Who Inspires you?

[D-Frag]

This guy www.davenitsche.com/index.htm (http://www.davenitsche.com/index.htm) is what made me try my hand at photography, he is by far one of the most amazing photographers I have ever seen. Take some time and mosey around his site, every category is filled with breathtaking images.

Who is your inspiration? I wanna see some dope stuff!!

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digitalcamwhore (http://digitalcamwhore.deviantart.com/gallery/)

That guy is nice. Thanks for sharing that.

[casedsgn]

henrik.cgcommunity.com/sketches_and_studies.htm (http://henrik.cgcommunity.com/sketches_and_studies.htm)<--- All freehand in photoshop, very impressive!

www.kinseyvisual.com/ (http://www.kinseyvisual.com/) Dave Kinsey... one of the most talented 'street' artists of all time.

www.bit-101.com (http://www.bit-101.com) Homepage of Keith Peters... actionscripting GURU! And tons of open source flash files.

www.celiacalle.com/ (http://www.celiacalle.com/) Celia Calle... her illustrations are top notch... reminds me of gestures in figure drawing... but bad ass!

[BuckarooB]

Gee...

If I cared anymore about it - these sites would inspire the hell out of me. I'd get busy practicing. I'd be sketching, photoshoping, whatever!

Thank-goodness I got that out of my system in South America and Europe... Okay, and the US.

Now all I care about are whether my investments don't require any attention and whether Fifi is coming over before or after Jennifer leaves...

That and whether the margarita machine and the beer keg are ready for the weekend - although I often can't tell just when the weekend has begun or ended.

I sometimes Love art though, and it's you guys and sites like those above that inspire me, every-so-often, to spit out some new piece of... of... art to put up in the breakfast room if it can stand the morning sun or up in the library if it's more subdued and compelling. Or on occasion sell it at some outlandish price for an hour's craft...

Art is a mystery and commercial art is the greater mistress. Her lips are red and soft and warm, but her laugh cuts deep. She moves on to replaced by another and another until the bodies, arms, eyes, breasts, legs all seem the same... not to mention the personalities... especially those of the clients - or Mundanes as I call them.

You know it doesn't matter whether they're in New York, Atlanta, Dallas, LA, Buenos Aires, London... they're all the same - the Mundanes - not the waxers.

How was that? Did that seem sincere at all? I've been practicing sincerity lately and have hoped to come across as more caring than in the past. I did bookmark the two really good sites - honest!

Oh, and for inspiration; The Paintings of Jack Vettriano are a good start.

bertc.com/subtwo/gallery_30.htm (http://bertc.com/subtwo/gallery_30.htm)

Thanks for bringing up the topic D-Frag - it's a good one!

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[MikeyB]

I got a lot of photographic inspiration from www.dpchallenge.com

There are a lot of amazing photographers and piles of useful information on digital photography.
I ended up getting a Canon EOS 10D and this site helped sooooo much.

M.

[defjoe]

Frank Miller

John Romita JR

Scott McDaniels

Erik Larsen

and a slew of others

'I will become the most powerful Jedi ever!'

[Big Perm-dizzle]

money inspires me


these guys are okay

shepard farely - www.obeygiant.com (http://www.obeygiant.com)
chank diesel - www.chank.com (http://www.chank.com)

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[DeleteYourself]

Great links, guys. Here's one that inspires me:

www.aestheticapparatus.com/index.htm (http://www.aestheticapparatus.com/index.htm)

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[Ryan8720]

Eric Meyer (http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/) - One of the original gurus of CSS.
Jeffrey Zeldman (http://www.zeldman.com) - Big promoter of Web standards. Runs Alistapart (http://www.alistapart.com) too.

Also the CSS Zen Garden (http://www.csszengarden.com) and CSS Vault (http://www.cssvault.com) sites.

http://edgewebdesign.org/ryan2.gif (http://www.edgewebdesign.org)

'Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.'
- Albert Einstein

[Big Perm-dizzle]

delete - your link is awesome I only wish I HAVE the opportunity to do projects like that.... but no I get stuck with Central Alabama Business Women's two color tri-fold brochure

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[Big Perm-dizzle]

case where is that link to that guy who does those illustrations that look real....

I cant find it......

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[casedsgn]

I'm not sure which guy you're talking about?
Vector illustrations? Paintings? Photoshop?

[BuckarooB]

I suspect he means this one.

henrik.cgcommunity.com/sketches_and_studies.htm (http://henrik.cgcommunity.com/sketches_and_studies.htm)

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[Big Perm-dizzle]

nope different thread.....

vector graphics of hot ladies

loads of gradient meshes used

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[Jason Fraker]

Big Perm, if you're interested in photoreal Photoshop work, you should check out www.bertmonroy.com. The guy's a legend.

The clothes do make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society at large.

[ReedHendrix]

www.thedesignersrepublic.com (http://www.thedesignersrepublic.com)

www.btinternet.com/~comme6/saville/index222.htm (http://www.btinternet.com/~comme6/saville/index222.htm) - For fans of joy Division and New Order

[Drawing a Blank]

I like the classics http://www.mcescher.com




"Oooh Benson; you are so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence."

[defjoe]

Love Ecsher. also Dali is a favorite of mine.


Greg...ever check out Bernie Wrightson...dude is sick!

http://www.berniewrightson.com/home.html

'I will become the most powerful Jedi ever!'

[Drawing a Blank]

Thanks Defjoe. I'd never heard of him before but his illustrations are incredible.


"Oooh Benson; you are so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence."

[defjoe]

check out those Frankenstein illustrations. he did a bunch of illustrations with the book. Really awesome! It's hard to find but man is it amazing. He also works a lot with Stephen King. He did the illustrations for the stand a few years back.

'I will become the most powerful Jedi ever!'

[DeleteYourself]

Thanks, perm. Someone gave me a poster for the Roots that was a spoof of the ads for Michael Jordans' cologne, (it showed a sillouette of ?uestlove's afro in black on a red background), and ever since then I've been obsessed with their stuff. I love their style.

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[snypa]

nice new avatar, dy!!!
while we're talking about old mc, you guys should check out www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/lego.htm (http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/lego.htm)
about half-way down are the eschers

Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?

[D-Frag]

that is badass snypa, escher is my favorite, right up their with dali, i have many many lithos throughout my apt of both artist.....absolutely fab!!

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[snypa]

yeah escher is my favorite too. did you ever see his complete works book? first half is life story and influences, second is everything he's done. good book, got it for my b-day one year

Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?

[D-Zine]

I'm also a big Escher fan. I remember watching a film about him in my 9th grade art class and ever since then I have loved his work. I got my best friend a cat as a b-day gift one year and he even named him Escher...hehe! Yeah - he's the color of graphite too...LOL!

Those Escher legos are awesome tho!

Boobie Island or Bust!

[defjoe]

Dz...do you know the name of that film... I would like to see it.

'I will become the most powerful Jedi ever!'

[D-Zine]

Whew...man I dunno Joe...was in 9th grade, when I lived in Tallahassee! Was about....OMG - it was a LONG time ago! haha! If I find the name I will let you know...I'll do a lil research. It was interesting tho and its what opened my eyes to his work. I had never heard of him before that. I'll take a look and see what I can find out k ;o)

Boobie Island or Bust!

[D-Frag]

Snypa- yeah i got that book for Christmas a couple years ago, awesome book!!

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[snypa]

tessellations make interesting backgrounds...
www.punahou.edu/acad/sanders/geometrypages/GP08CreatingTessellations.html (http://www.punahou.edu/acad/sanders/geometrypages/GP08CreatingTessellations.html)

Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?

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Capt. Creative bring me those comps…

[uncle carbunkle]

that's really creepy, benjo.

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

Douglas Adams

Creepy? You have to be kidding. Jesus is crying, how can that be creepy?

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Capt. Creative bring me those comps…

[Drawing a Blank]

Thanks Snypa those legos are nice.


DZ I would like to know the name of that film as well I've heard of it before. I used to spend hours reading about Escher and oggling his work. I've got two lithos of his work in my house and I want more, but I want them to be unusual ones. I once had (don't know where it went) a small one that he had done for a bookmark for the national library in europe just after WWII. It was from the perspective of someone climbing out of a well on a wooden ladder it was awesome. Wish I knew where it was.


"Oooh Benson; you are so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence."

[Big Perm-dizzle]

i used to be huge escher and dali fans until everyone and there brother has one of their poster on their walls...

while its not the artists fault...Normal (non artistic) people like em and are so 'oh they are so cool' about them

I appreicate there work though

kinda like Robert Kincaid he's a good artist but played out

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[DeleteYourself]

sweet link, snyp! the tessellation lesson led to this procrastenation piece:

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[D-Frag]

yeah that was super cool link *runs off to make a tessellation*

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[snypa]

...glad you guys enjoyed it.
nice work dy. i made a puzzle tessellation, but i can't seem to find it.

Soon they'll be breeding us like cattle! You've got to warn everyone and tell them! Soylent green is made of people! You've got to tell them! Soylent green is people!

[D-Zine]

Joe & Greg: I'm not 100% sure that this is the one I saw. If it IS then it has been re-released, If it's NOT, it's really close to what I saw because it is the only one I saw that goes from his childhood and throughout his life and also has interviews with him, and it sounds just like the one that I saw. You can see it here ----> www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1569383065/ref=pd_sim_video_1/103-5155835-9574226?v=glance&s=video#product-details (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1569383065/ref=pd_sim_video_1/103-5155835-9574226?v=glance&s=video#product-details)

I think its only on VHS. I remember watching it and being amazed at him. I mean he's not only at artist but a mathmatician. He's just amazing!!

Anyways...hope that helps ya'll ;o)

Boobie Island or Bust!

[defjoe]

thnaks DZ... I will look into that. I remember seeing this huge 5 part series on Divinci (who I also like) in Colege and it was amazing to see how great his mind worked.

'I will become the most powerful Jedi ever!'

[Drawing a Blank]

Thanks DZ I'll have to get that.


"Oooh Benson; you are so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence."