To start off, as everyone can probably guess, London inspires me most.
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Denver and its surrounding suburbian subdivisions (Aurorah, Lakewood, Centennial) really intrigue me somehow. The sorta "planned community" style:- Fresh, newly built shopping plazas with big-box stores; swanky, identical townhouses within a post-WWII fused grid street system -- It just appeals to me, and I don't know (nor care) why.
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The suburbs of Japan have always held a strange fascination with me, the closeness of buildings maybe.
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The city is also fascinating
Well, it's not a picture... but that's the point. Maps, diagrams, 3D models, digital representations... you name it. That's what links me to Sim City, basically.
Something like this (off Wikipedia [linkie] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fused_Grid)):
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Cheers,
Willy
Quote from: Swordmaster on March 25, 2012, 06:15:20 PM
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Haha, you too? :D I used that exact same image as refrence for one of
my cities! What are the odds of that? ;D
Quote from: Risu on March 25, 2012, 06:39:41 PM
Haha, you too? :D I used that exact same image as refrence for one of my cities! What are the odds of that? ;D
Well, it's a free image. Many of this kind of images are proprietary and all - not going to use them. Moreover, it's an interesting article. :)
Cheers,
Willy
My inspirations are a bit more rural, as you might guess...
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Currently, I am inspired by London's suburbs and their hilly parks that offer amazing views.
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(From Westow Hill)
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(From Parliament Hill)
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(From Harrow-on-the-Hill)
I like the cool 'main streets' in the suburbs too.
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And of course, the famous busses.
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Well, I'm inspired by the mid density residental areas of Manhattan... like the Upper West Side..
those beautiful brick w2w houses with small stairs at the enterance always show pleasent and warmth