Environment Reference

Reference imagery for environments.

General

• Real world environment art inspiration Polycount forum thread.
• spiritofbaraka.com Photographs from Baraka, Koyaanisqatsi, and other non-verbal films. Mostly third-world and landscape.
• ukexpert.co.uk Photographs from around the world, wide range of subjects. Organized by location and subject, searchable.
• photosig.com Photographs from around the world, wide range of subjects. Organized by subject, searchable.
• The Cool Hunter Photographs of the latest in cool Design.
• http://www.trekearth.com/ Photographs from all around the world. Organized by locations, searchable.
• Islamic Patterns Islamic ornamentation patterns.

Man-Made

Architecture Exterior

• Newburyport: A Showplace of Early American Domestic Architecture
• imageafter.com/architecture_exteriors, searchable.
• Mayang.com: Modern Commercial, Old Commercial, Modern Residential, Old Residential, Religious/Civic/Ornamental.
• greatbuildings.com Buildings from around the world, searchable. Photographs, blueprints, and some 3D models (3dmf format).
• locationworks.com Location scout photography in the UK, nicely organized, searchable.
• design-house.com Blueprints & elevation renderings of residential houses, searchable.
• forum.skyscraperpage.com Diagrams and photos of skyscrapers around the world and other city architecture, searchable.
• http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html Buildings with photographic images, architectural drawings, discussion, bibliography, architect info, and live 3D walkthrough computer models.

Architecture Interior

• imageafter.com/architecture_interiors, searchable.
• locationworks.com Location scout photography in the UK, nicely organized, searchable.
• Theatre-Sets Pinterest collection of theatre set photos from the portfolios of scenic and lighting designers.

Ruins and Decay

• opacity.us Urban ruins, searchable.
• undergroundozarks.com Urban ruins, in the Ozarks area.
• oboylephoto.com/ruins Urban ruins, in black and white.
• http://www.abandoned.ru/ Abandon buildings and areas, mainly in Russia.
• http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/ Derelict buildings and locations, forum.

Natural

• http://http://webmineral.com/specimens/index.php/ Minerals(rocks)

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