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ShadeofShinon β Influence map
Published: 2014-03-31 17:12:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 2248; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 10
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I've been meaning to do this meme for a while now and I found this a very good way to procrastinate. Yeah. Well, this was pretty fun to do but I feel like the grid is very limited. I know I could've easily expanded it, it wouldn't have been any problem. But that was actually the problem; the more tiles I filled the more things popped in my mind and I came to the conclusion that while the things presented here aren't nearly everything it's still a pretty good overview and has most of the important things in a form or another.I'm influenced by so many things that make me feel very inspired and it's so awesome. Just a look at my favourite artists' art or playing my favourite games is enough to get me all "ALRIGHT, LET'S CREATE".
I'll try to explain this a bit. It's a mess, but what would you expect.
From left to right, row by row:
puimun and Yoann-Lossel: artists; painting and traditional art in general.
Alphonse Mucha: style; art history
Two Steps From Hell, Sonata Arctica: music, epicness; metal
Hokusai: style, Japanese art
Akseli Gallen-Kallela: style; Kalevala; Finnish mythology
Gothic architecture
Skies
Nightwish: music; metal, epicness
Dragon; fantasy, mythology, creatures
Winter
Nature, scenery
Bearded vulture; wildlife, birds in general
Skyrim; video games
Norse Mythology; mythology, ancient cultures, vikings
Skulls (also deer)
Tiger; wildlife, big cats
Ravens
The Witcher: video games, fantasy
Phoenix, also how myths are represented in old art
Dark themes, death, pain, blood
Clocks (also steampunk); time
Blacksad; style, good comics in general
POKEMON
Dreams
Venetian mask; clothing, culture, carnival themes
Clothing; fashion
Princess Mononoke; Studio Ghibli, old animation, movies in general
Okami; video games, art
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Lost? Good. It wasn't supposed to make much sense.
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Comments: 13
Yeah, it's really amazing! I'd like to own all the comic books, they're such an inspiration.
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Yeah, I've got two of them, and I've red all three, the drawings are simply amazing
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It's so awesome to meet a fellow fan of Nightwish! And Two Steps From Hell! Ahh your taste in music is amazing!
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Nightwish and TSFH are so amazing!
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It's so cool to finally encounter someone who actually knows who they are. haha
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I was thinking about doing this myself soon. Also, your influences really show in your art! May look into a few myself based on the styles. <3
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It's actually really fun and useful to do. Sometimes there are things that have an influence on you but you don't necessarily realize it before you start thinking about it.
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Haha, I think I wound up doing this a few hours after I made the comment. To go along with what you said, there was also a little weeding out when I realized some things, while influential in other areas of my life, don't necessarily influence me as an artist.
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Hhhhh you know Blacksad ? This comic is so great !Β
And Hokusai... Yep, you have definitely good influences...Β
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I certainly do! I don't think I've read the latest one but I really liked all the ones I have read.
And Hokusai is always an inspiration. He has some incredible works.
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That's cool to see what are your sources of influence. It helps to understand your style (even though, for some, it was quite easy to guess *cough* PokΓ©mon *cough* Γkami *cough* Dragons *cough* and so long)
It doesn't surprise me that you're inspired by Hokusai. He was just such an artist... Most of his work is timeless.
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Even though not all of these influences don't necessarily show in my art very clearly they are always in the background.
Hokusai's works are really inspiring and done with skill. Artists like him are such an inspiration.
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