Well, I do not have that many models which can be easily explained, so I'll elaborate
on some of the more concrete aspects. I try to make the scenes come up on their own,
and it is not often I try to depict any specific scene from a book or movie. However,
at times some of those may serve as an inspiring seed for further work.
When it comes to books I started with "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit"
which were probably the seed that inspired me to take on a fantasy approach
to 3D modeling. Later on I read the series "The Belgariad" and "The Mallorean"
which also heavily influenced my pictures for a while. Then, after that,
I started reading the "Wheel of Time" series which I guess is the main
inspiration source for now.
When it comes to music there are mainly two types of music - heavy metal
and SID-tunes from the Commodore64 era. Those artists I listen to most
frequently when modeling are Iron Maiden, Hammerfall and Blind Guardian.
As of lately I'll include Nightwish and Rhapsody too for some of the more
happy scenes, as well as Iced Earth and Virgin Steele for the more harsh ones.
TV-series I often watch while waiting for a rendering to complete include
Friends, Married with Children, Simpsons and various other comedies.
I avoid watching depressing TV-series.
Inspiring movies are Conan and Red Sonja, plus of course all the wonderful
post-apocalyptic B-movies made in the 1980s.
To get to know why I make all these pictures I recommend you to study
the comments on the raytracing page annotating the pictures. And when
you think you understand it all you can be pretty sure you do not. ;)
That's all you need to know. Then of course I owe all this to the Amiga
computer making it all possible in the first place. Had I not started
with an Amiga all those years ago I would probably never have begun
with 3D modeling at all.
