Real world environment art inspiration.

Andreas

I often come across interesting photos of places/buildings from around the world while on stumble and the like. I'm not an environment artist, but I thought I'd share what I find, and you guys can too . Apologies if there is a thread like this already, I searched.

*EDIT* Post a teaser pic! *

http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2010/07/babas-abandoned-curiosity-shop/

Stinger88

http://industrialdecay.blogspot.com/

Christian Hjerpe

Stinger88 thats awesome! Thanks for posting!

Jeremy Lindstrom

Here ya go..
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53002
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51133

Ref and Inspiration:
Warhammer Reference Art: http://www.warhammeronline.com/conceptart/index.php
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/index.php
http://www.ontarioarchitecture.com/Terms.html
http://www.simoncornwell.com/urbex/frames.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/sunshyn...oned/main.html
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kazil/
http://www.kto-to.de/en/gal.php?lang=en&pd=6
http://www.containershipping.nl/casualties.html
http://www.shieldsaroundtheworld.com/gallery.html
http://www.opacity.us
http://www.forbidden-places.net
http://www.modern-ruins.com
http://www.ohiotrespassers.com/locations.html
http://www.undergroundkent.co.uk/maunsell_towers.htm
http://www.ghosttownexplorers.org
http://www.disassociate.com/lost.html

Perfectblue

Awesome, marked for later.

Neo_God

This majority of this movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103767/

Especially if you're interested in majestic environments and locals.

If you want to watch something with a plot that also has a lot of the more epic places in Baraka, then watch "The Fall"

Anuxinamoon

This thread makes me happy!

I regularly look at the photos in this bushwalkers gallery. Its mostly Australian locations and vistas but I'm a big nature buff and love looking at crazy terrain and flora.
http://bushwalk.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=4201611647f7c559e30ef4703de42161
teaser:

SHEPEIRO

i like ship wrecks

SHEPEIRO

Neo_God wrote: »

If you want to watch something with a plot that also has a lot of the more epic places in Baraka, then watch "The Fall"

+1

Andreas

http://theoriens.com/living-root-bridges-in-india/



Pity the images are so small

Andreas

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2ppdJz/chinive.com/fenhuan-one-of-the-ten-most-beautiful-towns-in-china/

xvampire

http://www.paropunte.net/archives/753646.html damn impressive old architecture taken over by plant

SanderDL

http://www.urbanatrophy.com/

Jeremy Lindstrom

Hboybowen wrote: »

@jeremy some of your links dont exist cuz its 2011:poly124:(that was a angelfire joke)

thats why the enviro thread I had started and those threads are in 'archive'

Andreas

http://www.earth-photography.com/

Stinger88

oh...forgot about this one. Used it alot in the past.

http://pixdaus.com/

Andreas

http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/05/creepy-crusty-crumbling-illegal-tour-of-abandoned-six-flags-new-orleans-75-pics/

Its L4D2!

pior

Shit, I totally dreamt of a place looking just like that first pic!! Except it was at night and in black and white. Creepy haha

Fantastic stuff all around ... would be nice if each link posted could have a teaser pic ...

Andreas

http://www.cracktwo.com/2011/04/25-abandoned-soviet-monuments-that-look.html

megalmn2000

Google Map with the 3D view.

Andreas

http://www.abandoned-places.com/

Andreas

http://likeandshare.info/amazing-places-around-the-world


(Pretty sure this is the rock featured in 'Up'?)

Andreas

www.funzug.com/index.php/informative-zone/aircraft-detection-before-the-invention-of-radar.html/

Holy shit.

DrunkShaman

Andreas wrote: »

www.funzug.com/index.php/informative-zone/aircraft-detection-before-the-invention-of-radar.html/

Holy shit.

This can be a prop for the environment, but you cant count it as an environment...

Z3D

Great!!!

Think I can list some of :

http://www.abandonedtheaters.com/
http://www.primeportal.net/home.htm
http://kuksi.com/
http://lookslikegooddesign.com/
http://www.jvallee.com/index_jvallee.html
http://www.massiveblack.com/MBwebolution/thirdd/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/odisea2008/sets/72157627920290047/

- And if you need brazilian's shoot! - http://www.fotosdobrasil.fot.br/Alta/index_main.htm

:poly004:

dtschultz

If you guys haven't seen this. This is Chris Smart's site with amazing photos of, well, you guessed it, industrial decay. There are so many amazing photos here.

http://industrialdecay.blogspot.com/

Here's a couple quick examples of the awesomeness at this site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescharlick/6677704597/
http://industrialdecay.blogspot.com/2012/01/jan-9.html

I can't link to the photos directly for some reason, so links will have to do, atm.

Andreas

Nitewalkr wrote: »

This can be a prop for the environment, but you cant count it as an environment...

Yes Nightwalker, but splitting hairs is stupid, and awesome stuff from olden times is awesome

Pkeod

http://www.reddit.com/r/earthporn/
http://www.reddit.com/r/abandonedporn+cityporn+designporn+infrastructureporn+machineporn+militaryporn+villageporn

r_fletch_r

Nitewalkr wrote: »

This can be a prop for the environment, but you cant count it as an environment...

No need to be so pedantic! Go find some nice pics and contribute.



http://www.chromehooves.net/ant_term3.htm

Andreas

Wish I had Fletch's vocabulary lol

http://www.cgarena.com/freetextures/search/carving/

Saw this link on CGTalk.

Eric Chadwick

Added the thread to the wiki. I would add all the links but I'm too lazy. Besides, they die kinda quickly. Great stuff though guys!
http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryReferenceEnvironment

Andreas

Have some of the links died? Ach no. I'm on a phone so it would be annoying to check them all. Thats also why I didn't add a pic for the last link, which has some absolutely stunning pictures.

Eric Chadwick

Naw, I just mean that last time I put enviro photo links on the wiki, it didn't take long for them to become obsolete. Threads are a great way to share, I think. Wiki, probably not.

Emil Mujanovic

Amazing ref in this thread! My REF folder just levelled up.

Sean VanGorder

I came across this site the other day while searching for urban reference. Really cool stuff.

http://sleepycity.net/

sltrOlsson

Great thread! I'm wondering if there's any cool rock/mountain environment sites out there, that people know that is

Grimm_Wrecking

Public G+ Album that just popped up in my feed.

Jay Patel <- Photographers website.

vofff

sltrOlsson wrote: »

Great thread! I'm wondering if there's any cool rock/mountain environment sites out there, that people know that is

yes yes, 341 pages of sexy mountains
http://www.sxc.hu/category/1272

good site though

Andreas

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2011/02/07/captured-the-ruins-of-detroit/2672/



Jeebus Detroit is bloody WRECKED!

BlvdNights

Z3D wrote: »

Great!!!

Think I can list some of :

http://www.abandonedtheaters.com/

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Andreas

http://imgur.com/a/trm7p

Andreas

http://mamayevkurgan.wordpress.com/

A bit too much talky-talky, but plenty of looky-looky too.

The reds always have the most awesome monuments, whether they be Russians or N.Koreans.

Neox

Andreas wrote: »

http://theoriens.com/living-root-bridges-in-india/



Pity the images are so small

just saw documentary about those, awesome grown bridges made from roots beeing formed over 500 years by generations

mospheric

The Island of Socotra off the coast of Yemen has some fascinating flora.

Andreas

www.nature-pictures.info/the-33-most-beautiful-abandoned-places-in-the-world/

Some of the nicer reference I've come across on stumbleupon.

Norron

Andreas wrote: »

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2011/02/07/captured-the-ruins-of-detroit/2672/

Jeebus Detroit is bloody WRECKED!

For sure dude. I've got tons of photos on my phone of abandoned buildings and nasty looking blocks from when I went to school in Detroit. Great apocalypse ref.

http://www.silentuk.com/
Another urban explorer site. Doesn't seem to have updated in awhile but they've got some great photos.

Andreas

Norron wrote: »

For sure dude. I've got tons of photos on my phone of abandoned buildings and nasty looking blocks from when I went to school in Detroit. Great apocalypse ref.

I've actually been thinking of starting another thread where people could upload pictures of natural decay etc. from their areas. :thumbup: Not sure if another thread is needed or if this thread would suffice though.

makinmagic3

Some links for environment's and other pieces.

http://www.facebook.com/iamarch
http://www.facebook.com/AwesomeLocationIdeas

Tejay

The hours I've wasted on:

http://www.trekearth.com/

Wahlgren

I'm using pinterest for alot of this stuff. Everything from material definition to old and modern architecture and how the lighting fixtures is set up.

http://pinterest.com/wahlgren/architecture-and-interiors/

fearian

http://www.safestyle-windows.co.uk/secret-door/ is an easy way to loose 20 minutes and has some really nice environment reference. I think my favourite is a little corner of a meuseum corridoor that looks like a stately home.