I woke up with the odd inclination the other day, to create an Influence Map for myself. I totally missed this meme when it first went around a couple years back, but I never forgot about it. It always seemed to be a good exercise in showcasing the artists and other media that influence one's work. I often find myself straying pretty far from what I think I really want to be doing, or comparing myself too much to any one particular artist, when the actuality is that there are at least a couple dozen artists whose work I continue to draw from, some more than others of course.

At any rate, here are the artists whose work has continued to inspire me throughout my life so far:

Click for a larger view!

I'd love to take a moment and talk about each of these artists individually, but that would take too long. I did do a write-up on Joseph Schindelman once, and might put together similar posts for each of these guys.

In the meantime, I think I'd like to do another one of these for the writers who've influenced me over the years...

Oh! And credit to fox-orian for the Influence Map template.

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