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August 23, 2019, 08:27:04 AM
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Re: Mapping Inspiration
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August 23, 2019, 01:00:11 PM
I honestly find inspiration from other jump maps. I find it hard to draw inspiration from in real life architecture/terrain since it's really hard to incorporate them into Hammer, which can be pretty limiting at some points.
Some maps I've drawn inspiration from before:
jump_phobos
jump_legion
jump_gaylord
jump_recall
jump_airshift
jump_geronimo
jump_sven
jump_negative
jump_gateway
etc.
However, I find that I love Brutalism architecture. It's blocky which is very suitable for Hammer and works well with metal, concrete, brick, and wood textures. Here's some pics:
Karnak from Watchmen
Engineering Building from College
Also, sometimes I see something cool IRL and I take a picture of it so I can try to incorporate it in a map.
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Honestly, mapping in Hammer is a pretty specific niche (in my opinion). Only certain designs work well, especially in jump mapping which requires large open spaces (not something commonly seen in real life architecture). Trying out new styles can be difficult since there's no real set precedent, so you have to be able to know the engine well and recognize what your limits are. Anyway that's my unrelated 2 cents regarding inspiration
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Sources:
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/10/06/t-magazine/brutalism-slide-EJGA/brutalism-slide-EJGA-jumbo.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dd/08/36/dd08367273b6cd0bfc59ec30ca274653.jpg
https://c.pxhere.com/photos/2f/62/photo-23845.jpg!d
https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-af9dc6fcf6395e8ef9b2c3e5c71709df
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/JECRPIPano.jpg/1200px-JECRPIPano.jpg
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Quote from: Syphilis on September 09, 2019, 01:24:24 AM
Honestly anything made by cow is godly
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September 09, 2019, 12:53:26 PM
i enjoy making things people tell you not to do
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