Sources of inspiration thread

[Jonathan Whiting]

Oblique strategies are not necessarily a source of inspiration per se, but useful as a way out of creative ruts:
http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/oblique/oblique.html

Yeah, I've kind of loved these ever since I discovered them. Brian Eno is great! Haven't ever used them in anger though...

A similar game-specific thing is Jesse Schell's deck of lenses: http://artofgamedesign.com/cards/ adapted from his very nice book on game design.

I'm reading (almost finished in fact) this book at the moment. Sometimes I find his writing/influences a little grating, but I've been pleasantly surprised by how much useful and interesting insight it contains.

[NiallM]

Re-reading Grant Morrison's The Invisibles, I got an urge to find out more about Terrence McKenna, which led me here. I've only scratched the surface, but so far I'm liking Quantum Resonance in the Synaptic Field and the gaian mind ("armies of elves teaching us a perfected form of communication").

[Terry]

Was reminded again of David O' Reilly's animations this morning. In no particular order:


Please Say Something


The External World


RGBXYZ


Octocat Adventures

[Kor]

Re-reading Grant Morrison's The Invisibles, I got an urge to find out more about Terrence McKenna, which led me here. I've only scratched the surface, but so far I'm liking Quantum Resonance in the Synaptic Field and the gaian mind ("armies of elves teaching us a perfected form of communication").

Interesting website. Thanks. (The clockwork elves).
I started reading "The Spirit Molecule" book a while ago (should really finish it) - JUST realized the documentary has been released.

Was reminded again of David O' Reilly's animations this morning.

Oh god. Not those! xP


Surrealist art images below. If it wasn't late I would reduce sizes for display in forum. Have high res instead:

Beksinski
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Wayne Douglass Barlowe
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Dali
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Xueguo Yang
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I sometimes put things I think are amazing on here: http://kormyen.tumblr.com/

[reverkiller]

I don't have many links, but the next game I've been working on is using a western motif, and I would be nowhere without the works of Sergio Leon and Akira Kurosawa. If you haven't watched The Good, The Bad, The Ugly or Seven Samurai, I would suggest you do it right now. I focus mostly on camera angels and landscapes, as well as character mannerisms and the role of "The Other" vs "The Known." Really good stuff.

I admit these are almost contrived examples, kind of a waste of your time, but I honestly cannot understate how these filmmakers have effected me.

[yeah, cilantro]

I second the Kurosawa nod. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw that the theme for the pageant was "justice" was Kurosawa's Rashomon. Anyone else interested in making "Rashomon: The Game"?

[deadeye]

Was reminded again of David O' Reilly's animations this morning

Were you by any chance reminded by me posting a link to one of his movies on the previous page of this thread ;)

[HushPuppy]

Underwater Sculture / Gallery:
http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/i ... beautiful/



And I'm in love with these costumes:
http://butdoesitfloat.com/434490/Embrac ... ien-within

[terrawah]

Wonderful thread! I'm loving a lot of the stuff that's been posted.

I don't have much to contribute sadly, but I do find these abandoned monuments to be quite awe inspiring.
http://www.cracktwo.com/2011/04/25-abandoned-soviet-monuments-that-look.html

And I found this recently, it's a wonderful and artistic video of Saturn and its moons(shot from the Cassini orbiter):
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110613.html

[Terry]

Was reminded again of David O' Reilly's animations this morning

Were you by any chance reminded by me posting a link to one of his movies on the previous page of this thread ;)

D'oh! Sorry.

[Stephen L (inactive)]

Something by the recently deceased Cy Twombly caught my eye:

[NoxiousHamster]

This experimental piece by Kurt Kren is super cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrrSqDnTpNY

Make sure to read the video description so you know what's going on. It's just such an awesome concept.

[Jasper]

... an awesome movie called Mind Game...

Actually this movie is one of my greatest sources of inspiration... One of the greatest movies ever made, I think.

I re-watch every time I'm in a bit of a lull, as it makes me feel so positive and enthusiastic. It makes me want to do everything, now! I even keep the postcards I got with the DVD on my shelf right where I work. Koji Morimoto (who I'm also a big fan of, and was animation director on this) definitely had a big part in it... the exuberance of the animation itself... Go watch Mind Game, everyone!

[Colapsydo]

This live recording of the Austin Peralta / Strangeloop Project is a real inspiration for me. It's conjugate sounds for breaking genres.

[shouldice]

This live recording of the Austin Peralta / Strangeloop Project is a real inspiration for me. It's conjugate sounds for breaking genres.

I'm enjoying this a lot.