Where do you get your inspiration from for specific ideas?

twistedpancreas · Sep 2020

Say I'm looking for some specific inspiration on models that look similar to Overwatch vehicles or ridiculous weapons from animated cartoons, where do you guys have most success in finding this stuff?

Google image search and pinterest just don't seem to cut it.

Thanks in advance.

Ashervisalis · Sep 2020

ArtStation has so many search filters, you can pin your search down pretty well. You can also search something like 'overwatch' and a lot of professional and fan made art comes up.

PixelMasher · Sep 2020

pinterest - you can search by image to find similar images and go down that rabbit hole
artstation, if people tagged their images it should be pretty easy, just search for those tags "vehicle" "stylized" etc

sacboi · Oct 2020

Aside from those mentioned, I'll also alternatively utilise/research dedicated resources relative too genre:

https://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Category:Vehicles

(big fanboi

)

https://judgedredd.fandom.com/wiki/Weapons_and_Gadgets - https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/graphic-novels/abc-warriors

Larry · Oct 2020

Behance, deviantart. Learn to use better keywords in google and pinterest as well. Type overwatch fan art, try using the words "sketch, concept,vector, cartoony, stylized, exaggerated forms, etc"
When creating a mood board you don't find stuff you want exactly, instead you find stuff that have one of the things, and combine them. Then your creativity (and how much you've trained it) comes in and says "hey this would look cool if it was bigger, or bending, or made out of banana peels" etc

Where do you get your inspiration from for specific ideas?

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