.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • NeoSniperNeoSniper Join Date: 2005-06-02 Member: 52976Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1741783:date=Nov 30 2009, 04:57 PM:name=Norton)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Norton @ Nov 30 2009, 04:57 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741783"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->If you are looking to just copy something, you are probably right. I just think it's not fair or useful to tell someone their inspirations aren't actually inspiring. For you they may not spark any ideas, but that isn't really the fault of the images. Artists and designers often find inspiration in just random things from nature like plants and animals that really don't have much to do with architecture. If you don't find the images in this thread inspiring, combat that with sweet pictures of your own. No need to tell people their posting isn't helping you, because your post telling them that definitely doesn't inspire anyone.

    I don't have many good pictures myself, I just thought Daxx had a good idea with his pictures. Reality is where all the ideas for fiction come from. But to not make this a completely derailed post, here are a few of the random pictures I find inspiring. (even though they aren't pictures of space stations)

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    Your set was my favorite up to that point. Just felt the need to tell you to pay to heed to -Diesel- shortminded comments. I especially like 1, 3 and 4. That mess of tubes, the underside of the bridge, and the concave building... I'd really like to see some rooms in NS2 inspired from those pics. -Diesel- the keyword there is inspired. Play nice now.
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  • PipiPipi Join Date: 2009-12-09 Member: 69550Members
    Sci-fi corridor, marine shooting aliens, real-time shadows, volumetric lights.. makes me think of NS2 !! :D

    <img src="http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/957/bfdbdfb.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    edited January 2010
    this is from a game called dark sector originally it was to be a space sci fi, this trailer is before they ruined it by setting it on earth in russia instead of space station and making it an action game instead of sci-fi stealth.

    <center><object width="450" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u3jw2-xKqjA"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u3jw2-xKqjA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="356"></embed></object></center>
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  • UKchaosUKchaos Join Date: 2002-08-10 Member: 1132Members
    Found some nice concepts by "stonemason"

    <a href="https://market.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?user_id=104222" target="_blank">https://market.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/...?user_id=104222</a>

    <img src="https://market.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/media/folder_106/display_1051055.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="https://market.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/media/folder_152/display_1514343.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="https://market.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/media/folder_140/display_1390392.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • willy-wilsonwilly-wilson Join Date: 2010-01-12 Member: 70102Members
    edited February 2010
    Hopefully Razorb (Aaron Foster) doesn't mind me posting some of his work. I think its amazing.

    <img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t127/willy-wilson/le01_aaronfoster.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t127/willy-wilson/le02_aaronfoster.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t127/willy-wilson/le03_aaronfoster.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t127/willy-wilson/Sci_Fi_Concept01_by_Razorb.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • HybridclawHybridclaw Join Date: 2003-11-03 Member: 22271Members
    The Prisons
    Giovanni Battista Piranesi
    <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Piranesi01.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
    <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Piranesi9c.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • crodecrode Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7876Members
    'Hybridclaw' dude there is no need to post massive sized images. Thumbnails that link to the full size image preferably. And please stop replying to someone and quoting with their 5-10+ images.

    -> Reserved space for some images i will post later <-
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  • ssjyodassjyoda Join Date: 2002-03-05 Member: 274Members, Squad Five Blue
    I'v loving these photos.. I always have trouble starting. This gives a good way to start and it doesn't take long till I branch off into a completely different direction.
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  • UKchaosUKchaos Join Date: 2002-08-10 Member: 1132Members
    some concept art for "Global Agenda"

    <img src="http://hirez.http.internapcdn.net/hirez/images/photos/concept-art/Desert-Chamber.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://hirez.http.internapcdn.net/hirez/images/photos/concept-art/Desert-Lab-Hallway.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://hirez.http.internapcdn.net/hirez/images/photos/concept-art/Desert-Mine-Tunnel.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • TomislausTomislaus Join Date: 2010-01-12 Member: 70090Members
    Personally I think that Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs has had some good visuals. They aren't very Sci-Fi-y but I like the realistic grit.

    This is the inside of the Macinaw Bridge in Michigan:

    This is the entrance to the tower cells. The towers are made of 5000 individual little cells with little tiny ports into each other in a 3d grid.
    <img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/100218/bridge1a.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Below is a view through several of the cells. I like the numerous huge rivets.
    <img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/100218/bridge5a.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Below is the entrance to a coal mine. Notice the tunnel height. Also, the train "engine" in the foreground has some cool visual features.
    <img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/100218/coalmine4a.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    This is the end of the mine where they're digging.
    <img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/100218/coalmine6a.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Brick lined sewer. Interesting silhouette shape. It's like an inflated balloon. Actually there is a ditch down the middle of the bottom but the fluids are too deep.
    <img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/100218/sewer2a.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Entrance to a wine cave. I like the very industrial feel. There's a temporary air vent line coming out the top left. The concrete surfaces aren't quite done and their rebar is showing.
    <img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/100218/winecave1a.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Below is inside the wine tunnel. The machine is a roadheader <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=roadheader" target="_blank">(img search)</a> which digs the tunnel. It zooms along at like 1/2 mph.
    <img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/100218/winecave3a.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • FocusedWolfFocusedWolf Join Date: 2005-01-09 Member: 34258Members
    Pandorum. Watch that.
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  • ghost in the shellghost in the shell Join Date: 2008-09-28 Member: 65094Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1754105:date=Feb 19 2010, 08:05 PM:name=FocusedWolf)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FocusedWolf @ Feb 19 2010, 08:05 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1754105"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Pandorum. Watch that.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    QFT
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  • crodecrode Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7876Members
    I found the <b>best</b> inspiration material! zero grav space industrial! Shattered Horizon screenshots mostly made by me in game this weekend.

    <a href="http://img638.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=002kj.jpg" target="_blank">Shattered Horizon screenshot galery</a>
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  • RazorRazor Join Date: 2010-02-23 Member: 70695Members
    edited February 2010
    Mike Rowe... always an inspiration

    /adds Pandorum on movies to watch list


    <a href="http://ewkn.deviantart.com/art/Bot-industry-114377421" target="_blank">http://ewkn.deviantart.com/art/Bot-industry-114377421</a>
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  • UKchaosUKchaos Join Date: 2002-08-10 Member: 1132Members
    <b>James Paick</b>
    <a href="http://scribblepadstudios.com/home.htm" target="_blank">http://scribblepadstudios.com/home.htm</a>
    <img src="http://scribblepadstudios.com/gallery/albums/userpics/Factory_search.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <b>Jeremy Melton</b>
    <a href="http://www.jeremymelton004.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jeremymelton004.blogspot.com/</a>
    <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kJ0nVVAWlho/SwxDtghhCBI/AAAAAAAAAr0/X2-Z7haJ5_Y/s1600/lightning%20factory%20interior.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />


    <b>John D!ckenson</b>
    <a href="http://jd!ckensonart.com/" target="_blank">http://jd!ckensonart.com/</a> - (swear filter - *sigh*)
    <img src="http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9195/video02e.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />


    <b>Thierry Doizon </b>
    <a href="http://www.barontieri.com" target="_blank">http://www.barontieri.com</a>
    <img src="http://www.barontieri.com/galleries/albums/userpics/10001/normal_Bridge-1.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <b>Stuart Lee.</b>
    <a href="http://www.interactionman.com" target="_blank">http://www.interactionman.com</a>
    <img src="http://www.interactionman.com/images/content/scifi_environment.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • SN.WolfSN.Wolf Join Date: 2010-03-29 Member: 71115Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1741519:date=Nov 29 2009, 11:13 AM:name=ghost in the shell)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghost in the shell @ Nov 29 2009, 11:13 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1741519"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Anyone watch much Dr Who?
    some great lighting
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHtWw-QLJUY&feature=PlayList&p=C50B4C55CD2D6936&index=3" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHtWw-QLJUY...936&index=3</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Thanks for this, just spent the last hour bookmarking episodes i missed...lol.
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