I was quite surprised that I didn't see an inspiration thread Here On DD. So, I guess ill start it up! what gets you inspired for your comics? your art? or anything for that matter. Is it music, other peoples art, movies books? what are you inspired by currently?
post it up! share the inspiration! its all good!
I'm also hoping I put this in the right place, art and literature.. >______> If not I apologize upfront to the mods and anyone reading this, I don't mean to be stupid. It seems like the right place to put this.

anyways,Ill go first : D

the art of FsC has always inspired me, always! so detailed and surreal.


http://fscwasteland.com/manga/nnf.html

oh! and hijame ueda! artist of the FLCL series and Q-ko-chan!





music wise, I'm listening too

Daft Punk

lady sovereign

Freeze pop

and as always

Gorillaz


Oooh also Mary Shelley's



(and of course I show the movie poster, haha)

so what inspires YOU?

Thought we had one a while ago (maybe in the comic forum?), but it's cool to do again. :) I think it fits here, since we're talking about inspiration for both art and writing, not specifically comics.


From Life:

My roommates and family inspire much that is my characters. They are so quirky that I had to water them down to create believable characters. o.O


Literature

I am inspired by classic murder mysteries (Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle) and Shakespeare, especially the classic misunderstanding, comedy-of-errors stuff.


TV/Movies:

In the realm of anime, I am inspired mostly by Detective Conan and Lupin III. (They might influence my art too.) I think sitcoms (the type on Nick@Nite/TVLand) probably influence my character interactions and the funny/semi-romantic stories and story arcs. I get inspired by old adventure movies sometimes too, and nothing is better than a good mystery or heist for me.

Oh, and some news stories will spark an idea or two. Nothing national or political but rather like the type here .

My inspiration... hmm..

From other comics:

Definitally Ozy and Millie by D.C. Simpson. He's really the reason I started this comic.

Ex of his comic:



Real life:

What happens in my comic is really, really based off of what I went through in life.

TV:

Cartoons on tv always inspired me to be better. It's because of shows like DBZ and Courage the Cowardly Dog that I started drawing in the first place (DBZ mainly because it put me on a anime drawing craze for 7 years).



A lot of the other things just... come out of nowhere.

My different comics have different inspirations to them.

The Brood Knight series (both Shattered Hate and Shadow Nemesis) was more influenced of my highschool years... and the tons of anime I watched during that period (Yuyu Hakusho, Rurouni Kenshin, Saber Marionette J, BTX, Zenki, Flame of Recca, Evangelion, etc... etc... etc...)

My latest creation "MAG-ISA", is more inspired by much more recent situations in my life. (about 2-3 years back) Things like immigration-related angst, family instability and the big big heartbreak I got... etc... etc... etc... Its also more inspired by current events and various news sources... including conspiracy theories. Also has religious undertones into it as I've been from a hardline religious upbringing.

MAG-ISA however... is not gonna be as action packed as the Brood Knight storyline. As I wanna try different stuff like drama and politics and some humor aside from all that fight scenes that got me famous in DD for awhile. :)

As for music... mostly rock. You know... stuff like Slipknot, System of a Down, Avatar, Limpbizkit, Linkin Park, Slapshock, Greyhoundz, Cheese, COG, Cradle of Filth, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Soulfly, etc... etc... etc...

All of my work is a combination of:









and



No matter how hard I try to make something serious, it always ends up comedic in some way so I usually focus on things dark and ironic or stupidly satirical.

These two pictures:





...and this fanart that was drawn for me:

One thing I immediately think of is the Gemini Killer in the Exorcist III was a big inspiration for Orlock's personality, hell the whole movie was a big inspiration for the whole horror part in general:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dbz20o8YCkY

I forgot...The 1955 movie "Night of the Hunter" was also an inspiration for Orlock-related horror:

Also, the old silent film "Nosferatu"...

The campy 80's vamp movie "Fright Night"....

Plus the look of Tim Burton movies.....



....and Radiohead. Lots of lots of Radiohead.


When it comes to art, Ni'lala is a HUGE inspiration to me:
http://nilala.deviantart.com

Even though my art is anime-inspired....no particular animes come to mind....

By the music I listen to. Recently is Korn, Hinder, Papa Roach, Gnarls Barkely, and some Opera music.

I'm also inspired by the old TV cartoons from my day, like Spiderman, Batman Beyond, Megaman, and Beetlejuice.

Also fan art, that keeps me going. ^_^

I don't really look to anything in particular for inspiration, but i know where my comedic and artistic sensibilities lie:

I draw my inspiration from music
Just listen to a song a couple times and try to see what the artist is trying to communicate, then try to animate it into a short movie in your head (weird as that sounds), you will find that there are elements to your visual interpretation of the music which can lead to some truly great ideas

EVERY little thing on earth inspires me, but there are a few thingies that just influenced me, in my way of thinking, imagining and maybe even in my way of living in general. It's a long list, don't know if anyone is interested, but hey, I like to do it for myself, never really made a list like this. It's all in order, from when I was a lil' kid until now.

It began with this (1991 or something):

Crazy Dutchman
EVERY little thing on earth

LOL, how the heck do you even remember all that to make a list out of it?

Because I love it all soooooooooow badley!

God, I totally forgot about that Storyteller show. =O

I didn't reply to this thread because I thought reading lists is boring. But if ppl use pictures as lists it's fun! So here I go. In no particular order except maybe general chronology.

Every album you see here... for starters.

Here's my overall artistic influences:




John Byrne's art/co-writing on The Uncanny X-Men


George Perez's art on Teen Titans


Terry Moran's work on Strangers In Paradise


and who could forget Thundarr the Barbarian?

Thanks for introducing me to Thundarr btw (if it was you who posted that fan art of Thundarr awhiles back). I found and watched all 24 episodes. It was baaaa~aaaad, but strangely addictive. Like all 80's cartoons, lol.

Ookla is gonna find his way into my massive crossover FIGHT 2, that's for sure. "Bad but strangely addictive," fits my #1 selection criteria for fan characters in FIGHT/FIGHT2!

Oh crap.

I almost forgot to thank Disney for it's inspiration:

This thread makes me feel so left out and clueless because there's tons of pictures of what looks to be really awesome and inspiring stuff, but I don't know what the hell 3/4 of it is.

I gotta say... the main inspiration for my comic actually had to be Link from "The Legend of Zelda"

I actually based a few of Armagedon's features off of him.

I didn't post the fan art but I did post the embedded link to the first episode of Thundarr via YouTube. :)

mlai
Thanks for introducing me to Thundarr btw (if it was you who posted that fan art of Thundarr awhiles back). I found and watched all 24 episodes. It was baaaa~aaaad, but strangely addictive. Like all 80's cartoons, lol.

Ookla is gonna find his way into my massive crossover FIGHT 2, that's for sure. "Bad but strangely addictive," fits my #1 selection criteria for fan characters in FIGHT/FIGHT2!

*wheeeze*
HOLY MONKEYS
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME
HOW DID I FORGET HALF OF THIS STUFF
it was like walking down memory lane seeing The don bluth stuff
oh man and how did I forget x men? HOW?
*stares at her box off 200+ comics*