Post some images that inspire you. [Archive] - Page 2

Tigermilk

February 15th, 2006, 04:25 PM

Karl Larsson. swedish, dead, artist.

http://runeberg.org/clarsson/cl0030.jpg

http://runeberg.org/clarsson/cl0001.jpg

http://runeberg.org/clarsson/cl0028.jpg

http://runeberg.org/clarsson/cl0010.jpg

http://runeberg.org/clarsson/cl0034.jpg

http://runeberg.org/clarsson/cl0041.jpg

And Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Finnish, allso dead, artist. :)

http://www.niksula.hut.fi/~xyu/kale-gb/pics/gallen/lemminkainen.jpg

http://www.niksula.hut.fi/~xyu/kale-gb/pics/gallen/lemminkainens_mother.jpg

http://www.niksula.hut.fi/~xyu/kale-gb/pics/gallen/kullervos_curse.jpg

quite inspiring.
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Crystalline

February 17th, 2006, 05:34 PM

I love this image by Iain McCaig, his style really inspires me, he makes it look so simple, always the sign of a great artist.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f177/crytalla/mccaignsmall.jpg

kinokuniya

February 18th, 2006, 12:47 PM

this thread is amazing... lets keep em comming

This is a painting I could never forget by Jacques Louis David

http://www.wga.hu/art/d/david_j/4/402david.jpg

PeggyChung

February 18th, 2006, 04:11 PM

hells yes on that one kinokuniya!

Crystalline

February 18th, 2006, 06:20 PM

I agree with Ladylioness, that picture is great. really reminds me of the Rubens picture, the St Goerge and the Dragon one. Mainly because of the dynamic moving hourse and the gorgeous red cape.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f177/crytalla/rubens379.jpg
This picture inspires me as well, seeing it in real life is one of those days I will never forget :).

Fellah.

February 20th, 2006, 10:41 AM

OK, not a painting, but these dudes are just too badass not to post. I look at this photo alot (sorry about the shitscan)
http://www.siq.dk/Simon/indis.jpg

loomer

February 20th, 2006, 10:57 AM

fellah that is awesome - those dudes with the hats look SO sick with their faces completely covered in shadow...I might have to stick one of them in a painting one day :)

Right on Tigermilk for posting some Gallen-Kallela. Dude needs to get more props even if he is dead : (

Denart

February 20th, 2006, 11:10 AM

woa! wtf are they?! (that's "who" not "what") ;)

Fellah.

February 20th, 2006, 11:11 AM

Haha - yeah they do! But the kid is my favorit - so cool. he knows he is going to rule the world one day. I always feel like making a graphic novel about him, when i see it.

This Moebiuspainting makes me want to cry...
http://www.siq.dk/Simon/sony01.jpg

Fellah.

February 20th, 2006, 11:14 AM

Denart - They are Tlingit indians.

DavidJA

February 20th, 2006, 07:35 PM

Recently been looking at Jeff Soto, amazing fusion of ideas and styles
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/508/flowersforla1s6uq.jpg
If you like Soto also check out the similarly inspired 'Los Angeles Lets Be Friends' video (near the bottom) over at http://threeleggedlegs.com/hello/

Mort

February 20th, 2006, 07:48 PM

hehe fellah, those dudes rock. look at the eyes of the old guy besides the kid.
scary dude.and the hats are the coolest. looks like they are ready to kick some ass.

Dizon

February 20th, 2006, 09:59 PM

that photo is awesome! They look like they're from some other place in time. Who took it?

seba_boi

February 20th, 2006, 11:53 PM

Norman Rockwell (doesn't inspire me to draw, but inspires me nontheless... I'm the more timid type... :D)

Two of my most favourites:

The Marriage License
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/byrd/Images/byrd11-22-2.jpg

Saying Grace
http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/r/rockwel2.jpg

Fellah.

February 21st, 2006, 04:21 AM

that photo is awesome! They look like they're from some other place in time. Who took it?

Yeah, i love it too! Dont know who took it - its from 1895:)
.

Idiot Apathy

February 21st, 2006, 05:27 PM

Found your photo on this website Fellah:
http://www.wickedsunshine.com/Projects/PotlatchLonghouse/PotlatchLonghouse-HistoricalReference.html
Not much more info though :(
Some other interesting ones over here:
http://www.snowwowl.com/peopletlingit3.html

vigostar

February 22nd, 2006, 11:34 AM

so much dopeness here!!! those photos are awesome!

Flynn

February 22nd, 2006, 05:09 PM

there quite scary but post mor people :)

My faves have all been posted, currently Frank Frazzetta with his awesome dark killers :)

TheDirtSyndicate

February 23rd, 2006, 12:59 AM

phil hale and jason alexander are my 2 favorite artists, but i cant find any of their good art online ANYWHERE.
im gonna have to scan and post...fuck....

saulone

February 26th, 2006, 02:48 PM

This pic by John McColgan always gives me shivers.

Those deer are so screwed

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/fires_mccolgan_big.jpg

Many of my other favs have already been posted - I love that Alan Lee pic of Merlin - and the Rembrandts...etc...

blacky

February 27th, 2006, 02:10 PM

Wonder if you guys know any russian masters.
Here's some work from Repin.
And my favourite Goya painting.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f376/Smulko/repin2.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f376/Smulko/19-v_2h_Repin2.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f376/Smulko/Repin-Wolgatreidler.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f376/Smulko/maleri-goya.jpg

Artistic_Savant

March 1st, 2006, 03:46 PM

A list of some artists I find very inspiring:

H.R. Giger (king)
Ralph McQuarrie
Bill Sienkiewicz
Clive Barker
Alberto Vargas
Kevin O'Neill
Frank Miller
Ron Cobb
Doug Chiang
Simon Bisley
David Finch
Don Perlin
Martin F. Emond
Kow Yokoyama
Yasushi Nirasawa
André Mouron Cassandre
Lorenzo Di Mauro
Les Edwards
Jim Pavelec
Massimiliano Frezzato
Iain McCaig
Jamie Hewlett
Didier Cromwell
Joel Thomas
Luis Royo
Olivia
Pelaez

The few I can think of for now, but there are many other artists that do amazing work.

Arctis

March 1st, 2006, 04:26 PM

I second Blacky about russian masters.
I was in Moscow a few days ago, where I admired Repine's wonderful portraits, and his extremely alive group scenes.
Unfortunatly, those XIXth century russian masters are under-represented in our fuckin' snobish country of France...

Here are 2 examples of how subtle he can be, and how quick and essential he can be too... The great consistency of his painting seems to appear very early in his process.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/Arctis/repin1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/Arctis/repin2.jpg

flipperkun

March 2nd, 2006, 07:25 PM

Well, what got me going is some cartoon comics...

Guust Flater, in French Gaston Lagaffe or something like that was pretty inspirational for me. The artist Franquin was my god in those days, still is actually... He also made this one. When he was depressed and near the end of his life... It's called "blacklooking complete".

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9549/kf8uo6xbjx4efnpeknut9ly.gif

And then there was another discovery for me, named "Joe bar team"

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8956/naamloos8vh.png

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5184/poster120joe20bar20team4fw.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4372/50551st.jpg

ndp

March 4th, 2006, 09:27 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Glacial_lakes%2C_Bhutan.jpg/800px-Glacial_lakes%2C_Bhutan.jpg

The real fun is when you view the larger version. Large download:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Glacial_lakes%2C_Bhutan.jpg

Kresh

March 6th, 2006, 09:32 AM

This guy/girl? whoever did these castlevania artworks. I really like the colors and style, anime-esque which isnt my style but its pulled off well. Totally inspired me today.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/NikArt/poster.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/NikArt/dx02.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/NikArt/Leon.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/NikArt/kojimaa-castlevania-2.jpg

NikitaDarkstar

March 6th, 2006, 11:16 AM

I usually find myself more inspierd by music than anything else... but this is a drawing I've loved since the day I found it on elfwood..

http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/b/o/bobbyholz/insects.jpg.html

A.Cerasoli

March 6th, 2006, 11:57 AM

If I find any better pics I will post them.

Vaughn Bode'
http://www.markbode.com/site/allpics/adoration.jpg

Vaughn Bode'
http://www.markbode.com/site/allpics/photos/cobaltwall.jpg

Vaughn Bode'
http://www.metaltv.com/images/full/020905a5a.jpg

Dondi White
http://www.graffiti.org/index/FrozenFire_Uitnodiging.jpg

Dondi White
http://www.graffiti.org/dondi/canvas3.jpg

Dondi White
http://www.dondiciakings.com/images/DONDI_COLARG_1.jpg

Dondi White
http://www.dondiciakings.com/TIGER.jpg

Snarfevs

March 7th, 2006, 05:30 AM

- Eigenfaces, computer generated metafaces that form a basis set for composing real faces, as used in facial recognition systems. Pretty creepy.
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4575/eignface12dd.jpg

- Rather nice storms that happened in perth.
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/5942/perth83oq.jpg

- The all knowing master.
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7551/pufferhabbae5fa.jpg

- Snail shell spider - the spider lives in the shell. very much COW material.
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9461/snailshellspiderhangin4je.jpg

- Field lines from the corona.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2227/sunspottrace2nm.jpg

- Nice watch, limited series. Done for the final fantasy movie, I am led to believe.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9742/watch10dc.jpg

- The Z-Machine discharging. Most powerful X-ray generator in the world. I mean holy crap.
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9708/zmachine7an.jpg

- Spaaaace! Well, low earth orbit.
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/2707/113238mainimagefeature318cx.jpg

vigostar

March 7th, 2006, 10:06 AM

what the hell is that x-ray generator used for? its kinda creepy..

Kian

March 7th, 2006, 10:26 AM

My god, I neeeeeeeeed more pics of that Perth storm Snarfevs. PLEASE DUDE!!

savii

March 7th, 2006, 11:33 AM

Here are just a few images I've collected that really give me a buzz when I see them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/savii/cezanne.jpg
Cezanne

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/savii/vangogh-parkconorwithabloominglawn.jpg
Van Gogh

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/savii/schiele_nude.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/savii/schiele_scornful.jpg
Egon Schiele

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/savii/anngale-tommy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/savii/anngale-shannonwithbowl.jpg
Ann Gale

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/savii/SergeiBongart-girlwithredshawl.jpg
Sergei Bongart

Enjoy!

Snarfevs

March 7th, 2006, 10:15 PM

As requested

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9658/perth14he.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7665/perth27fh.jpg
http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/2206/perth33yd.jpg
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6335/perth49ra.jpg
http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/1029/perth51ku.jpg
http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/6806/perth62df.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1351/perth73fx.jpg

The z-machine generator is used for inertial confinement fusion research, something similar to the equally creepy sounding Shiva Device.

Which looks like this on the outside:
http://img431.imageshack.us/img431/4697/shivaamplifierchains2xz.jpg

And another favourite of mine: the inside of a tokamak reactor before and during use:
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/967/insidejettokamak0je.jpg

Also, everyone likes stellarators!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Helical_Device

Keng

March 7th, 2006, 10:20 PM

You know those people who always try to prove to other people that good things CAN come from MS paint? Well, tracy here takes the cake.. with a mouse...
(deviant art, sorry, can't post the img tag, so here's the link.)

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/27718575/

DSillustration

April 3rd, 2006, 01:43 PM

i was at the society of illustrators, nyc, this friday.
i had the privilege of helping them photograph some of their permanent collection.

i shot 7 b&w pieces.
here are 3 of them that i really loved:

kinstler:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/DSillustration/bw3.jpg

barratt:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/DSillustration/bw1.jpg

chambers: (my favorite!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/DSillustration/bw2.jpg

vigostar

April 3rd, 2006, 02:19 PM

wow that chambers is lovely... thanks for the pics Dan

Brall

April 3rd, 2006, 02:43 PM

Jean-Leon Gerome

Duel After a Masked Ball
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/Brall/Duelafteramaskedball.jpg

fooxoo

April 3rd, 2006, 03:56 PM

Jawdrop

http://www.filelodge.com/files/room16/416900/Barontieri%20hovership.jpg

asoir

April 3rd, 2006, 04:03 PM

WHY ROBERT LIEFELD AND HIS FAMOUSLY GOOD ANATOMY OF COURSE!

http://i.somethingawful.com/fashion/comicSWAT/12.jpg

MAJOR PSYCHE!

Carnifex

April 3rd, 2006, 04:11 PM

fooxoo-daaaaaaaaamn.

Justice Von Brandt

April 3rd, 2006, 04:57 PM

Those storm pictures are great:D

_Mario

April 3rd, 2006, 06:19 PM

fooxoo-daaaaaaaaamn.For more http://goodbrush.com/

Pixeldragoon

April 3rd, 2006, 08:30 PM

Asoir, I hadn't scrolled to the bottom of your post and I was like "Psha, has to be sarcasm."

XD on that one.

Slash

April 3rd, 2006, 09:16 PM

haha, liefield rocks my socks!!

But seriously tho, mullins DO rock my socks for real!

bcarman

April 5th, 2006, 01:12 PM

Dan,

Great memories came flooding back when I saw your post for inspiration. This was one of my two favorite pieces in the Milwaukee Art Museum. I lived and taught there for about 6 years. Like any other painting, to really appreciate it, you have to see it for real. I hate using cliches when talking aout painting but beyond the masterful surface and use of paint this piece comes alive. I seriously wanted to touch and bite this painting every time that i saw it. I don't know that I have ever seen better skin tones. If there are magical pieces this is certainly one. The museum's whole 19th century European Genre collection is magnificent. My other favorite piece there was an Odd Nerdrum. I don't think that anyone else has posted him here. Simply genius and his works are huge. Also included the only piece for which I am actually planning a pilgrimage for - The Ghent Altarpiece by the Van Eycks.

Jules Bastien-Lepage

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/bcarman/collections_19th_lepage.jpg

Odd Nerdrum

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/bcarman/woman_kills.jpg

Van Eycks

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/bcarman/ghentopn.jpg

bill
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=62201

Recursive_End

May 9th, 2006, 12:05 PM

Daniel Long (http://www.novembre.ws/) :
http://pix.nofrag.com/48/3e/5f57f67a96f2d87441011cd673c6.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/48/3e/5f57f67a96f2d87441011cd673c6.html)
Hubert Lartigue (http://www.hubertdelartigue.com/) :
http://pix.nofrag.com/2e/cc/80b82683dad3f71eb7609e3c6c9e.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/2e/cc/80b82683dad3f71eb7609e3c6c9e.html)
http://pix.nofrag.com/3c/f3/b470c15d11d529324814703abb77.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/3c/f3/b470c15d11d529324814703abb77.html)

loomer

May 9th, 2006, 01:00 PM

Thomas Wilmer Dewing - one of my favorites of all time

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/143/1501/1024/Dewing_girlwithlute_F1905.2a.jpg

http://www.fondosescritorio.net/wallpapers/Arte/Varios/Dewing-Thomas-Wilmer-The-Spinet-1902.jpg

http://www.thecityreview.com/f02samp3a.jpg

Yiako

May 9th, 2006, 05:07 PM

Sorolla is a master of light
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/s/sorolla/children.jpg
http://www.vilinpimeaverkosto.com/wallpaper/wallpaper_sorolla02.jpg
This painting from Gisbert is daunting. And the fact that the historical fact happened at 500 meters from where I live makes it almost personal to me
http://www.legadoandalusi.com/legado/contenido/rutas/1024/GIE00079.jpg

Idiot Apathy

May 9th, 2006, 05:37 PM

Marianne Stokes - Uses red like satan never could, compositional genius:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4104/madonnaandchildmariannestokes9.jpg

asoir

May 9th, 2006, 05:42 PM

these inspire the living shit out of me.. almost depressing

http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138476/deep%20purple%20copy.JPG
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138476/icarus1ga.jpg
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138476/sk8A5_36.jpg
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138476/sb082704a.jpg
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138476/sb082704b.jpg

ndp

May 10th, 2006, 02:22 AM

John Singer Sargent

I actually saw this one in real life on Saturday!!!
http://artrenewal.org/images/artists/s/SARGENT_John_Singer/large/Sargent_John_Singer_Repose.jpg

http://artrenewal.org/images/artists/s/SARGENT_John_Singer/large/Sargent_John_Singer_Rosina.jpg

http://artrenewal.org/images/artists/s/SARGENT_John_Singer/large/Sargent_John_Singer_The_Sulphur_Match.jpg

The sense of weight conveyed in the figures is mind blowing.
http://artrenewal.org/images/artists/s/SARGENT_John_Singer/large/Sargent_John_Singer_Venetian_Water_Carriers.jpg

Gustav Klimt:

Some of his paintings were destroyed by Nazi bombings.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/klimt/klimt.danae.jpg

Sorry this is the best version of the painting I could find, I love the madness in her eyes:

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/hwells/Gustav.Klimt.PallasAthene.jpg

Some comic artists....

Travis Charest

http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/data/media/50/WILDCATS_VOL2_1_PG_5_copy.jpg

http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/data/media/50/WILDCATS_VOL2_1_PG_20_copy.jpg

http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/data/media/50/cover1a.jpg

Adam hughes

http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/data/media/116/Catwoman57.jpg

http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/data/media/116/TR41pencils.jpg

Halos Chain

May 11th, 2006, 10:43 PM

really nice thread! looks like its kinda dying, but here's my contribution, its been inspiring my work ever since i saw it, Really touching stuff.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/Chaos_Eidolon12345/1_multipart5_pic15724.jpg

Gloominati

May 27th, 2006, 08:11 AM

MOST INSPIRING SHIT EVER!!!

http://www.helnwein.com/stc/ghpicts/gh174.jpg

asoir

May 27th, 2006, 10:52 AM

Gloom- I seriously think the artist is wasting his time on that stuff, once, sure, but multiple images that could just be printed photographs...I really don't see the point. That aside, the techinique is amazing.

Well I might aswell post some images now i'm here-

Hiroshi Yoshida
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138476/H7485_hasui.jpg
Phil Hale
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138476/hale_constantine.jpg
Odd Nerdrum
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138476/nerdrum2.jpg
Can't remember the artist for this one
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/138476/PA01.JPG

Recursive_End

May 27th, 2006, 11:17 AM

NAMES asoir NAMES !!!! :devil:
I've recon a Phil hale one, but i really don't see the other ones :s

Thanks :D

ah.heng

May 27th, 2006, 11:43 AM

kozaki yuusuke
http://kymg.net/work/macchi.gif
http://kymg.net/work/hito.gif

okama
http://okama.nicomi.com/image/top-%20old/2005/top50922fp0509-hp3.gif
http://okama.nicomi.com/image/cloth-road/cl01-c345-2c3-ed.gif
http://okama.nicomi.com/image/cloth-road/top50408cl13-240t.gif

imperial boy
http://tksn.web.infoseek.co.jp/work/img430.jpg
http://tksn.web.infoseek.co.jp/work/00000035.jpg
http://tksn.web.infoseek.co.jp/work/img201.gif

harada
http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/u1h/u1060507.jpg
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/haradaya_blog/imgs/5/8/58118f69.jpg

Flake

June 1st, 2006, 11:22 AM

Giovanni Boldini
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8561/boldinigiovanniportraitofmadam.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Frank Cadogan Cowper
http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/2288/labelledamsansmerci3eu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Jeremy Lipking
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4779/danielle40x306rr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Burne Jones
http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/9060/burnejonessmall6kv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Waterhouse
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/7877/water149ox.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Rudeone

June 1st, 2006, 12:17 PM

I love this piece by Jose Manuel Oli

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/rudeone/WAKE3.jpg

Audrey Kawasaki adorable girls and I love the combination of realism and abstract, amazing work IMO.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/rudeone/leaf.jpg

Jeff Soto I think his work is extremely cool, I wish I could afford an original Soto, Kawasaki too btw.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/rudeone/soto_boxjellyfish.jpg

Recursive_End

July 13th, 2006, 03:59 AM

Bump !

A master working:
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bouguereau/at-work.jpg

Derram

July 13th, 2006, 10:25 AM

Not as elaborate as most of the other stuff here, but this one knocked me on my ass. Made me realize what a complete waste of time my life had been up to that point.
6742
Aaron A. from Serenity Rose #5

also explains why I started an SB, "Flaming bonfire of spectacular failure" heh.

take²

July 15th, 2006, 05:29 AM

searching 2 hours for inspirations in the web and finaly land here.. what a waste of time, i had to know that..

thx ² flake for my new folder - lipking is great.

gregory colbert he definitely found the synthesis of humans and nature in his photos.

http://home-of-rush.de/gregory_colbert_4.jpg

Zdzislaw Beksinski i hope this modern master rest in peace
http://www.beksinski.pl/

http://pds.egloos.com/pds/1/200404/09/69/a0009869_2114819.jpg

A. Rodin and C. Claudel

http://lunettesrouges.blog.lemonde.fr/photos/uncategorized/rodin_belle_heaulmiere.jpg

sistina

July 18th, 2006, 02:07 AM

6671

Simple and elegantly rendered expressionism.

projectangel

July 25th, 2006, 09:22 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Undefeated/charest.jpg

what comic does the repelling character with the number 2 on the forehead come from?

TheDirtSyndicate

July 25th, 2006, 10:30 PM

Rauschenberg:

http://nebopeklo.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/rr.jpg

joelhinxman

July 26th, 2006, 10:59 AM

every time it think of who inspires one name always comes up first

Phile hale. (his stuff has been posted in here a few times but im doing it agin)

the first image i saw of his was
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/joelhinxman/hale_swamp.jpg
i think i pissed my self then i saw
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/joelhinxman/hale_punch.jpg
and i know i pissed my self

heres some more
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/joelhinxman/hale_headoff.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/joelhinxman/hall_open.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/joelhinxman/hale_smoke.jpg

and then there is kruger too hes got some rad stuff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/joelhinxman/waits.jpg

oh and i love jon wayshak's stuff www.scrapbookmanifesto.com

i love alot of the older grates like mucha and stuff but i see it alot its the new stuff that comes out that makes me say wow

oh and www.conceptart.org like i could forget them

blacky

July 26th, 2006, 02:25 PM

complete- well, I know some people do like him and that he's quite succesfull with his stuff n all, but I don't really like his stuff all too much. But nice to se someone post some more abstract things in here too

I stumled over some lesser known Russian Avangarde Artist recently, and was atounded by their quality and variety.

Larionov
Bruni
Udaltzewa
Vodkin Petrov
kudriashev
(and, my favourite) Filonov

TheDirtSyndicate

July 26th, 2006, 03:07 PM

Pascal Tremblay www.makeshift.ca

http://www.makeshift.ca/art/windowcells/Windowcells.jpg

oh, and phil hale is my all time favorite painter.
long time fan of his work. i would have posted some of his stuff but its hard to find good quality jpg's online.
:)

Noah Bradley

July 29th, 2006, 12:00 AM

This one always amazes me, especially in person:
http://www.noahbradley.com/Daniel_in_the_Lions_Den_WGA.jpg
Peter Paul Rubens

MonteBurns86

August 9th, 2006, 02:42 PM

http://www.darkergreen.com/forum/The_Apotheosis_of_the_Slavs.jpg

The Apotheosis of the Slavs, by Alphonse Mucha

Infact all of the Slav Epic totally rules me. Whats really impressive about this and the other paintings of the Epic is their size. This painting is like 15 feet tall, and some of the other 19 paintings are like 20 feet tall and 30 feet across.

also
http://www.darkergreen.com/forum/Inness_George_California.jpg

California, by George Inness

Inness' landscapes do something to me. I love the atmosphereic quality to many of them. They seem less like pictures of a place and time and more like memories or dreams

anyway...theres my contribution :bashful:

BTW more of both of these artists can be found at www.artrenewal.com (infact both these pics came from there)
Yea this landscape is a hott one.. I guess the blend of colors is what tends to grab me..

bunny

August 14th, 2006, 02:25 PM

Helwein Gottfriend (http://www.helnwein.com/) ... freakin' amazing painter.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y285/va5majora/gh1439.jpg

This is... mixed media on canvas. I think? Either way - awsome.
And maybe a bit creepy.

Of course, his paintings are pretty big:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y285/va5majora/gh993.jpg

jeffnevins

August 18th, 2006, 10:33 AM

Flake

August 18th, 2006, 10:50 AM

Sorry if this has been addressed before, but I can't see any images in this topic or most of the forum. Is it a setting on my computer? Thanks.

A couple at the end showed up after I posted. But not all for this page. Odd.

Other than a couple of dead links, they all show up fine for me so I'd say t's likely a setting on your computer, or more likely your internet browser..

If you're on Firefox go to tools > options > content then check "load images" is enabled and that "for originating website only" is unchecked, see if that fixes it.

Carnifex

August 18th, 2006, 10:54 AM

it's hard to find any good pics of him,but manfred deix is one friggin amazing painter.(caricatures)
http://icache.20six.net/myblog/de/infidel/img/deix1.jpg
http://members.surfeu.at/nein/satire/deix03.jpg
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:DEIX_Frisch-verlobt.jpeg

vigostar

August 18th, 2006, 11:18 AM

I almost forgot how fucking awesome Travis was.. Man... He really is amazing..

asoir

August 18th, 2006, 11:53 AM

Wow, what does he USE to make those? :O

vigostar

August 18th, 2006, 03:56 PM

Wow, what does he USE to make those? :O

Acrylic, water colors, airbrush and inks.... his designs are amazing... Def. one of the top 5 guys right now in the comic industry.... I believe that Adi colored in some of his metaborn stuff...

death jargin

August 21st, 2006, 07:42 PM

http://photobucket.com/albums/v357/Doobers/Savonnerie_de_Bagnolet_1897_37x51.jpg

Mucha Rules

Sodbrenner

August 29th, 2006, 06:55 PM

great thread idea! really a pleasure to browse through!
i really dig anthony braze's stuff
http://www.pen-paper.net/artgallery/d/1846-5/CrimD72Yellow.jpg
for hes got no page of his own, heres a gallery on p-p : http://www.pen-paper.net/artgallery/AndyBrase/?g2_page=1

Vishaka

August 29th, 2006, 09:35 PM

This thread rocks! Here's a couple of my favorite Caravaggio paintings: The Taking of Christ and The Calling of St. Matthew. The best quality I could find. :(

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h197/Lethaniel/Takingofchrist.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h197/Lethaniel/Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio__.jpg

FalconInverse

August 29th, 2006, 10:43 PM

Not necessarily traditional art, but I find these all inspiring..and creepy.

17114

17122

17121

Dizon

August 29th, 2006, 11:35 PM

yikes! that last one is effing creepy!!!

Magic Man

September 1st, 2006, 03:08 AM

The great alex ross baby!

http://www.alexrossart.com/galleries/batman/full/batman3.jpg

http://www.hillcity-comics.com/poster_misc/jla_alex_ross.jpg

http://www.alexrossart.com/galleries/superman/thumb/superman10.jpghttp://www.alexrossart.com/galleries/superman/thumb/superman11.jpghttp://www.alexrossart.com/galleries/superman/thumb/superman12.jpghttp://www.alexrossart.com/galleries/superman/thumb/superman13.jpghttp://www.alexrossart.com/galleries/superman/thumb/superman14.jpghttp://www.alexrossart.com/galleries/superman/thumb/superman15.jpghttp://www.alexrossart.com/galleries/superman/thumb/superman16.jpg

Magic Man

September 1st, 2006, 03:19 AM

More ross:

http://www.alexrossart.com/wallpapers/unclesam_1024.jpg

http://www.alexrossart.com/wallpapers/batmanscars_1024.jpg

http://www.alexrossart.com/wallpapers/batman_1024.jpg

http://www.alexrossart.com/wallpapers/silverage_jla_1024.jpg

jackenstein

September 4th, 2006, 01:35 AM

Phil Hale has crazy delicious skills. I love that Swamp Thing painting!

Here are just a few (I'm sure the artists have been mentioned, but these specific images are what play muse to me.)

Francis Bacon -

http://www.masdearte.com/imagenes/fotos/Stoichita_Bacon_Beyeler6.jpg
http://faculty.washington.edu/thurlow/teaching/com202/face/com202-face-in-art_files/Bacon-head.jpg

Gottfried Helnwein -

http://www.helnwein.com/stc/ghpicts/gh1254.jpg
http://www.helnwein.com/stc/ghpicts/gh997.jpg

Dave McKean -

http://www.ubcfumetti.com/special/0401a_q_big.jpg
http://www.ociotakus.com/wp-content/images/Arboltsef/thumb_arkhamasylum0183qz.jpg

P.R. Brown -

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002IQI88.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://www.mansonusa.com/photo/promo/00-02/5.jpg

Salvidor Dali -

http://www.doubletakeart.com/images/00133-11244.gif
http://www.csulb.edu/~karenk/20thcwebsite/438final/ah438fin-ImageF.00049.jpeg

There's so much more out there, but I'm getting a bit heavy-eyed.

JackalAnubis

September 7th, 2006, 02:01 AM

tire sculpture!

Steph Laberis

October 19th, 2006, 02:22 AM

Something a bit more on the graphic side...

Eyvind Earle *joygasm*

http://www.artsforge.com/gallery_new/eyvind/firetree.jpg

http://www.art-discount.com/Eyvind_Earle/Winter.jpg

http://www.sophoto.cn/photopost/data/516/1lrsEG089EarleEyvind-WispsofFogandBranch.jpg

http://www.sophoto.cn/photopost/data/516/1lrsEG026EarleEyvind-SnowWhite.jpg

The man knew trees and snowscapes... and ya know, design.

I'm such a fool... I only JUST discovered him last week. >___<

Rabid

October 22nd, 2006, 08:46 PM

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/img/screengrabs/kll01/kll01_coverlg.jpg

Puddnhead really in spires me alot with his grasp of pencil design....

http://www.fotos.org/galeria/data/520/3Salvador-Dali-Hallucinogenic-Toreador.jpg

http://www.bates.edu/images/Offices/museum/Anonymous--1992.14.11.gif

Flake

October 22nd, 2006, 08:53 PM

Steph, those are sweet, they're like a progression of what Hokusai and the other great Japanese print dudes were up to.

Very nice.

Edit: seems a shame to post in this thread and not add a picture so here's a Boldini study that I thought was rather groovy..

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7457/recliningnudeea0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Farvus

November 15th, 2006, 05:03 PM

Honore Daumier - Ecce Homo.
Don't know exactly why but every time I look at this painting, it makes impression on me. It feels like something big is happening.
http://www.sindone.org/images/icono/daumierg.jpg

Idiot Apathy

November 15th, 2006, 05:10 PM

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82100

;), the whole damn thing.

Krystallwolvelt

November 17th, 2006, 07:22 PM

Aalbaich's work was the first to give me inspiration into drawing back in 2003, he is very tallented, shame he doesn't do any new artworks but his old work is the best.

http://aalbaich.deviantart.com/gallery/

TechLoveAffair

November 20th, 2006, 02:32 AM

I don't have time to post every single image on Lorenzo Mariana's website, but here's a link:

www.lorenzomariana.it

My jaw drops every time I see his work.

Corrupt

November 20th, 2006, 03:41 PM

DeathChalupa

November 21st, 2006, 03:04 AM

oops wrong thread

Mr. Visions

November 22nd, 2006, 05:59 AM

Here are some of my inspirations, although many already have been posted so I'll try not to repeat. Caravaggio, John Singer Sargeant, Alphonse Mucha, and William Bouguereau -

hogworth

November 28th, 2006, 08:35 PM

Serious tastes here, I love it.
I love youth, and button noses kill me every time, I feel the need to live vicariously through people younger than me.
Louis XIV, THe sun king, El honcho, Das boot, let's face it, the man had some shapely legs

OntheroadtoACAD

December 19th, 2006, 12:40 PM

I would have to say this pic

http://www.weewung.com/gallery/arnistotle/OLD/cougar.jpg

I love it when artistis post pics of when they were just starting out. That is what truly inspires me, just make me feel like I can accomplish anything in time. Especialy since he started out the same as me (a dragonball nut) here is a newer pic for reference.

http://www.weewung.com/gallery/arnistotle/guitar3.jpg

Oh by the way this is Arnold Tsang (www.weewung.com or www.udoncomics.com)

Chuck,mate.

December 20th, 2006, 05:10 AM

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=62982

The only guy who's ever inspired me to draw.
I'm usually inspired by stuff I'd like to be able to make and this is the excact style I'm going for & he's perfected it so all I can do is hope I have what it takes to get to the same level, I find his work just fantastic.

dude....this is just crazy awesome of you.
i`m glad i inspire you to create. this is the most important thing.
thank you.
:)

Myself, I get my Inspiration from alot of excellent artist - most of `em were already mentioned here by others.
I do , however, have to mention Gerald Brom.
I know, some hate his works with a passion. some adore this guy.
i`m with the latter. :)
his imagery is lusciously captivating, and his technique, approach, designs and color work just blow me away every time...
http://www.die3sphaere.de/bilder-galerie/brom/images/thelostnote.jpg

hito

December 20th, 2006, 07:46 AM

wow, thats a brom? I was guessing some lesser known pre-raphealite artist. So atypical of Brom.

Chuck,mate.

December 20th, 2006, 07:58 AM

wow, thats a brom? I was guessing some lesser known pre-raphealite artist. So atypical of Brom.

see?
this guy`s nuts.
and this painting of his fooled me as well.
(and i`m a HUGE Pre Raphealites Enthusiast...)
:)

Flake

December 20th, 2006, 10:09 AM

wow, thats a brom? I was guessing some lesser known pre-raphealite artist. So atypical of Brom.

I would not have guessed that was Brom either. Not a chance.

While I'm in here, here's another Boldini study.
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7786/nudeofyoungladycouchya1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Kresh

December 20th, 2006, 03:57 PM

saw this today, thought it was pretty cool
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/NikArt/43253005.jpg

Moai

December 30th, 2006, 07:16 PM

Terryl Whitlatch really inspires me. She can draw animals better than anyone that I know of.
Here's some of her art from The Katurran Odyssey. I should mention that another artist, Stephanie Lostimolo, did a great deal of the coloring for this images.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/inspiration/kogallery02.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/inspiration/kogallery06.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/inspiration/kogallery09.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/inspiration/kogallery12.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/inspiration/kogallery16.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/inspiration/kogallery18.jpg

Another artist who has recently become a very big inspiration for me is CA.orger MC Barrett. I think he has an amazing imagination, and I love the way he handles light and shadow.
(Hope he doesn't mind me posting these!:bashful:)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/inspiration/bighead.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/inspiration/tormenthub1-mcbarrett.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/inspiration/tormenthub-mcbarrett.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/inspiration/tusky.jpg

TheCookingChannel

January 1st, 2007, 11:24 PM

Artemisia Gentileschi.. don't know if it's already here, but this is by far the most impressive painting i've ever seen...
oh.. and i've decided to stop lurking....

pomegranate

January 2nd, 2007, 01:21 AM

Egon Schiele:
http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/ediciones/2738/imagenes/2178-1.jpg

http://www.poster-und-kunstdrucke.de/images/product-pics/artist/schiele/schiele_wally_in_roter_bluse_mit_erhobenen_knien.j pg

Quentin Blake:
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/4338/qb1bd4.gif

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/4391/qb3mi2.gif

Yoshitaka Amano:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f70/masquerade_red/tlaBadBoys.jpg

SgtDirtbag

January 3rd, 2007, 03:20 PM

Ian McConville: (http://www.machall.com)

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Craig Mullins: (http://goodbrush.com/)

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Ian's art really inspired me to draw and Craig's art just totally blew me away when I first saw it and it still does today.

maxetormer

January 10th, 2007, 09:28 PM

Not at all Jens, that line work looks asum!! ;)
I dig it too, thanks for posting, and who is the author?

A.Cerasoli

January 14th, 2007, 04:18 AM

john belardo:

kingshaj

January 25th, 2007, 10:01 AM

juan gimenez

http://www.umtoquedearte.com/silver/jgimenez/images/juan_gimenez_el_quatro_poder_I.jpg

http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~papierbd/Book/Gimenez/LEO%20ROA%201sample%20page.jpg

DanielC

January 25th, 2007, 10:38 AM

Yves Thos
I wish i could find a bigger version of the first one :/

Achadobu

February 1st, 2007, 04:34 PM

michelangelo

Flake

February 1st, 2007, 05:37 PM

DanielC, they're pretty cool.

camus

February 2nd, 2007, 06:32 AM

Sorry to kinda spam a sticky, but this is Yoji Shinkawa answering questions in a podcast

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1198733#post1198733

seth1

February 2nd, 2007, 08:34 AM

Hope this is not to many

information_high

February 2nd, 2007, 07:48 PM

http://www.wga.hu/art/r/rubens/12religi/42religi.jpg
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/3149/wpeaemh3.jpg
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1599/deargodnoxl5.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/984/fallenangels9eoqg0.jpg
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/5394/akira6p429p430gm9.th.jpg (http://img66.imageshack.us/my.php?image=akira6p429p430gm9.jpg)
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/8577/653174631b6d9eed13ig2.jpg
http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1606/b7e3d1f6ma9.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5756/akazukinnew1bd7.jpg

James Kei

February 2nd, 2007, 08:39 PM

You win.

Jokisalo

February 6th, 2007, 10:47 AM

Just few of my favourite inspiration pieces..

DanielC

February 6th, 2007, 01:51 PM

Very nice pics!
Sorry for my ignorance, but could we have some names ?

Orunitier

February 17th, 2007, 06:42 PM

1. Yoshitaka Amano
2. Yoshitaka Amano
3. David Mack
4. Michelangelo
5. Rick Baker

Farvus

February 17th, 2007, 07:38 PM

My main inspiration right now is Syd Mead art. Here are some of his Blade Runner concepts that I really like.

95359

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Bunny Dragoon

February 19th, 2007, 09:02 PM

*sifts through her collection*

A lot of it is from Silent Hill (games and movie XD)
This is how wonderfully gory the movie is, the main character starts out wearing an off white outfit and by the end of the movie it's completely red XD

and then the others are from bands I like...fashion tends to inspire me

Cloverbell

March 8th, 2007, 03:45 AM

Heeeeey! I guess I can add some more pictures to everlasting inspirations thread. I would show some more but it's just too much! So these very juicy and intriging photos of "CORNELIUS" will have to do. I really love the way this guy makes music. hey Musicians are artists too.
I love the way he explores senses, sounds and sensations of the world through music! These photos seem to express his music style; visually if you catch my drift! Music, Art and Photography are very strong influences in my part! =D:lens:

Alexandr Pascenko

March 21st, 2007, 12:28 PM

@ information high : hahaha , oh shit!!!

yoshitaka amano is great!

ok don´t be offended , it´s just the world we live in...

blog

March 31st, 2007, 05:22 PM

goblinshark, I wasn't offended at all, infact I think that was a very 'good' dump.

Anyway, here's some preliminaries by sargent. The thing I love about the so called masters is that they had no undos or layer properties or anything of the kind. Everything you see is pure markmaking/ brush strokes! Think of it as an image done in one layer :dur:

Darasen

April 6th, 2007, 01:51 PM

In 2006 The national gallery of Art had a collection of drawings n display from a wide variety of artist from DaVinci to Winslow Homer. It was impressive, inspirational and educational all in one. I'll look for some of the images.

Here is some of my other favorites.
The Voyage of Life Manhood, Thomas Cole, 1840
Oil on canvas 44 × 32 cm, National Gallery of Art, DC
This is actually part 3 of a series of 4 paintings. The four were all displayed together. The Paintings were so powerful I stood there stunned and was nearly brought to tears by the beauty of it.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Cole_Thomas_The_Voyage_of_Life_Manhood_1840.jpg

Woman with Parasol, Madame Monet and Her Son, Claude Monet 1875
oil on canvas 100x81cm, National Gallery of Art, DC

I know the image has been printed on hundreds of calendars and coffee mugs. To be honest I was a middling fan of impressionism until I saw the originals first hand. There is no comparison between reproductions and the originals.

http://www.mystudios.com/art/impress/monet/monet-woman-with-parasol-1875.jpg

MalachiMcmullen

April 8th, 2007, 07:19 PM

I know having to explain a picture takes away from it but people wont get this photo otherwise. For anyone not involved in the grip training world, this is Clay Edgin closing an Ironmind #4 gripper. The #4 takes 365lbs of force to close and is considered the ultimate feat of grip strength, only 5 people have ever closed a #4 officially. Something for me to work towards!

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Kirk Karwoski squatting 900+lbs

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If I could take a picture of it I'd also show a painting by a guy I know, Paul. Alas it's 60'x10' and it wouldn't do it justice anyway. It's dozens of faces and gestures from Paul's mind painted in realistic detail. The real inspiring part is he's completely self-taught, never had a painting class and isn't working from pictures or models.

MidgardSerpent

April 9th, 2007, 02:53 PM

I saw some Juan Gimenez at the top of the page, here's some more. I love his injection of a fine art kind of sensibility in a comic medium. The first 3 are covers from the Metabaron serie, I don't know where the last came from.

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1023/castedesmetabaronsgimenpd1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9989/72812352ih6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6700/90971651vp7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3709/43ggwgvk9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Brendan N

April 21st, 2007, 04:57 PM

This thread is total tits, can't believe I haven't posted here before.

Some inspirations:

George Braque:

http://www.angelo.edu/faculty/rprestia/1301/images/IN512Braque.jpg
http://jakking.typepad.com/daily/images/braque.jpg
Dig these mainly for the colour choices and the train of thought behind them, it is something i want to translate into my own style and eventually make my own.

Alex Kanevsky:
http://www.somepaintings.net/2007/images/FDKB.jpg
http://www.somepaintings.net/2005/images/bride.jpg
http://www.somepaintings.net/2005/images/Killala.jpg
This guy is downright brilliant, madly in love with his paintings.

great images everyone. Well, almost haha.
cheers.

blog

April 21st, 2007, 05:21 PM

You've got very good taste man, I love that second Braque piece and Alex Kanevsky is the shit!

edit: might aswell throw some stuff in just for the hell of it,

Brendan N

April 21st, 2007, 05:36 PM

You've got very good taste man, I love that second Braque piece and Alex Kanevsky is the shit!

Thanks dood, straight back atcha!

Whilst we're at it: as many people here know, Wes is a huge influence on my drawings, but the image that really really first got me thinking about layering and movement is this one:

http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/FacultyPages/PamMack/lec122sts/duchamp_nude.jpg

Do I even need to mention the artist?
In quite a few ways I regard him up there alongside Picasso.

Moai

April 21st, 2007, 06:29 PM

Okay, I'm going to do a huuuge dump, but I'm dividing it into stages, to make it easier to tell who did what (no "images 62-72 by Justin Sweet, images 73-76 by Keith Parkinson, " and that sort of thing). I apologize in advance if I happen to repost any images that have already been posted in this thread.

Here's some Breath of Fire 4 and 5 art. I don't know who the artist is, but whoever it was had an amazing design sense. These are some of the most elegantly stylized creatures I've ever found.

Moai

April 21st, 2007, 06:43 PM

I'm going by these guys' website names, to make the easier to look up, in case you want to.

Image 1: Chris Thunig. Aren't those colors amazing?
Images 2-3: Dusso.
Images 4-5: Facezero.
Image 6: Jon Foster. I think this pic is amazing, but I've been tearing my hair out trying to figure out where the priest's legs are. Good thing I have a lot of hair.
All the rest are by the absolutely incredible artist known as Justin Sweet. Muddy colors never looked so good.<3

Moai

April 21st, 2007, 06:53 PM

Now, time for some Keiths! Keith Parkinson and Keith Thompson, respectively. Keith Parkinson is an awesome illustrator, whom I only discovered because of his RIP thread in the lounge, unfortunately.:[ The other Keith, Mr. Thompson, draws some of the best vehicles and robots you're ever likely to see. He also writes some damn interesting descriptions to go along with his art. I don't think I'll have to tell you where one Keith ends and the other begins.:rendered:

Moai

April 21st, 2007, 07:08 PM

All of these are Scott Robertson. Scott Robertson does some great industrial designs and environments.

Moai

April 21st, 2007, 07:15 PM

And finally, here's a very small (I mean almost microscopic) slice of my conceptart.orgian inspirations. The first two are by M@, the great creature design at the end is by Whiteeeeee, and the rest are by Paper Blue. Paper Blue is his/her website name; I'm not sure of his/her conceptart.org name. S/he has a thread in the Best of Ca section, though. I imagine it took at least three years to do the detail work on some of the more elaborate city scenes.:xpld:

Brendan N

April 22nd, 2007, 02:57 AM

Great dump Moai!

The only one that I dislike there is the Boris one. But the rest - especially the Keiths and the Paper Blue are stuning, very inspiring! Thanks for sharing!
cheers!

Lohan

April 22nd, 2007, 09:14 AM

hopefully somebody enjoys these.

http://englishrussia.com/images/moscow_dungeons/3.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/moscow_dungeons/1.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/moscow_dungeons/4.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/moscow_dungeons/5.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/moscow_dungeons/8.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/moscow_dungeons/9.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/moscow_dungeons/12.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/moscow_dungeons/18.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/moscow_dungeons/22.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/moscow_dungeons/23.jpg

http://www.g-cans.jp/intro/07photo/img/04.jpg

http://www.g-cans.jp/intro/07photo/img/25.jpg

Moai

April 22nd, 2007, 09:23 PM

Brendan N- Thanks, man! I decided to remove the Boris image. The creature idea was somewhat inspiring, at least to me, but the image itself was kind of an eyesore. I agree with you on the Keiths and Paper Blue.:jawdrop:
Jens- Nice caves and tunnels! Those would make very nice underground and industrial refs.

MidgardSerpent

April 23rd, 2007, 05:10 PM

Now I'm really curious what this Boris person made.

The paper blue ones are stunning.

Moai

April 23rd, 2007, 09:33 PM

Here's a link to the image, MidgardSerpent: http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/metalukesurfer/vallejo-197.jpg.
I just found out that Paper Blue's conceptart.org name is Hipper, and that one of the galleries at the top of the forums is his/hers (the one right to the left of Tinfoil).

MidgardSerpent

April 24th, 2007, 03:24 PM

Ohhh, that Boris.

No disrespect to mr. Vallejo, but his work hasn't really stood up well to the test of time, especially the airbrushing. And I really, really dislike the use of bodybuilder physiques in his fantasy work, it's just garish imho. Cool rhino, though. :)

To end on a more positive note, here's some Bouguereau.

http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/5827/bouguereauwilliamautopoje5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/229/gabriellecot1890ed9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Lone Wolf

April 24th, 2007, 08:33 PM

AMAZING THREAD!!!! Please keep it alive!

http://lphpnl.com/twardlaw/archives/lightjohn.jpg

http://www.emeraldcitycomics.com/uploaded_images/absolutedk-740302.jpg

http://www.karlkopinski.com/images/portfolio/138.jpg

http://www.karlkopinski.com/images/portfolio/49.jpg

vigostar

May 2nd, 2007, 11:04 AM

Found this guy through Marc Taro's blogsite.. He just melted my brain... Check it out if you get a chance. http://souvlaki.jp-ar.org/index.php?page=1
Here are some images for now..

Brendan N

May 2nd, 2007, 11:25 AM

Found this guy through Marc Taro's blogsite.. He just melted my brain... Check it out if you get a chance. http://souvlaki.jp-ar.org/index.php?page=1
Here are some images for now..

Oh my god ... this guy is insane!
I'm in total awe, some of the hottest artworks I have ever seen! Just my cup of coffee.....

huge thanks for posting these dude, they've made my day.
*right click > save* x20
cheers man

Momus

May 8th, 2007, 03:34 PM

Nice to see Akihiko Yoshida popping up a lot in this thread! Here's some things from him, Sammy, Naomi Chen (http://gunnerromantic.deviantart.com/) and two things I'm not sure of (candy heart and banana phone).

Moai

May 9th, 2007, 12:20 AM

That last image is gorgeous, Momus! Thanks for posting. And thanks for deleting that :spam:, admins!

Tilda

May 11th, 2007, 04:42 AM

Bill Sienkiewicz

Howie

May 18th, 2007, 03:09 AM

Some of my favorites...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/TigerHunt-Delacroix.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/ThirdofMay-Goya.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/TheSower-Millet.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/TheReturnoftheHunters-Bruegel.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/theOxbow-ThomasCole.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/Carceri14-Piranesi.png

i really like Ashley Wood's stuff too
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/wood3.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/wood2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/wood.png

Ldgree

May 22nd, 2007, 05:37 PM

Very nice topic!!!
I don't know the name of this artist, but i love the feeling the poses the rendering its perfect!!.. If someone know the name of the artist let me know please.

http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_1.jpg
http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_2.jpg
http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_3.jpg
http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_4.jpg
http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_5.jpg
http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_6.jpg
http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_7.jpg
http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_8.jpg
http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_9.jpg
http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_10.jpg
http://www.view4u.com.br/ld/k_11.jpg

LD

Orunitier

May 25th, 2007, 11:05 PM

Arcimboldo

cmoreland

May 31st, 2007, 12:46 AM

Over time, these works have made me think and stare for a long time...enjoy.

asoir

May 31st, 2007, 04:21 AM

i'm really enjoying these paintings by samuel michlap, fantastic atmosphere!

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oma

May 31st, 2007, 07:50 PM

wow thanks for posting in this thread :D. very inspiring.

will post some pics soon!

archipelago

June 13th, 2007, 01:57 PM

that samuel michlap dude is awesome! thanks asoir!
here are two more by him that I liked:

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4345/3009/1600/692788/grandcentral.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4345/3009/1600/girl_002.0.jpg

Twiggy

June 14th, 2007, 05:00 PM

Great thread!

http://www.allthingsbeautiful.com/all_things_beautiful/images/hopeinfear_1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dreamworld/2461/brom016.jpg
http://www.webgalactic.net/clarkscenter/pics/gerald_brom/pics/gerald_brom_silent_quintet.jpg
http://www.clownz.com/images/fire-clown.jpg
http://www.freeweb.hu/joeblack-tattoo/brom_109.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k318/eyezpinned/art/brom2.jpg
http://perso.orange.fr/psylo-vision/_images/wallpapers/fantasy/brom010.jpg

Oddworld Inhabitants
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AO/CAAO0007.jpghttp://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AO/CAAO0008.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AO/CAAO0006.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AO/CAAO0039.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AO/CAAO0122.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AO/CAAO0123.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AO/CAAO0140.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AE/CAAE0005.jpghttp://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AE/CAAE0010.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AE/CAAE0041.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AE/CAAE0100.jpg
Love these guys ^ wish I had one as a pet
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AE/CAAE0107.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/AE/CAAE0105.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/MO/CAMO0023.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/MO/CAMO0038.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/MO/CAMO0097.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/SW/CASW0047.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/MO/CAMO0091.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/CA/MO/CAMO0103.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/RA/AO/RAAO0010.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/RA/AO/RAAO0020.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/RA/AO/RAAO0017.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/RA/AE/RAAE0042.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/RA/AO/RAAO0031.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/RA/MO/RAMO0172.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/RA/MO/RAMO0070.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/RA/SW/RASW0090.jpg
http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/RA/UN/RAUN0005.jpg

http://www.raymondswanland.com/Images/Personal%20Gallery/Ashes.jpg
http://www.raymondswanland.com/Images/Personal%20Gallery/Mountain.jpg

http://www.portsort.com/images/sso-5.jpg
http://www.portsort.com/images/sso-11.jpg

http://foreignfilms.free.fr/autel-motel/img/shinkawa.jpg
http://www.jvrpg.com/image_dessin/image23.jpg
(I wish I could find more of Yoji

http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/dossiers/00003913/00003913_032.jpg

Fake of course
http://superherouniverse.com/images/joker.jpg

http://a1.esa-angers.educagri.fr/sites-2003/delaamau/images/matt1.jpgYup

This took all freakin day :dead: Anyway, I'm leaving it now. I'll post so'more soon.

Fuish

June 15th, 2007, 04:33 AM

Farvus

June 15th, 2007, 05:46 AM

Heh. I always knew that it's the trial of Jesus. What I love about it is that it pefrectly conveys the mood of that moment.

Retroboy

June 17th, 2007, 02:55 AM

I... I think i just had artgasm<3 , if such thing exist. Serioulsy tho' I have never seen such gathering of fine works in my juvenile life.

Anyways, here some of mah inspirations to get the mojo working:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8608/ultimaffxiiid6.jpg
From Final Fantasy XII
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2586/avpxenomorphvl7.jpg
By Giger
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9994/newskuldgd8.png
By Kosuke Fujishima
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3071/celestialancienttedinkb2.jpg
By Mark Tedin

There you go.

blacky

July 9th, 2007, 03:19 PM

Cydonix- who are the Oddworld pics by? They're great.

Lately it would be Giorgio Morandi, one of the least known geniouses of the 20th century.

Magic Man

July 9th, 2007, 08:59 PM

Blacky, I think you're looking for Raymond Swanland: http://www.raymondswanland.com/

Enjoy =)

watermonster

July 10th, 2007, 10:48 AM

http://maria.aeblogger.com/files/2007/07/waterhouse_a_mermaid.jpg
Wodenhouse

http://maria.aeblogger.com/files/2007/07/throatwobbler_mangrove_by_shoomlah.jpg

Carnifex

July 10th, 2007, 01:56 PM

166927

166928

166929

166930

166936

166938

166942

166944

http://fitzinger.net/day_in_the_life_of_lois_by_loish.jpg

(hope it's not too big)
(c) to the respective owners over at deviantart.

dkounios

July 14th, 2007, 09:12 PM

my god Dan...thats beautiful..
thx for posting them!

Lohan

July 14th, 2007, 09:37 PM

169178

169179

169180

169181

169182

169183

169184

Evil_Sloth

July 16th, 2007, 01:04 PM

Christ all this stuff so good, I won't be putting down the pencil for a month.

Phuzion

July 16th, 2007, 01:24 PM

So, let's see who we've got here...

1-3: Albert Dorne
4: Arthur Hacker
5,6: Dean Cornwell
7: Kaethe Kollwitz
8: Kaluta
9: Frank Street
10: I forget his name
11, 12: Robert McGinnis
13-15: Mian Situ

Yeah, that's it for now :P

m@.

July 16th, 2007, 02:03 PM

wow, Phuzion, thanks for those!

Moai

July 16th, 2007, 02:50 PM

Dean Cornwell and Mian Situ are my new favorites. Thanks for posting, Phuzion!

Diego

July 20th, 2007, 03:22 PM

Juan Gimenez, Argentine comic book artist.

Kamikazebob

August 12th, 2007, 01:04 AM

Kev Walker. Always amazing art, true pity that he's got no website or anything.
These happen to me Magic the gathering cards but I love his Warhammer illus. as well. Its nothing 'classic' like some of the art here but..eh.
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dierat

August 13th, 2007, 04:23 PM

Heavenly Sword concept art *commence drool* I put this on my desktop, for motivational and eye pleasing purposes ;D

185022

185023

Krawnik

August 14th, 2007, 10:44 PM

One of my favourite illustrators, and someone I almost always have in mind when I create a character, is Yoshitaka Amano. When I was young and silly, I always preferred Tetsuya Nomura's illustrations, because they were big and obvious and gave you a better sense of what the character looked like. But since I grew out of being a sucker, I've come to appreciate Amano in ways I never thought I would. The way he draws his figures is outrageous. I mean first of all, the way he uses colour and pattern and pose and expression is all pretty garish. But I also mean that the way he draws characters makes it seem that he's not just drawing a figure but also the way that figure projects itself onto the world around it. At the risk of sounding like a tit who talks to much but doesn't say anything, I'll say it's like he's showing you a character's "aura", not just their body.

I mean, if you were in charge of Squaresoft and asked Amano to draw a villain for your game, and he came back to you with this:

http://yoshitaka-amano.kouryu.info/images/final_fantasy_06/04-67.jpg

You would probably think he was completely looney. But he's definitely got something going on behind the eyes.

http://yoshitaka-amano.kouryu.info/images/final_fantasy_06/21-25.jpg
http://yoshitaka-amano.kouryu.info/images/final_fantasy_09/ff9_16.jpg
http://yoshitaka-amano.kouryu.info/images/final_fantasy_09/ff9_07.jpg

I've also always been fond of the webcomic A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible (http://www.alessonislearned.com/). A lot of experiments with art and writing that are worth checking out.

http://www.alessonislearned.com/cmx/lesson031.jpg

And of course, I couldn't list inspirations without including some Surrealists. I heart those doods.

Chirico
http://mapage.noos.fr/momina/chirico/chirico.JPG

Ernst
http://imagesource.art.com/images/-/Max-Ernst/LAnge-du-Foyer-1937-Print-C10279446.jpeg

Magritte
http://lali.toutsimplement.be/wp-content/magritte1.jpg

DanielC

August 19th, 2007, 01:01 PM

Some photos

ciots

August 19th, 2007, 04:03 PM

Some photos

first isn't a photo ;P

DanielC

August 19th, 2007, 04:20 PM

Yeah... hummm bed head... :>
It's from Christospher Pugliese

Stephen Lo Piano

August 19th, 2007, 11:43 PM

This was released as a cover to a record LP back in the early 1970's.
This illustration really caught my attention and I found it inspirational when I was taking this home study correspondence course for Illustrating and Advertising Art back in the mid 1970's. Illustration by Joe Petagno and Carl Ramsey for Pacific Eye and Ear. Music very good hard rock.

Stephen Lo Piano

August 20th, 2007, 12:01 AM

Inside design is also real good, cutting edge artwork for it's time.
This illustration was probably airbrushed, in this scene some photo images of the band members were added and probably manipulated by merging artwork with the photos.

dkounios

August 20th, 2007, 08:04 AM

jebus, some great pics here. that panorama shot with the fireworks is amazing.

Serpian

August 22nd, 2007, 06:36 PM

Great thread!

Here are some pieces by Albert Edelfelt from Finland, he is one of my absolute favourites. Not shown here is an altar painting that is in the church of my town, but for the life of me, I can't find it on google! It is absolutely delicious though.

Queen Blanka
http://www.disajn.com/Nr2-2005/108.jpg

Some Historical Guy Fucks Around With Another Historical Guy's Corpse
http://www.kokkola.fi/historia/nuijasota/images/Herjaus.jpg

Boys playing at the Water
http://www.syopa.net/tuotekuvat/poikia_iso.jpg

von Döblen at Jutas
http://www.nykarlebyvyer.nu/BILDER/PERSONER/dobtihas.jpg

A Child's funeral
http://users.tkk.fi/~apajunen/seeart/jpgs/lapsenruumissaatto.jpg

Sven Dufva
http://www.sub.su.se/national/bglob146.jpg

Old women
http://kotisivukone.fi/files/maidentaide.kotisivukone.com/taulut/edelfelt/edennaiset.jpg

And this last one is by Finnish artist Helene Schjerfbeck
http://www.runeberg.net/kuvat/400/Schjerfbeck.jpg

halflife99

August 23rd, 2007, 08:53 PM

This is a screen cap from Batman - Mask of the Phantasm, it's just a simple silhouette really, of when he first puts the mask on for the first time.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9025/2128ot9.jpg

zeitgeist

August 25th, 2007, 01:03 AM

DanielC

September 6th, 2007, 06:41 PM

Stufff

Moai

September 13th, 2007, 12:53 AM

DanielC

September 27th, 2007, 10:55 AM

a pic of antarctica

Alex Baer

September 27th, 2007, 11:27 AM

here are some drawings by Stephen Gammell who illustrated the Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark Trilogy, i love his bizarre and atmospheric style

Dilemma

September 29th, 2007, 06:07 PM

whenever i look at this guys paintings...it's a hell yea moment

Think his name is Hollis Dunlap

http://www.axelle.com/HD/big/057.jpg
http://www.axelle.com/HD/big/059.jpg
http://www.axelle.com/HD/big/049.jpg
http://www.axelle.com/HD/big/036.jpg
http://www.axelle.com/HD/big/021.jpg
http://www.axelle.com/HD/big/023.jpg
http://www.axelle.com/HD/big/031.jpg
http://www.axelle.com/HD/big/043.jpg

"i want to work with colors like he does!"

Now those are some wicked skills. They rather look like photographs not paintings.

Dilemma

September 29th, 2007, 06:09 PM

Some good ones in here, I actually was going to post The Lady of Shalott myself. That painting is incredible. Since that one's taken, this is another what comes to mind:

http://www.illusionsgallery.com/moorish-chief-L.jpg

not a great image there, but if you've seen the painting you know it's boss.

WOW! Awesome, that is some skill he has there.

Dilemma

September 29th, 2007, 06:20 PM

dope

http://www.helnwein.com/stc/ghpicts/gh1600.jpg
http://www.helnwein.com/stc/ghpicts/gh1798.jpg
^can you believe this is a painting?

his site (http://www.helnwein.com/news/update/abstracts_1.html)

this guy just makes we want to do art

NO WAI! If that's a painting, then he must be the best artist ever! At first I thought it was a photo. AMAZING!

Frank Gressie

October 15th, 2007, 08:39 AM

great thread guys!
there is so much inspiration to be found here, its amazing.
i'm showing some works of Rien Poortvliet, a dutch illustrator/artist (died in 1995). I have about 370 pictures on my computer, he has so much works!
It seems so effortless what he is doing, and that to me is a sign of a great artist.

Farvus

October 23rd, 2007, 04:16 PM

The megastructures in Blame! manga (Tsutomu Nihei) inspire me a lot. Sorry for big size. They work well when shown in high resolution.

Moai

October 23rd, 2007, 06:25 PM

Here's an image by some guy with the internet name of Nemo Ramjet. I explored some of the projects on his website, and they were some of the most interesting things I've ever found on the internet. Lots of art projects concerning evolution and natural selection and whatnot. Go here (http://www.nemoramjet.com/projects.html) to see some of them.
Here's a bunch of random creature designs he did. I love this image.

TheGnoll

October 24th, 2007, 08:29 AM

Master of orcs, dwarfs, ogres, mutants, dinosaurs, massive creatures, smiling dogs, bulging arm muscles, big chins, dark forests, and large rocks, and all done in a most difficult medium: watercolors.

My faves from his website (http://www.paulbonner.net/). Just check out the design of those huge white rhino-creatures.:xpld:

you can't possibly imagined how grateful i am.I remember some pictures of this guy from like 10 years ago, and i didn't know the name of the artist, thanks :)

ciao

postercollect

October 30th, 2007, 10:26 PM

Here's an item I bought at auction, original artwork by Ted 'Vincentini' Ireland. Apparently it was cut to be placed into a separate background. I'd appreciate some opinions regarding the quality. It measures 23.5" X 14.5".

http://postercollect.com/forums/index.php?topic=43.0

ODISAP

November 8th, 2007, 10:01 PM

van gogh is amazing on colors

this is my favorite

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/NYG/8646~Almond-Branches-in-Bloom-San-Remy-c-1890-Posters.jpg

Sonaj

December 25th, 2007, 05:19 PM

Cézanne, Bouguereau, Valeri Larko, Coll, Dürer, Whitaker, Rembrandt, Morgan Weistling

MrSmith

December 29th, 2007, 01:51 PM

http://home.austin.rr.com/deeperblack/death_dealer.jpg

pretty much the reason i got into art.

kev ferrara

January 2nd, 2008, 10:33 PM

mignola, adel, fechin...

Verehin

January 7th, 2008, 04:24 AM

It,in due time,blow my head

1-3 Karl Kopinski

4-5 Carlos Huante

zacht

January 9th, 2008, 06:37 PM

Glennray Tutor:
(http://www.glennraytutor.com)

http://glennraytutor.com/images/glennray_new_006.jpg

http://glennraytutor.com/images/glennray_new_008.jpg

http://glennraytutor.com/images/tutor33.jpg

Otomo Katsuhiro: (http://otomo.free.fr/otomo.htm)

http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/OtomoAkira3.jpg

http://www.leseanthomas.com/myspace/otomo.jpg

http://otomo.free.fr/Graph_originaux/267-Akira-76.jpg

Richard Estes: (http://new.artnet.com/awc/richard-estes.html)

http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images/139829/66781.jpg

http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images/139829/66819.jpg

Koji Morimoto: (http://www.kojimorimoto.net/fr/site.htm)

http://www.kojimorimoto.net/images/divers/illustration/illus_saya.jpg

http://www.kojimorimoto.net/images/tekkon/big/illustration_002.jpg

http://benippon.com/shop/i/4870316188.jpg

http://img70.exs.cx/img70/9003/bscap73.jpg

+ this whole thread

Hyoscine

January 11th, 2008, 09:42 PM

What an excellent thread!

thespirals

January 12th, 2008, 07:50 AM

xavi
http://podcollective.com/browse/content/Xavi/art/0.xavi-pm.jpg

patrick woodroffe
http://www.patrickwoodroffe-world.com/images/huntpartyall.jpg

Daniel Meriam
http://www.danielmerriam.com/components/com_ponygallery/img_pictures/Courting%20the%20Muse.jpg

Alex Grey
http://surrealartforum.com/images/metamorphosis/alex-grey.jpg

Michael Parkes
http://www.webgalactic.net/clarkscenter/pics/michael_parkes/pics/kb_parkes_michael-hope.jpg

Mucha
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/1588322099_9e62367e7e.jpg

http://www.leninimports.com/alphonse_mucha_gallery_10.jpg

miszkur

January 19th, 2008, 10:49 AM

hm...

kev ferrara

January 31st, 2008, 01:00 PM

Walter Everett...

Clochette

February 1st, 2008, 05:27 AM

Egon Shiele, Mike Mignola, Claire Wendling, Gustav Klimt, Jamie Hewlett... and many others!

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4263/egonschielewp4.jpg
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/3417/hb16001200jpg1kv8.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1516/litho04hq4.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4039/klimt10op4.jpg
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8608/hewlett250lw9.jpg

FlameDragon

February 10th, 2008, 07:08 PM

Jacob Collins:

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Steven Assael:

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Caravaggio:

http://dcartnews.blogspot.com/uploaded_images/Caravaggio%20Taking%20of%20the%20Christ-797656.jpg

Hynek Martinec:

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J. Scott Campbell:

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Jim Lee:

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Joe Madureira:

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Shmaba

February 11th, 2008, 06:38 PM

Snowden's metal sculptures
http://www.collectionprivee.com/snowden/windscarf.jpg
http://www.collectionprivee.com/snowden/seacreates.jpg

resonanteye

February 12th, 2008, 06:59 AM

henry darger
st adolf wolflii
joe coleman
hans bellmer
kathe kollwitz

tex avery
dali
gaudi
charlie wagner/copied here by bert grimm
danny higgs (also paints)

tattoo art is ephemeral. it dissappears when the wearer dies. there is no longevity, permanence, or preservation of this work. And some of it fully deserves that kind of persistence...it's a pity. Charlie Wagner was the origin of a lot of the americana stuff that's around nowadays, only there are hardly any surviving examples of his work either on skin or paper. Mostly it's just re-traced copies of his flash.

guy aitchison (2 images)
tim biedron

also of course eigon schiele, and more...

resonanteye

February 12th, 2008, 07:02 AM

also, very nice to see alex grey in here/

Diego

February 19th, 2008, 11:22 PM

Jose Marchi - Argentinian Painter

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/8.gif

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/7.gif

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/6.gif

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/5-1.gif

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/3-2.gif

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/4-2.gif

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/2-2.gif

Diego

February 19th, 2008, 11:48 PM

Zdzislaw Beksinski

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/zdzislaw_beksinski_1978_4.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/zdzislaw_beksinski_1972_2.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/zdzislaw_beksinski_098.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/zdzislaw_beksinski_077.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/zdzislaw_beksinski_021.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/zdzislaw_beksinski_020.jpg

Frank Gressie

March 7th, 2008, 05:06 PM

Henk Helmantel (http://www.helmantel.nl/) (only lives a couple miles away from me):

bananabanana

March 10th, 2008, 11:19 PM

This guy Dalek totally inspires me. I love the street aspect of art. Here's an interview I found with him in case you don't know who he is. http://www.scion.com/broadband/index.html?ch=0&sh=4&ep=6

Slumbering Aces

March 15th, 2008, 12:10 PM

It would have to be this.

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/245/d/e/Mariah_Carey_by_LucaTedde.jpg

blackplasma

March 15th, 2008, 12:35 PM

this site (http://www.lassenart.com/flash.html) gives me lots of inspiration.( too many pics to post!)

Izi

March 15th, 2008, 12:47 PM

Oh dear yes, I love Lassen, especially his goofy website....

FlameDragon

March 22nd, 2008, 05:44 PM

Jacob Collins is really amazing:

Chrisblah

March 24th, 2008, 04:44 PM

http://www.heyokay.com/wp-content/images/putain-large.jpg

Anyone know who did it?? please???

Sturnus

March 25th, 2008, 03:20 PM

Chrisblah It's the work of Matthieu Bessudo, aka McBess - http://mcbess.com

Ashtonw

March 26th, 2008, 11:50 AM

good old mucha, + 1 carter goodrich

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April 4th, 2008, 07:34 PM

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April 4th, 2008, 07:40 PM

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Serpian

April 14th, 2008, 02:24 PM

Gustav Vigeland from Norway was crazy! You really have to see this pieces in person to believe it.

http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/V/Vigeland_Gustav/large/Vigeland_Gustav_Obelisk_dt1.jpg

http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/V/Vigeland_Gustav/large/Vigeland_Gustav_Figures_from_base_of_Obelisk.jpg

http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/V/Vigeland_Gustav/large/Vigeland_Gustav_Old_Man-s_Head.jpg

http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/V/Vigeland_Gustav/large/Vigeland_Gustav_Three_Old_Women.jpg

http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/V/Vigeland_Gustav/large/Vigeland_Gustav_Child_Standing_on_its_Head.jpg

menglef

April 28th, 2008, 04:07 AM

this is probably my favorite drawing of all time and the most inspiring.
http://www.gfmer.ch/International_activities_En/Images/Leonardo/Muscles.jpg

SoufMeng

May 13th, 2008, 01:09 AM

Awesome thread thanx to everyone for sharing!
I'll definitely come back and paste a bunch of stuff into my inspiration folders!

Here are some stuff inspiring to me (but damn theres so muuuch!)

1- The first piece i've seen from M@, had blown my mind and ill therefore never forget it.

2- Tempor. Most of the time this piece inspires me but sometimes it depresses me.

3- Craig Mullins :bow:

Junck

May 13th, 2008, 12:58 PM

I've always found anything by Gustav Dore to be absolutely amazing ever since I found Paradise Lost in my school library as a kid.

Frank Gressie

May 13th, 2008, 05:22 PM

wow Jean Baptiste Monge (http://www.jbmonge.com/):

and www.ffffound.com, lots of great pictures!

Farvus

May 18th, 2008, 06:45 PM

I found this photo recently and it really inspired me.

Olive plantation in Andalucia, Spain.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/NrAlhama.jpg

FlameDragon

June 7th, 2008, 01:25 AM

Michael Grimaldi

s.ketch

June 8th, 2008, 03:02 PM

John Tennial
http://pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=207&size=550x550_mb&ptp_photo_id=145635

Maxfield Parrish
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MCG/P368~Morning-Posters.jpg
http://www.tme.org/exhibitions/images/Parrish_Ecstasy.jpg
http://www.dexigner.com/detail/files/2416.jpg

Newell Convers Wyeth
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/26/022_057-5F~Treasure-Island-Posters.jpg
http://www.firstpeople.us/pictures/art/odd-sizes/pt/The-Indian-Lance-645x1024.jpg

Michael Parkes
http://www.piersidegallery.com/artists/parkes/mp9x-03.jpg
http://www.jeanstephengalleries.com/parkes-lastlion.jpg
http://www.webgalactic.net/clarkscenter/pics/michael_parkes/pics/kb_parkes_michael-creation.jpg

Bo Bartlett
http://www.tfaoi.com/cm/1cm/1cm789.jpg
http://www.tfaoi.com/cm/1cm/1cm790.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/gordoncupcake/artblog4/IMG_3237.jpg
http://www.edithcaldwell.com/source/gallery/images/bartlett_ocean.jpg

Charles Sheeler
http://www.videposters.es/static/images/510x510-13540/Charles-Sheeler-Three-White-Tulips.jpg

Viktor Schreckengost
http://www.videposters.es/static/images/510x510-34710/-PHOTOGRAPHIC-VIKTOR-SCHRECKENGOST-brooklyn-bridge.jpg

Ssimulacral

June 9th, 2008, 06:43 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/MagrittePipe.jpg

I love magritte and i love this work - questions boundaries between reality and its representation. . .

Stoat

June 9th, 2008, 08:02 AM

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American 1851-1938 )
Lady with a Lute (http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=56702&detail=exhibit), 1886
oil on wood

This doesn't look all that impressive in this reproduction (I sometimes wonder if the reputation of painters in modern times doesn't come down to how good their stuff looks on postcards). I used to visit the (US) National Gallery once a year. I walked around the corner and saw this one day and it was like I walked into a lampost.

The shadow on her neck is red because the light that strikes it shines through her ear. The velvet of her dress looks like it was carelessly scrubbed onto the panel, and yet it follows the countour of the drapery exactly. So, is the fabric rotting away? It's a really intriguing picture.