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Roxxy
2017-09-10, 10:28 PM
This is my offshoot of the Dungeons and Dreamboats character art thread, this one focused on setting. What goes here? Pictures of any place that captures the imagination. A place can be a landscape, or a cityscape, or one building. It can be a real life photograph, or it can be a piece of fictional artwork, as long as it would make a cool setting.

Roxxy
2017-09-10, 10:32 PM
We'll start with Rothenburg, Germany, because I have a weakness for picturesque Bavarian villages.

https://cdn.theculturetrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/shutterstock_530357842-beautiful-postcard-view-of-the-famous-historic-town-of-rothenburg-ob-der-tauber-on-a-sunny-day-with-blue-sky-and-clouds-in-summer-franconia-bavaria-germany.jpg

https://www.bavieraturismo.it/data/mediadb/cms_pictures/%7Be352f4bd-c738-a746-47a6-cbd64e1a9fa4%7D.jpeg

https://9155-presscdn-0-27-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Germany-Rothenburg-Castle-gate-1.jpg

https://thumbnails.trvl-media.com/jnZ3UT9R_EQnI7aa3QOtr6tPcKU=/960x540/a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res30/74000/74678-Rothenburg-Ob-Der-Tauber.jpg

https://tourismus.rothenburg.de/uploads/pics/33__c_RTS__WP_Weihnachtsmarkt_14.jpg

And if we're talking about Rothenburg, we have to bring up Neuschwanstein, the archetypal fantasy castle.

https://pbt1920.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/neuschwanstein-castle_germany-8.jpg?w=1200

http://www.neuschwanstein.de/bilder/tourist/slider/neuschw.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Neuschwanstein_Castle_LOC_print_rotated.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Sp0th7n.jpg

https://tours-cdn2.azureedge.net/cid2842/22509/70733.jpg

Roxxy
2017-09-10, 11:04 PM
On to some more striking landscapes. Like this image of Bass Lake, California burning in 2014.

http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/32/15/31/6870593/3/rawImage.jpg

This fire is in the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana, where I actually used to live.

http://confessingbaptist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ffire.jpg

This one is somewhere in Washington, but I don't know exactly where.

http://themoderatevoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/NW-wildfires.jpg

Here's one near Clearlake, California, from afar.

https://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2015_31/1152376/04869472_848791e6a6280fd59977fc5b70170572.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg

https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/150803/tdy_fryer_fires_150803.today-vid-canonical-featured-desktop.jpg

Here's a firetruck moving through that same fire.

https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/08/western-wildfires-have-burned-more/w06_482741006/main_1200.jpg?1439925510

Here's San Diego with a fire in the background.

http://coughlinwindows.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fire_sd.jpg

I think forest fires hold some really big potential in terms of adventuring backdrops. Especially since I can imaging several D&D monsters that could easily start one.

Here's a Russian forest fire, near Golovanovo. This one is breathtakingly atmospheric.

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/russiafire_08_11/r36_24565725.jpg

Somebody ran it through a color filter, creating something deliciously creepy.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2a/11/1e/2a111e56e25512b96833278c695ee135.jpg

Finally, here's Moscow bathed in smoke from a forest fire.

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/russiafire_08_11/r15_24573277.jpg

Drakevarg
2017-09-10, 11:10 PM
I keep entire folders full of these kinds of images when I'm designing nations, as inspirational material.

https://orig15.deviantart.net/52f0/f/2017/086/9/3/dome_of_the_blue_seeress__night__by_dblasphemy-db3po7d.jpg
https://img02.deviantart.net/c089/i/2013/316/2/1/ancient_staircase_wip_by_alexruizart-d6u0hog.png
https://img15.deviantart.net/59b1/i/2016/321/d/f/iniciatic_well_by_a2matos-d72e8ml.jpg
https://pre10.deviantart.net/6083/th/pre/i/2013/063/7/1/lost_without_our_muses_by_chasingartwork-d5tlka5.jpg
https://pre13.deviantart.net/5439/th/pre/f/2009/220/c/c/city_of_the_ancients_by_zackf.jpg
https://img11.deviantart.net/44a8/i/2006/304/a/2/crumbling_footbridge_by_prasa.jpg
https://pre14.deviantart.net/e0f8/th/pre/f/2013/063/6/6/moon_light_by_shadow_net-d5wz5c1.jpg
https://pre10.deviantart.net/a5d0/th/pre/i/2010/353/e/9/sanctum_by_kingcloud-d3582ul.jpg
https://pre01.deviantart.net/cf31/th/pre/i/2015/302/f/c/ad_3416_3435_by_alexandre_deschaumes-d9ertqw.jpg
https://pre08.deviantart.net/99a9/th/pre/f/2017/240/a/1/dragon_s_pass_by_andreasrocha-dblkw5q.jpg
https://pre10.deviantart.net/8b9a/th/pre/i/2017/154/1/2/ruins_by_ivanlaliashvili-dbbf4sz.png
https://img03.deviantart.net/7ecd/i/2017/076/4/6/whitby_abbey_by_omick-db2lym6.jpg
https://img15.deviantart.net/b3a1/i/2005/326/f/4/_lost_castle__by_noah_kh.jpg
https://pre11.deviantart.net/8840/th/pre/i/2017/118/6/2/stuck_by_00angelicdevil00-db7eu8c.jpg
https://orig13.deviantart.net/7faa/f/2009/285/0/0/00b101f619429ed78548633567fb9625.jpg
https://orig12.deviantart.net/55be/f/2017/075/7/2/7289d8d52e391547a2bb2e2802cc7a9d-db2km9v.jpg

Roxxy
2017-09-10, 11:17 PM
Here's the Alakai'i Swamp Trail in Kauai, Hawaii.

http://www.nikdaum.com/news/10kauai212.jpg

http://www.nikdaum.com/news/10kauai215.jpg

http://www.nikdaum.com/news/10kauai216.jpg

http://www.nikdaum.com/news/10kauai225.jpg

2D8HP
2017-09-10, 11:24 PM
Viking Villages
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/be/cd/be/becdbe61eaa6aecd066a697cbef57715.jpg


Norselands
https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/2x/z2tm2qgh2h31.jpg


Stavkirkes
https://ingeld.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/stave-church11.jpg?w=218&h=300


Taxila
http://cdn.touropia.com/gfx/b/2010/10/taxila-350x200.jpg


Angkor
http://cdn.touropia.com/gfx/b/2009/10/angkor-350x200.jpg


Pyramid of the Magician
http://cdn.touropia.com/gfx/d/step-pyramids-of-the-world/uxmal.jpg?v=1


Tinkertown
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/images/de034rfroeweprfodge3dm964.png

TheTeaMustFlow
2017-09-11, 02:05 AM
https://myswissalps-img.r.worldssl.net/images/default-source/panorama/09/wengen-lauterbrunnen-valley.jpg?sfvrsn=8
Lauterbrunnen Valley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauterbrunnen), in Switzerland. Also known as Rivendell.

Lacco
2017-09-11, 03:01 AM
http://www.ubytujemsa.sk/images/atrakcie/oravsky-hrad/33a4449c591.jpg

http://www.slovenskedovolenky.sk/uploaded_data_art/oravsky-hrad_567_6_big.jpg

https://pamiatkyslovenska.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/oravsky-hrad-nadvorie.jpg

You could have seen it in 1922's Nosferatu :smallbiggrin:





http://www.chatauhorcik.sk/_media/image/strecno_starhrad/starhrad_2.JPG

http://slachta.kosztolanyi.com/themes/veduty/18.JPG

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/26/2d/0d/262d0d83fd3f4b036221480da3cf05c2.jpg

http://www.regionmalafatra.sk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Pisny-Strecno.jpg

http://sacr3-files.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/_processed_/csm_Hrad%2520Stre%25C4%258Dno_Dominik%2520Bug%25C3 %25A1r_19a213d8e3.jpg


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9a/c8/5c/9ac85ccf59a3b67daa405f9af1d20f86--earth-space-magical-forest.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fa/b4/88/fab4886df409992a5ec7e6ebfa148b70--forest-road-forest-art.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/25/2f/98/252f98b004328d7d2e9cf528346a1916--foggy-forest-dark-forest.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a7/d6/22/a7d6220df1123ec79795b3c61c0a7662--fantasy-castle-photography-tricks.jpg

https://www.slavorum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/5-Reasons-That-Will-Persuade-You-To-Visit-Slovakia-For-Your-Next-Trip.jpg

http://www.slovakia.com/images/0.jpg

http://expeditionslovakia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sivec.jpg

http://expeditionslovakia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/osobita.jpg

2D8HP
2017-09-16, 09:06 PM
https://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9wv1dc6LR1r9gwhe.bmp


https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w1U7VldXczM/VtcnnDjKVdI/AAAAAAAALGk/dVZdltN5_vM/s280/Eoli%2Bunderground.jpg


https://68.media.tumblr.com/0e9aca8fe922c2ef369ba370d70a66be/tumblr_o2afjzv7Ek1syptjoo7_500.png


https://68.media.tumblr.com/e247703f22fbaa609cf56741365b1706/tumblr_o2afjzv7Ek1syptjoo1_500.png


https://pre00.deviantart.net/6570/th/pre/i/2004/09/e/b/morlock_emerging_from_a_hole_.jpg

https://pre00.deviantart.net/0caf/th/pre/i/2012/057/2/2/here_be_morlocks_by_mattpocalypse-d4r2eg6.jpg


https://68.media.tumblr.com/2022bb37f8ba55fe62daadcbc61a1df2/tumblr_o2afjzv7Ek1syptjoo4_500.png


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_s8l-yu7AZLM/SVppXmlmMYI/AAAAAAAAFdM/_uaE0SOEVds/s280/tm13.jpg


http://pages.erau.edu/~andrewsa/sci_fi_projects_fall_2015/Project_1/Charalab_Constantine/Updated_Project_HU338/Morlocks.jpg


https://cdn3.bigcommerce.com/s-x8dfmo/products/11724/images/34773/Jeremy-Irons-in-The-Time-Machine-2002-Premium-Photograph-and-Poster-1023101__47680.1432433158.386.513.jpg?c=2


http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/wp-content/uploads/011.jpg