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Influence Map — Description
Alright, there really is no order to this map. I kinda just.... added them according to some nonsensical reasoning that makes sense only to yours truly. The numbers are not significant of which is the most influential to my art, just as a means to help me name them/list them here for reference. As you can see with the "3.a" and "11.a" I forgot a couple and added them on last minute after I already flattened, saved, and closed out of the image. Because I fail.

This influence map was much too small to list all of my influences and this is just a small, small, small selection of what inspires me. In truth, no single artist or thing inspires me more than any other, but rather it's all of them wrapped up into one giant, amorphous glob of inspiration. They all manage to worm their way into my art, one way or another, whether I like it or not.

So my muse can just SUCK IT UP AND TAKE IT LIKE A MAN. RAWR.

1. the sketchwork of *AdamHughes
2. Alphonse Mucha
3. James Jean (FABLES cover art especially)
----3.a. `loish
4. ~Jo-Chen
5. ~2013
6. real life reference/photos
7. Norman Rockwell
8. *janaschi
9. *skottieyoung
10. Jean-Baptiste Greuze
11. FLCL
----11.a. Last Exile
12. Toulouse Lautrec
13. Bernini's sculpture
14. *Phobs
15. the sketches of Leonardo De Vinci
16. Manet, particularly "Olympia"
17. Gustav Courbet
18. Travis Charest - I've long since been in love with his cover work for WILDCATS, but only recently have I been brave enough to attempt his amazing texture. Expect to see these experiments soon.