EOW Inspiration Thread (Pictures, concepts, thoughts, tutorials etc.)

[Vulgar`]

Have something that inspires you to create environments? Recommendations for tutorials, techniques, wisdom from the grandmasters of painting, or just knowledge you wish to share.. this is the spot. Photographs, philosophy - anything you've got on your mind or would like to share.

:yayca:

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Saw these pictures the other day, they were pretty damn awesome.

Volcano-LightningPhotos (http://beta.news.yahoo.com/photos/chile-volcano-slideshow/volcanic-lightning-seen-over-puyehue-volcano-over-500-photo-182323042.html)

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Saw these a while back so I thought I'd post them up too. :D Largest Caves in the World-Vietnam (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/largest-cave/peter-photography)

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Some stuff by Feng Zhu that was apropos.


A good portion of these are Environmental, he's got some pretty awesome stuff in there for characters as well, but I thought this would be cool for people to check out, there is a lot of stuff to digest in his videos, plus they're free. :)


http://www.fengzhudesign.com/tutorials.htm

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An interesting icy landscape and rare ice bubbles taken by this photographer.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/frozen-lake-1310164572-slideshow/

[Dayle]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14248915

Some interesting cloud formations.

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Some Environmental stuff from Nat. Geo.

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/rainforests-tropical.html

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/best-pod-september-2011/#/sharks-swimming-bahamas_40063_600x450.jpg

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/death-valley-photos/#/death-valley-zabriskiepoint_2015_600x450.jpg

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/best-pod-april-2011/#/cottonmouth-north-carolina_34275_600x450.jpg